2009 We could not show any dogs at Crufts this year as I was judging ESSs. With an entry of 182 dogs making 210 entries this was quite a daunting task which I thoroughly enjoyed. BOB went to Trimere Talking Point at Allenie, this was his third CC so he became a champion on the day and I was delighted to watch him go group 3. BCC was Petranella Perfickly Dealt with reserves going to Sh Ch Mompesson Royal Destiny and Trimere Tigra respectively. Easter weekend proved a good one for Lilly (Ardencote Diamond Lil), with her daughter Jussie (Ardencote Just A Cracker)at home in season Lil took BOB, Group 1 and BIS at Stratford on Avon CS Open Show on the Saturday and then BOB and Group 2 at Nuneaton Open Show on the MOnday. The following weekend, season over, Jussie won 1st in Junior Bitch and the RCC under Cathy Brown (Bluestreak)at The Northern Counties Whippet Club Championship Show at just 15 months of age!!! .................... Six days later at WELKS she went one step better and from winning Junior Bitch took the bitch CC under Johnstone McCloud(Peperone). Both 'Jussie' and her brother 'Whattie' (Ardencote What a Cracker) enjoyed a good time in junior classes with Whattie taking best dog and reserve best in show under Viv Coulter (Collooney) at the Midland Whippet Club Open Show in June
			2008 The summer of 2008 was the summer of whippet siblings Ardencote What A Cracker and Ardencote Just A Cracker..........
		Ardencote What A Cracker (Ch Nevedith KFA Kraka ex Ardencote Diamond Lil) having won Best Puppy Dog at Welsh Kennel Club Championship Show aged just 7 months, Judge Ben Reynolds-Frost. Photograph by Pauline Oliver. Ardencote Just A Cracker (litter sister to above) Best Puppy in Show at Oxford County Show Thame, her very first show. Photograph by K9 Photography. Ardencote Just A Cracker R.B.P.I.S. Coventry (Foleshill) Open Show. Photograph Alan Walker. r The Whippet Club Open Show Left to Right Ardencote Just A Cracker Reserve Best Bitch & Best Puppy in Show, bitch judge Alec MacKenzie, Ardencote Diamond Lil Best in Show, dog judge Miranda Hall, Best Dog Lakeisle Rainlord of Railfield, Best Veteran Shoalingam Selebration. Photograph by Molly McConkey. Not forgetting Ardencote Tamanu who gained her first C.C. at Paignton under Max King. Photographed here at home at play. Previous highlights: 2003 was the second year in succession that I could not exhibit at Crufts as I had the honour of judging an entry of 128 P.R.T.s (133 entries). D.C.C. went to Lesley Roberts and Anne Murray's Mindlen Muddler Minnow, R.D.C.C. to Mark and Tina Allen's Ch. Alne Artic Fox, B.C.C. and B.O.B. Roger and Linda Bigland's Heythrop Topsy, R.B.C.C. to Heiddi Christensen's Cudweed's Ilumination. 2002 I was the elected judge for greyhounds at Crufts, this was my first time judging at this show and a great thrill. From an entry of 67 dogs making 69 entries B.C.C. and B.O.B. went to Alan Dumortier's Graal Quest Now and Ever who had travelled all of the way from France, D.C.C. was Linda Cook's Ch. Patlyns Eye of the Storm. R.D.C.C. was Jenny Paley and Paul Watson's Windspiel Northern Siberia and R.B.C.C. Brenda Rowes' Patlyns Snow White.