1971 – 2021

Sunday September 5th

Autumn Garden Party 2021

‘Build it and they will come’ is a phrase that might sum this Garden Party up. We decided to go ahead and planned for this week-end when COVID restrictions were still significantly restricting society and it was still something of a gamble to arrange it. However I think we can safely say that the gamble paid off! This had to be our largest Garden Party ever at Priors Marston Sports and Social Club following on from the largest Open show we have had in years the day before and the largest evening event we have ever had at the Garden Party on the night in-between. Our first events for almost 2 years certainly demonstrated our club members and others are ready to get going again, …. and also strongly emphasised that most of your committee are two years older!

A massive thank you to everyone who came and supported our event and contributed to such a successful day.

What an intense and busy week-end it turned into and keeping things going in the unpredicted heat on Sunday was extremely hard work at times and there are some very, very appreciated people who stepped in to help to prevent us being overwhelmed and the event would have been very different without them. Many of the committee and their associates worked hard in the kitchen all day and we have to give special mention to Simon Gould who spontaneously gave up almost his whole day to cook burgers and sausage for the large numbers we had to cope with.

For those who have asked about her, the lady who collapsed on Sunday afternoon and needed the ambulance is recovering well and big thanks to the people who stepped forward to help, especially Katie, a nurse, and partner Ben who stayed for over two hours to assist.

Thank yous, reports, results and more photos will appear here in the days and weeks to come as they become available and as we are able to post them, so please keep coming back to this page as it builds.

With thanks to those responsible, to give a little flavour of the event here is a link to a You Tube video of the event including drone footage which was taken well into the afternoon when many people had left.

Photographs

For a look at lots of great photos of this event and the previous evening’s ‘Pre Garden Party, Party’, please look at the Autumn GP gallery on our  Smugmug pages   Please note there are still many more photos to be added to this gallery so keep revisiting our site. Please be aware you can click on the ‘play arrow’ in the options near the bottom right of the top picture on the page to generate a slide show of all the images or just click on any photo to be able to scroll through them all at your own pace.

As always if anyone has any issues with any photo featuring them or members of their family please contact web@bernese.co.uk

 

The Main Ring

The Main Ring with the variety of events held in it is, in many ways, the focal point of the Garden Party. This event saw the Main Ring under the new stewardship of  Fiona Hallam assisted by Paul Edwards on camera duties. Lianne somehow found time to help them out as well and together things ran quite smoothly considering the amount of people present. Many people commented on what a great job Fiona did on the microphone and there certainly seemed to be a friendly and happy positive vibe coming from the very busy ring all day. Well Done Fi.

We are very grateful to Paul who was conscripted at a late stage to help with photography and did a brilliant job. You can see or link to his photos from this page to see for yourself and more photos will appear.

Main Ring Judge Jayne Adams seemed to be having a good time in there but kept up the fun levels for everyone, especially in the cuddles class where things were beginning to go a bit too far at times! Jayne set the tone for the day when she asked for it to be announced that the judge likes gin, I’m not sure if she realised we would broadcast it and I daren’t ask if anyone gave her any gin!

Scroll down this page or more results from the Main Ring.

MAIN RING JUDGE’S REPORT

by Jayne Adams

What an honour it was to be asked to judge the novelty classes! We’ve attended many Garden Parties over the years and entered lots of the classes, but who knew it’d be so hard to choose from all the wonderful dogs!!  Each and every one were gorgeous and I wish I could have given them all a rosette!!  Many thanks to Fi, Lianne and Oliver for helping me throughout the day, we had such a laugh, and also to Paul for taking some lovely pictures.  Despite it having been announced that I liked gin (only the odd one, of course!!) I can confirm that only one competitor attempted to bribe me……..and with the offer of a crate of gin, what could I possibly do????

I have to take this opportunity to thank the Committee for all the hard work they put into organising these events – you really do an amazing job and I for one massively appreciate all that you do.

 

Beautiful Boys

1^st Teddy with Tom Philpott-Clark     What a handsome young man with a lovely head.  He just took everything in his stride – definitely a credit to his owners

2^nd Hercules with Amir Boroumund    I loved the ‘look at me’ expression on his face

3^rd Brigg with Pam Jones

4^th Toblerone with A J Parker

5^th Bernie with David Stevens

 

Gorjus Girls

1^st Tia with Jackie Best    Lovely girl in fab condition, such an attentive look in her eyes!

2^nd Boodles with Steven Small  Ah Boodles, loved the pretty freckles

3^rd Armarni with Sue Small

4^th Elsie with Sarah McTighe

5^th Ruby with Judith Hardy

 

Dog with the most appealing eyes

1^st Quincey with Bernhard Lindenau  Quincey caught my eye (excuse the pun!!) straight away – been there, done that and bought the t-shirt

2^nd Buffy with Camilla Rose Vaychkus definitely had the pick me eyes!

3^rd  Shelby with Derek Jones

4^th Monty with Finlay & Jacob Jones

5^th Nugget with Sarah McTighe

 

Best Cuddle  Now this was by far my favourite class…….

1^st  Heidi with Joe Beasley  Well what can I say, the pictures say it all!  Heidi gave the best cuddles I’ve ever had (don’t tell my 3 I said that!!!), there was no way I was getting away with just a paw……she had to make sure I was laid flat on my back so she could lay on me to cuddle and kiss!!  Clear winner!

2^nd Bernie with David Stebbings   Definitely a close second!  You really can’t beat Bernese cuddles!

3^rd  Inka with Justin Davis

4^th Armarni with Sue Small

5^th Boodles with Steven Small

 

Waggiest Tail

1^st Peggy Sue with Judy Harris  Such a happy girlie whose tail never stopped wagging!

2^nd Bobby with Katie Jones  For a small boy, he can certainly wag that tail!

3^rd Lottie with Izzy Mitchell

4^th  Sven with Ollie Wenn

5^th Bear with Beverley Harry

 

Best Smile

1^st  Ralfie with Aimee Lobban  Wow, what a big infectious smile that reached right to his eyes!

2^nd  Heidi with Liz Beasley  Another lovely smile showing her sparkling teeth!

3^rd Bailey with Bev West

4^th Bailey with Bev Harry

5^th Sam with Helen Easter

 

Dog most like it’s owner

1^st  Teddi with John Cantrell  What can I say….this was by far the clear winner, the outfit was a perfect match!  Must have been rather warm in the sun though!

2^nd  Monty with Finlay Jones  Another fabulous match, with sound effects too!

3^rd Lulu with Ellie-Rose

4^th  Taya with Karen Reeves

5^th Bobby with Katie Jones

 

 

Lots to say or Best Barker or noisiest dog or even the funniest!

1^st  Noodle with Sean Jones  This was obviously Noodle’s favourite class and thoroughly enjoyed himself once he got started!

2^nd  Bobby with Katie Jones  Another one who had plenty to say and made me laugh

3^rd  Nala with Rosie Nichol

4^th  Alba with Kirsty Broadbent

 

Junior Handler 6 – 11 years

1^st Mayba with Una Tsui  Great effort despite Mayba wanting to leave the ring!  Very well done getting her attention back on you!

2^nd  Buffy with Camilla Rose Vaychkus  Lovely handling and a great rapport between them

3^rd  Penny with Noah Fall

4^th  Belle with Katie Jones

 

Junior Handler 12 – 16 years

1^st  Belle with Oliver Jones  Despite standing alone in the class, Oliver showed Belle off to perfection and it was easy to see the friendship these two have

 

Best bad hair day – dog or human

1^st Monty with Jacob Jones  The saying ‘dragged through a hedge backwards’ came to mind when I saw this duo!  Very funny!

2^nd Penny with Noah Fall Definitely looked like a good brush was needed!

3^rd Bobby with Katie Jones

4^th  Buffy with Camilla Rose Vaychkus

 

Best brace or trio – of dogs

1^st  Brigg & Dessa with Pete Jones  Clear to see this pair were the best of friends, so lovely to see

2^nd  Willow & Holly with Barbara Mays  Sweet girls who were very happy to be together

3^rd  Phoebe & Peggy Sue with Malcolm Peter

4^th  Buffy & Flint with Camilla Rose Vaychkus

5^th  Albert & Baloo with Kirsty Broadbent

 

 

Best Party Trick

1^st  Hercules with Amir Boroumamd  Very impressive counting!

2^nd  Noodle with Emily Young  Great performance!

3^rd  Holly with Jane Barnard

 

Best 6 Legs

1^st Lulu with Ellis-Rose  Lovely set of legs, colours and markings identical!

2^nd  Monty with Finlay Jones  Perfectly matched legs!

3^rd  Kalfi with Lewis

4^th  Buffy with Camilla Rose Vaychkus

5^th Teddi with Sheila Cantrell

 

Judges Favourite  Definitely don’t tell my 3 about this class, as they all think they’re my favourite!!

1^st  PeggySue with Barbara Peters  What an absolute poppet with a kind face, I could quite easily have taken her home

2^nd  Teddi with Sheila Cantrell  Gorgeous boy with a loveable character

3^rd  Buffy with Camilla Rose Vaychkus

4^th  Freya with Dani Andrews

5^th  Holly with Barbara Mays

WORKING EVENTS

Every Garden Party has working events in the form of Agility, Obedience and of course Carting. Points are awarded for places in these competitions and these are collated to give a Best Overall Working Dog of the Day. This year several levels of the tie break procedure had to be used to award Top Dog to Shadow owned by a delighted Debbie Morgan who just shaded Sandras Hallam’s Fizz into a very close 2nd place.

 

More Photos, Results and reports will appear on this page when they become available.

Working Carts

Each Garden Party hosts a full set of Working Cart classes organised by the Working Cart Group managed by Di Crawshaw and Chris Handley. Beginners are welcome to come and learn about the course and try their dogs in a cart subject subject to the first draft procedure. Handled correctly most Bernese take to this very easily and prove to be natural carters and once assessed as up to an appropriate level are awarded their First Draft accompanied by a good bag supplied by the club. This event saw ten new carters given their First Draft award although some had gone home on Sunday afternoon when the awards were given out.

Happy First Draft receivers with their ‘newly competent’ carting dogs

If you have a Bernese and are interested in carting why not come and make contact at the next Garden Party and give your dog a go, equipment is provided and you will enjoy working with your dog doing what he or she was meant to do. From completing First Draft many dogs move quickly and smoothly onto the first level of the Beginners course and enjoy it so much they are soon asking the question, “Where can I get a cart?”.

 

Veterans

Tobi – 7 years – Sheila Cantrell

Tess – 7 years – Margaret Bailey

Bollinger – 8 years – Belle Owen

Hugo – 7 years – Robert Yarker

Phina  – 7 years – Keith Brown

Norman – 8 years – Chris Handley

Florence – 7 years- Debbie Morgan

 

The Working Cart classes were judged by Andy Smith, except for his own scored round judged  by Di Crawshaw

 

Beginners Working Carts

1^st      Paddy          Rebecca King         125 points

2^nd     Bond           Chris Handley        122 points

3^rd     Libby           Rebecca King         121 points

4^th     Mia             Belle Owen            120 points

5^th     Lola             Chris Handley        119 points

Barnaby & Michelle Copeland were not placed but they did gain a pass on their first cart course having done 1^st draft this weekend. Two other first drafts also did very well.

 

Intermediate Carts

1^st      Rosie           Elaine Spalding      166 points

2^nd     Ted             Rebecca King         163 points

3^rd     Shadow       Debbie Morgan      160 points

4^th     Fizz            Sandra Hallam       159 points

5^th     Bramble       Andy Smith           156 points

 

Advanced Carting Course

1^st      Torin           Di Crawshaw          215 points

 

Medals Advanced Working Carts

1^st      Phina           Keith Brown          244 points

2^nd     Norman       Chris Handley        236 points

3^rd     Florence      Debbie Morgan      212 points

Agility

We were very grateful to the ever reliable Babs Munson for stepping in as a late replacement for our original judge. As usual guided practice and training was available throughout the morning with the competitions being held in the afternoon. This is Babs’ report.

Obedience

Judging obedience for us for the first time today was Loryn Oliver who said she really enjoyed the week-end she spent with us.

Have A Go:

1^st       Trio             Keith Brown

2^nd      Lyra             Debbie Buck

3^rd      Florence      Debbie Morgan

4^th      Shadow        Debbie Morgan

5^th      Barney         Karen Wheeler

 

Triers:

1^st       Glory            Bruce Hellingsworth

2^nd      Boodles        Sue Small

3^rd      Mia              Belle Owen

4^th      Indy             Sherry Round

5^th      Merryn        Bruce Hellingsworth

 

Future Stars:

1^st       Fizz             Sandra Hallam

2^nd      Lilly              Sue Maddox

3^rd      Burley          Aileen Barnard

4^th      Georgie        David Maddox

5^th      Phina            Keith Brown

 

Open:

1^st       Delta            Sue Brown

2^nd      Burley          Aileen Barnard

3^rd      Lilly              Sue Maddox

4^th      Gucci            Sue Small

5^th      Georgie        David Maddox

Main Ring Results

Judged by Jayne Adams

 

Beautiful Boys

1^st      Teddy         Tom Philpott-Clark

2^nd     Hercules      Amir Boroumamd

3^rd     Brigg           Pam Jones

4^th     Toblerone    AJ Parker

5^th     Bernie         David Stevens

 

Gorjus Girls

1^st      Tia              Jackie Best

2^nd     Boodles       Steven Small

3^rd     Armarni       Sue Small

4^th     Elsie           Sarah McTighe

5^th     Ruby           Judith Hardy

 

Dog With The Most Appealing Eyes

1^st      Quincey       Bernhard Lindenau

2^nd     Buffy          Camilla Rose Vaychkus

3^rd     Shelby        Derek Jones

4^th     Monty         Finlay & Jacob Jones

5^th     Nugget        Sarah McTighe

 

Best Cuddle

1^st      Heidi           Joe Beasley

2^nd     Bernie         David Stebbings

3^rd     Inka            Justin Davis

4^th     Armarni       Sue Small

5^th     Boodles       Steven Small

 

Waggiest Tail

1^st      Peggy Sue    Judy Harris

2^nd     Bobby          Katie Jone

3^rd     Lottie          Izzy Mitchell

4^th     Sven           Ollie Wenn

5^th     Bear            Beverley Harry

 

Best Smile

1^st      Ralfie          Aimee Lobban

2^nd     Heidi           Liz Beasley

3^rd     Bailey          Bev West

4^th     Bailey          Bev Harry

5^th     Sam            Helen Easter

 

Dog Most Like It’s Owner

1^st      Teddi          John Cantrell

2^nd     Monty         Finlay Jones

3^rd     Lulu             Ellie-Rose

4^th     Taya           Karen Reeves

5^th     Bobby          Katie Jones

 

Lots To Say 0r Best barker or noisiest dog or even the funniest!!

1^st      Noodle        Sean Jones

2^nd     Bobby          Katie Jones

3^rd     Nala            Rosie Nichol

4^th     Alba            Kirsty Broadbent

 

Junior Handler 6 – 11 years

1^st      Mayba         Una Tsui

2^nd     Buffy          Camilla Rose Vaychkus

3^rd     Penny          Noah Fall

4^th     Belle           Katie Jones

 

Junior Handler 12 – 16 years

1^st      Belle           Oliver Jones

 

Best Bad hair Day – dog or human!

1^st      Monty         Jacob Jones

2^nd     Penny          Noah Fall

3^rd     Bobby          Katie Jones

4^th     Buffy          Camilla Rose Vaychkus

 

Best Brace or Trio – of Dogs

1^st      Brigg & Dessa                 Pam Jones

2^nd     Willow & Holly                Barbara Mays

3^rd     Phoebe & PeggySue         Malcolm Peter

4^th     Buffy & Flint                  Camilla Rose Vaychkus

5^th     Albert & Baloo                Kirsty Broadbent

 

Best Party Trick

1^st      Hercules               Amir Boroumamd

2^nd     Noodle                 Emily Young

3^rd     Holly                    Jane Barnard

 

Best 6 legs

1^st      Lulu                      Ellie-Rose

2^nd     Monty                  Finlay Jones

3^rd     Kalfi                     Lewis

4^th     Buffy                   Camilla Rose Vaychkus

5^th     Teddi                   Sheila Cantrell

 

Judges favourite

1^st      PeggySue     Barbara Peters

2^nd     Teddi          Shiela Cantrell

3^rd     Buffy          Camilla Rose Vaychkus

4^th     Freya          Dani Andrews

5^th     Holly           Barbara Mays

 

Decorated Carting classes

Our Judge with the unenviable task of judging the Decorated Cart Classes was Jean Hellingsworth. These classes are often the most entertaining of the day as we marvel at the ingenuity and work of the carters with their Swiss costumes of interpretation or the given theme.

Her comments are incorporated below.

 

Thoroughly enjoyed judging the carts. A real treat after so long without.  It did get very hot in the afternoon, so thank you for all that entered. Apologies if I have got the names wrong!

Swiss Theme

1^st      Norman & Lola with Chris Handley

2^nd     Florence & Shadow with Debbie Morgan

3^rd     Tess with Margaret Bailey

4^th     Lulu with Elaine Worrall & Ellie-Rose

5^th     Tobi with Sheila Cantrell

All beautifully turned out with lovely decorations.

 

Fancy Dress – Superhero’s

1^st      Tobi            Sheila Cantrell – Batman

2^nd     Norman       Chris Handley – Iron Man

Wonderful, so impressed with these two – amazing amount of work gone into the displays and very well-behaved dogs.

 

Best Carting Turnout

1^st      Tobi            Shiela Cantrell

2^nd     Mia             Belle Owen

3^rd     Hugo           Robert Yarker

Well turned out – very smart.

Parades

Our last to be mentioned set of events in the Main Ring are our Parades which are spread through the day’s programme. Our usual ones are Rescue, Veteran and Puppy but this year, due to the absence of any chance for our puppies to show off last year we added a Junior Parade for the class of 2020 to play catch up and get their chance in the limelight. The Veteran and Rescue Parades are particularly popular as the dog’s stories are told and we can publicly thank our Rescuers and appreciate our Golden Oldies. For the puppies, and to a lesser extent the Juniors this year, it is a chance to be the centre of attention and receive some valuable socialisation with attention from a stranger.

We thank everyone who brought their dogs into our Parades today and, in absolutely no particular order whatsoever, here are the names of the dogs that took place in our each one.

 

Rescue/Rehome Dog Line up

Berni, Mabyn, Roxy, Folly, Burley, Rosie, Cody, Otto, Ruby, Bella, Rhumbha, Shelby, Tessa, Bolly & Mia

 

Veterans

Tango, Loki, Keeva, Norman, Riley, Dessa, Burley, Bolly, Lottie, Mako, Florence, Quincey, Tobi, Tiger, Tess, Phoebe, Phina, Mayba & Belle

 

Puppies 

Fraggle, Ronnie, Teddy, Ruby, Bear, Morse, Nellie, Doug, Teddy, Lottie, Ginny, Marti, PegguSue, Arthur, Gus, Monty, Edie, George, Hercules, Teddy & Jive

 

Junior Parade 

Pixie, Maverick, Rafferty, Barnaby, Floyd, Daisy, Sam, Bernie, Holly, Bobby, Baloo, Eddie, Bobby, Bailey, Luna, Nora, Penny, Bailey, Otto, Armarni, Phoebe, Fenn, Mabel, Monty & Cody,