RULES AND REGULATIONS

 

1.     The show will open at 8.00am.

2.    Dogs will be received at any time but it is the exhibitor's responsibility to ensure that exhibits are available for judging when required.

3.    Judging will commence at 9.00am.

4.    Exhibits may be removed from the Show after their judging has been completed. Exhibits may not be removed earlier unless by written order of the Veterinary Surgeon, Veterinary Practitioner or of the Show Management and then only in very exceptional und unforeseen circumstances which must be reported to the Kennel Club.  The Show will close half an hour after all judging has been completed.

5.    The use of cooking stoves in the proximity of the tenting and benching areas is forbidden except as authorised by the Show Management.

6.    ENTRY FEES: Members £11.00, Non-Members £12.00 First entry per dog.   Second or Subsequent entries £1.00. 

7.    No prize money will be paid at this show.

8.    The Committee reserves to itself the right to refuse entries.  

9.    Puppies under six calendar months of age on the first day of the Show are not eligible for exhibition.

10.    The mating of bitches within the precincts of the Show is forbidden.

11.    BEST PUPPY IN SHOW: Where the Best Puppy in Show competition is scheduled the Best Puppy is Show is a puppy which has competed and is unbeaten by any other puppy exhibited at the same Show.  A puppy is a dog of six and not exceeding twelve calendar months of age on the first day of the show.  Where the Best of Bred or Best in Show is a Puppy it will also automatically be Best Puppy in Breed and Best Puppy in Show respectively.   Similarly, if the Reserve Best o Bred, Reserve Best in Show is a puppy, which has only been beaten by an adult dog, it will also automatically be Best Puppy in Breed, Best Puppy in Show respectively.  Consequently, selection of Best Puppy in Breed and Best Puppy in  Show must follow the selections of Best of Breed and Best in Show respectively.   Best Puppy in Show must be selected from Puppies, which have been judged, and are unbeaten by any other puppy.  WITHDRAWAL FROM COMPETITION: puppies which become eligible for Best Puppy in Show may be withdrawn from all other competition for Best Puppy in Show as appropriate in order to remain unbeaten.  A puppy beaten in competition for Best Puppy in Show may subsequently be exhibited in all competition for which it was previously eligible. The dog declared Best puppy in Show however must not compete in any subsequent competition. PROVISO:  for the purpose of this regulation, dogs beaten in competition for Stud Dog, Brood Bitch, Progeny, Brace and team or a special award confined to one Breed will not be considered to be a beaten dog.

12.  BEST IN SHOW:   The dog declared Best in Show is a dog which has competed and is unbeaten by any other dog exhibited at the same Show. Best in Show must be selected from the exhibits declared Best of sex providing they are unbeaten winning dogs.  Reserve Best in Show must be selected from the Best opposite sex and the Reserve Best of  sex to the exhibit declared Best in Show.   The dogs declared Best in Show and Reserve Best in Show must not compete in any subsequent competition. PROVISO:  for the purpose of this regulation, dogs beaten in competition for Stud Dog, Brood Bitch, Progeny, Brace and team or a special award confined to one Breed will not be considered to be a beaten dog.

13. Exhibits will not be admitted to Best in Show competition after a period of ten minutes has elapsed since the announcement that exhibits are required for judging, unless they have been unavoidably delayed by previous judging not being completed on time, and then only with the special permission of the Show management.

14.    No modification will be made to this Schedule except by permission of the General Committee of the Kennel Club, which will be followed by advertisement in the Canine Press wherever possible.

15.    All exhibitors must be familiar with the Kennel Club Regulation F (Annex B) for the preparation of dogs for exhibition.

16.    All dogs resident outside the UK must be issued with a Kennel Club Authority to Compete number before entry to the show/event can be made.   All overseas entries without an Authority to Compete number will be returned to the exhibitor/competitor.

16.    No animal except the dogs entered for the show will be allowed within the precincts of the show during its continuance.

17.    All monies due to the Club which remain unpaid, either entry fees or bank charges accrued through dishonoured cheques, will be reported to the Kennel Club.  A charge of £6.00 will be made for every returned cheque.

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