CHESVALE DTC Open Obedience Show
Sunday 24th August 2025
I must start by thanking the Chesvale membership for their support and hard work setting up on Saturday and working all day Sunday to make our show such a success. It was great that Dave Williams stepped in to help loading up on Saturday, setting up and putting it all away again, a huge relief for the old guard commanded by Jim Nokes! Too many helpers to name individually but you know who you are and Chesvale is lucky to have you all. Special thanks to Clare Williams for all the work as show secretary before, during and after the show, we couldn’t run it without you.
Thanks to our super judges and their stewards who gave their time freely, with many competitors giving thanks for their efforts and for the help, advice and the time they gave to everyone who came into their ring. Our entries were 21 in Pre-beginner, 40 in Beginner, 95 in Novice split over 2 parts. Our novice entries were down probably due to a number of double weekend shows over the bank holiday, however, we are determined to keep this small show going as there are so few one day shows now in this area.
The weather was perfect although a little hot at times but with the welcome cloud cover making it good for dogs and handlers. As usual our ladies that do lunch produced a feast for the judges and helpers at lunchtime and an amazing cake display at teatime. One thing Chesvale is renowned for is our catering and no-one goes home hungry!
Gail, Lynne, Julia, Julie, Jo, Sharon and Sally are the wonderful team that put on such a wonderful spread every year.
Also, thanks to Debs catering for looking after our breakfast needs and competitor catering. We were fortunate to have Charlotte Speller join us for the day to give people the opportunity to discuss physio work for their dogs.
The training ring was manned by Laura Wiley who worked tirelessly throughout the day with Sheila Rodger keeping tabs on the running order and taking the money. Thank you for all your hard work, I know you must have been exhausted by the end of the day and you took an amazing £167.00. The tombola took £128.50 this means we have a total of £295.50 to be donated to Bowel Cancer Research.
Photos have been posted on Chesvale’s facebook page and also on the ObedienceUK facebook page, thank you to Julie Green for being our official photographer. The atmosphere at the show was fantastic, relaxed, friendly with a huge carpark allowing plenty of room and options for where you wanted to set up camp and a large exercise area. We were touched by the number of wonderful remarks and thanks given to us on the day and in some posts on Facebook, it is always great to hear that you have done a good job.
Final thanks go to all the competitors who came to the show, it was lovely to see so many old faces and many new ones. We look forward to welcoming you at our 2026 shows on Sunday 3rd May and Sunday 30thAugust 2026.
Carol Spencer
Show Manager and proud Chairman