The club is now able to provide dates for its main events in 2025 and there is a slight change of format this year so please read the statement below for full details.
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Our Club Events 2025 – An Announcement
Following the successful running of our Autumn Open Show, Autumn Garden Party and annual Championship Show over the August 2024 Bank Holiday weekend, and the positive feedback we received, we can now confirm that we will be repeating the format of two weekend events in 2025, but with one small change to the format……
The Spring Garden Party will be held at Hollowell Steam Rally site in Northants on Sunday 4 May 2025, but the traditional Spring Open Show will be moved to be held alongside our second Open Show of the year, at our Autumn (August) 2025 event.
The reason for this is the coinciding of the BMD Club of America 50th anniversary event which will be held over the period of our planned Spring Garden Party event. Many of the GB Club’s committee, their families & regular helpers at Club events are planning to travel to this event, as maybe some of our regular Club Show exhibitors are too. In order to maximise the availability of our shows we have taken the decision to host our 2 x Open Shows on Saturday 23 August, at Hollowell as part of the Autumn Garden Party week-end in 2025. One show will be held in the morning, followed by a set of Members Awards, followed by the second Open Show in the afternoon.
Our Spring Garden party is traditionally the most popular and well attended of the 2 x Garden Parties each year and will go ahead with the usual fun classes, Agility and Carting opportunities, Obedience classes, plenty of food and drink available at reasonable prices and of course the opportunity to camp on site for a long weekend. In 2025 we will be joined again by the Schipperke club who will hold their own Fun Day on the Saturday (3 May).
Full details and how to book camping will be included in our Spring mailing available from Crufts in March 2025 onwards.
So, our main Club events in 2025 will be:
Sunday 9 March – Club stand ringside at Crufts
Saturday 29 March – AGM at the KC Building, Stoneleigh
The following events will all be held at Hollowell Steam Rally site in Northants over 2 Bank Holiday week-ends
Sunday 4 May – Spring Garden Party
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Autumn Garden Party Extended BH Week-end Extravaganza
consisting of
Saturday 23 August – 2 x Open Shows plus Great Swiss Mountain Dog Open Show
Sunday 24 August – Autumn Garden Party
Monday 25 August – Annual Championship Show
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Most Notable Overseas BMD events in 2025
1] European Dog Show
Saturday 12th April
Winners Show
Sunday 13th April
Brno, Czech Republic
Czech Club Show
Friday 11th April
As national breed clubs often do, the Czech KSSP Swiss Mountain Breeds club is taking the opportunity of their country hosting the European Dog Show to put on their own Club show to attract overseas entries.
2] American Speciality
Gettysburg Sunday 27th April – Saturday 3rd May
It is true that there is an American Speciality, which is 6 days of Bernese related events during the days and evenings, held every year but as it moves around the country some locations attract bigger entries than others and so are more worth attending for the occasional visitor. 2025 is forecast to be one of those and, combined with the 50th Anniversary aspect, it should be a special event for anyone thinking of visiting.
More details American Speciality 2025
3] BMDC of Ireland Sapphire Anniversary Events
The BMDC of Ireland are holding a special weekend of events to celebrate their 45th year on 24th and 25th of May. More details and links and links are available via this web site, (Click on the heading).
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4] World Dog Show & Finnish Club 60th Anniversary Events in Helsinki
Thursday 7th August there will be a National specialty (club show) as part of the Circuit show for all Sennen breeds judged by a breed specialist Mrs. Maria Amelia Taborda from Portugal and Mrs. Sanna Vakkilainen from Finland. The show will be at the Helsinki exhibition center Messukeskus.
In the evening Gala Dinner at the hotel Scandic Helsinki Aviacongress.
On Friday morning 8th August a Health Symposium for Bernese Mountain Dogs for breeders and lovers will be held.
Friday afternoon will be the 5th International Judges Meeting for Bernese Mountain Dog licensed judges.
Saturday 9th August World Dog Show 2025 in Helsinki Exhibition Center Messukeskus. The Sennen breeds will be judged by Mr. Laurent Pichard from Switzerland (Appenzeller and Entlebuch Sennenhund, Great Swiss Mountain Dog), Mr Massino Inzoli from Italia (Bernese males + BOB) and Mr Hans Erik Pedersen from Denmark (Bernese females).
More details Finland 2025 Events – this web site
More details Finnish Club website
More details World Dog Show 2025
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A Cautionary Note
Please be aware all details are given in good faith and the club can accept no responsibility for any amendments, cancellations or honest errors. Anyone visiting any event in this financially and climatically volatile world , including our club events, should always make their own checks before actually travelling. This web site will be updated in the event of any club cancellations or changes and the club’s Social Media would be utilised to inform members and other visitors as widely as possible. The club can accept no responsibility for travel made to a cancelled event but we would only ever cancel any event very reluctantly and always give as much notice as possible.
On the other hand, we have learnt that our main venue at Hollowell has incredible drainage and can withstand severe rainfall so do not presume events will be cancelled due to inclement wet weather but please check before travel if you have any doubts.