THE NOTTINGHAM AFGHAN TRAINING CLUB
NEWS FROM 1998
The guest judge at this year’s Summer Rally and Barbecue was Wendell Moore, who chose the following as his class winners: Puppy Walk - Lynne Newton, handling Shimalma Cactus Jack; Yearling - Jill McBride, handling Ratheeli Tehzah; Adult Dog - Joy Walker, handling Saxonmill Rumpleteazer; Veteran - Tony Cleak, handling Ch Ratheeli Zazzah; Junior Handling - Danielle Thomas, handling ‘Fagin’, the Borzoi. Overall Best Handler of the day was Jill McBride. The Best Presented Afghan was Barry Peach’s Sumahari Stars in Your Eyes. Byron and June Etherington did an excellent job on the barbecue once again and Michelle made sure there was plenty of food available for everyone. We all enjoyed a lovely sunny afternoon and we were grateful to everyone who brought raffle prizes and food for the barbecue.
(Left to right: Barry Peach with Sumahari Stars In Your Eyes, Wendell Moore, Jill McBride with Ratheeli Tehzah)
In the autumn, Monica Booth-Thomson agreed to show her cine films of Afghans from the 1960s and 1970s. This was an excellent opportunity for enthusiasts to learn more about the breed and to see some of the greats from the past, many of whom are behind today’s winners. The event was attended by over 40 people and was once again helped out by donations of food and we all had a feast! I’m sure there will be much demand for this type of event to be repeated in the future.
We had an excellent attendance and a lovely festive atmosphere for our Christmas Knockout judged by June Griffin. We had an excellent entry of over twenty dogs and June chose the following as her class winners: Puppy Walk - Roberta Hall, handling Karnak Jeera at Saxonmill; Puppy - Margaret Fox, handling Shimalma Philadelphia of Foxall;Yearling - Cathy Barnes, handling Araki Smashing Pumpkins; Adult Dog - Kerry Smith, handling Kharisar Rajkuma; Adult Bitch - Nicola Mulvale, handling Azymuth Which Witch is Witch; Veteran - Alan Jenkins, handling John Mort’s Molriq Calypso; Junior Handling - Clare McKeown, handling ‘Izzie’. Overall Best Handler of the Night was Margaret Fox. The Best Presented Afghan was Lynda and John Race’s Kaskarak Ricarchet, handled on this occasion by John. This year, the sausage roll race was so popular that we had two classes, puppy and adult. Greediest puppy was Lynne Newton’s Shimalma Cactus Jack. However, even Jack would have found difficulty beating the adult winner, Cathy Barnes’ Whippet, who demonstrated that you don’t have to be big to eat quickly! We all enjoyed an excellent evening and we would like to thank everyone who brought raffle prizes and food for the buffet.
Successes for former ‘pupils’ this year included litter brother and sisters Carmel and Pete Barnett’s CH CLOUDSIDE THE RINGMASTER (2RCC’s), Wendell Moore’s CLOUDSIDE BLACK MARAUDER (2RCC’s) and CLOUDSIDE LICORICE ‘N’ LACE (RCC) and Julie and Mick Pilcher’s CLOUDSIDE FIRE ‘N’ ICE (RCC). Also their Dad, CH SAXONMILL RUM TUM TIGGER (5CC’s), owned by Roberta Hall, who also had success with CH SAXONMILL JENNYANYDOTS (gaining 2CC’s and her title) and SAXONMILL CURRANT BUN (2CC’s). Other successful ex-pupils included Mick and June Griffin’s GEZANCOL MOONWALKER AT LAZAKHAN (CC and RCC), Reg and Maggie Morton’s CH IZMARS NOW OR NEVER (gaining 4CC’s, 2RCC’s and her title) and Julie Noble and Dave Wilcox’s CH DRISHAUN D’JUDGEMENT DAY FOR BICHOUX (1CC). John and Michelle Bloor’s CLOUDSIDE BLACK LABEL AT PASHTARI gained her Junior Warrant, received the Southern Afghan Hound Club’s ‘Dog of the Year’ award and was Runner Up in the East of England Afghan Hound Club’s ‘Dog of the Year’ award . Emma James’ SEVERNDENE THE SOUP DRAGON FROM SIMKHAN gained the Ron Adams Show/Race Award from the Afghan Hound Association and John Mort’s MOLRIQ PENNY LANE gained her Stud Book number. All of this, plus the usual Crufts qualifiers, BOB’s, BIS’s and BPIS’s. Well done to all of them!
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