Karingal Border Collies
News & Results
| 25 January 2012 | Got Reuben's hip score back from BVA - 4:8 |
| 20 November 2011 | West Of England Border Collie Club - Reuben 3rd Puppy Dog and 4th Junior Dog (Judge: Josie Large) |
| 9 October 2011 | South Wales KA - Reuben 4th in Puppy Dog and Lizzie 4th in Limit Bitch (Judge: Meg Purnell-Carpenter) |
| 25 September 2011 | Wessex Border Collie Club - Reuben awarded Reserve Best Puppy in Show by judge, Ali Chainey |
| 10 September 2011 | Richmond - Reuben got a 4th in Puppy Dog (Judge: Alan McCord) |
| 14 August 2011 | Bournemouth - Reuben got a 4th in Puppy Dog (Judge: Pam Harris) |
| 7 August 2011 | Border Collie Club of Wales - Reuben got his first Crufts qualification under Pat Ward with a 3rd in Puppy Dog (he also got a 4th in Minor Puppy Dog) |
| 10 July 2011 | Lizzie got a medal for completing the Race For Life in aid of Cancer Research UK with me J |
| 9 July 2011 | East of England - Reuben got a VHC in Minor Puppy Dog (Judge: Mick Taylor) |
| 11 June 2011 | Three Counties - Reuben made his debut and got a VHC (Judge - Ben Reynolds-Frost) |
| 14 May 2011 | South of England Papillon Club open show - Chloe had a rare outing and won Limit Bitch and got a in 3rd in the Special BW/Tri class (Judges - Jane Thompson & Fran McWade) |
| 24 April 2011 | Beckenham CA - Lizzie BOB and shortlisted for BIS (Judge - Stephanie Bloomfield) |
| 16 April 2011 | W&PBAW - Lizzie's first Limit class and she won! (Judge - Pam Etheredge) |
| 10 April 2011 | SBCC Champ Show - another great day! Lizzie 3rd PG (Crufts qualified 2012), Neve 3rd VB (Crufts qualified 2012) and Riley 1st Limit Dog gaining his Stud Book Number in the process (Crufts qualified for life!) (Bitch judge - Judith Gregory and dog judge - Richard Kinsey) |
| 11 March 2011 | Crufts - had a great day! Lizzie 3rd in Graduate Bitch and Ellie 3rd in Mid Limit Bitch (Judge - Sonya Saxby) |
| 27 February 2011 | Kent County - Lizzie 3rd PG (Judge - Trish Hartfield) |
| 6 February 2011 | East Kent - Lizzie 2nd PG (Judge - Bridgette Bodle) |
| 13 January 2011 | All the pups passed their eye and hearing tests at the AHT. |
| 29 November 2010 | Nuala's first litter were born - 4 dogs and 1 bitch. Dad is Angela Gillespie's Billy (Detania Hillbilly Bell) and we have 3 blue merles and 2 black and whites. |
| 10 October 2010 | South Wales - a naked Lizzie gets 2nd in Graduate Bitch and a smashing write up from the judge - Nick Grosvenor |
| 26 September 2010 | Ashford & Faversham - Lizzie wins PG & RBOB (Judge - Marina Scott), Chloe (first time out in 2 years) gets VHC in Open (Paps) |
| 11 September 2010 | Richmond - Lacey gets 2nd in Yearling Bitch & VHC in Post Grad Bitch (Judge - Stuart Mallard) |
| 14 August 2010 | Bournemouth - Lizzie wins Yearling Bitch and Lacey comes 3rd in the same class (Judge - Jack Bispham) |
| 8 August 2010 | Border Collie Club of Wales - Lizzie gets a 2nd in Yearling Bitch (Judge - Steve Beaumont) |
| 2 August 2010 | Paignton - Lizzie gets a 2nd in Yearling Bitch and Niamh a VHC in Open (Judge - Pat Lister) |
| 3 July 2010 | Windsor - Ellie wins Post Grad Bitch and Niamh gets a VHC in Open (Judge - Keith Starkey) |
| 3 May 2010 | East Anglian Border Collie Club Ch Sh - Lizzie 3rd Yearling Bitch (Judge - Angela Gillespie) |
| 25 April 2010 | WELKS - Lizzie VHC in Yearling Bitch (Judge - Mary Bathurst) |
| 11 March 2010 | Crufts - Lizzie VHC in Special Junior Bitch (Judge - Bob Henry) |
| 28 February 2010 | Kent County CS - Louis 2nd in open dog (Judge - Sue Obbard) |
| 31 January 2010 | SBCC open show - Lizzie 2nd in Junior bitch (Judge - Helena Hutchins) |
| 27 October 2009 | Lizzie hip scored - 4:3 |
| 12 September 2009 | Richmond - Lacey gets a VHC in Puppy Bitch (Judge - Toni Jackson) |
| 22 August 2009 | WKC - Lizzie gets a 2nd in Puppy Bitch (Judge - Lyn Salt) |
| 5 July 2009 | Windsor - Karingal does the double in Puppy Bitch - Lacey wins the class (and Best Puppy Bitch) and Lizzie gets 2nd place (Judge - Christina Bailey) |
| 28 June 2009 | Whitstable & District - In Border Collies, Lizzie gets BPIB, RBOB and PG2 and in Papillons, Louis gets BOB and G1 |
| 21 June 2009 | Border Union - Lizzie wins Puppy Bitch and gets Best Puppy in Breed while Nuala gets a Reserve in Post Graduate Bitch (Judge - Meg Purnell-Carpenter) |
| 16 June 2009 | Three Counties - Lizzie gets a 3rd in Minor Puppy Bitch (Judge - Gary Gray) |
| 7 June 2009 | Southern Counties - Lacey gets a VHC in Puppy Bitch and Ellie gets a 2nd in Novice Bitch (Judge - Fran Kaye) |
| 31 May 2009 | Wessex BCC Open Show - Riley wins Graduate Dog (Judge - Steve Beaumont) |
| 9 May 2009 | Birmingham National - Lizzie gets a VHC in Minor Puppy Bitch (Judge - Derek Smith) |
| 24 April 2009 | WELKS - Lizzie gets a Reserve in Minor Puppy Bitch (Judge - John Gascoigne) |
| 12 April 2009 | SBCC - Ellie gets a 2nd in Post Graduate Bitch (Judge - Tracey Wilkinson) |
| 5 April 2009 | Chloe produces 3 pups - 2 dogs and 1 bitch, all tri colours |
| 8 March 2009 | Crufts - Niamh gets a 3rd in Good Citizen Class - Judge Jean Entwistle |
| 20 November 2008 | We're pleased with Casey's hip score result - 4:5 |
| 28 October 2008 | Bindi's pups all pass their eye and hearing tests. |
| 15 September 2008 | Bindi has her second litter - 7 bouncing black & white pups, 6 bitches and 1 dog. |
| 26 May 2008 | Casey's TNS & CL results are back - she's clear of both! |
| 19 May 2008 | Casey's CEA results are back - she's normal. We are really pleased as we were expecting her to be a carrier (through Finn) |
| 18 May 2008 | Wessex BCC - Riley won Graduate Dog and Niamh got Reserve in Open Bitch (Judge - Josie Large) |
| 10 May 2008 | Birmingham Championship Show - Louis wins Post Graduate Dog and Chloe gets a 3rd in Graduate Bitch (Judge - Liz Cartledge) |
| 5 May 2008 | EABCC Championship Show - Nuala gets a VHC in Post Graduate Bitch and Niamh a 3rd in Open Bitch (Judge - Penny Forster Cooper) |
| 2 May 2008 | Casey's bloods taken for DNA testing for CEA, TNS & CL. We anticipate that she will be a CEA carrier. |
| 13 April 2008 | SBCC Championship Show - Ellie gets a 3rd in Post Grad Bitch and qualifies for Crufts 2009. Casey's first show, she took it all in her stride but didn't get placed (Judge - Mike Kiff). Riley gets a VHC in Yearling Dog (Judge - Jeff Luscott) |
| 23 March 2008 | Border Collie Club of Great Britain Championship Show - Riley qualifies for Crufts 2009 with a 3rd in Yearling Dog (Judge - Eric Broadhurst) |
| 8 March 2008 | Crufts - Ellie got a 3rd in Undergraduate Bitch and Niamh won the Good Citizen Bitch class (Judge - Angela Gillespie) |
| 6 March 2008 | Crufts - Chloe won Special Junior Bitch (Judge - Mr G J Urquhart) |
| 1 December 2007 | Casey (Sheltysham Chocoholic) came to live with us - she is a Finn daughter. |
| 24 November 2007 | Reading & District - Nuala outshone Niamh and went BOB (Judge - Pete Simmons) |
| 17 November 2007 | My first judging appointment - had a good entry of 17 Border Collies! |
| 8 September 2007 | Richmond Ch Sh - Ellie qualified for Crufts 2008 with a 3rd place in Yearling Bitch (Judge - Derek Allsop) |
| 4 September 2007 | Had Riley hip scored - result was 6:7 |
| 1 September 2007 | Niamh passed her Good Citizen Bronze with ease - not bad considering she'd not done any sort of training! |
| 13 August 2007 | Bournemouth Ch Sh - Louis got a 2nd in Post Grad (Judge - Mark Whitehill) |
| 19 July 2007 | East Of England Ch Sh - Nuala got a 3rd in Junior Bitch (Judge - Tracey Wilkinson) |
| 11 July 2007 | Paignton Ch Sh - Niamh got a 3rd in Limit Bitch (Judge - Kathie Frawley) |
| 27 June 2007 | A sad, sad day - we lost Jack. RIP my darling boy, you were the best and I will miss you forever. |
| 17 June 2007 | Border Union Ch Sh - Riley got Best Puppy Dog and Nuala got a Res in Junior Bitch (Judge - Annette Tasker) |
| 2 & 3 June 2007 | Southern Counties Ch Sh - Papillon's were on the Saturday and Louis got a Res in Yearling Dog. Border Collie classes were on the Sunday and Riley won Puppy Dog and was awarded Best Puppy Dog (Judge - Jeff Horswell). What was really pleasing though was Neve's (Karingal Kiss 'N' Tell) qualification for Crufts 2008. She isn't shown much (a couple of shows a year) and, until today, has missed out on qualifying with a few 4th places J |
| 25 May 2007 | Received Conor's TNS results back - he is clear. |
| 10 May 2007 | Ellie's hip score is done - 6:5 |
| 8 April 2007 | Southern Border Collie Club Champ Show - Riley got a 3rd in MPD - his first Crufts qualification at only his second show (Judge - Ann Arch) |
| 31 March 2007 | Riley's first show - WEBCC Open. He stood alone in Minor Puppy Dog and was rather exuberant going around the ring but he enjoyed himself which was the main thing whilst giving the spectators a good laugh J |
| 11 March 2007 | After having a disappointing day with Nuala on Friday, Louis pulled out all the stops and gave us our first win at Crufts, beating 15 other Papillons to win Special Junior Dog (Judge - David Roe) |
| 5 March 2007 | Received Nuala's hip score back - 5:4 |
| 5 March 2007 | Received TNS results back for Macca, Maisie, Bindi, Niamh & Nuala - they are all clear. |
| 24 February 2007 | At the South Eastern Toy Dog Society Open Show, Louis won Junior and went BOB out of 32 Papillons (Judge - Sophie Langdon) |
| 29 October 2006 | A naughty Nuala got a VHC while both Niamh & Bindi got 2nd places in their respective classes at Wessex Border Collie Club open show (Judge - Pat Ward) |
| 27 October 2006 | Midland Counties Ch Sh - Nuala won PB and got Best Puppy Bitch & Bindi got yet another 4th in Limit Bitch (Judge - Fran Kaye) |
| 2 October 2006 | Driffield Ch Sh - Nuala got 2nd in MPB (Judge - Penny Forster-Cooper) |
| 24 September 2006 | At Ashford & Faversham Open Show, Nuala went BPIB (Judge - Steve Hewson), Pastoral PG1 and was shortlisted for BPIS (Judge - Howard Ogden) |
| 21 September 2006 | We had a good day at Horsham Open Show - Nuala went BPIB & Pastoral PG3 (Judge - Richard Kinsey) and Louis ~ the Birthday Boy ~ got BPIB (Judge - Tony Alcock MBE) & Toy PG4 (Judge - Peter Jolley) |
| 2 September 2006 | Niamh got a 3rd out of a class of 21 at Birmingham under Judge - Rodney Oldham |
| 23 August 2006 | A very sad day at Karingal - Harry was given sleep to prevent further suffering. A true gentleman to the end. |
| 20 August 2006 | Niamh got BOB and Pastoral Group 3 at Kent County Canine (Breed judge - Julie Leadbeater, Group Judge - Gary Clarke) |
| 14 August 2006 | Bournemouth Champ Show - Ellie gets a 2nd in Minor Puppy Bitch, closely followed by Nuala in 3rd spot - their first Crufts qualifications at their first Champ Show! Both Conor & Niamh get VHCs in Limit Dog & Bitch respectively (Judge - Gary Clarke) |
| 6 August 2006 | East Of England LKS Open Show - we had a good day. In Border Collies, Nuala got Best Puppy In Breed (Judge - Fiona Sutherland) and in Papillons, Louis got Best Puppy In Breed (Judge - Sue Morrell) and Toy Puppy Group 4 (Judge - Stuart Mallard) |
| 17 June 2006 | Border Union - in Papillons, Louis wins MPD (Judge - Rosalie Brady) while in Border Collies, Macca gets a Reserve in Open Dog (Judge - Keith Nathan) |
| 3 June 2006 | Southern Counties Ch Sh - Louis gets a 3rd place in Minor Puppy Dog (Judge - Ruth Johnston) |
| 31 May 2006 | Guildford Open Show - Louis gets BPIB (Judge - Sue Morrell) & Toy Puppy Group 4 |
| 28 May 2006 | Bath Ch Sh - Finn wins Veteran Dog and gets his first Crufts qualification at the age of 7 J. Niamh gets the Reserve Bitch CC after coming 2nd in Limit Bitch (Judge - John Rees) |
| 20 May 2006 | South East Papillon Club Open Show - Louis gets a Reserve in Minor Puppy Dog |
| 1 May 2006 | East Anglia Border Collie Club Champ Show - Conor wins Post Graduate Dog, Macca gets a Res in Open Dog (Judge - Ben Reynolds-Frost) |
| 29 April 2006 | WELKS - Niamh gets a VHC in what the judge (Pam Etheridge) describes as a very strong Limit Bitch class |
| 17 April 2006 | Louis gets BP, RBOB and Toy PG4 at Dunstable & District |
| 15 April 2006 | Working & Pastoral Breeds Association of Wales Ch Sh - Conor gets a 3rd in Post Grad Dog & Niamh wins Limit Bitch and is awarded the Reserve Bitch CC by Judge, Derek Smith |
| 30 March 2006 | Zak's DNA CEA results are back - he's normal |
| 25 March 2006 | Louis attends his first ever show - UK Toydog Championship. Out of a class of 17 in Minor Puppy Dog, he gets a 3rd thereby qualifying for Crufts 2007! |
| 19 March 2006 | Border Collie Club of GB Champ Show - Niamh gets a VHC in Mid Limit Bitch (Judge - Maggie Holliday) |
| 10 March 2006 | Zak's (Karingal Kith 'N' Kin) owners receive his hip score from the BVA - 6:5. We are all pleased with that. |
| 9 March 2006 | Karingal Virginia Bluebell - Lily - passes over Rainbow Bridge at the tender age of 6 weeks. Rest In Peace Sweetheart. |
| 2 & 3 March 2006 | All pups pass their eye and hearing tests - they are genetically clear of CEA anyway! |
| 25 January 2006 | Bindi gives birth to 5 gorgeous pups - 4 bitches and 1 dog! All are spoken for. |
| 14 January 2006 | Little Louis , our first Papillon, comes to live with us |
| 25-28 November 2005 | Macca & Bindi have some fun! Hopefully pups will be due towards the end of January 2006! |
| 27 November 2005 | SBCC Open Show. Niamh wins Yearling Bitch and Conor gets a 2nd in Yearling Dog and wins Graduate Dog. Their sister, Willow, at only her 2nd breed show, gets a second place behind Niamh, then goes on to win Graduate & Special Working Bitch. (Judge - Chris Chapman) A good day for the Karingal dogs J |
| 19 November 2005 | West Of England Border Collie Club Champ Show - Niamh gets a 2nd place in Mid Limit Bitch (Judge - Gwen Mogford) |
| 13 November 2005 | Border Collie Club of GB, Puppy of the Year competition - Niamh gets through the first round, then is eliminated in the next round (Judge - Pat Wilkinson) |
| 18 September 2005 | Maisie & Niamh attend BCCGB Open Show - Niamh wins Yearling Bitch, Maisie gets a Reserve in Limit Bitch (Judge - Voirrey Paesler) and both get a 2nd in Brace (Judge - Ian Wiltshire) |
| 11 September 2005 | Richmond Champ Show - Maisie gets a Reserve in Limit Bitch (out of 20) but is outshone by her daughter Niamh, who, after winning Yearling Bitch, goes on to get the Bitch CC and BOB! (Judge - Robin Newhouse) |
| 3 September 2005 | City of Birmingham Champ Show - Neve gets a Reserve in Graduate Bitch (Judge - Jeff Luscott) |
| 31 August 2005 | Received Conor's CL test result (requested later than the others)- he is normal! |
| 14 August 2005 | Bournemouth - Conor got Reserve in Yearling Dog (Judge - Rachael Spencer) |
| 10 August 2005 | CL Test results received from OptiGen - Macca, Maisie, Bindi & Niamh are Normal and will never develop CL nor produce pups affected with CL. |
| 24 July 2005 | We had a good day at Leeds Champ Show! Under judge Keith Starkey - Conor got his first Crufts qualification of the year, getting a 3rd in Yearling Dog, Niamh won Yearling Bitch (out of 18) and Bindi got another Reserve in Limit Bitch. |
| 21 July 2005 | East Of England - Macca got a VHC in Limit Dog & Bindi (in her first Limit Bitch class) just missed out on her Stud Book Number with a Reserve (Judge - Vicki Green) |
| 9 July 2005 | At Dunstable & District Open Show - Niamh got Best Of Breed, Macca got Reserve Best Of Breed. In the afternoon they held a Companion Show and, after winning AV Non Sporting, Conor went Reserve Best In Show (Judge - Vicky Carley) |
| 3 July 2005 | Macca gets a Reserve in Limit Dog at Windsor (Judge - Ferelith Somerfield) |
| 17 June 2005 | Neve's CEA/CH DNA results received from Optigen - good news, she is normal! |
| 5 June 2005 | Neve just misses out on her first Crufts qualification with a Reserve place in Yearling Bitch at Southern Counties (Judge - John Carter) |
| 5 May 2005 | National Birmingham - Niamh gets a 3rd in Yearling Bitch (Judge - Albert Wight) |
| 29 April 2005 | WELKS - Niamh gets a VHC in Yearling Bitch (Judge- Judith Gregory) |
| 10 April 2005 | Niamh gains her final Junior Warrant points (with 4 to spare) at the Southern Border Collie Club's Championship Show at Maidstone (Judge - Ben Reynolds-Frost) |
| 4 April 2005 | CEA/CH DNA results received from Optigen - we have 3 carriers and 3 normals. |