Curly Comms
Firstly some important updates…
Committee Members
Each year, certain Committee positions come up for renewal. This year, Leslie Bain, Di Courtier, and Carol Johnstone stood for re-election. As the number of nominations matched the vacancies, no election was required. Leslie, Di, and Carol will continue as Committee members.
President
As noted in our October update, the President’s term concludes at the next AGM. Marie Gill has offered to continue, and with no other nominations, she will serve for another four years.
Show Dates 2026
• Open Show & AGM: Saturday, 21 February 2026 – Kennel Club Building, Stoneleigh (Judge – Mrs Caroline Griffin-Woods)
• Championship Show Weekend: Saturday & Sunday, 11–12 July 2026 – Oswestry Showground (Judge – Mrs Tiina Illukka)
• Winter Open Show & Obedience: Provisional Date Sunday 8 November 2026 – Tomlinson’s Canine Centre (Judge – TBC)
Membership Renewal 2026
It’s that time again to renew memberships. Your membership allows us to share our wonderful breed with the world through the Club website and Facebook page. Keeping everybody up to date with Club News, Events, Show and Working results (where available), Critiques for all Shows, Working updates from our hubs, the Club Shop, and the many achievements gained by our members and their Curlies. As the Club is registered with the Royal Kennel Club this enables us to oversee the education of aspiring judges and maintain the official judging list. Just a few of the benefits are:
• Yearbook and Annual Trophies (UK members only)
• Discounted entry fees for all Club shows
• Priority access to training and online seminars
• Updates on Club news, events, and results
Renewal Process:
• UK Members: Preferred payment via BACS (quote Subs *Surname) or cheque to the Secretary. If your details have changed, please complete the form attached to the email recently sent by Vicki.
• Overseas Members: Pay via PayPal by contacting Caron Chattwood for an invoice.
Membership Fees for 2026:
• UK: Single £12.50 | Joint £14.00 | Junior £2.00
• Overseas: Single £17.00 | Joint £22.00 | Junior £2.00
Please email our secretary, Vicki Hayes with any updates and to confirm payment.
New members can apply online by completing a membership form.
Curly Christmas Quiz, 17 December 2025
We’re sure you’ll be so pleased to hear that the Curly Christmas Quiz is back! After the success of the last couple of years, we couldn’t resist… it’s definitely now an annual event… So get your teams together for a really fun evening, and we hope to see you there….
Ladies Kennel Association, 12 December 2025
The entries have been announced for the LKA and breed judge Mrs J P Gill-Davis (Rosecourt), at Stafford Showground – 53 Dogs making 50 Entries.
Perthshire Canine Club, 22 November 2025
Judge: Leslie Bain (Wenichones)
Open (2/0)
1 Cummings, Mrs Jean, Maycourt Island Girl For Breichside, BOB
2 Cummings, Mrs Jean, Molokain Enchanted One
Darwen Canine Society, 23 November 2025
Judge: Mr Simon Whincup (Partisky)
Junior (3/0)
1 Sutton, Whitehead & Whitehead, Mrs E, Mrs DJ & Mr AM, Foxriever Immortal Spirit
2 Dooley, Mrs V, Violeta Mariposa Horace Du Moulin Du Paulu (IMP FRA)
3 Sutton, Whitehead & Whitehead, Mrs E, Mrs DJ & Mr AM, Foxriever Fire Fly (AI)
Post Graduate (3/1)
1 Sutton, Whitehead & Whitehead, Mrs E, Mrs DJ & Mr AM, Foxriever Immortal Spirit, BOB
2 Disley, Mr DR, Firecurl Redwing, RBOB
Open (1/1)
Gundog Club of North Wales – Clwb Adargwn Gogledd, 23 November 2025
Judge: Lewis Phillips (Rivertone)
Post Graduate
1 Stephens, Mr J & Mrs MB, Brightmeadow Come On Eileen
Open
1 Stephens, Mr J & Mrs MB, Brightmeadow Rumour Has It JW, BOB, then Reserve Best In Show under Judge, Claire Sharp
South West Scotland Gundog Association, 23 November 2025
Judge: Doug Telford (Courtmaster)
Special Yearling
1 Cummings, Mrs Jean, Maycourt Island Girl For Breichside
Open
1 Cummings, Mrs Jean, Molokain Enchanted One, BOB
AV Gundog Stakes Post Graduate
Judge: Doug Telford (Courtmaster)
3 Cummings, Mrs Jean, Maycourt Island Girl For Breichside
Waverley Gundog Association, 23 November 2025
Judge: Wendy Pickup (Blenstone)
Open
1 Cummings, Mrs Jean, Maycourt Island Girl For Breichside, BOB
2 Cummings, Mrs Jean, Molokain Enchanted One
Show Gundog Working Certificate, 21 November 2025
Huge Congratulations to Jeanette Findlow & Marion (Roughyeds Gold Stick Cellar) on achieving your RKC Show Gundog Working Certificate, with the Berkshire Downs & Chilterns Golden Retriever Club. This is Jeanette and Alan’s sixth Curly to get the SGWC.
Jeanette said, ‘Today Marion and I spent the day on a Field Trial to do her SGWC, we certainly got our steps in, lol. Unfortunately they haven’t received the certificates from the KC so they will be posted but she still passed. Thank you to every one who has helped make this happen.‘
Visit the Gundog Work page to see more Working Curly achievements.
Wildfowling
Dan Pavitt and Balto (Foxriever Shadow Blade) have been out on the marsh. Balto is an apprentice gundog and he’s been out learning his trade. Dan told us, ‘I think the working strain lingers in most Curlies you just need to bring it out. Balto needs a lot of hard work training and progress is slow but steady. At 17 months he is still young and I hope another year will see him develop into a reliable shooting companion. We own just over 30 acres of marsh and a flight pond and have access to more land to indulge my passion of wildfowling. It’s still early days as Balto learns to identify quarry by smell as this will be his most important asset as unlike game shooting, wildfowling takes place early or late in fading light so sighting a shot bird is less likely.’
Rally
Rachel Jack & Gunner (Maycourt I’m Still Standing) have been at a Make A Splash Open Rally Obedience Competition, where Gunner gained an excellent score in both Level 1 and Level 2.
