| The Chairperson is Mike Strawbridge and he also takes The Kennel Club's bronze, silver and gold classes. He is a qualified Kennel Club judge (this means he judges in obedience competitions) and has a love of Belgian Shepherds. His latest addition, Christy, is being trained for competition work. |
| The Vice Chair is Michelle Falcon - Michelle lit the way for clicker training at the club, but is having to give up training for the time being whilst she concentrates on her post-graduate music degree.
|
| The Hon. Secretary is Becky Gallagher. Becky has just taken over from Carol Ford who held this position for 15 years. She has two cocker spaniels, the eldest of which did do some basic (pre-beginner and beginner) competition work. The younger dog is in Mike's silver class. |
| Bookings secretary, Brenda Prentice, is a collie lover with Jade and Skye. She does obedience competition work with them both and also agility. |
The Hon. Treasurer, Diane Fairfield, has 6 dogs at home - border collies and German shepherds. She competes at the highest level with the collies and is also a Kennel Club judge. | |
Other committee members: | |
Bev Samways - brings her collie Angel to the gold class. | |
Norman Sanders - Norman makes the tea each week, and is always looking for new tea drinkers to serve! In his time he has trained many dogs, but prefers to watch us now. He is our oldest serving member. | |
Wendy Delve - Wendy is one of our 3 committed trainers, specialising in the puppy and basic training classes. She also specialises in dealing with problem dogs at the club. She does some competitive obedience work with her German shepherd, Danny. Wendy is a member of the Association of Pet Dog Trainers (APDT). | |