News and Announcements
 New Rough
Collie Champion
Congratulation to Eileen and Joe Seale with their first Irish champion –
Ch Rowlands Prince of Belleville (visit Rowlands webpage)
Champ Show - 26th August 2007 
The Champ Show had to be moved to a different venue – St Colmcilles GAA Club Swords. This was due to the IKC
accepting a booking for a military re-enactment exhibition at Cloghran. The committee felt that collies would not be
happy with cannon-fire so we moved up the road. The new venue was a great
success.
Our judge Alan Staniland (Tashadon) did a great job and had an excellent entry of 56 collies. READ ALAN’S CRITIQUE
Green Star Dog: Christine Collins’ Jopium Touch of Soul at Triburle Res P Farrell’s Ch Amalie Back in Black
Green Star Bitch and Best In Show: Christine
Collins’ GB Ch Salsina Celtic Rose at Triburle Res P Farrell’s GB Ch Amalie
Sweet Surprise
Best Pup in Show: Mary McNally’s Copamage Make it Majic
POINTS COMPETITIONS - August 2007
The Circuit Points Trophy  competition
was won by Lynette Gibson’s Lynlou Prince of Gold
Green Star Dog of the Year Competition  was
won by T & E Pettit’s Ch Myriehewe Stravinskey
for Jonrose
Green Star Bitch of the Year Competition  was
won by Y McGrath’s Ch
Wicani Touch of Elegance at Seryphina
Pup of the Year Competition  was
won by Mary McNally’s Copamage Make it Majic (Member’s
Webpage)
International Collie Society Holiday -
August 2007
Report on the holiday to follow in the very near future.
International Collie Conference – Killarney, August 2007
The conference was an outstanding success. In the morning a presentation
by Paul Battigan was shown. Its title was
“Trefoil – and the tail male lineage of Ireland’s
champion rough collies”. As
Paul was not in the country, the presentation was narrated by Millie Magnier. The
presentation was very well received by all who attended. Congratulations to Paul for the great
job he did!
The afternoon slot was dedicated to the art of dog listening. The speaker was Dog Listener
Jacqueline Murk
New Champions Crowned in 2007
Ch Lynmead
Lust After Me at Caronlea – owned by K O’Neill (member’s
webpage)
Ch Myrihew
Stravinskey for Jonrose – owned by T & E Pettit
Ch Wicani
Touch of Elegance at Seryphina – owned by Y McGrath
Ch Stronvar
She’s a Miracle – owned by J Browne
The Open Show was held at Cloghran on
Saturday 12th May 2007 – judge Ray
Moore (Rayaltra)
Left - Best Bitch and Best in Show – Di Ware’s Alouette Bleue des Marcaages do Prince to Wassail
Right - Best Dog and Reserve BIS – Karen O’Neill’s
Lynmead Lust After Me at Caronlea
(webpage)
Best Pup in Show – Dominick & Linda O’Brien’s Belrah Harry’s Delight (webpage)
International Collie Conference
Delighted to
announce that the International Collie Conference is definitely going
ahead in August! For a while we
were worried that we would not have enough delegates to make it a viable
venture but happily bookings have flooded in. It’s not too late to make a
booking as there are still some places left.
FREE Webpages
Members may have a FREE webpage for their
kennel. All members will be contacted
with full details of this offer.
Links on the homepage
January 07
New Green
Star System in Ireland
from January
2007………..
The number of green stars required
for Championship title is seven, to be gained under seven different Judges
The dog must be graded excellent,
or in the case of a puppy, very promising, to challenge for green star
Grading cards will be issued by the
Irish Kennel Club
Champions are eligible to challenge
for the green star
One green star must be won after
the dog reaches the age of 15 months.
There will be no enhancement for group wins
Points won under the old system
would be converted as follows:
Dogs having won
1 to 5 points counts as one green star
6 to 11 points counts as two green stars
12 to 18 points counts as three green stars
19 to 24 points counts as four green stars
25 to 31 points counts as five green stars
32 to 38 points counts as six green stars
Dogs having won 38 points or more
under the old system must win one green star under the new system to be
awarded the title of Champion
The title of Annual Champion in
each breed is awarded to the dog with the highest number of green stars won
in the calendar year. In the
event of a tie the award is made to the dog with the greater number of best
of breed wins
It is proposed to implement this
system from January 2007 with a review in 2009
Read
judges’ critiques from club shows -
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2005 OPEN
·
2005 CHAMP
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2006 OPEN
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2006 CHAMP
2007
International Collie Conference:
·
We
are hosting the International Collie Conference and Holiday in August 2007 -
in conjunction with the Munster
Circuit.
·
We
last hosted the International Collie Conference and Holiday
in 1990
·
full
details of the delegate's itinerary will be published on the site as soon as
possible. In the meantime - click here to see show dates for 2007
Munster circuit
Munster Circuit of Dog Shows 2007
Ø Clonmel & District International Champ
Show – (Clonmel, Co Tipperary) Sunday 19th August
2007. Secretary Mrs M O’Gorman 003535238311
Ø Killarney & District Champ Show
– (Killarney, Co Kerry) Tuesday 21st August 2007. Secretary
Mrs P Lawlor 003536433739
Ø International Collie Conference
– (Killarney, Co Kerry) Wednesday 22nd August 2007
Ø Limerick Champ Show (Limerick, Co Limerick) Thursday 23rd August 2007.
Secretary Mrs P Dempsey 0035361486149
Ø Tralee & District Champ Show
(Tralee, Co Kerry) Saturday 25th August 2007. Secretary Mrs M
Burke 00353667141423
Followed
by………..
Ø All Ireland
Collie & Sheepdog Society – Dublin,
on Sunday August 26th 2007. Secretary Maureen Timmins
0035318354377. e mail info@allirelandcollie.org
Two new Irish
Champions were crowned in 2006!
Congratulations
to....
Ch
Amalie Back in Black (Dog) - owned by Ann Holywood
and Peter Farrell
Ch
Lyndi Silence is Golden (Bitch) -  - owned and
bred by Lyn Kilby
Points
Competition Winners of 2006!
The Points
Competition awards were presented at the August 2006 Champ Show...and the
winners are....
Green
Star Dog of the Year 2006: Ch Amalie Back in Black - (no pic)
owned by Ann Holywood and Peter Farrell
Green
Star Bitch of the Year 2006: Lomondvale Golden Dream -  owned and
bred by David and Edith Thomson
Circuit
Points Winner 2006
:
Lomondvale
Morning Mist (dog) -  owned by Jim
Nicholson (webpage), bred by David & Edith
Thomson (webpage)
Pup of the
Year – 2006
:Rowlands Georgie
Boy - owned and bred by Eileen and Joe Seale
Green Star
Dog –
club show Aug 06:Vonarkle Tudor Knight
2006 - The
80th Anniversary of the All Ireland
Collie & Sheepdog Society.
·
the
anniversary year was a wonderful year. Our all breed Limit show
held in March 06 saw Liam Hodson judging for the
first time. Well done Liam. He was joined by three other experienced judges -
Fionnuala Malone from Kerry Blues and Scottish
Terriers, Clodagh Fallon from Pugs and Lyn Kilby from Rough Collies and Japanese Spitz. Please note
that there will not be a Limit show held in 2007 as the committee will be
concentrating on the forthcoming International Collie Conference.
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In
May we held our breed Open show - judged by Joan McIntyre (Meryctin). A really good entry for an open show and the
sun shone on our venue in Cloghran. Joan is
secretary of our twin club - Ayrshire Collie - so it was nice to have her
judge for us on our anniversary year. The critique was published in the
2006 edition of Collie Chat magazine, which is free to members.
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We
also held a Parade of
Irish Champions at the open show. Seven champions were there on the
day and it was wonderful to see them all in the ring together.
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Our
breed champ show was
a great success on August 27th 2006. Our judge, Fern Sargeant
(Coarhabeg) had a brilliant entry of 78 collies.
The venue (The High Cross Inn, Kildare) was perfect for a breed show and the
weather was just right - warm but not too sunny. Fern's critique will be published in Collie
Chat Magazine 2007, which is free to members
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