North Canterbury Kennel Assn

North Canterbury Kennel Assn Our Club holds annual Championship dog shows on Good Friday and Easter Saturday each year

President: Mrs Lesley Chalmers
Vice President: Ms Sylvia Schmidt
Secretary: Ms Karen McIntyre
Treasurer: Mrs Sue Swift
Committee: Doug Swift, Mike Wright, Donna Wright, John Vuletta, Charmaine Hoeben

23/04/2025
Time to make acknowledgements for what was a great (but exhausting) weekend.Firstly – THANK YOU EXHIBITORS!   You might ...
20/04/2025

Time to make acknowledgements for what was a great (but exhausting) weekend.

Firstly – THANK YOU EXHIBITORS! You might have been smaller in numbers but you were big in quality and we loved having you!

Secondly – THANK YOU COMMITTEE! I know one shouldn’t single out individuals, so I won’t, but can I just say that I was so pleased how everyone stepped up and shared the load on show days. But there are some other people who are not on the Committee who need to be acknowledged too – Gwen Hindmarsh – raffle ticket seller extraordinaire; Tony Fox who again made us all smirk with his risque comments while spinning the Chocolate Wheel and Amanda Calman who was an absolute brick and spent two days with Kaz marking out the grounds and gazebo area and labelling all the prize product. To Anne Deery who is invaluable arranging all the Stewards for us and thank you also to the Stewards. Then there was Joy Turner... well do we know what Joy did? 😂 Thank you so much!

Thirdly – THANK YOU JUDGES! We are so sorry that Steph Rickard couldn’t make it, but so grateful to Shelley Walker for stepping in at such short notice. You were a lovely panel and so easy to work with.

Fourthly – THANK YOU SPONSORS! Without you, we couldn’t do it! Thank you Miranda Stevens at ProPlan your generosity is amazing. Thank you Richard King at Pet N Sur and how lovely it was to see you at the show. Thank you New World Rangiora, Peter Timbs Meats and Norma Shelley. We really are grateful and we hope we fulfilled your expectations.

Next year we will have to make some changes as the entries do not sustain the expenditure we make to put on our shows. During the upcoming year the Committee will discuss and toss around ideas of changes we can make so that we can still give you top class shows but with reduced expenditure.

These are snaps of our BIS winners over the weekend (courtesy of Jorga Dixon) – CONGRATULATIONS to you!

Today we had the F  CANCER Novelty Stakes to raise money for Teresa Treweek 's treatment which is unfunded.  We had hope...
18/04/2025

Today we had the F CANCER Novelty Stakes to raise money for Teresa Treweek 's treatment which is unfunded. We had hoped to have Teresa judge the class but unfortunately she was not able to make the trip so her sister, Nicole, stepped in and did the honours! What fun it was! The entrants had to handle virtual dogs and the breed of dog kept changing! Thank you to all the great sports who participated and proud to say we raised $300 for Teresa. We missed you Teresa! Thank you also to Janet Vuleta who very kindly donated the wonderful boxed rosettes for the winners! Photos courtesy of Jorga Dixon

The Easter Bunny is here!
17/04/2025

The Easter Bunny is here!

16/04/2025

Very bad news to begin the day... in the early hours of this morning Stephanie Rickard was taken into hospital with chest pains and so is sadly unable to travel. We made an early morning call to Shelley Walker and she has very kindly stepped in to judge Terriers and Working for us on Saturday. Get well soon Stephanie and thank you Shelley!

13/04/2025

Just a heads up. We have taken on board what some of you have said about the loudspeaker system at previous shows. While trying to do everything else as well, Karen has also made enquiries about getting it fixed/buying a new one. It would appears that we have top of the line speakers and they are not at fault. However the Amp is elderly and appears to be the problem however it could be something as simple as loose wires or as serious as being not worth fixing. We looked at hiring a system for the weekend but the cost was $1500 and we simply can't afford that. So the bottom line is that apologies now, but we are simply going to have to run with the clicking this weekend and promise that we will have sorted the problem for next year. Again our APOLOGIES but please remember that it gets on our nerves too 🤣🤣

11/04/2025

Every now and then something happens that brightens your day and makes putting up with all the whinging and moaning worthwhile. Late last night I received an email from ex Committee member Norma Shelley (who is living in Australia now) and she was so disappointed about us having to cancel the Pizza that she has offered to pay for them!!! Now that's what I call positive - expressing disappointment over our decision, but then doing something to change it! Norma you are a gem!!! So Pizzas are back on and they will be "NORMA'S PIZZAS" Thank you so much!!!!

11/04/2025

Next announcement...... you should see the incredible boxed rosettes that Janet Vuleta has donated for the F-***-K Cancer Stakes. Gem Janet! Thank you so much!

Well that's done and dusted and here is what you all want to know!  Please note a difference in the Friday group judging...
11/04/2025

Well that's done and dusted and here is what you all want to know! Please note a difference in the Friday group judging for Hiroshi from the copy sent out last night (faux pas late at night!)

Yes, we did withdraw entries from three people who had entered but not paid, so sorry to tell you Jeannie Todd, Michael Sutton and Sam Christoffels but your entries have been withdrawn pursuant to NZKC Show Regulations 10.1.1. Each person has been advised individually as well as being individually given notice.

However we would like to SINCERELY thank those people who have supported us and particularly those loyal North Islanders who, although reduced in numbers this year, are making the trip down to support us. THANK YOU SO MUCH

09/04/2025

Another post that is not-so-nice.... We have now closed off entries but there is quite a list of people who STILL have not paid. Each one has had an email telling them that if not paid within 24 hours their entries will be removed and a list of the non-payers will be published. Sorry to have to do this, but it really does have to stop.

North Canty KA's entries are now closed. But there is quite a list of people who STILL have not paid. Each one has had an email telling them that if not paid within 24 hours their entries will be removed and a list of the non-payers will be published. Sorry to have to do this, but it really does have to stop.

UPDATE: Remarkably it seems that the possibility of having their names published has prompted quite a few payments overnight! The others still have 8 hours to pay!

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