East Midlands Staffordshire Bull Terrier Club – Diamond Jubilee Championship Show, 7th November 2010.

East Midlands Staffordshire Bull Terrier Club – Diamond Jubilee Championship Show, 7th November 2010.






The day of the show dawned dry, bright and chilly – a perfect day for dog showing! The EMSBTC Committee had pulled out all the stops to make the Kennel Club building look welcoming and reflect the sense of occasion that a 60th birthday warrants with banners, bunting, balloons and flowers on the gate, top table and in both rings. The Club had labelled this special year ‘A Celebration of the Staffordshire Bull Terrier’ and there was a board full of pictures of Staffords with families and children and of Rescue dogs after rehoming, showing all the love of comfort and affection typical of the breed!





The Club had organised a Silent Auction in aid of Leicestershire SBT Rescue which was widely publicised in the schedule, on the Club website and in the canine press. This prompted many donations of different SBT memorabilia and other items from a number of generous sponsors. These were on display and attracted a lot of attention – a lot from overseas visitors. The final result was that every item was sold and the fantastic amount of £524 was raised.





Almost every class was sponsored – either by supportive individuals or by other Breed Club from the UK, the US and Canada – and the EMSBTC thanks every sponsor for their immense generosity. There was acknowledgement for all class sponsors, but to those who prefer to remain anonymous we would say ……. We know who you are and thank you!!





Overseas visitors were given complimentary drinks and snacks along with a bag containing ceramic gifts and a catalogue pack.





There was an excellent entry of 270 dogs fairly evenly split between dogs – judged by Mr Alan Hedges, and bitches – judged by Mr David Lee. Results are as follows.