Midland Border Terrier Club

B.T. TIMES

An Extract From An Article By Anne Roslin-Williams
(reprinted by kind permission of Dog World)

The possibility and difficulties of running a joint breed club show for those breeds with a surplus set of CCs was raised by Andrew Brace.

For many years the then existing Border Terrier clubs ran a joint championship show, always held at the same venue, one reasonably central and accessible from all quarters. There was no problem whatsoever in the running of this show. Each club ran it in turn. Everyone was happy with the arrangement, it proved a popular event with the exhibitors, and rather than causing disputes between individuals and clubs, it actually brought people together. Everyone was sorry when this was axed.

There is no problem in one club running two championship shows falling at the same time of year, should the joint fall close to the breed club’s own show. Those who run shows which do fall close together say it is easy, because one knows exactly what it entails and has everything at one’s fingertips for the second show, and merely does everything twice, once for each club.

The idea of a rolling breed speciality, as the Americans call it, runs up against the ever increasing problem of finding venues. There are fewer and fewer venues willing to hold dog shows, and those that do are booked up throughout the calendar by their regulars. So, if a club is lucky enough to find a good venue, it is advisable to stick to it, to retain the continuity. Otherwise the date slot might have been taken by the cavy club or even the dreaded dahlia breeders.

Britain is microscopic in size compared with America so the dog world is smaller too, not so regionalised. Many exhibitors travel to most of the championship shows. A national speciality would not have the same impact as in America and would be just another breed club show.

	An Extract From An Article By Anne Roslin-Williams (reprinted by kind permission of Dog World)
	The possibility and difficulties of running a joint breed club show for those breeds with a surplus set of CCs was raised by Andrew Brace. For many years the then existing Border Terrier clubs ran a joint championship show, always held at the same venue, one reasonably central and accessible from all quarters. There was no problem whatsoever in the running of this show. Each club ran it in turn. Everyone was happy with the arrangement, it proved a popular event with the exhibitors, and rather than causing disputes between individuals and clubs, it actually brought people together. Everyone was sorry when this was axed. There is no problem in one club running two championship shows falling at the same time of year, should the joint fall close to the breed club’s own show. Those who run shows which do fall close together say it is easy, because one knows exactly what it entails and has everything at one’s fingertips for the second show, and merely does everything twice, once for each club. The idea of a rolling breed speciality, as the Americans call it, runs up against the ever increasing problem of finding venues. There are fewer and fewer venues willing to hold dog shows, and those that do are booked up throughout the calendar by their regulars. So, if a club is lucky enough to find a good venue, it is advisable to stick to it, to retain the continuity. Otherwise the date slot might have been taken by the cavy club or even the dreaded dahlia breeders. Britain is microscopic in size compared with America so the dog world is smaller too, not so regionalised. Many exhibitors travel to most of the championship shows. A national speciality would not have the same impact as in America and would be just another breed club show.