Midland Counties Champ Show -28/10/11

A Fab day down at Stafford with Thorn taking 4th in Puppy Dog, Orchid winning the Post Graduate Bitch class and Brook taking 3rd in Limit Dog, thus giving him his Stud Book Number and lifetime qualificatiuon for Crufts, what a super result!

North West Golden Retriever Club Open Show - 16/10/11

Another good day for the Beaupippin Team down at Manchester -  Thorn won Minor Puppy Dog, Puppy Dog, Maiden Dog & Novice Dog, Best Puppy Dog and Best Puppy in Show - Phew!
Orchid won the Post Grad Bitch class and Brook was 2nd in Post Grad dog.
Thorn came home with 2 beautiful rosettes for his puppy awards along with bags of food to keep fed for a while!

Eastern Counties GRC Champ Show - 2/10/11 Newmarket

A very hot day down at Newmarket! Fab results with Thorn 2nd in Minor Puppy Dog, 3rd Puppy Dog, 6th Maiden Dog & 5th Novice Dog. Brook 2nd in Post Grad Dog and 3rd in the Beaters/pickers up class & Orchid 2nd in Post Grad Bitch. Temperature on leaving the racecourse was 29.5°C!! A long journey home but well worth it.

Golden retriever Club of Scotland Open Show - 1/10/11

Another good day with Thorn winning Minor puppy dog, 3rd Puppy Dog, 1st Maiden Dog & 2nd Novice Dog. Clover won Junior Bitch, Brook 3rd In Post Grad Dog and Orchid won the Post Grad Bitch class. Then came the long trip down to Newmarket.