Wowsers guys - you pulled a blinder yesterday
Putting up a couple of pics from the day, hope there will be more to come.
We can't thank you - our vols - enough, for everything you did to help before the day, from the crack of dawn on the day, all through the day, and at the end of the day, making sure everything was packed away and leaving the place as spic and span as when we arrived.
Pre-show - special thanks to
Rikki, who was a Trojan on Sunday, removal man, driver's best buddy, haulier extraordinaire! and to
Ellie, who made sure our have a Go's had their cups!
Doggy Dash winners!
Lisa, Cat, Adam, Hazel and their break buddies ran our Have a Go's for the entire day! Massive thanks especially to
Lisa, who did the sausage shopping on Sunday in readiness. And to the 3 of you for arriving at the crack of dawn before the fun started to help with the setting up, sorting out, and getting everything ready for the show
Not sure if anyone got any action shots of the events, but the Prize Winners were chuffed to bits!!!
Our very own Smudgey Morris, who never fails to bring home the goodies for his proud mum,
Katie Morris Well done Smudgey!
2nd Place in the Large Dogs Doggy Dash
1st Place - Trophy winner!
Our Have a Go events raised a whopping
£168Well done you guys
The stall did a roaring trade all day,
Lynne & Alan (who also doubled as Ring Marshal throughout the day - thank you
Alan)!, and
Lisa, were chief crack of dawn setter-uppers, and stayed glued to the stall for the duration
Thanks to
Lynne also, for sorting out the On the Day Entry Forms, I'm guessing we owe you a laser cartridge or two Lynne
And, as always, we are so proud of our Young Friends,
Katie, and (pictured)
Amy and
Elliot, who are all experts on the Teddy Tombola! And young
Bethan - how did we not get you in the picture! You'll be able to run a show single handed when you're a bit older Bethan - your mummy is one of the bestest volunteers in the world! Ask mummy to pop up a photo if she has one of you
Many hands make light work! Our helpers
Sandra, Rosemary, Michele, Hazel, Jenna, Sue and
Ellie all got stuck in too!
Johan and
Owen were camera shy, and Owen - what a hero for getting out of bed early on a Bank Holiday to help with the early morning duties
I reckon he's
definitely a keeper Jen
It was lovely to see our gals bringing their guys along, ha ha, I hope they were forewarned they wouldn't be sitting idly by! Thanks to
Ian, Hazel's OH, for being such a good sport too!
Ellie, on the Cuddly Toy Tombola
The stall and cuddlies took a cracking
£674Blimmin' eck you guys! Amazing amount!!!!
Michele - another of our fabulous early birdies - and
Belinda getting into the spirit of things on the Raffle Stall and Name the Dog...
Michele - thanks for making your passenger seat available too!
Michele and raffle ticket sellers - you raise a super duper
£587 Entries was all set up in our new event shelter and open for business at 9 o'clock sharp! Very grateful thanks to
Becky, Cheryl and the lovely
Emma - nothing like throwing the newbie vols in at the deep end eh Bec? 'Team Entries' didn't budge from their posts and somehow managed to keep everything running soooooooo smoothly! Record number of entries this year girls!
We only use the best volunteers
If it doesn't say 'Friends of the Dogs' on the tee shirt, it just ain't the real thing
Not sure
Fran knew what she was letting herself in for, but boy oh boy Fran, you
OWNED that mike!!! Fran very kindly did the compering/commentary for Ring 1 from lunch time, and we could sort of tell it WAS your day job Fran
Absolutely magnificent, it was fab to have a professional at the helm, it really elevated the proceedings!
Reserving my personal 'Best in Show'
*Thank You* for
Jen - Our Nudge the Judge extraordinaire on the day. For
everything you did pre-show, on the day, and post-show. Golden Girl! Thank you sooooooooo much!
Guys, you really excelled yourselves and we can't thank you enough. I'm really sorry if we didn't get a picture of you, but you all know who you are, and we all know who you are, you was all
on fire!!!And between us, this is how much we put into the kennel fund yesterday......