Hourra Hollie!

Oooh laa laa and Hurray Hollie!! She has made it to France!

Well done girl! London to Paris in 3 days!  All to raise money for The Christie Charitable Fund.

Visit their Just Giving page here to donate:  http://www.justgiving.com/London-2-Paris2013

May Summer Show

This weekend we opened our doors for our first of three summer shows, and boy did the heavens open on us! It rained and rained and rained.

Saturday was our UKA Show and the wettest of the two days. I think the poor judges must have shrunk by the time we finished, but everyone wrapped up and battled through. The atmosphere remained positive and very friendly with people cheering and clapping each others runs and laughter could be heard. 

 Entry numbers were fairly low, with a rough head count of about 30 people, making the show generally relaxed and inviting. Rode Heath Scout Group provided a BBQ and Cake Stall and the cakes especially were very popular! Yum yum yum. 

Ruth one of our instructors had recently passed her UKA Judging course and judged for the first time on Saturday. She did a brilliant job and kindly let us share her courses. Here's Beginners Steeplechase:

On Sunday it was our Can You Dig It? Unaffiliated Show. Again the rain came but we still had a good attendance and saw lots of new faces. It was nice to see people coming for their first time and some for their first ever show. 

The judges put up some lovely, but challenging courses and people commented on how they'd enjoyed running the tricky but interesting Advanced course. One of the funniest moments of the day was reading a tickets that said "Dog - Marley, aka useless. Time - Forever. Free to a good home". It certainly made a couple of us giggle.

An enjoyable weekend for all with nice spotty rosettes for the winners and some generously donated prizes. Let's hope for sunshine next time though!

Agility Show for Windway Trust

Last weekend saw us out in the glorious sunshine for our Agility Show in aid of Windyway Trust.

We are so proud to announce that we raised a grand total of:

£918.35

Windyways Trust is an Animal Sanctuary based in Macclesfield, Cheshire. Their aim is to rescue and responsibly rehome unwanted or abandoned domestic pets. Any animal which is not suitable for rehoming is given sanctuary for life.

The show was well attended, we had lots of people entering on the day which was fantastic as we were worried the show would be low on numbers. Thankfully the sun seemed to bring people out to have fun with their dogs and support the charity. It was so warm & sunny that Lydia's freckles had tripled by 3pm!

The Windyway stall did well and made £80. Sally kindly donated sandwiches and yummy cakes which were greatly appreciated by all, except me as they'd all sold out before I got a look in!

One of the best moment was seeing Millie the Great Dane successfully go through a tunnel and came 3rd in Steeplechase! Hurrah! (It's not often that Millie squeezes through the tiny tunnels). 

Overall a fun, relaxed show and a lovely atmosphere for a Charity Agility Show. Windyway are so pleased with the funds raised which will go towards the care of the animals at the rescue centre. 

Thank you to everyone who came along and supported this fabulous cause.