South Wicklow
Best In Show Winner 2008.

Mr Robert Green from Co. Wicklow
photographed with his proud son
and his winning Staffordshire Bull Terrier.
Crossguns In Your Face

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Best In Show , Mr Robert Greens Staffordshire Bull Terrier
Crossgunns In Your Face
R Best in Show, Mrs Maureen Wades , Italian Grayhound
Artmeis Perfetta
Judge Mrs Moira Grant Cook
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4 of the Group Winners
Ms S O Rourke, Standard Schnauzer,
Tully Castle Hotel
Damian Mc Donald, Shetland sheepdog,
Longrange Lothario
Miss Sarah Simson, Siberian Husky,
Princess Of Aldaraan.
Mrs M Rosalie Parker, Dachshund Smooth Haired Min.
Rosbarnagh Boris The Brave

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Best in Show & Puppy Stakes Trophies
Maura's Choice

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Agility 2008
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Agility 2008
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Agility 2008
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Viewing the scene at South Wicklow Show.

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Antoinette Geraghty Member
&
Secretary Of S.W.C.C. Theresa Power,

3rd Ms Gill Pavey, Dalmatian
Leaveslake True Lies At Granardal
4th. Mrs M Bermingham, English Springer Spaniel
Plaiglen Atlas's Destiny Of Lornlee

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Puppy Stakes,
Angela Power's Pug
Starways Blackbutterfly At Wallbeck
Judge Mrs Maura Grant Cook

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Junior Stakes
Joe Caulfield, Pug
Tuckenhay Orlando AT Glenalua
R. Junior Stakes
Miss Chloe Lacey's Siberian husky,
Suraliam Stardust Of Boxchon

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Mr & Mrs Baldwin
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Mrs Maureen Wade
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More Images To Come

Work In Progress, Theresa..

Also to come
T.B.P.S. Photographic Competition Images

Agility

Welcome To Europe
The New Green Star System (championship shows)

List of FCI Groups
Group 1 – Pastoral
Group 2 – Mastiffs & Pinschers
Group 3 – Terriers
Group 4 – Dachshunds
Group 5 – Spitz breeds
Group 6 – Scenthounds
Group 7 – Pointers & Setters
Group 8 – Retrievers & Spaniels
Group 9 – Toys
Group 10 – Sighthounds

Welcome to Europe   -  Top

Most of you are probably already well aware that the IKC has signed up to FCI (basically, the European governing body of all Kennel Clubs). This will affect our dog shows in a number of different ways.

Firstly, our old Green Star system is going. Green stars will still be awarded as before, but the rules to make up a Champion shall differ (see below). Secondly, the seven IKC Groups shall be replaced by the ten FCI Groups.

And thirdly, the classes at shows shall be standardized along FCI lines. Under the old system, eligibility for some of the classes was dependent upon the dog having earned a certain number of wins. In the new FCI classification, all the classes are age dependent, with the exception of the Champion class.

Everyone is a bit hazy about the actual date-line of the changes, but I believe that all these new rules are coming into force in June 2007. Many shows are already phasing them in. It may be a little confusing at first, but no doubt, if we can get used to the Euro as quickly as we did, we can get used to this too.

List of FCI Groups

Group 1 – Pastoral   -  Top
(27 breeds)
Australian Cattle Dog
Australian Shepherd Dog (provisional)
Beauceron
Belgian Shepherd Dog (Groenendal)
Belgian Shepherd Dog (Laekenois)
Belgian Shepherd Dog (Malinois)
Belgian Shepherd Dog (Tervueren)
Bergamasco
Bouvier Des Flandres
Briard
Collie, Bearded
Collie, Border
Collie, Rough
Collie, Smooth
Dutch Shepherd, Long Haired
German Shepherd Dog
Hungarian Kuvasz
Hungarian Puli
Komondor
Maremma Sheepdog
Old English Sheepdog
Pyrenean Sheepdog
Polish Lowland Sheepdog
Schipperke
Shetland Sheepdog
Welsh Corgi, Cardigan
Welsh Corgi, Pembroke

Group 2 – Mastiffs & Pinschers   -  Top
(29 breeds)
Affenpinscher
Anatolian Shepherd Dog
Bernese Mountain Dog
Black Russian Terrier
Boxer
Bulldog
Bullmastiff
Dobermann Pinscher
Dogue de Bordeaux
German Pinscher
Great Dane
Hovawart
Italian Cane Corso (provisional)
Landseer
Leonberger
Mallorca Mastiff
Mastiff
Neopolitan Mastiff
Newfoundland
Pinscher, Miniature
Pyrenean Mastiff
Pyrenean Mountain Dog
Rottweiler
Schnauzer, Giant
Schnauzer, Miniature
Schnauzer, Standard
Shar Pei
Saint Bernard
Tibetan Mastiff

Group 3 – Terriers   -  Top
(30 breeds)
Airedale
Australian Terrier
Australian Silky Terrier
Bedlington
Border Terrier
Bull Terrier
Bull Terrier, Miniature
Cairn Terrier
Cesky
Dandie Dinmont
English Toy Terrier
Fox Terrier, Smooth
Fox Terrier, Wire
Irish Glen of Imaal Terrier
Irish Terrier
Irish Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier
Jack Russell
Kerry Blue
Lakeland Terrier
Manchester Terrier
Norfolk Terrier
Norwich Terrier
Parson Russell Terrier
Scottish Terrier
Sealyham Terrier
Skye Terrier
Staffordshire Bull Terrier
Welsh Terrier
West Highland White Terrier
Yorkshire Terrier

Group 4 – Dachshunds   -  Top
(9 breeds)
Dachshund, Long Haired
Dachshund, Long Haired Miniature
Dachshund, Long Haired Rabbit
Dachshund, Smooth Haired
Dachshund, Smooth Haired Miniature
Dachshund, Smooth Haired Rabbit
Dachshund, Wire Haired
Dachshund, Wire Haired Miniature
Dachshund, Wire Haired Rabbit

Group 5 – Spitz breeds   -  Top
(27 breeds)
Alaskan Malamute
Akita Inu
American Akita
Basenji
Canaan Dog
Chow Chow
Cirneco Del Etna
Eurasier
Finnish Lapphund
Finnish Spitz
German Spitz Klein
German Spitz Mittel
Italian Volpino
Japanese Shiba Inu
Japanese Spitz
Keeshond
Mexican Hairless Dog
Norwegian Buhund
Norwegian Elkhound
Pharaoh Hound
Pomeranian
Portuguese Pondengo, Smooth
Portuguese Pondengo, Wire
Samoyed
Siberian Husky
Swedish Lapphund
Swedish Vallhund

Group 6 – Scenthounds   -  Top
(16 breeds)
Basset Bleu de Gascogne
Basset Griffon Vendeen, Grand
Basset Griffon Vendeen, Petit
Basset Hound
Basset Fauve de Bretagne
Beagle
Bloodhound
Briquet Griffon Vendeen
Dalmatian
Foxhound
Grand Bleu de Gascogne
Hamiltonstovare
Harrier
Kerry Beagle
Otterhound
Rhodesian Ridgeback

Group 7 – Pointers & Setters   -  Top
(16 breeds)
Bracco Italiano
German Long Haired Pointer
German Short Haired Pointer
German Wire Haired Pointer
Hungarian Vizsla
Hungarian Wire Haired Vizsla
Italian Spinone
Large Munsterlander
Pointer
Portuguese Pointing Dog
Setter, English
Setter, Gordon
Setter, Irish
Setter, Irish Red and White
Spaniel, Brittany
Weimaraner

Group 8 – Retrievers & Spaniels   -  Top
(18 breeds)
Kooikerhondje
Lagotto Romagnolo
Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever
Portuguese Water Dog
Retriever, Chesapeake Bay
Retriever, Curly Coated
Retriever, Flat Coated
Retriever, Golden
Retriever, Labrador
Spaniel, Clumber
Spaniel, Cocker
Spaniel, American Cocker
Spaniel, English Springer
Spaniel, Field
Spaniel, Irish Water
Spaniel, Sussex
Spaniel, Welsh Springer
Spanish Water Dog

Group 9 – Toys   -  Top
(26 breeds)
Bichon Frise
Bolognese
Boston Terrier
Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
Chihuahua, Long Coat
Chihuahua, Smooth
Chinese Crested
Coton de Tulear
French Bulldog
Griffon Bruxellois
Havanese
Japanese Chin
King Charles Spaniel
Lowchen
Lhasa Apso
Maltese
Papillon
Pekingese
Phalene
Poodle, Standard
Poodle, Miniature
Poodle, Toy
Pug
Shih Tzu
Tibetan Spaniel
Tibetan Terrier

Group 10 – Sighthounds  -  Top
(9 breeds)
Afghan Hound
Borzoi
Deerhound
Greyhound
Irish Wolfhound
Italian Greyhound
Saluki
Sloughi
Whippet