Club News & Highlights

23.10.11

Results from the very successful Championship Show can be found on the Shows page; the venue at Bristol has proved to be successful and we had a very good entry of 134 exhibits. Members Dog of the Year photo can be found on the Home page, below are photos of winners of the Jill & Ernie Dyson Memorial Trophy for Best Opposite Sex - Andizhan Bakhtuu Arushkhan owned by Jackie Scott, Best Veteran the Shah Walden Trophy was Ch Miamarna True to Garamond owned by Jan Fielder, and the Best Puppy and winner of the Estella Fryer Memorial Trophy, Sarakhan Shamir JW owned by Jackie & Alan Buttle.

 

 

Andizhan Bakhtuu Arushkhan - winner of the Jill & Ernie Dyson Memorial Trophy

 

 

 

Sarakhan Shamir JW - winner of the Estella Fryer (Severndene) Memorial Trophy

 

 

 

Ch Miamarna True to Garamond - winner of the Shah Walden Memorial Trophy for Members Best Veteran (handled by Trisha Churchill)

 

16.07.11

We held an Open Show during July for the first time, Serena Parker was our judge in spite of the summer month we had to go inside unfortunately ut typically it cleared up nicely for the photos; it was a good day though and BIS was Afterglow Jumping Rainbows of Sofico.

 

06.03.11

The Club held it's AGM with a reasonably good attendance; no rule changes but concern over general income and costs to the Club, and real concern over support for our AFFI magazine. The last edition was its usual high quality standard but general advertising and good articles were in short supply. A much needed boost is needed to maintain the production of AFFI for the future. Members also voted not to renew membership of the Breed Council for this year.

 

30.01.11

The Club held a very interesting day with a talk on the Afghan Breed Standard given by Terry Carr (Bozwood; this was followed by Exams for six hopeful candidates. From these our panel of three respected Championship Show judges - Jeff Bunney, Gloria North & Mike Lancashire gave Pass Certificates to three of them. Successful were:Pauline Johnson,Richard Thompson and Neil Straw.

 

Members Dog of the Year:

This year the John Conibear Memorial Tropy was won by Valerie West & Lyn Young's Pahlevi Ashby at Shirobana ShCM, the Jill & Ernie Dyson Memorial Trophy for runner-up Dog of the Year was won byPhil & Sue Harrison's Sitana Kamalia al Kabira ShCM, and the Estella Fryer Memorial Trophy - the Severndene Trophy (new this year!) was won by Evans,Hillier & Carr's Gilari Devil in Disguise at Numa Bozwood JW.

 

10.10.10

Championship Show was held at its new venue in Bristol - great success for the Club. BIS went to Lancashire's Am & UK Ch Gazon What You See is What You Get with Drishaun and Res.BIS to Fielder's Ch Ashahni Azanti at Garamond JW.

 

Photo: David Paton

 

18.04.2010

The Club held its AGM following the Open Show, during which three new Committee Members were elected - these being; Dawn Hunn, Richard Gunn and Phil Harrison. We said farewell to long standing members - Terri Borash, Steve Lacey and Jo Smith who had all taken the decision to stand down. We look foward to a new and invigorated Committee, new venues and new ideas for the Club.

 

07.09.2009

We are very sad to hear of the death of our Patron and past Chairman, Mrs Estella Fryer (Severndene) who passed away on 6th September after suffering ill health for some time. She will be greatly missed by her friends and the Club to which she offered her strong support at all times.

 

19.04.09

The AGM held no changes for the Club but had some interesting debate about future plans.

 

Club History

Some of the Club's Founder Members taken at a Pearl Party Anniversary Celebration by David Paton.

 

 

Back Row:l - r Alan Hill (Azka), Lyn Delaney (Kalafrana), Dave Adams (Zandahar), Ann Robins

Front: l - r Carol Lee (Azka) and Glenda Adams (Zandahar)

 

26.01.09

The Club Open Show was successful for our Members with Best in Show going to the dog owned by Chris & Mary Pascoe, and Reserve Best in Show to the Bitch owned by David & Glenda Adams; both were owner bred. Best Puppy in Show went to the dog puppy owned by two more Club Members, Lyn Young and Valerie West.  All the results and pictures from the show can be found the the show pages.

 

Below are pictured the Best in Show winning dog Sarakhan Senator and Judge Bronwyn Lawson-Ball, our Club Treasurer.  Our thanks to Jo Smith for providing the photograph.

 

 

12.10.08

Championship Show

A good entry at the show and successful new venue at Hutton Moor.  Details of the winners and full results and photos can be found on the Show pages.  Winner of the £50 cash raffle was Wendell Moore (Cloudside).  You are invited to let us have any comments you feel relevant about the venue so that we can plan ahead for next year.

 

The winner of this year's Members Points Tropy - The John Conibear Memorial Trophy wasGlenda & Dave Adams' Zandahar Treacle Tart.  Her litter brother Zandahar Treacle Toffee won the runner-up Jill & Ernie Dyson Trophy, and the Veteran Points Salver was won by Jackie & Terry Green's Allakari Tlingkit.

 

                                   

Zandahar Treacle Tart                         President, Clari Cross (centre) with Jackie Green (right)

 

2.06.08

Judging Criteria

 

The Club's judging criteria has recently been modified to reflect the current drop in afghan numbers.  You will notice that the requirements for the number of classes judged and the number of dogs has been dropped.  If you are interested in applying to go onto the judging list please download the form and send in.

 

13.04.08

AGM

 

This year's AGM was held following the conclusion of the Open Show on 13th April at East Huntspill Village Hall for fully paid up members. The meeting approved a change in the Club's Ruling and subject to KC approval, for the future, the Officers and Commmittee will select all the judges for all of the Club Shows by majority vote.

 

The Club was pleased to elect as its Patron, Mrs Estella Fryer (Severndene).

 

28.01.2008

Thanking Carole lee

The Club AGM was attended by members who took the opportunity of saying thank you to Carole Lee who was stepping down as President; this was quite a nostalgic occasion not just for Carole but for all of us who have been guided by her over so many years; she was presented with a lovely original painting of a greyhound head which was so appropriate as greyhounds and their well-being have become Carole's passion in latter years.

 

There was only one nominee for President, this being Clari Cross, who was delighted and honoured to take on this role after having been involved with the Western for well over 30 years.

 

 

01.01.2008

Breed Seminar on 24th February 2008

 

We held a Breed Seminar on 24th February 2008. Our guest speaker was Roberta Hall (Saxonmill) who kindly agreed to do a Breed specific presentation during the morning. This was a very thorough interactive presentation right through the morning with an in depth view on the current Breed Standard.

 

 

 

This was followed by Chris Mayers (Tcheria) giving a Kennel Club Ring Stewards presentation, many helpful tips and advice was given with some surprises along the way, invaluable!

 

 

Download leaflet for more information & to make a booking

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some of the Champions from the Parade at the Championship Show in November - from left to right:

Ch Bondor Twelth Night (Buttle), Ch Wilbus Libretto (Busby), Ch Wilbus Love Song ( Evans), Ch Renza Designer Red by Shimalma (Newton), Ch Renza Paint the Town Red Among Mogell (Ellis)

 

12.12.2007

Breed Standard of the Afghan Hound

 

A Breed Standard is the guideline which describes the ideal characteristics, temperament and appearance of a breed and ensures that the breed is fit for function. Absolute soundness is essential. Breeders and judges should at all times be careful to avoid obvious conditions or exaggerations which would be detrimental in any way to the health, welfare or soundness of this breed. From time to time certain conditions or exaggerations may be considered to have the potential to affect dogs in some breeds adversely, and judges and breeders are requested to refer to the Kennel Club website for details of any such current issues. If a feature or quality is desirable it should only be present in the right measure.

 

General Appearance

Gives the impression of strength and dignity, combining speed and power. Head held proudly

 

Characteristics
Eastern or Oriental expression is typical of breed. The Afghan looks at and through one.

 

Temperament
Dignified and aloof, with a certain keen fierceness.

 

Head and Skull
Skull long, not too narrow, with prominent occiput. Foreface long with punishing jaws and slight stop. Skull well balanced and mounted by a long ‘top-knot’. Nose preferably black, liver permissible in light-coloured dogs.

 

Eyes
Dark for preference, but golden colour not debarred. Nearly triangular in appearance, slanting slightly upwards from inner corner to outer corner.

 

Ears
Set low and well back, carried close to head. Covered with long silky hair.

 

Mouth
Jaws strong, with a perfect, regular and complete scissor bite, i.e. upper teeth closely overlapping lower teeth and set square to the jaws. Level bite tolerated.

 

Neck
Long, strong, with proud carriage of head.

 

Forequarters
Shoulders long and sloping, set well back, well muscled and strong without being loaded. Upper arm long and sloping. In profile this brings the elbow vertically below the wither. Forelegs straight and well boned, elbows close to ribcage, turning neither in nor out.

 

Body
Back level, moderate length, well muscled, back falling slightly away to stern. Loin straight, broad and rather short. Hipbones rather prominent and wide apart. A fair spring of ribs and good depth of chest.

 

Hindquarters
Powerful, well bent and well turned stifles. Great length between hip and hock, with comparatively short distance between hock and foot. Dewclaws may be removed.

 

Feet
Forefeet strong and very large both in length and breadth, and covered with long, thick hair; toes arched. Pasterns long and springy, pads well down on ground. Hindfeet long, but not quite as broad as forefeet; covered with long thick hair.

 

Tail
Not too short. Set on low with ring at end. Raised when in action. Sparsely feathered.

 

Gait/Movement
Smooth and springy with a style of high order.

 

Coat
Long and very fine texture on the ribs, fore and hindquarters and flanks. In mature dogs, from the shoulder backwards and along the saddle, hair short and close. Hair long from the forehead backwards, with a distinct silky ‘topknot’. On the foreface hair short, ears and legs well coated. Pasterns can be bare. Coat must develop naturally. Any evidence of clipping or scissoring should be penalised.

 

Colour
All colours acceptable.

 

Size
Ideal height: dogs: 68-74 cms (27-29 ins); bitches: 63-69 cms (25-27 ins).

 

Faults
Any departure from the foregoing points should be considered a fault and the seriousness with which the fault should be regarded should be in exact proportion to its degree and its effect upon the health and welfare of the dog.

 

Note
Male animals should have two apparently normal testicles fully descended into the scrotum.