CLONMEL '18 BEST IN SHOW
Stephen O'Brien judged Best In Show. From the ten group winners, Stephen's choice for the top spot went to the Toy Poodle, Sally Burns, Mary Coghlan and Lesley Howard's 3 year old Ch Grayco Poetic Image. Reserve BIS was Myles Leonard and breeder Betty Smit-Kammerbeek's Scottish Terrier, Ch & Int Ch Lucia’s Dream Surprise Packet.

CLONMEL '18 BEST IN SHOW
Best In Show under Stephen O'Brien was the Toy Poodle, Sally Burns, Mary Coghlan and Lesley Howard's Ch Grayco Poetic Image.

CLONMEL '18 BEST IN SHOW
BIS 3 was awarded by Stephen O'Brien to Conor Cahill and Mary Conroy's American Akita, Ch & GB Ch Roycon Raising Hell, with BIS 4 going to Stephen Kinsella's 3 year old Newfoundland, Ch Kenamu Given The Gauntlet

CLONMEL '18 BEST IN SHOW
The ten group winners awaiting Stephen O'Brien's assessment.

CLONMEL '18 PUPPY STAKES
Mickey Parker judged all the Stakes classes at Clonmel, where her Puppy Stakes winner was Felicity Thompson's 7 months old Whippet, Barnesmore Hell Yeah, with the runner-up spot taken by Philip Behan's 6 months old Spanish bred Chow Chow, Finn McCool De Los Perros De Bigo At Mingfield.

CLONMEL '18 PUPPY STAKES
Mickey Parker's Puppy Stakes winner, Felicity Thompson's 7 months old Whippet, Barnesmore Hell Yeah

CLONMEL '18 JUNIOR STAKES
Carla and Samantha Coyle's St Bernard, Parleshan Bear, was Mickey Parker's Junior Stakes winner, with second place going to Lyn Appleby, John Minchin, Jane Edwards and Mary Mulvaney partnership's Afghan Hound, Valkor Vritra.

CLONMEL '18 CHAMPION STAKES
Heading up the Champion Stakes under Mickey Parker was Lynda Matthews' Whippet, You Tube Star Of Gentle Mind; in second place was McGregor's Grand Basset Griffon Vendeen, Ch Claela Reaumur.

CLONMEL '18 VETERAN STAKES
Topping the Veteran Stakes was Savage's 9 year old Rough Collie, Savataurus's Only The Lonely, with second place going to McCready's 9 year old Pointer, Can, USA, Aust & Gr Ch Fugelere Sirocco At Tuke Glen.

CLONMEL '18 BRACE STAKES
Winning the Brace Stakes under Mickey Parker was Barbara Hurley and Robbie Van Wensveen’s Whippet duo with Fielder’s Nova Scotia Duck Tollers taking second.

CLONMEL '18 TEAM STAKES
Mickey Parker judged the Team Stakes and her winners were the Lamb and Saltmarsh’s partnerships Cairn Terriers with the Attwood’s Kylowen Welsh Springer Spaniels in second place.

CLONMEL '18 GROUP 1
Australian judge, Valerie Hutton, judged Group 1 where her winner was Alan and Sarah Matthews' Pembroke Corgi, Ch Craigycor Viva Las Vegas, with second spot taken by Wilson's Schipperke, Chadbower Nevan Henki Mit Clynalwin; third was Hastings, Mader and Richardson's OES, Ch Lambluvs Irish Brew, handled by Colm Hastings.

CLONMEL '18 GROUP 2
It was the BIS 4 winning Newfoundland, Stephen Kinsella's Ch Kenamu Given The Gauntlet, who topped Group 2 under Costa Rican judge, William Rodriguez, whose second place went to Jason McMorrow and Fergal Martin's Affenpinscher, Ch Fairy Merryweather V Tani Kazari.

CLONMEL '18 GROUP 3
Canadian judge, Rita Walker, judged Group 3 where her winner was Myles Leonard and breeder Betty Smit-Kammerbeek's Scottish Terrier, Ch & Int Ch Lucia’s Dream Surprise Packet, en route to RBIS, with second place awarded to Ger and Laura Cox's Miniature Bull Terrier puppy, Coxgal Ag Eitilt Saor; third was Gerry and Josephine Fitzpatrick's W.H.W.T. Ch Lynnsto Star Turn At Royalcounty.

CLONMEL '18 GROUP 4
Judging the Dachshunds in Group 4 was Albert Mendez Vega from Costa Rica who chose for his winner, Martin McDonnell's Long Haired Miniature, Kinchville Gangster, with second place going to Gaskin's Smooth Haired, Dovestream Do Me A Favour; in third place was Jan Bušta's Wire Haired Kaninchen, Cz Ch Ping Pong Pussy Vitoraz.

CLONMEL '18 GROUP 5
Belgian judge Miriam Vernmiere's Group 5 winner was the BIS 3 winning American Akita, Conor Cahill and Mary Conroy's, Ch & GB Ch Roycon Raising Hell, with Philip Behan's Spanish import Chow puppy, Finn McCool De Los Perros De Bigo At Mingfield, runner-up; Maureen and Brian Carroll's Keeshond, Ch Cedarhills-Shamrock Foreign Correspondent Lyntova, was in third place.

CLONMEL '18 GROUP 6
Topping Group 6 under Norman McGreevy was the Robertson, Greenslade and Neill partnership's PBGV, Ch Soletrader Buddy Holly, handled by Cathy Neill; the Black & Tan Coonhound. Dorothy Park, Jane Hough & Sharon Kelly's Sh Ch Scentaway Sherlock Holmes, was second with Leech's Basset Fauve De Bretagne, Gavelkind Conquistador By Jamchala, third.

CLONMEL '18 GROUP 7
Heading up Group 7 under Australian judge Rosemary Easton was Jim and Karen Gibson's Weimaraner, Sh Ch Zilverein Strike A Pose In Vogue, with the runner-up spot filled by Harrison's Pointer, Millpoint Hopes N'Dreams; Sheila Hughes' Irish Setter, Corradeelish Pheasant At Cloonminda, took third place.

CLONMEL '18 GROUP 8
Costa Rican judge Warner Cespedes Arias' Group 8 winner was Keelan's American Cocker Spaniel, Ch & Int Ch Bunnybois Brainstorm At Tejas, with second place awarded to Emer Wright and Mairin Jackson's Swedish import Flat Coated Retriever, Sh Ch Caci's Just Take A Look At Lacsar; Emma, Bette and Frank Archibald's Golden Retriever, Sh Ch & GB Sh Ch Abinvale The Aviator, was in third place.

CLONMEL '18 GROUP 9
It was the BIS winner, Sally Burns, Mary Coghlan and Lesley Howard's Toy Poodle, Ch Grayco Poetic Image, who won Group 9 under Marie Claire Walsh while in second spot was June Gould's Bichon Frise, Ch & GB Ch Manoir's Air Force Zero. Third was Sean Carroll and James Newman's Papillon, Denemore The Story Of Ragge.

CLONMEL '18 GROUP 10
Dutch judge Dick Spruyt's Group 10 winner was Gerry and Pauline Clarke's Irish Wolfhound, Inara Of Shantamon, with second place awarded to the Afghan Hound, the Appleby, Minchin, Edwards and Mulvaney partnership's Ch, GB & Int Ch Davashey To Tell The Truth; Felicity Thompson's Whippet, Barnesmore Veni Vidi Vici, was in third with fourth place to Maureen Wade's Italian Greyhound, Ch, GB & Int Ch Turigner Wind In The Willows.

CLONMEL '18
A cooling ice cream break on the Irish Canine Press stand during the show for Dick McCoy and Des Manton.

CLONMEL '18
GAIN Stand: Laura Lucus and Sean Martin manned the busy GAIN stand on behalf of the main sponsors.