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LATEST NEWS
August 2010
Sylvester wins his 10th CC and then Best of Breed, at Bournemouth Canine Association Championship Show, under Pastoral Specialist Judge Mr Jack Bispham. He then later in the day takes Pastoral Group 2 under the very well respected International "all–rounder" Judge, Miss Jean Lanning JP.
August 2010
Sylvester wins his 9th CC and then Best of Breed, at Paignton and District Fanciers Association Championship Show, under Pastoral Specialist Judge Mrs Pat Lister. He then later in the day takes Pastoral Group 3 under leading "all–Breeds" Judge, Mr Bob Gregory.
Also another good day for Sylvester’s progeny as well, as his son "Bilyara Cullinan" (owned by David & Karen Angier) wins the Puppy Dog class & Best Puppy in Breed, and Judith Gregory's youngster "Tonkory Up and Coming" wins the Junior Dog class.
May 2010
Sylvester wins Best of Breed, Group 1 and Best in Show at Chester City and County Canine Society, (Open Show) under Judges Margaret Shipps (Breed), Joe Smith (Group) and Marion Reeves (BIS). This is only Sylvester's fourth Open Show since arriving in the UK and on every occasion he has taken Best of Breed and Group 1. He has also gone on to win 2 Best in Shows and 1 Reserve Best in Show in just these 4 outings!! This latest win gives Sylvester enough points to win his "Show Certificate of Merit".
April 2010
"Sylvester finishes joint runner-up in the prestigious "Contest of Champions" Invitational event, organised by the Canine Supporters Charity"
Sylvester had the honour to represent our breed at this invitational match event, by virtue of finishing Top Border Collie in the UK in 2009. This "Contest" is for the top winning 64 show dogs in the country from the previous year.
The match event is held at a London Hotel and commences with a drinks reception followed by a Gala Dinner. 280 people attended this year’s function to support the 64 entrants from across all 7 "Show Groups" and we are very grateful to our "special guests" who travelled to London to support Sylvester in person.
The event is organised as a straight knock out contest with dogs going head to head in each round, the draw is made at the start of the Contest and the 3 International Judges for the event always remain a secret until they are introduced at the Gala Dinner on the night. The Judges for this year’s event were Mr Hiroshi Kamisato from Japan, Mr Bela Siklosi from Hungary and Mr Jos De Cuper from Belgium.
Sylvester beat a Bedlington Terrier in round one and then in successive rounds knocked out the Dogue De Bordeaux, a Bernese Mountain Dog and the Dobermann on his way to the final. Sylvester was the only non-Gundog in the final 4 dogs; where he finished a close runner-up to the eventual winner an English Springer Spaniel.
A fantastic day which started when we left home at just after 10.00am on the Saturday morning and continued on until well past midnight with awards, photos, drinks and dancing; finishing in the very early hours of the following Sunday morning!
April 2010
Sylvester wins his 8th CC and then Best of Breed, at Working and Pastoral Breeds Association of Wales Championship Show, under top "all–Breeds" Judge Mr Jeff Horswell (Drakesleat). Sylvester’s son "Bilyara Cullinan" owned by David & Karen Angier also wins Best Puppy in Breed.
March 2010
Sylvester wins his 7th CC at the Border Collie Club of Great Britain Championship Show, from a huge entry of 187 male dogs; under well known Breed Specialist Judge Mr Doug Collier (Collherd / Borderbreeze). Sylvester’s son "Tonkory Up and Coming" owned by Judith Gregory also wins Best Puppy Dog and Reserve Best Puppy in Show.
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