Inter-Regional Obedience Team Competition
To be held on Friday 6th March 2020
“Under Kennel Club ‘G’ Regulations”
If you would like to be considered for SCOTTISH TEAM
Please complete an application form and either …
If you live in any of the following areas:
Derbyshire, Leicestershire, West Midlands, Northamptonshire, Notts., Rutland, Oxfordshire, Shropshire, Staffs, Worcs
and would like to be considered for a place in the team then please send application form (downloadable below or from our Facebook page) to:
Lou Jackson, Team Manager, Comox, Harrisons Lane, Gailey, Staffs. ST19 5PS
Selection day to be held on Sunday 24th November at Tomlinsons Canine Center, Markfield, Leicestershire. LE67 9RJ.
If you are selected the team will be required to attend four training sessions before the event.
If you would like any more info please contact me on 07831397080 or I ‘ll be at Lichfield Show and all the Sandwell shows.Assistant team managers: Lyn Tozer and Steve Fraser, will also be at these shows and may help you with any enquiries.
I have been invited by Michael McCartney (with the approval of the Crufts Dog Show Committee) to manage the Northern Ireland Inter Regional Obedience Team for Crufts 2020.
As you are probably aware Michael McCartney who has been appointed as NI Obedience Inter Regional Manager is in fact judging the event in 2020, therefore he is unable to fulfil his role for that year.
I have accepted the invitation and will be responsible for managing the NI Inter Regional Obedience Team along with two very able assistants in Anne Hamill & Mandy Jennings.
The 2020 Inter Regional team will consist of:
1 Beginner Dog
2 Novice Dogs
2 Class A Dogs
1 Class B Dog
1 Class C Dog
1 Beginner Reserve Dog
The following breed restrictions apply to the Inter Regional Team. The team may consist of:-
The tests for this event will be as per G regs for each class.
ELIGIBILITY DATE: 31st OCTOBER 2019
If you would like to be considered for this event, please complete this form and return it to me either by: Email: smealeoldchapel@manx.net
or post to my home address:
Mrs. Tracy McKinlay
Smeale Old Chapel
Kirk Andreas
Isle of Man. IM7 3EB
Forms should be received by: Saturday 16th November, 2019
NB No telephone applications will be accepted.
Team selection days will take place on:
NORTHERN IRELAND: Saturday, 30th November at K9 Academy, 10 Moneybroom Road, Lisburn, BT28 2QP
ISLE OF MAN: Saturday, 7th December starting at 10 am at the Glebe, St. Marks.
I hope that everyone will be notified of our decision one way or the other by mid-December.
If you would like to apply but cannot make the above date in your area, please do not be put off applying, but contact me so we can try to arrange something.
Two Team Training Sessions will be arranged in each “country” and ask that you attend at least one of these sessions, again dates to be confirmed.
Kind Regards
Tracy McKinlay
DO YOU LIVE IN ONE OF THESE COUNTIES?
If the answer is YES, here is an opportunity for you to compete at Crufts.
We are looking for handlers and dogs of all breeds to come along to the try-outs in: Beginners, Novice, Test A, B & C.
There will be 2 try-out venues in our area.
The Inter Regional’s reverted to the standard G Regs for all tests from 2017.
For more info or to log your interest contact:
(Go to our dedicated FB page for all documents)
South East & East Anglia Inter Regional Supporters Group
– Wendy Birch – Team Manager Tel: 01442 396498 Mobile:
07811911741 Email: wendyanddella@gmail.com
– Sarah Delany – Asst. Team Manager Tel: 07919174766
Email: sarahrosedelany@virginmedia.com
– Enid Diplock – Asst. Team Manager Tel: 07789097134
Email: ediplock@yahoo.co.uk
Kennel Club Press Release:
The Kennel Club wishes to announce that the regulations regarding event licences across all disciplines are to be changed.
With immediate effect from 1 July 2019, event licence applications, whether for a show, trial or other competition, will cease to refer to ‘guarantors’. Instead, whenever a licence fee is paid for an event, the individual making the application on behalf of the club or society will agree that the officers and committee in place at the time of the event will assume full responsibility for ensuring that it will be conducted safely and in accordance with Kennel Club regulations.
Caroline Kisko, Kennel Club Secretary, said: “This change in regulations has come about due to the Kennel Club’s implementation of the Customer Relationship Management (CRM) database which will provide facilities for licence applications to be made online and which will remove any necessity for signatures to be provided. The principle of the licensing process will remain unchanged, but the term ‘guarantor’ will no longer be used.”
The relevant regulation changes across all disciplines will be published in due course.
Any enquiries regarding this matter can be directed to email wda@thekennelclub.org.uk.
The team managers for both Obedience and Rally Inter-Regional Teams have been appointed for the coming three-year period for Crufts 2020 to 2022. Their names are listed below.
Over the summer each will be advertising for applications from interested competitors for their respective teams, so please look out for adverts and flyers around the shoes in your area and on social media.
Obedience
| Scotland | Carole Patrick |
| Northern Ireland | Michael McCartney |
| North | Emma Lavender |
| Midlands | Lou Jackson |
| Wales | Jen Jessop |
| South East & East Anglia | Wendy Birch |
| South & South West | Emma Galbraith |
Rally
| Scotland | Elaine Miller |
| Northern Ireland | Rachel Cooper |
| North | Gail Holl |
| Midlands | Julia Bodsworth |
| Wales | Tracey McGuirk |
| South East & East Anglia | Jenny Stewart |
| South & South West | Jenny Butters |
KENNEL CLUB ANNOUNCEMENT:
Please note this announcement replaces the one issued on January 30, 2019 regarding the same matter. Apologies for any confusion caused.
The Kennel Club would like to issue a clarification on the appropriate content for heelwork tests in obedience.
In the Descriptions and Explanatory Notes for Obedience Classes, Regulation G(c)4 stipulates which turns are permissible at each level. It also states that circles and arcs may be included as appropriate to each level.
Judges should note when designing tests that they should include heelwork in straight lines (except as provided for in the Introductory Class), which then facilitates turns of 90 degrees to the left and to the right. Tests must not consist solely of circles and arcs, although they may be included as part of the test.
More information on obedience can be found at www.thekennelclub.org.uk/activities/obedience. All enquiries should be directed to obedience@thekennelclub.org.uk.
ARE YOU SOMEONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO BECOME A
CRUFTS INTER-REGIONAL TEAM MANAGER FOR OBEDIENCE
The Kennel Club is calling for anyone interested in becoming an Obedience Inter-Regional Team Manager to get in touch who is resident in South West (Herefordshire, Somerset, Avon, Wiltshire, Devon, Cornwall, Dorset and Gloucestershire).
The Inter-regional Obedience event is a competition between teams from Scotland, Northern Ireland, North, Midlands, Wales, South East and East Anglia, South and South West.
We are now inviting applications from interested parties who would like to be considered for the position of a Crufts Obedience Inter-Regional Team Manager, for the period from 2020 up to and including Crufts 2022. Please note that the present managers have indicated that they would like to continue for a further term, with the exception of the South & South West team.
Continue reading Crufts 2020 Obedience Inter Regional Team Manager Sought
See the details on the NOCF Page on ObedienceUK website for the event on the 30th November 2019.
The agenda can be found here:
https://www.thekennelclub.org.uk/activities/obedience/obedience-liaison-council/
