17.1. 2009
We were at a club show in Ljubljana, Slovenia, where wolfhounds were judged by Mr. Per Iversen from Norway and cardigans by Mr. Louis Texiera from Portugal. Because Bazi had to be in the ring at the same time as Cony and Daisy I asked our friend Bara to help us with handling. She did a great job and both Cony and Cili won their classes with her, with CACs! She worked well with Daisy too and they easily got very promising 1st, the same result I got with Bazi at her show debut! What a great day!
Thank you very much, Bara, for your perfect work!!
At this show all top titles went to the Hungarian Glor and Gael kennel. Junior BOB was Lady Rose, best female Isabella and Ivanhoe won BOB. Our congratulations to the Juhasz family! The father of all three is Pergentino Pimentel dei Mangialupi - father of our "B" litter :-)
18.1.2009
Another show in Ljubljana, this time an international one. Wolfhounds were judge by Mr. Walsh from Ireland, who, although he wrote nice critiques about Cony and Cili, didn't award them an excellent mark or any titles, but only 'very good'. Cony was second in his class, beaten by Davor Marjanovic's Stormwind, and Cili won her class against Petra Omahen's Wichita della Bassa Pavese.
Daisy wasn't entered at this show, but Bazi was and did very well in the ring, winning with very promising 1st again.
Photos by Karel Zdrahal
Basilea Lucky Veles
Conchobar Really Irish
11.2.2009
On Saturday, from an entry of 55 wolfhounds judged by Mr. Espen Engh (Jet's greyhounds) from Norway, all our dogs did great!
Conchobar Really Irish - Exc. II., res. CAC (in class of 9)
Ceridwen Really Irish - Exc. I., CAC! (in class of 7)
Dechtire Really Irish - Very Promising I. (in class of 3)
And Basilea, very well handled by Mrs. Iva Cetlova, did a perfect job and again got Very Promising I.!
On Sunday, there were 32 wolfhounds under Mr. Dusan Paunovic from Slovenia. We entered Cony and Cili and they both did a perfect job again:
Conchobar Really Irish - Exc. II., res. CAC
Ceridwen Really Irish - Exc. II., res. CAC
What a weekend! :-)
Ceridwen Really Irish
Basilea Lucky Veles
Dechtire Really Irish
Conchobar Really Irish
16.3.2009
On 22 February McKenna (Brollachan Really Irish in Torteval) took part in the Guernsey Kennel Club's Members' Show, where she was Reserve Best in Group, and also won Best Brace in Show (together with Darcy) and Best Team in Show (with Darcy and Hogan).
15.5.2009 - News roundup
Baboo attended an international show in Ceske Budejovice and under Mr. Jurgen Rosner won CAC in the working class. The following day she went to a Sighthound club show and won the working class again, and was awarded CAC and the Club winner 2009 title! Her mother, Ch. Mary Kay Ionmhain Norman, won the veteran class and III. Veteran BIS!
In May, Gucci (Fitzgerald of Beltine) went to a national dog show in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia, where under Mrs. Vojtekova he won the open class and his first CAC.
Vincent's son, Ch. Fred Astair Roan Inish, followed his great April results (BOB and BIG in Nitra, Slovakia; CACIB and BOB in Wieselburg, Austria; res. BIG in Munich, Germany) at a double show in Bratislava in May, where he won 2x CAC, 2x CACIB, 2x BOB and res. BIG again.
We are also very proud that Oiva's (Bres McElatha Really Irish) offspring are doing well in the show ring. At an international show in Lahti, Finland, his daughter, Afrodite Doscartha, won the Junior class and her first CC, while at a show in Viljus his son, Ab Oivanpoika Oy Doscartha, was awarded Exc. 1, Junior CC, Junior BOB by Mr. McCoy from Ireland.
26.5.09
At the Bath Championship Show, Brollachan Really Irish (McKenna) placed second in the Irish Wolfhound Limit Bitch class.
29.06.09
June was a great month. On 1st June I came home from a two month holiday in the UK, which I spent at Rebecca Peek's Milkwood kennel. And I have to say, I had a great, great time there. And now, more than ever, I'm enjoying every single moment at home with our girls and Petr. :-)
Baboo (Baobhan Sith Really Irish) became a mother of a lovely litter and I am very happy to say that all puppies and mum are doing well and we are very happy with them.
We also have some heart-testing results, which made our day - Tara (Adh-Mor Really Irish, 7 years), Mary (Bloody Mary Really Irish, 4 years) and Umberto (Wolfhouse Umberto, sire of our "D" litter) were all teste. Aall of them are healthy with no signs of AF of DCM.
And now the show news. The first news is not exactly ours, but we are still very proud of it - Glor Na Gael Ivanhoe became European Winner and BOB at the European dog show in Dublin! We would like to send a many CONGRATULATIONS to his breeder and owner Csilla!! And why we are so happy? Because Ivanhoe is a half-brother to our "B" litter :-)
Ch Fred Astair Roan Inish
Wonderful show results were also achieved by Vincent's son, Ch. Fred Astair Roan Inish, who attended three shows in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, gaining 3x CAC, 3x BOB, 3x res. BIG plus 2x CACIB! Fred also sired a litter out of Barbara Stadlewood.
Our darling Gucci (Fitzgerald of Beltine) now has a professional handler and they did a fantastic job at a show in Senec, wining open class and CAC, and a few weeks later in Szerkesvehervar, Hungary, they left the ring with CAC, CACIB and BOB! Many, many congratulations and a big thank you Nada and Janka!!
Gucci
Newly in the show ring was Benva's (Ben-Varrey Really Irish) daughter, who was in a puppy class at two shows and I'm proud to say won both times with "Very promissing 1." Many congratulations to Pavla, her breeder, and the Typl family, her owners.
Afrodita
And yes, we went to some shows too. Daisy (Dechtire Really Irish) was at a Czech club show judged by Mrs. Dagmar Holkova (CZ) and was in a junior class for the first time. She came third in class of nine with "excellent" mark and a very nice critique.
Daisy
I have produced several new photo galleries, so you can see my English holiday, Czech club show, International show in Brno, and also a little gallery of our "D" puppies, who celebrated their first birthday in June.
And the best news for the end - our family has grown again! We are very happy to announce that we gave our friend Kristyna a little help to import a lovely Finnish girl, Sapwood´s One of a Kind, called Feebee at home. We'll keep our fingers crossed for a happy, long and successful life of this marvellous puppy. Thank you Marika for letting us have her, and thank you Kristyna for making my dream come true!
McKenna received this critique from judge John Tiranti:
"Attractive bitch, presenting a good outline, in hard condition, and a good mover. Good head and reach of neck, well placed shoulders, straight front, well sprung ribs, long back, strong quarters, well turned stifles, showed well."
July 2009
We are very proud of our Drechlethan, who did a great job at his show debut in Darmstadt (Germany) under Mr. Wuaben from the Netherlands. He not only got the "Excellent" mark, but also was first in a class of four, getting Junior VDH, Junior CAC and Junior BOB titles! Many, many congratulations to his owner Petra.
Drechlethan Really Irish
We visited two shows with Bazi without any special results. She came fourth at international show in Brno (CZ) and first out of one without title in Kosice (SK). Daisy did better coming "Excellent" 2nd in a class of four in Kosice.
We have some more show plans for the end of the month, so we will keep you up-dated :-)
30 July 2009
On 18th July at a national dog show in Mlada Boleslav, Czech Republic, under Mr. Panuska (CZ) our dogs gained marvellous results:
Basilea Lucky Veles (the corgi) - Excellent II.
Dechtire Really Irish - Excellent II.
Ceridwen Really Irish - Excellent I., CAC, National winner
Conchobar Really Irish - Excellent I., CAC, National winner, BOB, 3. BIG!!!
A big THANK YOU to Mr. Panuska for awarding our dogs such a high titles.
Coni and Cili
Basilea Lucky Veles . . . and Dechtire Really Irish . . . Croatian Juniorchampions A well deserved rest!
The following week was even more successful. We took part at a very special event - 4 night shows in Split, Croatia, and results of our girls were better than we could dream of . . .
Dechtire Really Irish - 4x Excellent I., 4x PRM (Junior class winner), 4x Junior BOB, 3x BOB and Daisy is now new Croatian Juniorchampion!
Basilea Lucky Veles - 4x Ecellent I., 4x PRM, 4x Junior BOB and Bazi is now a Croatian Juniorchampion as well!
At the same time there was Coursing European Championship, where the "Really Irish team" was represented by Baruch - and how! Among twelve males he finished a fantastic 5th place!!! and made us really proud.
And a day later Gucci (Fitzgerald of Beltine) made his debut in Poland, getting CWC, Best male and BOB titles!
Our BIG congratulations and thank you to Baruch´s owners Pavel and Martin, and to Gucci´s owner Nada.
Gucci
5 October 2009
The last few weeks have been very busy, so we are sorry to be so late with our news. Anyway, what was new in August and September?
The star of Brollachan Really Irish in Torteval was shining again. First, she attended the Guernsey Kennel Club Open show and did really well: Open class winer, BOB, AVH Open bitch winner, Best Brace in Show with Darcy and Best Team in Show with Darcy and Rafferty! And at the championship show in Richmond she came second in a limit class. Our big congratulations to Paul and Anne!
Brollachan Really Irish
(McKenna)
We attended a Czech club show, where under Mrs. Dagmar Kenis Pordham our dogs did really well:
Conchobar Really Irish - Exc. 1, CAC (in class of 8)
Ath Fir Diadd Really Irish - Exc. 1, Winner of veteran class
Dechtire Really Irish - Exc. 2. (in class of 14)
Ceridwen Really Irish - Exc. 4. (in class of 13)
Dechtire Really Irish
(Daisy)
Dechtire Really Irish
(Daisy)
Ceredwen Really Irish
(Cili)
Ath Fir Diadd Really Irish (Medy)
Ceredwen Really Irish
(Cili)
Conchobar Really Irish
(Cony)
Conchobar Really Irish
(Cony)
A big "thank you" to Mrs. Ewa Frydecka and Teresa Zach for the great pictures.
And a week later we organized the traditional weekend for wolfhounds, the Tullamore Cup, where the Really Irish family was flying VERY high :-). The show judge was Mrs. Jose Cornelisse from the famous Dutch Fionnmae kennel, and coursing was judged by Mr. Ratmir Mozolak from Slovakia:
Anna Vydra B&G - winner of the open class
Baruch Baruc Really Irish - winner of the working class, "The fastest eater", 6th at coursing in the Master's category
Baobhan Sith Really Irish - winner of the brood bitch class, "The longest beard", Winner of the coursing, Absolute winner of the Tullamore Cup 2009!
Bloody Mary Really Irish - third in the breeders class, winner of the novice category at coursing
Darani Really Irish - second in the junior class, third in the junior category at coursing
Dechtire Really Irish - winner of junior class, Junior BIS, "The best teeth"
Drechlethan Really Irish - winner of junior class
And we are also very happy and proud, that mother of our "B" litter and grandmother of our "D" litter, Ch. Mary Kay Ionmhain Norman was the Veteran BIS and Veteran winner of the Tullamore Cup 2009!
And Baboo's (BaobhanSith Really Irish) daughter was Puppy BIS and as you can see from the pic - it was because of her movement. Many congratulations to Petra (Artep Nitram kennel).
Ch Mary Kay
Ionmhain Norman
(Mary)
Baruch Baruc
Really Irish
Baobhan Sith Really Irish
(Baboo)
Bloody Mary Really Irish
Anna Vydra B&G
Drechlethan Really Irish
Jon
Ailis
Many thanks to Anna and Jaroslaw Grolik and Robo Winkler for the great photos.
And the following week was another dream come true, when we received the official certificate confirming that Baobhan Sith Really Irish had fullfiled all the conditions and become a Coursing Champion of Czech Republic! We are very proud of our girl and would like to thank David and Lenka, her owners, for keeping Baboo so fit and letting her do the job she loves most.
And our "grandchildren"? They are also doing very well in the show rings:
The offspring of Bres McElatha by Ch. Fernmark Kleio,
the first litter of the Doscartha kennel, Finland:
Audax Best Head at the Finnish club
Afrodité Exc. 1, winner of intermediate class the Finnish club show
Exc. 1, CC, CACIB, Baltic Winner, BOB (IDS Viro)
Exc. 1, CC, BOS (NDS Vantaa)
Anigael Exc. 2. and CC from the Junior class the Finnish club show!!!
18. October
We're pleased to announce that the following dogs from the Really Irish family
were all heart-tested clear in September:
Mary Kay Ionmhain Norman (8,5 years)
Adh-Mor Really Irish (7,5 years)
Anna Vydra B&G (3 years)
Baruch Baruc Really Irish (4 years)
Click here for a picture gallery of the National Dog Show in Brno on 17 October.
1 November 2009
McKenna (Brollachan Really Irish in Torteval) has had a good week at open shows in the UK. On 25 October she was Best of Breed and Group 4 at the Guernsey Kennel Club Open Show, and at the Bridgewater & District Open Show a week later she Best of Breed and Group 3, putting her in the top 21 dogs out of an entry of 633.
Photos: Farlap photography
