* Please Note that there is NO TRAINING ON EASTER SUNDAY - 4TH APRIL 2010 * New Members will be taken on the 2nd Sunday of April 2010 because of this conflict
Riverside Park - Raymond Terrace (Near the Rotunda)
Begins 9.00am
EVERYONE IS INVITED TO COME OUT AND WATCH & SUPPORT THEIR CLUB!
For those that have agreed to participate (and seen Ray, Steve or Brian).
7 am Pickup gear from club house Agility and Obedience
8 am Set up ring and agility course at Riverside Park
9 am Begin agility demonstration run to approx. 9.20 am
9.30 am Mass obedience demonstration
9.45 am Open and/or UD demonstration Flag race demonstration
10.00am Finish
1st Day Back at Training 2010 Sunday 7th February See You All There!!5/11/2009
Christmas Party
2009
Sunday 13th December
This will be our last club day of the year
……all about
Christmas and Games
- Fancy Dress –
Prizes for best Christmas dressed dog
and handler
Lucky Dip Pressies – Bring $2!
(Donated Presents go to Nancy BEFORE the
Xmas Party please by 6th December – not on the day)
Lots of Fun & Prizes
Please bring a plate of
Christmas food for Brunch
30/10/2009
NOVEMBER OBEDIENCE TRIAL
6TH & 7TH
NOVEMBER 2009
ALL HANDS ON DECK!!
Anyone that has not already put their hand up for a job!
– please see Steve Kay
Remember that helping out at our trial is not only a chance to hang and with everyone and have fun – it is a chance to see what happens in competition.
There are many little jobs for people that may only stay a little while.
Every pair of hands is greatly appreciated!
Vetting for competitors: 5.00pm – 5.45pm, and competition starts at 6.00pm
Hi, my name is Karen Bice. I used to attend the Port Stephens obedience
club for a few years, with Bindi, staffy x. We graduated and had a few
mock trials and I was very pleased with the outcome and Bindis standard
of obedience. So thank you.
On Sunday the30th August, I dropped by to take some photos of some of
the dogs. I have a back injury and can no longer do obedience, so have
started a new hobby with photography. I am only learning and because of
my love for dogs, thought that this would be the ideal place to start
taking photos.
I promised the lovely people whom dogs I had photographed that if any
came out decent enough, that I would email the photos to the club.
I have no names of the dogs, but I am sure their owners will recognize
them. :)
So please accept these photos, to show to the owners.
Thank you,
Karen Bice
Thanks Karen!! We LOVE the photo’s………. Members if you would like a printable size of any of the photo’s, please email the webmaster for a copy webmaster@portstephensdogclub.org.au
25/5/2009
OBEDIENCE BRANCH & CLUB AGM’S
CLUB AGM.
Will be held at the clubhouse onWednesday, 2nd September, 2009
Nominations for Management Committee positions must be sent or given to the Returning OfficerFran Lillie no later than Wednesday 5th August, 2009
Positions Vacant:
President
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
3 Committee Members
Nomination forms are available from the Canteen. Or to CLICK HERE dowload
OBEDIENCE BRANCH AGM
Will be held at the clubhouse on Sunday, 2nd August, 2009
Nominations for positions on the Obedience Branch Committee must be given to the Returning Officer Fran Lillie no later than 5th July, 2009.
Position Vacant
President
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
Chief Instructor
4 committee members
Nominations forms are available from the Canteen. Or CLICK HERE to download.
7/5/2009
A heartfelt thank you to all those who took time out of busy schedules to help run our May trial.
Without you we could not hold trials at our grounds.
All your work is greatly appreciated – you are what makes this club a pleasure to belong to.
Roddy would like to Thank:
Kerrie for her help in organising the catalogues, sorting out the entries - it is, at times, a nightmare. Particularly those multiple entries. Also my thanks to the stewards who had to try to fit all the competitors into some sort of order in the rings.
Sue, Kerrie and Janice on doing such a fabulous job with the trophies, they were lovely. I know what hard work it is trying to choose within a budget and the ladies did a great job. Thank you.
Also a big 'Thank you' to Wine Selectors for supplying us with gifts for the judges and to Kerrie for having them so nicely presented.
I would also like to thank Lee & Bronwyn for their hard work in writing up all the qualifying certificates. It is unseen work, but it is a job that simply cannot be ignored, and these 2 ladies now have it down to a fine art and a great exhibition of teamwork.Thank you both.
Thanks again to Lee for organising the accommodation for the judges and supplying them with maps on how to get here.Good work Lee.
Of course my heartfelt thanks go to all those persons that helped make the trial a success.I must not forget the members who helped out with donations for the Tombola prizes.
The list can go on & on, know only that without the assistance of each and every-one of you we would not be able to hold our trials.
Thank you.
Roddy Macdonald,
Trial Secretary, Chief Instructor and Club President. (Phew !!!)
Canteen / Lunch:
Jane would like to thank
Margaret & Des – being such great help in the catering department
Sue A – for helping in the kitchen and dining room
Denise – for running canteen
Nancy – for running canteen
Samantha - for making food (a yummy curry Saturday– must get the recipe, & Caesar salad – Sunday)
Emma - for making food (Minestrone soup to die for and fabulous garden Salad)
Sue B – for making food (lasagne was delicious) and helping in dining room
Leanne - for making food (Salad and scrummy pasta salad)
Lee – for getting food and making food (can I have the recipe for the cheese cake slice – very tangy)
Roddy – for making food (pea & ham soup) & getting the bread at an ungodly hour!!
Jean – for making food (slice)
Fran – for making food (vegetarian dish & gluten free fudge)
Bev- making food (biscuits)
Barbeque – thanks to Robert, ?Michael (not sure if it is his name – owns the white shepard), Des, & John – hope you guys are available again in the future you were legends
When people pitch in and do bits it makes the job so much easier. There are many to feed over 2 days and we did a pretty good job of it again.
There were a few slices dropped in to sell at the canteen and for morning teas. Sorry if I left your name off the list.
Thanks to Bronwyn, Kerrie, Lee and Doris & Ralph who walked Caddy for me when I was busy in the dining room. Also thanks to all the helpers who came on Friday to clean up the club house (Margaret, Roddy, Sue A., Kerrie, Des, Brian, Sam) and afterwards on the Saturday & Sunday.
We received a lovely email from a Central coast entrant who praised us for a well organised trial (despite bombing on the day!!)
Thanks to Bob at Riverside Meats, 9 Williams St, Raymond Terrace for supplying the barbeque meats to the club at a very good price. The meats were quite tasty.
Vetting:
Sue Brown – also was a catering helper (how did you have time?!!)
Trial Managers / Gear
Steve – he is the only one that knows how early he got to the grounds to start setting up – you are wonderful Trial Manager.
Brian, Des, Robert, Jim, Zac, Louisa, Jess and the rest of the pack horses – you all did a wonderful job helping Steve get everything away.
And Bev – who is very naughty for dragging bins up hills, and Vicki who lifts things that are way too heavy.
Organising:
Steve – Trial Manager (setting up rings at crack of dawn and ensuring a tidy grounds) and dealing with the troops with a lot of patience.
Roddy – Trial Secretary / organizing everything!, and us! and coping with the little hiccups that happen (where would the club be without you)
Irena – stewards/trial boxes and the rest (Irena, we know that you love it deep down)
Jane – catering, see above
Sue & Kerrie & Janice – organizing ribbons and trophies for the day
Stewards:
Irena would like to thank all those who stewarded, a lot of these people give up there time every year and for some it was their first trial.
All did a marvelous job under, at times, some adverse conditions.
Without stewards the Judges would be doing it tough!!
Thank you to:
SaturdaySunday
CCDCCD
Emma & ChrisJanice & Leanne
NoviceNovice
Michael, Wendy & KarenSue & Alexis
Open AOpen A
Brian, Veronica & KathBrian, Veronica & Wendy
Open BOpen B
Elspeth, Leanne & RichardKerrie, Lynn & Jess
UD/UDXUD/UDX
Vicki, Kerrie & JessVicki, Richard, Trisha & Bev
THERE WILL BE NO TRAINING ON EASTER SUNDAY
Horsby Trial 14th March
For those attending the Hornsby Obedience Trial on the 14th March and wish to 'convoy' down to the grounds ; club members will be meeting at the BP Service Station on the New England Hwy before the roundabout at the end of the F3 Freeway. We will be leaving at 2.30pm on the dot!
2/3/2009
AGILITY
Is back on starting 3rd March 2009
Don’t forget to support the club at the Hillsborough trial
7th March
Come & watch our members!
2/3/2009
MOCK TRIALS
FOR HORNSBY TRIAL
Roddy will be holding mock trials on
Wednesday 4th March & Wednesday 11th.
It is only for those members entered in Hornsby trial and general training will not happen unless another instructor can be found to take the non-triallers.
It will have to be quick, those taking part to be there at 5.30pm to set up, as there is a management meeting at 7.30pm.
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MAY TRIAL 09
Our May trial is fast approaching, so we are
putting out the call for fifteen
stewaRds
This is a good opportunity for our club members who have not yet trialled to find out what it is all about.
The trial will be for two days: Saturday 2nd May and Sunday 3rd May.
There will be training for the stewards before the trial. Lunch and refreshment are provided.
It is a fun couple of days and well worth being involved as a lot can be learned and the dogs are fantastic.
Please see Irena or any Committee member to put your name down.
9/2/2009
AGILITY TRAINING POSTPONED
Agility training is postponed until further notice. Both agaility demonstrations are cancelled. These were to have been at Cessnock this month and at Hunter Animal Rescue Day in March.
HOWEVER:
Veronica has agreed to come to the grounds on Tuesday17th February and Tuesday 24th February to carry out agility training.
THESE TRAINING SESSION ARE ONLY FOR THOSE MEMBERS ENTERED IN THE NEWCASTLE AGILITY TRIAL.
These sessions are NOT training sessions, therefore, if a member is not entered in the trial, they cannot attend the training.
Roddy Macdonald, Chief Instructor
30/1/2009
WORKSHOP FOR ALL INTERESTED
DOGS & HANDLERS
Presenter – Vicki Etherington
Cost: Members $30.00
Non memers $40:00
Saturday 7th February, 2009 -10am – 3pm
Amenities Building, Canine Complex Erskine Park (air conditioned comfort)
