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3 FUN DAY This year s Fun Day will be held on Sunday 27th May at a new location Horton Kirby Village Hall and Heathside Field - DA4 9AZ for Satnavs just several minutes away from Junction 3 of the M25. The charities being supported are Medical Detection Dogs and Southern Golden Retriever Rescue. If you are a Blue Badge holder, and would like to reserve a Disabled Parking place, please contact the Fun Day organiser, David Wimsett at Otherwise there is plenty of parking available this year and no one should have problems getting to the day. The day begins at 11.30am from when you and your Goldens will have the chance to participate in many activities. There are several Fun Classes to enter, including ones for Rescue Dogs, and Have a Go activities including basic Gun Dog exercises, Scurry, Dummy Retrieve, Hide and Seek, Obedience and Agility. And you can also have wager on the Goldens running in the four heats and final of the Steeplechase! There will, of course, be the Parade of Rescue Dogs always brings tears to the eyes, and a display by the Southern Golden Retriever Display Team. There will be a Bric-a-Brac stall, Silent Auction, Raffle, an MDD stall, a SGR Rescue stall and, for the first time, a few Trade Stalls. A Vet will also be on site to give advice about your Goldens health and wellbeing.
4 There will also be plenty of refreshments from the kitchen and BBQ. All items sold in the Kitchen are made and donated by a few excellent cake makers! If you have this skill please feel free to bring along some goodies on the day. They won t go to waste!! These days always rely on a regular number of SGRS members manning activities and stalls and with more activities planned this year more help will be needed on the day. The more help given, the more helpers can have a time off from running activities to enjoy what is available. If you would like to help out for a time on the day please contact the Fun Day organiser, David Wimsett, For items you may think suitable for the Bric-a-Brac stall please contact Jane Sheppard at to discuss suitability and collection. For Silent Action items contact David Wimsett, as above, and for donations to the Raffle contact Jenny Elsey at Our usual provider of plants for the Plant Stall is seeking other members who might like to take over much of the organisation of this. If anyone is a keen gardener and plant grower, with plenty of friends who could supply plants, seedlings etc, please contact Robert Fitchett at who will be pleased to give guidance as to what is required. I hope that this Fun Day will be as successful as the last few years and that is down to you, dear members, and any friends with Goldens who you could encourage to come along and enjoy the fun of this day. Hope to see you there. David Wimsett, Fun Day Organiser.
6 Why do Breed Clubs matter? A breed club exists to support a breed and to ensure that the breeders & owners of that breed have a voice. It is there to protect a breed by overseeing that the breed is keeping true to a standard, to monitor its health & temperament, to provide knowledgeable & specialist advice to both experienced & new owners. It is there to support people who need support & to help celebrate the breed s achievements. It has a role in training judges & educating its members. What do breed clubs achieve? Producing educational material to help new owners, exhibitors & judges. Help protect & develop the breed standard Working together with other clubs, provide valuable information to allow health to be monitored and to prevent dogs with potential health problems being born; With openness and honesty (and financial contributions) of the clubs and their members have most obviously resulted in the gene tests and health research we are all now relying on. There is still work to be done. Breed club shows are always the most popular dog shows of the year. The provide value for money for the exhibitor, often have experts who have been passionate about the breed for many years to judge, and are a place to encourage new owners and exhibitors. It is also an opportunity for a much larger number of enthusiasts to get together, enjoy each other s company and learn from each other. Numbers of our breed are decreasing at many shows despite previously being a bread and butter breed for most general societies. The breed clubs give us the opportunity to choose our breed specialist judges in the main.
7 The club website provides the opportunity to help knowledgeable, responsible and health conscious breeders find good homes for their puppies and for people to find a good puppy where they will have support and aftercare. Club newsletters inform, educate and link us as a breed - and give us the opportunity to share our love of the breed at various activities. So breed clubs do so much with an enthusiastic membership supporting an energetic and passionate Executive Committee. Let's not let lack of volunteers affect how much the SGRS can provide for its members and the breed we all love. Unless members put themselves forward to volunteer for help run both the business of the Society and all the activities, opportunities to enjoy all the activities previously provided will diminish. Together we can do so much for the SGRS and create a legacy for those to follow in our footsteps.
March 2014 Issue No: 85 newsletter@mudtc.org.au MUDTC Newsletter President s Message All Dog Club Correspondence should be addressed to: The Secretary PO Box 274 MILTON NSW 2538 Or Email: info@mudtc.org.