Every year the Elmo Trophy is awarded to the Most Improved Dog and Handler, this trophy is in memory of Hilary Buckley’s GSD Elmo.
The Winner was announced at our AGM…… Congratulations to Sally Rhodes and Denzil
Well Done!!! Truly deserved 
Feb 282012
Feb 222012
Last night was our AGM and the committee now looks like this:
Chair: Mo Graham
Secretary: Lindsay Cheshire
Treasurer: Annette Scrimshaw
Committee Members (voted in at AGM):
- Steve Mellor
- Ken Worral
- Jackie Bird
- Sarah Stokes
- Tina Crowley
- Margaret Harrison
- Jenny Rothwell
- Hannah Grantham
A good range of skills, knowledge and AGE!!! (According to the meeting last night )
Well done to all involved and good luck on the committee this year.
Documentation for NHDTC’s Championship & Open Agility Show 2012 is now available.
Details of the event & links to all the documentation can be found on this page
Feb 222012
Last night at the AGM the following awards were presented
Novice class Mo Graham with Dotty
Class A Ken Worrall and Star
Class B Margaret Harrison and Dancer
Class C Steve Rutter and Jenna
The winner of the Jack Pannet trophy for the dog with most points was Ken with Star
Feb 122012
Well done to Steve Mellor and Jim who gained an excellent 2nd place in Agility Combined 4-7, and with Charlie a 2nd in Jumping…..go team Mellor!
Also well done to Jane Potter and Chip who also gained a fantastic 2nd place. Super dog with a promising agility career ahead of him!
Now on to Team Grantham…..Hannah Grantham and Fluke managed a 2nd place in Grade 5 Agility with 5R, without the faults she would have won the class, thank god she faulted , and Boo took 1st in Grade 7 Agility.
Well done to all, if I have missed you let me know your results. Good Luck to those competing today
Feb 022012
Well done to Steve Mellor and Charlie on winning a Grade 4 Jumping….. on thier way to Grade 5 now
Jan 242012
Well its finally happened, we have a Small Agility Team who are going to be competing throughout the year at Crufts Team Qualifiers and other Team events.
The NEWTON HEATH RAT PACK are:
Hannah Grantham & Boo
Sally Rhodes & Denzil
Bob Taylor & Meg
Pam Brooker & Titch
First event will be the Small Crufts Team Qualifier at Beacon in May.
If you want are interested in setting up an Agility Team, contact me and we can get it off the ground.
Wow what a day yesterday was! I went to the try outs with Skye to be in the GCDS silver North West Demonstration team for Crufts 2012. Kathryn Stickney was also there with Harry, Emma with Bella, Elaine with Rosie and Jackie with Snowy. Excellent turn out from Newton Heath. There were around 35-40 dogs there and only 9 could go through. Sadly Rosie and Snowy didn’t make it but the good news is that Skye, Harry and Bella all made the team. We are doing the demonstrations on the Friday and Sunday at Crufts. All the dogs there were amazing, the selection panel had said the standard of all the dogs were one of the highest they had seen. Great day for Newton Heath Obedience section and special thanks has to got to Ken Worrell and Trevor Avis for their hard work in getting these dogs to this standard.
Jan 092012
Now that the first KC show of 2012 has been and gone this is just a reminder to get your results to me for the Newton Heath Agility League.
There are plenty of ways to contact me:
- Email (just ask me for my address if you dont have it)
- Text (again ask me for my number)
- Post box and slips (on the agility board in club house)
You can claim for any placing (with or without faults) to 15th place, and any unplaced clear.
Categories this year:
- Large Grades 1-3
- Large Grades 4-5
- Small/Medium Grades 1-3
- Small/Medium Grade 4-5
So if you have a dog in one of these categories…… dont forget to submit your results!!!!
Results so far can be found here…http://www.newtonheathdtc.co.uk/agility/competition-agility
Hannah Grantham
Jan 082012
Wilmslow was the first KC show of 2012, and wow did NHDTC members do well!!!
Sally Rhodes and Denzil took a 2nd in 1-3 Combined Agility and 3rd in 1-3 Combined Jumping.
Sue Birchenough and Kia got their first ever KC rosette with a 2nd place in Grade 3 Agility.
As did Annette Scrimshaw and Jess, taking a 1st place in 1-3 Combined Jumping at their very first KC show.
Bob Taylor and Meg took their first Grade 6 win in Agility (Grade 6.25 now!), only another 3 to go!
Christine Sutcliffe and Heby managed a very respectable 3rd in Combined 6-7 Jumping.
Lindsay Cheshire and Tia took 1st in Grade 7 Agility
Hannah Grantham and Boo took 3rd in Combined 6-7 Agility.
Not a bad result for Newton Heath members….. well done to everyone!!!