A Thank You from The Kennel Club
Following our fabulous time at Crufts, and a very busy few days on the Curly Coated Retriever Discover Dogs Stand, the CCRC were very grateful to receive this thank you message from The Kennel Club:

“As always – it is a pleasure to write this thank you to you and all your team who help us capture and deliver the magic of Crufts! We are very grateful of your commitment to the show.
We’re thrilled with the broadcast figures this year at 8 million viewers, with a peak of 2.4 million watching Best in Show. The gate this year was 155,054 visitors, not bad for such a sunny four days.
Brilliant teamwork and dedication really makes a difference to our success and our ability to promote the health and welfare of dogs.
We also would like to say a huge congratulations to the much coveted ‘Best Booth’ competition. Winners of each group are listed below:

Working & Overall Winner – Siberian Husky
Hound & Reserve Best Booth – Azawakh
Pastoral – Border Collie
Toy – Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
Terrier – Border Terrier
Utility – Bulldog
Gundog – Spanish Water Dog”

Curly Breed Stats
The Kennel Club Breed Supplement has been published, and we have confirmation that there were 50 Curly Puppy Registrations last year – 49 puppies born & 1 import registration . So including this into the stats, the details are as follows:
2012 – 71
2013 – 118
2014 – 77
2015 – 66
2016 – 83
2017 – 53
2018 – 70
2019 – 68
2020 – 55
2021 – 62
2022 – 73
2023 – 83
2024 – 50