Our lovely boy Vince is maturing into a handsome boy. He made his first appearance at Midland Collie Championship show winning a lovely RBPD Judge Elena Balázsovits (Nyitramenti)
At Yorkshire Collie open show BPIB, RBPIS, Judge Stacy Steven (Cambrogan). EACA seen him notch another BPD at show 1 & 2, Judges Doug Bedford (Chateaunewf) & Lorraine Quince (Karafaye) Smooth Collie Club GB BPD, Judges Sue Beare (Jemspark)
Vince had a lovely outing to Lancs/Cheshire Collie Club Ch Show which seen him win BPD, BPIB, & the icing on the cake BPIS. Many thanks to our judges for the day Louise Walker (Starlenga) M Mclaughlin (Brihow) & Steve Barrett (Brooklynson). At Birmingham National under Mr H Ogden he notched up another BPD & was shortlisted for the CC/RCC.
Update May 2025
Yorkshire Collie Club Open Show was a lovely day for Vince bringing home another BPD, BPIB, BPIS Many thanks to judges Di Collino & Sophie Wray-Ramsden.
Bath Championship show was our next pitstop where Vince topped his previous wins by winning not just BPIB but his first RCC Many thanks to Judge Margaret Shipp for these awards. After a long day it was time to represent our breed in the Group under judge Mr M James who thought our Vince was worthy of top honours & awarded him Puppy Group 1. To say I was excited would be an under statement in fact I'm still on cloud 9.
Vince continued his winning ways at Southern Counties with another BPIB, RCC under Mr Browne-Cole & PG4 under Kimmo Munstone (Finland). Three Counties BPD judge Mrs S Duffin.
We then ventured to London Collie Club where he took BPD, BPIB & the icing on the cake BPIS Many thanks to judges Mrs A Fox & Stephen Clarke.
Vince continued his winning ways at Blackpool Championship show notching up another BPD, BPIB, RCC under Anne Hassock.
This was swiftly followed by BPD, BPIB at Boston judge Mr K Baldwin (Nightstorm) and a lovely PG4 under John Purnell (Yikasown)
His last appearance in puppy was to be at NW&PB under Ms Cath Moffat taking home BPD & his 4th RCC.
At a little over 12months & in his first Junior class Vince won his 5th RCC at Driffield Championship show under Denise Rowan. The following week he attended City Of Birmingham & to our delight won his 6th RCC under Brian Hawkins.
We also have good news from Ourdogs stating as to date September 2025 Vince is currently Top Rough Collie Puppy
Our next trip was too SWKA where Vince notched up his 7th RCC Many thanks to judge Sam Wrisdale.
2025 finished off nicely with Vince the Prince officially awarded Top Rough Collie Puppy in the Our Dogs awards 2025.
2026 kicked off with an outing to RCOTY and to our delight Vince once again pulled out all the stops to be awarded Best Junior 2025. The Judges on the day were Breed specialist Steven Clarke, Mr W Smeijsters and all rounder Mrs A King.
We are pleased to announce that Vince is the overall winner of the prestigious Ladypark Trophy. The few open shows that Vince has entered so far this year are
EACA BD judge Janine Hanson
SCC of GB BD, BOS judge Mrs L Pearson
Yorkshire Collie Club BD, judge Jonathan Mclenaham.
Many thanks to all the judges for the above awards.
The trip to Scottish Collie Club was well worth it with Vince adding his 8th RCC to his collection under Pat Brooker (Corisian) & a lovely RBIS from Lynn Maxwell (Aintshe). At L&P double open show our Vince pulled out all the stops to BD, BOB, BIS under Stacy Steven (Cambrogan) at show two he managed to notch up RBD under Monet Rennison. We then had our family holiday to Thailand so Vince had a well earned rest for a number of weeks. On our arrival home he was entered at Collie Club of Wales where Vince was awarded his first CC from much respected judge Jan Milligan (Alfsden). Our next trip was too Yorkshire Collie Club Championship show where he was awarded his 2nd CC from judge Jim McCarte (Roughrigg) & RBOB judge Brian Hawkins (Beldones). Under the new RKC ruling where 5RCC can be claimed as 1CC subject to conformation Vince can move to the upper house and become our 6th UK Champion.
