SOFT COATED WHEATEN TERRIER CLUB OF GREAT BRITAIN
OPEN SHOW SOUTH APRIL 15TH 2012
Many thanks to the committee of the SCWTC of GB for the invitation to judge, this well run and organised show. There was a sporting atmosphere both in and out of the ring and my two efficient stewards kept everything running smoothly all day.
Best in Show & Best Dog: Hanna’s Ch Kinaelan Quietly Does It
Reserve Best in Show, Best Opposite Sex & Best Bitch: Munn’s Snowmeadow Oolla O’Luna
Reserve Best Dog: Fallon’s Janeyjimjams Jenson JW ShCM
Reserve Best Bitch: Hanna’s Ch Kinaelan Cuchylaene
Best Puppy in Show: O’Sullivan & Harding’s Chekhina Streaming Soraka
Best Veteran in Show: Hanna’s Ch Kinaelan Cuchylaene
Best Junior: House’s Glendowan Tarquol
Best Junior Handler: Min Witheyman
Class Results
CLASS 1 Veteran Dog 3 ENTRIES 2 ABSENT
1st Watkins, Hammond and Evans’ Calvenace Leapy Lee Good head and expression, well laid back shoulder and spring of rib. Good rear angulation. Would prefer slightly better tail set. Very good coat and colour
CLASS 2 Puppy Dog 1 ENTRY 1 ABSENT
CLASS 3 Junior Dog 2 ENTRIES
1st House’s Glendowan Tarquol Balanced head with good bite and well carried ears, level topline and good tail set. Well angulated front and rear and moved well when he settled.
2nd Hall’s Hobel Twelfth of Never Strong head masculine and balanced but would prefer a darker eye. Slightly long coupled but well angulated and moved well.
CLASS 4 Yearling Dog 2 ENTRIES
1st Godwin’s Stevelyn Walk of Life Good head , dark eye, would prefer a little more layback of shoulder, level topline and good tail set. Parallel movement.
2nd Ryan and Anderson’s Oglyssanes Pittfield Buff Young dog at his first show. Nice head, dark eye, movement difficult to assess as pulling away from his handler. Should improve with more practice.
CLASS 5 Maiden Dog 3 ENTRIES
1st House’s Glendowan Tarquol 2nd Godwin’s Stevelyn Walk of Life 3rd Ryan and Anderson’s Oglyssanes Pittfield Buff
CLASS 6 Novice Dog 1 ENTRY
1st Ryan and Anderson’s Oglyssanes Pittfield Buff
CLASS 7 Graduate Dog 1 ENTRY
1st Purser’s Saffini Teenage Dreams Good head, eye and ears, well laid shoulders and well ribbed. Nice coat texture and good colour. Front movement good, a little erratic behind.
CLASS 8 Special Beginners Dog 1 ENTRY
1st Godwin’s Stevelyn Walk of Life
CLASS 9 Limit Dog 3 ENTRIES
1st Fallon’s Janeyjimjams Jenson JW ShCM Excellent head, eye and earset, very good neck, shoulder, topline and tailset. Well angulated front and rear with good parallel movement RBD.
2nd Hanna’s Kinaelan Finlandia Finnian Balanced head and well set ear, would prefer slightly darker eye, Good neck and shoulder, topline and tailset. Front could be a little narrower. Powerful rear movement but a fraction close. Very good coat and colour.
3rd Warman’s Glendowan Butterball Brown Very close decision. Different type to 2. Masculine head with good neck, shoulder and topline. Would prefer a slightly higher tailset. Good angulation front and rear and moved well at both ends but lacked the drive of 2. Coat paler than 2 which was the deciding factor.
CLASS 10 Open Dog 4 ENTRIES
1st Hanna’s Ch Kinaelan Quietly Does It Excellent head and neck with well laid shoulder, good spring of rib, topline and taiset with plenty of dog behind the tail. Lovely coat and colour. Powerful movement with reach and rive BD & BIS
2nd Kenneally’s Loofahsa Hakuna Matata ShCM Sound honest dog with lots to like. Good head, neck, shoulder and topline. Very good coat and colour. Would prefer a slightly higher tailset. Sound movement.
3rd Mackenzie’s Linatina Truly Ruly Another well balanced dog with all the essentials. A size smaller than the two above but still masculine. Moved very well. 4th Warman’s Glendowan Butterball Brown
CLASS 11 Veteran Bitch 9 ENTRIES 3 ABSENT
1st Hanna’s Ch Kinaelan Cuchylaene Lovely head, Good reach of neck and well laid shoulder. Level topline and well set tail. Balanced angulation and fluent movement. Very good coat texture and colour but could have been more of it. Won this excellent class on merit.
2nd Munn’s Ch and Ir Ch Snowmeadow Jellybean Jilly JW ShCM Another lovely bitch – a size bigger than one otherwise very close up in all departments. Moved very well
3rd Tilley’s Ch and Ir Ch Snowmeadow Hetti Hopscotch at Starzak ShCM Completed a trio of lovely girls. A little longer cast than the two above. Res John’s Dohoci Kiss’N’Tell VHC Charleton’s Snowmeadow Janey Jimjams with Showadiwady
CLASS 12 Puppy Bitch 9 ENTRIES 3 ABSENT
1st O’Sullivan and Harding’s Chekhina Streaming Soraka Very pretty feminine pup. Good head, neck, shoulder and topline. Good tailset aand well angulated front and rear. Moved well both ways.BPIS
2nd Munn’s Snowmeadow Peggy Phurrari Another quality pup. Size larger than the winner but still feminine Well made throughout.tailset good but could be carried higher on the move.
3rd John’s Dohoci Bohemian Rhapsody. Well grown pup. Good head and neck, level topline, not as confident as the two above. Res Hughlock’s Chekhina Galway Girl VHC Williams’s Dohoci A Kind of Magic
CLASS 13 Junior Bitch 7 ENTRIES 1 ABSENT
1st Moles and Williams’s Kinaelan Cachique Nice young 14 month bitch. Square outline. Nice head and expression. Up to size for a bitch but well made throughout. Moved well
2nd Mortimore’s Glendowan Coraline 12 months and less mature than 1st. Well made with good head neck and shoulder and well angulated. Nice texture of coat going through the very pale stage. Moved well when settled but inclined to pace at times.
3rd Munn’s Snowmeadow Peggy Phurrari Res Taylor’s Sweetiweeti Toffee Poppet VHC John’s Dohoci Bohemian Rhapsody
CLASS 14 Yearling Bitch 2 ENTRIES 1 ABSENT
1st Mortimore’s Glendowan Coraline
CLASS 15 Maiden Bitch 1 ENTRY
1st Charleton’s Janeyjimjams Jemima Nice head, super pigment, Good neck, shoulder and topline. Moved well. Would prefer shorter coupling.
CLASS 16 Novice Bitch NO EN TRIES
CLASS 17 Graduate Bitch 1 ENTRY 1 ABSENT
CLASS 18 Special Beginners Bitch 4 ENTRIES 3 ABSENT
1st Mortimore’s Glendowan Coraline
CLASS 19 Limit Bitch 2 ENTRIES
1st Hanna’s Kinaelan Finlandia Finnial Neat head but would prefer stronger muzzle to balance backskull. Well laid shouler. Level topline and very good tailset with plenty of dog behind it. Very good reach and drive visible in profile but little close behind going away
2nd O’Sullivan and Harding’s Chekhina Streaming Sarayu Another quality bitch, with much to admire. Moved very soundly refecting her good construction. Coat rather pale. A close decision, but felt 1st had a more outgoing attitude.
CLASS 20 Open Bitch 6 ENTRIES 2 ABSENT
1st Munn’s Snowmeadow Oolla O’Luna Very good head, well balanced with excellent pigment. Well laid shoulder, level topline and well angulated fore and aft. Short coupled and moved well from all angles. Lovely coat and colour with good texture but for my personal preference would like rather less of it!
2nd Hanna’s CH and IR CH Kinaelan Quietly Confident CW09, EW09 Very close up and nearly all the above comments apply. Moving a little close behind today and slightly longer cast than 1st
3rd Tilley’s Starzak Solid Gold EZ Action JW Pretty feminine bitch with a lovely head, neck and shoulder. Slightly long cast. Moved very well. Coat good texture but could have more colour. RES Mackenzie’s Linatina Fair Verona
CLASS 21 Progeny 3 ENTRIES 2 ABSENT
1st Hanna’s Ch Kinaelan Cuchylaene
CLASS 22 Brace 4 ENTRIES 1 ABSENT
1st Mrs J Charleton 2nd Mr and Mrs S Munn 3rd Mrs B R Hanna
Junior Handling
6-11 years
1st Min Witheyman Very efficient young handler who communicated well with her dog. Straight lines and kept an eye on the judge throughout. Could have stopped a pace or two further away after the final movement. Best Junior Handler.
12-16 years
1st Mary O’Sullivan 2nd Olivia Busby Two very promising young handlers and a close decision between them Both handled quietly and confidently and communicated well with their dogs. Mary just had the edge with straighter lines.
Gill Ford Judge
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