NEFRA was sorry to hear of the death yesterday of Joyce Ryder. She was a member of our committee for a number of years and also held the office of show secretary for the Association.
It was Joyce who introduced the NEFRA Pup of the Year competitions and she organised these on our behalf for many years.
The committee and membership send our thoughts and condolences to her husband Arnold.
NEFRA held a KC Good Citizen Testing Day on Saturday 23rd March at a venue in Fritchley, Derbyshire
Fueled by coffee and cake, participants, both members, and non-members alike, engaged in bronze and silver assessments on the grounds provided by Paula Goulette. It’s worth noting that the cake and coffee served surpassed even NEFRA’s high standards, adding an extra touch of enjoyment to the proceedings.
Our assessor for the day was Helen Chambers.
Dogs that passed the bronze assessment were Amanda with ‘Lincoln’, Amanda with ‘Delorian’, Paula with ‘Merlin’, Margaret with ‘Sam’ and Lindsay with ‘Cosmo’
Dogs that passed the silver assessment were Claire with ‘Tilly’, Frances with ‘Skye’, Hilary with ‘Bryn’, Caroline with ‘Linnhe’ and Michelle with ‘Walter’
Many thanks to all who helped make this day a success. Congratulations on all the handlers and their dogs for their richly deserved successes.
On the 10th of August we held a training day at Hesketh bank nr Preston. Our trainers for the day were Steve Burns taking the Novice group. Paul Egginton taking an early Novice group and Gary Ellison taking the beginner/ puppy group. Thankyou to the trainers for giving up their day to train our lovely Flatcoats.
Each group had fantastic exercises to work through and progressed well throughout the day.
The ground is lovely for hosting our training sessions so Thankyou to Sam for having us on such a lovely summer day.
The trainers each had a trainers choice award today which they all agreed was a tough decision each as everyone within their groups progressed so well throughout the day.
Gary awarded his to Catrina and her dog Betty.
Paul awarded his to Charlotte Simons’s Wispa,
And Steve awarded his to Peter Griffin and his dog Robin.
Thankyou to everyone who helped throughout the day especially our dummy throwers and everyone that donated raffle prizes for our Autumn test on September the 8th.
We hope to see you all again soon.
Sunday 28th April 2024
Cow Hill, Cowhill Lane, Grimsargh, PR2 5SE
by kind permission of Mr Geoff Saint
Judges: Mrs Gill Awty & Dr Malcolm Awty
Puppy, Novice Dog/Novice Handler, Novice, Intermediate.
Awards: Trophies to winning dogs. Cards and rosettes to 4th place in each class
We would like to thank all the helpers who made this event run so well. Many thanks to all of you.
The winner of the Novice Dog / Novice Handler class was Dawn Woodiwiss with Woodidream Myrtle Moonbeam.
Puppy winner was Garry Ellison with Ollersett Duchess, 2nd was Julie Matthews with Ollersett Nymph.
Our judges did not award a first in the Novice Class, 2nd was Stephanie Hurstfield with Thurwhitt Chiquitita, 3rd was Julie Matthews with Ollersett Black Knight.
There were no awards in the Intermediate class.
