Welcome to The Midlands Border Collie Club web site!

Each year the Midlands Border Collie Club holds:

1 Championship Working Trial (January)
1 Open Working Trial (mid/late summer)

1 Championship Breed Show (February)
1 Open Breed Show with Limited Obedience (October)

1 Championship Obedience Show (Easter)
1 Open Obedience Show (Easter)

1 Breed Judging Assessment

For Members Only there are:
2 editions of the Border Heartbeat newsletter per year
1 or 2 Utility Days per year
Reduced entry fees at some of our Shows.

Bob Tunnicliff, Chairman
Email The Chairman
Tel: 01283 761507
Mobile: 07973 122473

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Detailed information on the club's aims and activities can be found by using the links on the left.

For upcoming events and current schedules please visit the Events Diary.

For show results within the past 12 months, please visit the page for the relevant discipline. Previous years' results can be found in the Archive.

For further information about any of the MBCC's activities, please email the Secretary using the Contact link on the left, or phone 01455 449172 (an answering machine may be in use at times).

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BORDER HEARTBEAT - Summer 2010 issue now available to read online! See the link on the left.

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LATEST NEWS
Sheepdog Training: Our next Sheepdog Training Day will be held on 31st July 2010. For further details please contact Di Venn (email or phone 07730 679551).

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EVENTS OF THE PAST 12 MONTHS:
Photos are now online from the Border Collie Breed Council Open Day, held on 1st May 2010. MBCC as always ran the DNA clinic, with a bigger uptake than usual. It's good to know that people are still testing!

The Border Collie Convention, hosted by MBCC on March 20th was a runaway success! Read the report and see the photos.

MBCC held the Breed Judging Assessment on February 27th 2010, immediately following the AGM. Click on the thumbnail below to see the successful candidates, pictured with the assessing Panel & MBCC Chairman Bob Tunnicliff.

Photos are online from our Sheepdog Training Day held on Sunday 6th September 2009.

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GLAUCOMA - statements from Alan Wilton, Peter Bedford & Jeff Sampson can be found linked from the Health Matters page.

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Click on the thumbnails above to see a larger version of each photo.
Please note: many of the photos on this site are reached via a thumbnail preview. If you have a popup stopper program installed, you may need to hold your Ctrl key down while you click!

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Join The Midlands Border Collie Club:
A Membership Application form can be downloaded here. It is in .pdf format and you will need the free Adobe Reader to access the file once downloaded.
Current subscriptions are:
£7.00 single/£9.00 joint/£2.00 Junior