Autumn BBQ & Fancy Dress Competition - Sunday 6th September 2011
Around 60 members and 25+ Airedales plus several other doggy friends joined us for this year's BBQ & Fancy Dress Competition, which was held once again at The Coppins, Bewdley on Sunday 6th September. After the torrential rain on Summer Fun Day in June (see below) - the weather gods smiled on us and we were treated to a beautiful sunny afternoon - perfect BBQ weather!
This year's quiz was 'guess the song from the opening line' and was won by Geraldine & Alan Ramage with Luke - well done to them! The BBQ burgers and hot dogs and homemade soup were enjoyed by everyone, cooked by our hardworking (and often overheated!) committee members. This was followed by this year's fancy dress competition, and once again the standard of entries was extremely high - we are only sorry that we couldn't award first prize to everyone! The fancy dress was judged by club chairman Maureen Ward who chose as the winner puppy Maggie (owned by Ross Barrett & Leanne Hope)( as a Dinosaur, in a hand knitted outfit! Second was Archie, owned by Kath & Richard Bourne, as The Mikado - looking extremely handsome in his lovely colourful outfit. Third place went to Abbie as The Birthday Girl - as she was celebrating her 8th birthday the same day! Other entries included Ted & Martha as the King & Queen, with their Jack Russell friend Bella as Kate, Duchess of Cambridge in a wedding dress - Ruby & Puddy as Minnie & Micky Mouse - Ned as Bonnie Prince Charlie and Ella as a Teenage Rebel.
It was a lovely day, we hope everyone enjoyed themselves and once again the committee would like to thank all our members both old and new for their continued support for our club events - it is much appreciated. The photos below and others can also be seen on my Facebook Page. (My apologies but in all the racing around I did not manage to get a picture of Ella - if anyone has one I would be happy to put it on the site - thank you).
Fancy Dress Winner Maggie The Dinosaur Second prize - Archie as The Mikado Third prize - Abigail The Birthday Girl
Martha & Ted as The Queen & The King Bella as Kate Duchess of Cambridge Ned as Bonnie Prince Charlie
Summer Fun Day - Sunday 12th June 2011
Despite being one of, if not the wettest day of the year so far - MCATC members refused to let a few drops of rain stop them having a good time at their annual Summer Fun Day in Belbroughton, Worcestershire on Sunday 12th June. Several hardy souls braved the downpour and took part in a stroll round the local area, and after all muddy paws had been wiped and coats hung to dry, everyone then gathered for some fun and games inside the recreation centre hall. Below are a couple of pictures from the day - the rest can be seen on my Facebook page.
The Egg & Spoon race - so fast it was all a bit of a blur!!! Carol & Abigail show us how it's done on the agility course
Crufts 2011
Members of MCATC helped to man the Airedale Terrier stand in the Discover Dogs section of Crufts 2011 at the NEC in Birmingham, and welcomed many visitors over the four days of the show. Congratulations also to MCATC Chairman Maureen Ward, who as well as owning and judging Airedales, also has many years experience in owning and judging Staffordshire Bull Terriers - and judged the Staffordshire Bull Terrier bitches at Crufts 2011. The lovely Staffie to which Maureen awarded Bitch Challenge Certificate, CH Hubbulls The Promise, went on to win not only Best of Breed, and but also took third place in the overall Terrier Group judging. It was also a good year for Airedales in the Terrier Group, as the Best in Breed, Judy Averis' dog CH/AM CH Longvue Jackpot of Saredon took Second place in the Terrier Group. The Airedales were judged this year by Mr Alan Norcross.