DISCOVER DOGS AT CRUFTS 2024

It doesn’t seem like twelve months since Crufts 2024 at the NEC in Birmingham, but here we all were again for the 2025 show and Discover Dogs.

In the show ring, the Airedales were judged by Mrs Maureen Ward (Zabaretts) with David & Julie Brown’s dog CH Jokyl Daily Special JW (aka Herbie) taking Best Of Breed.

The Airedale Terrier stand within the Discover Dogs section was again co-ordinated by The Midland Counties Airedale Terrier Club, and manned by our lovely volunteers from around the country.   We had lots of lovely comments about the stand, which was decorated to its always high standard by MCATC Secretary Julie Martin and looked really impressive. 

All four days of the show saw lots of visitors stopping by to admire our Airedales and learn about the breed, or to share their experiences as Airedale owners and talk about their dogs both past and present.  We were also visited on the Thursday by TV presenter Claudia Winkleman who had her photo taken with Bramley, and on Sunday the vet Paul Manktelow, featured on Channel 4’s Crufts coverage, popped by and had his photo taken with Rosie.  In addition, MCATC member Emma Lodder was interviewed by the Daily Express, with the resulting article appearing on the paper’s website – and also Dolly, owned by Bridget Singh, made an appearance in a GB News feature on Crufts. 

MCATC would like to thank the following volunteers and their Airedales for helping us to make the stand such a success across the four days of Crufts:

Rachel & Alan Greaves with Bramley; Anita Humphris with Mr Darcey; Carol & Rob Gray with Alice; Louise Caulfield with Rosie; Andy Hull with Gibson; Rebecca Hallam-Ward with Finn; Mark & Vicky Wilmott with Harry;; Melanie Johnson-Holliday & family with Louie; Paula Hughes with Buttons Boy; Bridget Singh with Albert; Dene & Jayne Alford-Evans with Reggie; Mandy & Ian Baker with Shelby & Belle; Jo Blackburn with Edna; Jane Johnstone with Raven; and Emma Lodder with Rory & Bunty.

As always everyone did a fantastic job – we couldn’t do it without you all!

And of course, special thanks as always to Julie for the fabulous stand and for organising the tickets and passes for everyone.


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 WALK & QUIZ, BAGINTON - SUNDAY 8TH SEPTEMBER 2024

 We were again fortunate to miss the worst of the weather for our walk around Ryton Pools Country Park near Coventry, followed by a quiz at Baginton Village Hall.  Despite the heavy rain of the previous few hours, the sun came out on the day.  After a leisurely walk around Ryton Pools everyone met up at Baginton Village Hall for a picnic lunch plus soup, tea and coffee and cakes.  Everyone's grey matter was tested with this year's quiz - won after a very close tiebreak, by Ian & Mandy Baker, with Paul Davis & Gina Lord a very close second - well done to them!  We also could not have an MCATC event without the 'Wrap Your Airedale In A Toilet Roll' game - which was won by Carol Gray & Alice.  An honourable mention must go to Mr Darcey owned by Anita Humprhis, whose idea of this game is a little different to everyone else's, with the object being to see how long you can keep the toilet roll firmly in your jaw rather than being wrapped around you!  Top marks for entertainment value Mr D!

We also raffled off the beautiful hand made bag donated by Pete & Linda Sanders - this was won by Mandy Baker - and £50 was raised for Airedale Rescue.  Thank you again to The Saunders for donating such a lovely item.

As always the committee would like to thank our members for their continued support for our club fun days, it is always a pleasure to meet with fellow Airedalers and enjoy a chat, a laugh and a catch up on a nice sunny day.
FUN DAY, BELBROUGHTON - SUNDAY 28TH JULY 2024

 We were blessed with a lovely sunny day for our 2024 Fun Day, kicking off with an hour's stroll around the lovely surrounding Worcestershire countryside.  Our pet show was judged by committee member Janet Higgins, with prizes as follows:

- Best Dog - Ted, owned by Pete & Linda Sanders
- Best Bitch - Bunty, owned by Emma Lodder
- Best Puppy - Finn (D), owned by Phil & Rebecca Hallam-Ward

Well done to all our winners!  We also played a fun relay called Flags & Bags with some Union Jacks thrown in as a nod to the Olympics!  Our good friends and fellow club members Carol Gray and Sophie Fury both contributed to the day - thank you ladies - Carol very kindly brought some agility equipment for people to encourage their dogs to have a go, with some surprising and encouraging results (!) and Sophie had her grooming table set up, and was busy offering grooming/trimming tips and advice.

Linda Sanders very generously donated a beautiful hand made bag with an Airedale design - this will be raffled by the club at our next event, with all proceeds going to Airedale Rescue.  Thank you Linda, it is an absolutely stunning bag and I think everyone will be hoping to win it!

We hope that everyone enjoyed their day, thank you as always to all those that joined us, your support is much appreciated as always.

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