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Welcome to The Midlands Border Collie Club web site!
Each year the Midlands Border Collie Club holds:
1 Open Agility Show (January)
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 (following the AGM in February)
For Members Only there are:
1 or 2 Utility Days per year
Reduced entry fees at some of our Shows.
The Border Heartbeat newsletter is now available online to all readers
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 01162 869273.
SITUATION VACANT!!
Applications are invited for the position of Club Secretary - no experience necessary but applicants must have a keen interest in the breed
The successful applicant will be provided with a dedicated mobile phone & a laptop
Expenses will be paid, plus an honorarium
Apply in the first instance to Chairman Bob or current Secretary Val, who will forward your application to the Committee
An outline of the Secretary's duties can be found here
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BORDER HEARTBEAT - the Winter 2011 issue is now online!
N.B. If you have any articles of interest that you'd like to see included in the next issue, please contact the Editor Sheila!
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THE 2nd BORDER COLLIE CONVENTION
will be held at Moira Miners' Welfare Centre on May 5th 2012
Further details from the Convention website
Tickets now available ~ Download Booking Form
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BORDER COLLIE OF THE YEAR 2011
Midlands Border Collie Club is proud to be hosting Border Collie Of The Year 2011, this event to take place at the Kennel Club Building, Stoneleigh, on Saturday 27th October 2012, following on from our Open Breed Show.
Invitations will be sent to all CC & RCC winners from Boston Championship Show to LKA, 2011. Existing Show Champions are also welcome to enter, but as numbers will be limited, priority will be given to the CC & RCC winners of the year.
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MBCC is delighted to announce that we will be hosting the 2013 Kennel Club Working Trials Championships.
Barrie has produced a superb Slide Show DVD of the 2011 Kennel Club Working Trials Championships and we are pleased to be able to offer it, along with a 2nd DVD of all the photographs, in aid of our 2013 KCC Fund Raising. You can find a YouTube preview, along with details of how to purchase, here
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The latest Utility Day was held on the evening of July 6th & included a BBQ plus the introduction of a new sport: Rally-o. For Ann Jordan's report on this new discipline and photos of the event, please visit the Utility Certificate page.
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Epilepsy Research: Download the Questionnaire & Sample Form. These forms can be used in conjunction with any epilepsy sampling clinic held in the UK. Should you wish to send samples to Finland yourself, please email PBHF Secretary Hilary Kerr for further instructions.
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EXTRA EVENTS OF THE PAST 12 MONTHS:
Another 'first' for MBCC - we held a Hog Roast on April 23rd 2011, the evening before our 2 Easter Obedience Shows. Photos can be seen here. Following on from that......
At Blackpool Ch Show, Chairman Bob presented PBHF Chairman Kathie Kinton with a donation of £1000 for Glaucoma research.
£480 was raised from the pig roast at the club's Easter Obedience weekend and the balance came from club funds.
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MBCC held the Breed Judging Assessment on February 26th 2011, immediately following the AGM. Click on the thumbnails below to see the successful candidates, pictured with the assessing Panel & MBCC Chairman Bob Tunnicliff.
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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
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