Saturday 14th June-Shombay
Shamakani won BOB at Southampton Open Show under Julie Hibbert
Thursday 12th June at Three Counties, our own Bo had 2nd in Post Graduate
Bitch under breed specialist Gordon Cunningham (Walamandengie).
Saturday 31st May was Southern Counties Championship Show. Shombay Shamakani
had 2nd in Post Graduate dog and Shombay Shakarri had 3rd in Yearling bitch under Mrs Vicky Cook-well done! Our own Bo was
unplaced in the breed class but had a nice 4th out of 13 in the AV Hound/Toy/Terrier Open stakes under Stella Clark.
A long drive
to Leatherhead on Sunday 4th May for the Southern Rhodesian Ridgeback Association Championship Show proved very successful!
Shombay Shakarri (Nyah) won Graduate Bitch, our own Bo had 4th in Mid Limit Bitch, Shombay Shamakani (Rufus) had 4th in Post
Graduate Dog and dad Zoro James of Shombay (Castor) had 5th in Open Dog. Shombay then went on to win the Special
Breeders Stakes! Thank you to judge Mr J Aitken Johnston for a lovely day for all the Shombay hounds and a well worth the
6 hour drive round trip!!!
Bo had 3rd place in Limit Bitch at WELKS on 25th April 2008 under Breed Specialist Mr Jack Selby.
Bo took Best
of Breed at Leominster CS Open Show under Mr Alf Wood on Sunday 20th April.
WHAT A GREAT WEEKEND IN SCOTLAND! !! We travelled up to the Hound
Association of Scotland on Saturday 12th April. Bo won Yearling Bitch & Jinx had 5th in Limit Bitch under
Mrs Viv Phillips. We then on Sunday went to the RR Club of Scotland's Open Show and Bo won Post Graduate Bitch and then
Reserve Best Bitch under Mr Frank Whyte!
Crufts 2008 - Bo had 4th in Post Graduate Bitch.
Bo had 4th out of 13 in Post Gaduate bitch
at Manchester Championship Show on Sunday 20th January 2008 under breed specialist Karen Rimmer.
The Shombay puppies had a good day at The
RR Club of GB Championship Show on Sunday 23rd September 2007 under Mrs Janet Parker. Shombay Shamakani had 5th (11
in class) in Junior dog, Shombay Shakarri had 5th in Junior Bitch (16 in class) and our own Bo had 4th in Yearling bitch (11
in class). Shombay were 2nd in the Progeny Class.
Castor has sired his 2nd litter which were born on Sunday 2nd September
2007. 7 healthy puppies, all with ridges. Well done to Indy (and her mum Jo)!
A VERY BIG "HAPPY BIRTHDAY" TO ALL OUR PUPPIES WHO WILL
BE 1 YEAR OLD ON FRIDAY 24TH AUGUST 2007!!!
Congratulations to Shombay Shakarri (Nyah) who qualified for Crufts 2008, she
had 2nd in Puppy Bitch at Bournemouth Champ Show under Mr Frank Kane
Bo had 2nd place in Puppy Bitch at Midlands & Northern
RR Club Champ Show on 14th July 2007 under breed specialist Mrs Sue Simper.
Jinx had 2nd place in Limit bitch at Paignton Champ Show under
Mrs Marion Spavin on the 12th July 2007.
Rachel is organising an event for The Marches Ringcraft Club on the 25th September
2007 with "Mary Ray" at Leominster Bridge St Sports Centre, please have a look at the flyer below or email
for more details and tickets.
Bo had a very credible 5th place out of 75! (91 entries/16 abs)of Hounds/Gundogs in the Pro Plan Purina Puppy
Bitch Stakes under Mr Robin Newhouse at Blackpool Champ Show.
The Shombay team had a great day at Three Counties Champ Show on Thursday 14th June,
no CC's on offer for our breed, but Bo won 1st place in a good Junior bitch class, Shombay Shamakani had 2nd
in puppy dog and Shombay Shakarri had 3rd in puppy bitch under Mr Graham Hill!
Mon 28th May 2007 - Dad and daughter both
had 3rd's in their respective classes at Bath under Zena Thorn-Andrews.
Well done to Bo's brother, Shombay Shamakani who qualified
for Crufts 2008 with 2nd in Puppy Dog at Southern RR Club Champ Show.
Sunday 29th April - Bo has qualified for Crufts 2008 - she had
2nd place in Minor Puppy Bitch at WELKS!
Saturday 10th March - Jinx had 4th place at Crufts in Limit bitch - she is regaining
her figure back slowly!!
Our little girl Bo 'Shombay Shaamone' attended her 1st show on Saturday 24th February 2007 at Sutton
Coldfield CS Open Show. Only 6 months old on the day of the show, under breed judge Julie Mounfield, she won the
junior class and took Best Puppy, then Hound Puppy Group 3 under Ms Sue Campbell - thank you to both & what a fantastic
start!!!
October
06 - A big 'thank you' to all our new owners, who have given our puppies wonderful homes. It is a lot quieter
in the house now!
24th
August 2006 - PUPPIES HAVE ARRIVED! 8 bitches & 5 dogs...Jinx is being a 'Super Mum' to her large litter!
All have ridges and both mum & pups are doing really well.
29th May 2006 - Zoro James of Shombay (under Mr Aitken-Johnson) gains his
Stud Book Number by winning Limit Dog at Bath and also the Reserve Challenge Certificate!!
12th May 2006 - Morlingcourt Miss HiJinks of Shombay
takes 1st place in Post Graduate Bitch at Birmingham National under Mrs Jill Peak
