COMBINED CC INT '18 BEST IN SHOW
IKC President, Sean Delmar judged Best In Show and from the ten group winners he picked the Afghan Hound, Ch, GB & Int Ch Dashvey To Tell The Truth, owned by Lyn Appleby, John Minchin, Jayne Edwards and Mary Mulvaney, and handled by Mary as his winner. Reserve BIS under Sean was Stewart and Heather Cummings and Kelly Lawless’ Pointer, Sh Ch Kanix Kroner At Sevenhills.
COMBINED CC INT '18 BEST IN SHOW
The Afghan Hound, Ch, GB & Int Ch Dashvey To Tell The Truth, owned by Lyn Appleby, John Minchin, Jayne Edwards and Mary Mulvaney, and handled by Mary.
COMBINED CC INT '18 BEST IN SHOW
The Afghan Hound, Ch, GB & Int Ch Dashvey To Tell The Truth, owned by Lyn Appleby, John Minchin, Jayne Edwards and Mary Mulvaney, and handled by Mary pictured with the judges at the Combined CC International.
COMBINED CC INT '18 BEST BABY PUPPY IN SHOW
The Best Baby Puppy in Show at Combined Canine under Sean Delmar was Mick and Liz Dyer’s Boxer, Zensin Mor'du, with RBBPIS awarded to Emer Wright and Mairin Jackson’s Japanese Shiba Inu, Lascar Twix Up His Sleeve.
COMBINED CC INT '18 BEST PUPPY IN SHOW
Tatjana Urek from Slovenia judged Best Puppy in Show, selected from the ten Puppy Group winners chosen by Australian judge Tim Thomas, awarding top spot to David and Morag Connolly’s 8 months old homebred Border Collie, Huntly Steel River, with the runner-up spot taken by Wendy Fleming’s 6 months old Pointer, Glenariff Golden Moon.
COMBINED CC INT '18 BEST PUPPY IN SHOW
David and Morag Connolly’s 8 months old homebred Border Collie, Huntly Steel River.
COMBINED CC INT '18 BEST VETERAN IN SHOW
Judge elect for Best Veteran in Show was Gerard Jipping from the Netherlands whose winner was Anastasia Winogradova’s 9 year old Scottish Terrier, Ch Blr & Ch Rus Imp In Skirt Zen-Seng, with RBVIS going to Jennifer Kealy’s 8 year old Irish Soft Coated Whetaen Terrier, Ch & Int Ch Dalstar Giselle.
COMBINED CC INT '18 CHAMPION STAKES
Maudie Burke was in charge of the Stakes classes at Combined Canine International and her Champion Stakes winner was Susan White and Sarah Jackson’s Maltese, Ch & Int Ch Benatone Rings Of Gold, with second place awarded to the Gillian Gibson & Tracey Hitt’s Shih Tzu, GB Ch Miracey Rebel Rider, handled by Gillian.
COMBINED CC INT '18 CHAMPION STAKES
Champion Stakes winner was Susan White and Sarah Jackson’s Maltese, Ch & Int Ch Benatone Rings Of Gold.
COMBINED CC INT '18 BRACE STAKES
Winning the Brace Stakes was the Ballecot Pembroke Corgi duo owned by Steve Bale with second place going to Angie Hill’s Deizl Bichon Frise team.
COMBINED CC INT '18 TEAM STAKES
Topping the Team Stakes under Maudie Burke was the Talard Australian Shepherd group owned by Tracey Douglas and her mother & father, Lyn & Alec.
COMBINED CC INT '18 GROUP 1
Topping Group 1 under Tim Thomas was Catherina Dunne’s Shetland Sheepdog, Ch Yagodka At Longrange S Egerskoy Slobody, with Albert Balmer’s GSD, Ch Alberdale Xamira, in the runner-up spot.
COMBINED CC INT '18 GROUP 2
Mandy Moore’s Leonberger, Lempileijonan Muusta Kuullaai 2 Hillhaven, was German judge Horst Klienenstein’s Group 2 winner, en route to BIS 4, with second place awarded to Mark Graham’s Bulldog, Ch & GB Ch Gongar King Henry Bulls.
COMBINED CC INT '18 GROUP 2
Mandy Moore’s Leonberger, Lempileijonan Muusta Kuullaai 2 Hillhaven winner of Group 2.
COMBINED CC INT '18 GROUP 3
Topping the terriers in Group 3 under Francisco Janiero from Portugal was Myles Leonard and Betty Smit - Kammerbeek’s Scottish Terrier, Ch Lucia's Dream Surprise Packet, who went on to BIS 3. Runner-up was Ross Delmar’s Smooth Fox Terrier, Ch Shillelagh Valhala.
COMBINED CC INT '18 GROUP 3
The terriers of Group 3 awaiting the judge's verdict.
COMBINED CC INT '18 GROUP 4
Tatjana Urek’s Group 4 winner’s rosette went to Karen Weir’s Smooth Haired Kaninchen Dachshund, Ch & Neth Ch Magik Rainbow Gloria, with the runner-up slot taken by Gerry McFaul’s Standard Long, Ch Shardaroba's Fashion Flow At Dachville.
COMBINED CC INT '18 GROUP 5
Romanian judge Csaba Zsolt Lokodi was centre ring for Group 5 where his winner was Maureen and Brian Carroll’s Keeshond, Ch Cedarhills-Shamrock Foreign Correspondent Lyntova, with second place awarded to Carroll & Komyakova’s Pomeranian, Multi Ch Dan-Star-Kom Lion Heart.
COMBINED CC INT '18 GROUP 6
Hitoshi Sayama from Japan judged Group 6, finding his winner in Jane and Geordie Anthony’s Rhodesian Ridgeback, Ch Rottzridge Nemesis; runner-up was the Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen, Sarah and Gavin Robertson, Lizzie Greenslade and Cathy Neill’s Soletrader Buddy Holly.
COMBINED CC INT '18 GROUP 7
Tim Thomas’ Group 7 winner was the eventual RBIS winner, Stewart and Heather Cummings and Kelly Lawless’ Pointer, Sh Ch Kanix Kroner At Sevenhills, with Deborah Armitage’s Irish Setter, GB Sh Ch Gwendariff Coco Nut Cream, handled by breeder Diane Stewart-Ritchie, in second place
COMBINED CC INT '18 GROUP 8
Hitoshi Sayama also judged Group 8 where his winner was Ken Kennedy’s Irish Water Spaniel, Cilleigne Ciodhna, with second place awarded to Kerry Brennean’s Cocker Spaniel, Sh Ch Kerrijoy Valentino.
COMBINED CC INT '18 GROUP 9
Heading up Group 9 under American judge Jason Hoke was Marie Thorpe’s 17 months old import Long Coated Chihuahua, Idyllium's Showman, with the runner-up spot awarded to Sally Burns, Mary Coghlan and Lesley Howard’s Toy Poodle, Ch Grayco Poetic Image.
COMBINED CC INT '18 GROUP 9
Jason Hoke was Marie Thorpe’s Long Coated Chihuahua, Idyllium's Showman winner of Group 9.
COMBINED CC INT '18 GROUP 10
Gerard Jipping’s Group 10 winner was the Best in Show winning Afghan Hound, Lyn Appleby, John Minchin, Jayne Edwards and Mary Mulvaney’s Ch, GB & Int Ch Dashvey To Tell The Truth; in second place was Breda Dunne’s Saluki, Ch Jada-Jahimi Al Djiibaajah At Hasaniya.
COMBINED CC INT '18 GROUP 10
Judge Gerard Jipping making his final assessment of Group 10.
COMBINED CC INT '18 Royal Canin/ICP Veteran of the Year
The Afghan Hound, Carla Bollard O’Callaghan’s Ch, GB & Int Ch Ashahni Amir, won the Royal Canin/Irish Canine Press Veteran of the title for 2017 and was presented with the trophy by IKC President, Sean Delmar & Des Manton of Irish Canine Press, with Mary Davidson of Royal Canin also pictured.
COMBINED CC INT '18 Royal Canin/ICP Veteran of the Year
Runner up Veteran of the Year 2017 was the Alaskan Malamute, Darren and Elaine Walker’s Ch & Int Ch Lueldar A Little Patience, Royal Canin’s Mary Davidson and Des Manton of ICP, presented Darren with his crystal trophy.
COMBINED CC INT '18 Royal Canin/ICP Veteran of the Year
Ian Finney was presented with crystal for his Wire Haired Kaninchen Dachshund, Ch & Int Ch Nice One From Vitoraz to Gulliagh, owned in partnership with his Mother & Father, Marion and Tim, for third Top Veteran 2017.
COMBINED CC INT '18 Royal Canin/ICP Veteran of the Year
Crystal is presented to 4th in the Royal Canin/Irish Canine Press Veteran of the Year and here Mary Davidson and Des Manton made the presentation to Seamus Gettings for his and wife Maura’s German Wirehaired Pointer, Sh Ch & Int Ch Kimmax Krystal Klear of Beechillawn.
COMBINED CC INTERNATIONAL 2018 BEST IN SHOW
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COMBINED CC INTERNATIONAL 2018 BEST PUPPY IN SHOW
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