2009

Tatu - Ch Sandcastle's True Topic ends the year as Top Smooth Collie 2009

^Foxearth Sticky Fingers^

December 2009 - LKA - Judge Eira Moore -  Tatu, Ch Sandcastle's True Topic wins Dog CC & BOB, our Foxearth Sticky Fingers wins Junior Bitch, first time out. Clare Norman's Foxearth Fashioned in Black wins Puppy Bitch and Best Puppy in Breed, first time out.

November 2009 - Pictures of our new puppies - Click Here

November 2009 - London & Provinical Collie Ch Show - Judge Rene Couzens Tatu, Ch Sandcastle's True Topic wins Dog CC & BOB, and the Best in Show under Brenda Banbury, Jeff Hydes, Ch Foxearth Fondant wins Res Bitch CC, Best Veteran in Breed and Best Veteran in Show

October 2009 - Midland Counties Ch Show - Judge Rodney Oldham Tatu, Ch Sandcastle's True Topic wins Best AVNSC Pastoral and Shortlisted to last eight in the Pastoral Group under Marion Spavin

October 2009 - South Wales Ch Show - Judge Rodney Oldham Fay's Ch Foxearth Fluorescence at Molloney ShCM wins Best of Breed and Shortlisted to last eight in the Pastoral Group under Kari Wilberg

September 2009 - Smooth Collie Club Ch Show - Judge Beverley White,   WHAT A DAY!!! Tatu's (Ch Sandcastle's True Topic)  gains  Dog CC, Reserve BOB and RBIS & Jeff Hyde's Foxearth Following On wins Reserve Dog CC, Jeff Hydes' Ch Foxearth Fondant wins Bitch CC, Best of Breed, Best in Show and Best Veteran in Show, and our Sandcastle's Foxearth As You Like It wins 1st Open Bitch and Reserve CC, Kate Giddings,  Foxearth Filligree wins Limit Bitch and the Sewell's family Ch Foxearth Farris via Lewarne 2nd Open Bitch and Fay's Ch Foxearth Fluorescence at Molloney ShCM wins 3rd Open Bitch, and Hartley's Foxearth Silver Dream at Jimjack wins Post Graduate Bitch, Farris, Fluorescence, Following On and Fondant, also win the Breeders Class for us.

(Gold Filigree wins her 1st CC at Birmingham City)

September 2009 - Birmingham City Ch Show - Judge Maria Foulston,   Tatu's (Ch Sandcastle's True Topic) owned by Askikainen & Lahtinen gains  Dog CC & BOB and Kate Giddings,  Foxearth Filligree wins Bitch CC (her First)and the Sewell's family Ch Foxearth Farris via Lewarne wins Reserve Bitch CC.

August 2009 - Welsh Kennel Club Ch Show - Judge Eleanor Kitchen,   Tatu's (Ch Sandcastle's True Topic) owned by Askikainen & Lahtinen gains  Dog CC & BOB and shortlisted in the Pastoral Group and Jeff Hyde's Foxearth Following On wins Limit Dog and Jeff's Ch Foxearth Fondant wins Bitch CC

August 2009 - Bournemouth Ch Show - Judge Geoff Duffield,  Jeff Hyde's Foxearth Following On wins Limit Dog and the Sewell's family Ch Foxearth Farris via Lewarne wins Bitch CC, Best of Breed

July 2009 - Leeds Ch Show - Judge Hugh Jones,   Tatu's (Ch Sandcastle's True Topic) owned by Askikainen & Lahtinen gains  Dog CC & BOB and Jeff Hyde's Foxearth Following On wins Reserve Dog CC and Jeff's Ch Foxearth Fondant wins Bitch CC and Hartley's Foxearth Silver Dream at Jimjack wins Post Graduate Bitch

^June 2009 - Blackpool Ch Show - Judge Steve Barrett,   Tatu's (Ch Sandcastle's True Topic) owned by Askikainen & Lahtinen gains Best Dog & BOB and Shortlisted in the Pastoral Group and Jeff Hyde's Foxearth Londer Leone wins Best Bitch and Hartley's Foxearth Silver Dream at Jimjack wins Post Graduate Bitch

^June 2009 - London Collie Ch Show - Judge Stuart Mallard,   Tatu's (Sandcastle's True Topic) owned by Askikainen & Lahtinen gains Reserve Dog CC and the Sewell's family Ch Foxearth Farris via Lewarne wins Bitch CC, Best of Breed and Best in Show

^May 2009 - SKC Ch Show - Judge Ruth Gibson,   Tatu's (Sandcastle's True Topic) owned by Askikainen & Lahtinen gains his 3rd and crowning CC in only 15 days

^May 2009 - Birmingham National Ch Show - Judge Robin Searle,   Tatu's (Sandcastle's True Topic) owned by Askikainen & Lahtinen gains his 2nd CC along with BOB.   

^May 2009 - Lancs & Cheshire Ch Show - Judge Penny Sewell,  Following Tatu's (Sandcastle's True Topic) owned by Askikainen & Lahtinen arrival in the UK to spend a year at Foxearth, this was his first show where he gained his 1st CC.  RCC was Jeff's Foxearth Following On and Bitch CC and BOB Jeff Hyde's Ch Foxearth Fondant and Hartleys Foxearth Silver Dream at Jimjack  wins Post Graduate Bitch and the Foxearth Kennels wins the Breeders Class

^March 2009 - Smooth Collie of the Year Jeff Hyde's Ch Foxearth Fondant won Smooth Collie of the Year and Claire and Jason's Ch Foxearth Flash Past was Runner Up Dog and then Jeff's Foxearth Following On, won Smooth Collie Puppy of the Year, His Sister Foxearth Silver Dream at Jimjack was runner up to him.

March 2009 - Crufts - Val Geddes, Jeff Hyde's Foxearth Following On, 1st Junior Dog and Foxearth Silver Dream at Jimjack, 1st Junior Bitch

February 2009 - British Collie - Judge Michael Gaunt, Ch Foxearth Fluorescence at Molloney ShCM owned by Fay, Bitch CC, and Jeff Hyde's Foxearth Following On, Dog CC & BOB

January 2009 Ch Foxearth Fluorescence at Molloney owned by Fay, gained her final point for her Show Certificate of Merit and added her ShCM title.