At the Midland Boxer in February, Manic For One Night Only had a great day winning a big Limit Dog class and was then awarded the RCC under Ruth Perrett.
Then on to Crufts, where Gok Wan had a very good second in his last limit class before moving up to Open and Ch Surething enjoyed his day out winning 3rd in veteran!
Gok had a great start to his Open career winning a very good Open class and then took his Fourth CC at the Northern Boxer under Denise Pye.
May was soon here as was Birmingham National Ch Show, where Manic For One Night Only continued a good run with another Limit Dog win and was shortlisted for the CC under breed judge Debbi Huggins.
Our two new girls - Manic Show Off and Manic Real Thing have also now made their debut at Bath Ch Show and Southern Counties Ch Show respectively. Real Thing winning at Bath under Jane Lovell (Pinedown) and 2nd for Show Off at Southern Counties under Kirsi Laamanen.
December/January
Manic are proud to announce that we have a new UK Champion - our home bred boy Manic Gok Wan ..... He scooped his third and crowning CC from breed specialist Lyn Mair (Glenauld) at Manchester Ch Show January.
Not letting the side down for the boys, Ch Lanfrese Sure Thing at Manic took on the youngsters at South Wales Ch Show by winning the RCC under breed specialist Amanda Jinks (Stangard).
New kids on the block for 2011 are:
Manic Show Off; and Manic Real Thing
making their debut June .. Watch out for them! They are by Ch Sure Thing x Manic Game Show.
We may also have a litter due Spring time - genuine enquiries welcome. November
We may have puppies due late November - genuine enquiries welcome.
September
The Irish weekend has also now been and gone and it was a good one for the Manics with Gok Wan winning his class under Judge Janice Mair and being in the last 4 for the CC ... New kid Izzy also but in a great performance for a baby, being placed in both her classes on both days!
September has kicked off well, with both Gok and Patrick winning cracking classes at their recent ch shows ... Thank you to judges concerned!
We also have a new kid on the block - look out for Stellvana You Wear it Well for Manic ("Izzy"), by Gok Wan out of a Spin Doctor daughter (Stellvana The Temptress).... She kept the side up at her first ch show at Richmond, by qualifying for Crufts in her MPB class.
August
It couldn't have been a better start to the month than it has been so far!! At Paignton Ch Show, Patrick had a fab 2nd in his class and Gok won his class and then his second CC!!!! Judge for the day way Wendy Mitchell (Diceulon).
Not to be outcome Dilys also keep up the side with a lovely 3rd in her limit bitch class....
July
July has been another great month at Manic. Gok won an excellent class at East of England (Judge Greg Dowell - Bellchime) and was shortlisted for the CC. Then at Leeds he went one better winning Yearling and his 1CC under Shirley Butters!!!!
Not to be outdone by her little brother, Dilys also won limit and was in the shortlist for the CC!!
A great month so far for team Manic!!
June
June saw Gok's run of seconds continue with 2 more at Three Counties (Judge Paul Russell - Rustar) and Blackpool (Judge Nigel Rallings - Zenmaxkay) and Game Show had some excellent places in limit, however June was Patrick's month as he won his 1st CC at Blackpool!!!
May
May saw Gok pick 2 more seconds at Birmingham National (Judge Fearn Pynegar - Berwynfa) and Scottish Kennel Club (Judge Jan Baxter - Revluc) in very strong classes.
April
Moving into April, it's the turn of the Northern Ch show - Gok took a good 2nd in his class - Judge: Michael Quinney, and Patrick (For One Night Only) won his class (Graduate). W&PBAW has now also taken place with another win for Gok in Yearling and a 2nd place for Pat in his class.
The following day was a trip up to Liverpool for the Merseyside Boxer Club's show, where Dilys notched up a super 2nd place in her limit bitch class.
January to March
January and March were quieter months at Manic, however March has started with 2 fab wins for Gok Wan, namely 1st Grad Dog at Crufts in a cracking class (Judge : Chris Cray, Klanstead), followed by Best Dog at the British Boxer Open Show at the weekend just gone (Judge : Mark Beardow, Sipowitz). Not to be outdone by the boys, Dilys (Manic Game Show) was an excellent second in her Crufts class (Judge : Kari Wilberg, Kanix). Manic for One Night Only also notched up an excellent 4th place in his Crufts class in Yearling Dog.
We were also represented at the Dog of the Year Contest 2010 by Gok, who qualified for both Pup and Dog of the Year ....!
March is also when Essex & Eastern Boxer Club hold their Ch show, with Gok continuing his run with a win in his class - Yearling - Judge: Jean Watson (Roylark).
December
Gok ended the year in great form by winning his Junior class at LKA under breed judge Barry Alton.
.... WISHING EVERYONE A HAPPY CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR!!!
October/November
At Midland Counties, under breed Judge Gill Davies (Kenbru) Gok Wan took his FIRST GREEN CARD - the RCC - from Junior!!!
At London & Home Counties Ch show, Pat (For One Night Only) won a strong class under breed Judge Tony Curtain (Shiloh), and Gok Wan's first litter were whelped - they're looking promising, and we'll post pictures shortly.
Richmond Ch Show - September Gok took another lovely 2nd in his Puppy Dog class and we now very much look forward to his Junior Career .....
City of Birmingham - September Under Judge Anne Ingram (Tirkane) Gok Wan took 1st in an excellent Puppy Dog class and was also BPD overall.
SKC - 29 August The Manics had a great day, culminating in Gok Wan winning his class, taking Best Puppy Dog and Best Puppy in Breed!! Not to be outdone by her younger brother, "Dilys" (Game Show) won her class and was shortlisted for the CC. A big thank you to Judge Yvonne Miller (Walkon).
Midland Boxer Club A judging stint for Julie featured this weekend on the show calendar, where the puppy stakes were sorted out by her at the Midland Boxer Club Open Show - her eventual best puppy dog being the Sandra and Suzanne Carter's Susancar Woody Wynne and best bitch puppy Maureen Wragg's Harmaur Trade Issue, with the dog going best puppy overall in event.
Bournemouth Ch Show Gok notches another 2nd in Puppy Dog (Judge, Barbara Morison), with team-mate going one better winning her Post Grad Bitch class - well done both!
Paignton Ch Show Gok's super run continues with another lovely 2nd place in Puppy Dog - Judge for the show was the respected Ferelith Somerfield. Dilys also notched up a respectible 5th in an extremely strong post grad bitch class.
The British Boxer Club Gok Wan had another good day with 2nd in Puppy Dog under breed specialist Helen Banks (Norwatch Sunhawk),
East of England Ch Show Manic Gok Wan continued his excellent run with 2nd in Puppy Dog under Peter Bailey and a very good 3rd in the Pet Plan Puppy Stakes with an entry of 44 under Margaret Wildman.
Windsor Ch Show Manic had a great day at Windsor with Manic Gok Wan winning Puppy Dog and Manic Game Show winning Post Grad Bitch and was shortlisted for CC under Linda Carnaby.
Blackpool Ch Show Manic Gok Wan wins a excellent Puppy Dog class and BPD under Isobel Edison.
South Wales Breen Open Show Manic Gok Wan takes BEST PUPPY IN SHOW!!! He also won his class in the puppy sweepstakes, Judge Barbara Murray.
WELKS The Manic puppies had a great day under Judge Martin Wyles...... Manic Gok Wan won MPD, BPD and BPIB at just 7 seven months!!! His litter brother Manic Marc Jacobs at Sulez was 2nd to Gok in a large MPD class and their sister Manic Fashion Fix For Glenauld won MPB, whilst big sister Manic Game Show had a very good 2nd in PGB.
Working & Pastoral Breeds Association of Wales We had a good day with Manic Gok Wan qualifying for crufts in a very strong Minor Puppy class and Manic Game Show won a excellent Post Grad bitch class.
Essex & Eastern counties Manic For One Night Only qualified for crufts at his first Ch show aged just 6 months.
More news to follow soon - do visit again soon for updates .....
