• Notice of AGM 2012

THE EYE CLINIC HELD ON THE 5TH OF NOVEMBER 2011 WAS A GREAT SUCCESS.  MANY THANKS TO ALL THAT ATTENDED THE CLINIC AND ESPECIALLY DR. IZAK VENTER FROM THE EYE ANIMAL HOSPITAL AS WELL AS HENRIETTE VAN DER ZWAN FROM THE INQABA BIOTEC LABORATORIES FOR THE DNA TESTS ON PRA AND EIC.  WITHOUT YOU IT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE.  THROUGH ALL THE HARD WORK WE HAD QUITE A LOT OF FUN AND LAUGHS THAT ONLY A LABRADOR CAN PROVIDE.  THIS CLINIC WILL BE HELD ANNUALLY AND MAYBE WE WILL SEE MORE BREEDERS WITH THEIR DOGS IN FUTURE.  LAST BUT NOT LEAST A BIG THANKYOU TO DI HOLMAN WHO MADE ALL THIS POSSIBLE BY SUGGESTING THE EYE CLINIC.  YOUR HELP AND INVOLVEMENT WITH THE MEMBERS IS OUTSTANDING.

Eye Clinic

Lizette Smith has organised an Eye Clinic  doing SAVA eye tests for those breeders and owners in her area who are not able to come up to Johannesburg to have it done. We urge all LRKC members in the area to please support this initiative and to spread the word to friends who are possibly not members of the club.  We, as the LRKC,  support responsible breeding and ownership and testing your Labradors eyes regularly is important.  Details are as follows:

Eye Clinic – SAVA eye tests, (Animal Eye Hospital) will be held on 5 November 2011

LEEUDORINGSTAD (NORTH WEST PROVINCE) at a cost of R210 per dog

Testing for DNA, PRA and EIC  will also be available on the same day at a special price

For more details contact:  Lizette Smith

Cell:  083 555 5480

e-mail: lambrada@telkomsa.net

• Best Of Breed Labrador Retriever this year at Crufts - Sh Ch Ronsard Me Celebrait Owned and bred by Mr and Mrs D R Airey by Sh Ch Rocheby Statesman out of Ronsard Hope and Glory.

• Reserve Best of Breed (no photo) Sh Ch Allenie's Maverick JW Bred and owned by Mr G T, Mrs J M and Mr A C Allen by Allenie's Maccallum JW out of Allenie's Graceful
• Best Puppy (photo DSCN0050) Balrion Weathertop Aramis bred and owned by Mr J R and Mrs S Crook by Balrion Weathertop John Barleycorn out of Balrion Weathertop Duty Free

• Best In Show was won by the Flatcoated Retriever Sh Ch Vbos The Kentuckian (Jet) owned and bred by Mr J M Irvine - a point of interest to South Africans and Labrador Retriever members is that his first BIS was awarded to him by the late Capt Ken Hogg in 2009 at the East of England Championship Show where he won his first Group aged nearly eight years and Ken picked him for his BIS.

• Notice of AGM
  Friday 18th February 2011
• More info

BREED SEMINAR - HALLMARKS OF THE GUNDOG BREEDS & ENGLISH SPRINGER SPANIEL

• SATURDAY 5TH FEBRUARY 2011 14h00 for 14h30
• GOLDFIELD COMMITTEE ROOM
• Boeing Road West, Bedfordview.
• PRESENTERS: STEPHANIE RICKARD (AUSTRALIA), LOUIS KRUGER (KZN)
• Click here to download more info

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Friday 5th March 2010.

The Victor and Victrix Ludorum Awards are also presented at the Annual General Meeting each year with the Balrion Lord of the Manor of Breckondale Trophy, the Marsta Secret Duke FQ Trophy, the Vonniejo Field Trial Trophy and the Supreme Champion Labrador Retriever Award. In order for the Committee to assess those dogs eligible for these awards for the year 2009, we require you to forward to the Secretary, in writing using either fax or e-mail, your dog’s full name, for which trophy eligible, and score, as per the schedule below in the case of the Victor and Victrix Ludorum Awards, and the Supreme Champion Labrador Retriever Award on or before MONDAY 1st MARCH 2010.