Hungarian Sighthound Club and Special Show 2010/07/10-11

What a weekend we had!

But first, about the show. Since the past 11 years, I was always among the organizator team of our clubshow, I was helping, and working a lot before the club show and on the clubshow, usually I was a translator and/or ring stewart, which was a great experience for me- watching the judges during their work is a great experience to everyone who would like to learn more about the beloved breed. To organize a show it is not an easy work, there are so many things that the team is doing to make the excibitors pleased with the show.

The Hungarian Sighthound Club is a relatively small club, with approx. 100 emembers, who are very, very sensitive and inmediatelly let you know if you did something wrong with the show arrangements.

But this year, after 11 years I could show again in the club show and I saw the whole weekend through and eye of an excibitor.

First: I was really very pleased, and this has nothing to do with the results! The show itself was held in the park-garden of the castle of Godollo (the residence of the former Hungarian-Austrian queen Elsabeth, so called Sissi), the judges were sighthound specialist (as ususal), the ring assistance was professional, the judge critiques were printed, the trophys and the prizes were lovely, and the organizator team was very kind and they again prooved their hospitality by offering some snacks to the visitors and the excibitors before the BIS program.

Yes, as usual, there are a couple of things which could have been done better, but so far I think, by now, the Hungarian Clubshows are among the best.

The weather was extremely hot during the weekend, and te rings were on the sunshine, but the ring stewarts and the judges paid attention to send every dog to the shade who was not under judging: and the tentes were big enough above the judge and ring assistant area, to stand there even with an Irish Wolfhound.

The excibitors could find shadow under the big old trees of the park, so we had a very good time in the shadow (see picture:-)).

The BIS program started a little bit late on the first day, but this was because the judges done their job so good, that they gave a detailed critique to every dog and they were so kind, that after the judgement, if somebody went there asking opinion about a dog not even entered, they were happy to share their opinion with everyone.

The BIS program was a little bit slower, and agan it was because the judges wanted to make sure, that they are making the right decision, but the public was very happy and supportive with the applauses:-)

So overall, about the show I can tell that it was professionally organized. Thank God, that I could see it as an excibitor as well, and congratulations to the team who made it happen!

About the results and pictures, come back soon:-)