NEWS 2006
January
Manchester Championship Show our HH Guinevere won the bitch CC (9th) and her son X Sir Galahad won junior dog under breed specialist Jean Lawless.
February
February 20th HH Guinevere safely delivers 4 puppies from Zeffirelli van de Hoge Laer (1 boy 3 girls).
April WELKs Championship Show X.Sir Galahad wins junior dog under specialist Cath Bond and our X.Femme Noire wins RES BB at her 1st champ show under breed specialist Debbie Stansbury.
May
At Birmingham National X.Dans Le Noir avec Ambrajai wins BP gronendael.
At the NVBH Dutch Speciality our homebred X.Lady Eowyn wins open female Terveuren and X.Femme Noire was 4th excellent in the young gronendael class.
At Bath Championship Show X.Jeton Noir wins BP and his sister Femme Noire wins puppy bitch.
June
At the Irish Working & Pastoral breeds X.Femme Noire was Green Star and BOB and her mum E.Nocturne was RES Green Star.
On the 2nd day it was the BSD club of Ireland speciality with Jesper Andersen judging and our X.Femme Noire was again the Major Green Star, BOB and RES BIS as well as BP in show. Her mum E.Nocturne was the RES Green Star.
At 3 Counties Championship Show under breed specialist Ann O'Shea Ebontide Nocturne won the RES BB and her daughter X.Magique Noir was BP and placed group 3.
July
At Windsor Championship Show our X.Lady Eowyn won limit bitch Terveuren under specialist Pat Amos and X.Femme Noire was BP and RES BB Gronendael under Charlie Metcalfe.
21st July Ebontide Nocturne gives birth to 6 lovely puppies from a repeat mating to Jason de la Plaine.
At South Wales Championship Show under breed specialist Paul England our X.Lady Eowyn won the bitch CC Terveuren her 1st after several reserves. Not to be outdone X.Femme Noire was BP Gronendael.
Paignton Championship Show saw X.Femme Noire win BP Gronendael again under specialist Tish Gaffey.
At National Working & Pastoral breeds X.Lady Eowyn again won limit bitch under Ann Brown and our X.Femme Noire was BP under Marion McIlherene and went on to win group 3 under Frank Kane.
August
BSDA of GB Championship Show HH Guinevere wins open bitch, BOB and finally BEST IN SHOW (for a magical 3rd time !) under Australian judge Glenn More and BIS under Jeff Luscott. Also her daughter X.Lady Guinevere won special yearling Terveuren X.Femme Noire wins junior female Gronendael under Marion Ten Cate.
Northern Belgian Shepherd Championship Show the next day X.Lady Eowyn wins the bitch CC (her 2nd) under Firmin Aergeerts (Grimmendans) and best opposite sex in show under specialist Ann Lipscombe.
Our annual pilgrimage to the French Speciality was good fun as usual with old friends plus our young Gronendael was 2nd in junior under Wilhemine Van Dejil and HH Guinevere ended the day with 9th in open female in class of 75 Terveuren.
September
At Richmond championship show with Stuart Mallard officiating Xanova
Delfino was 2nd at just over 6 months in puppy bitch. Our Xanova Lord Sauron
won limit dog.
October
At our BDSA of GB open show Xanova Lady Guinevere won post graduate and
ended RES BB under specialist Kay Morris.
Also Xanova Femme Nior won junior bitch under Janice Clifford.
Midland Counties chamionship show saw our HH.Guinevere win her 11th CC under
Doug Mackenzie and our gronendael X.Femme Noir was 2nd in open female with
Rodney Oldham as our judge.
Fantastic news from Oz ! Our Xanova Zadora at the tender age of 8 months won
the bitch CC,BOB and finally runner up BEST IN SHOW at the Illiwara BSD
championship show with specialist Benoit Thevenon judging !. Way to go Tarsha !.
Tarsha lives with and is loved by Kathryn Todd and family at the Mirribandi kennels.
November
We had a lovely weekend in Belgium at the Euro dog show in Kortrijk with
HH.Guinevere where she won the CAC,CACIB and BOB under Paul Lawless (her 1st
time under this judge). She then went on to be shortlisted in the group and was
also group 2 in best of Belgian breeds !. What a day !.
Also more great news from Oz where our young gronendael Xanova Rose Noir won
the CC and a group placing !.
Huge congratulations to Rae Officer and Roxie !. Also a great thank you to Ashleigh
for her expert handling !.
December
At LKA under judge Jeff Horswell in gronendaels Xanova Club Noir won junior dog
and his sister Xanova Femme Noir wins junior bitch.
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