MANCHESTER & COUNTIES BULLDOG CLUB RECOGNITION AWARDS 2020

Saturday 1st February 2020

Following their Championship show the club held the first recognition awards to be held in the breed. 

 120 Diners were greeted with Prosecco on arrival with a well known singer entertaining the then entertaining them over dinner.  

The award ceremony then began, Categories for nominations had been open to the worldwide bulldog community, the top four were then chosen and the votes opened again for the winners to be chosen. Over 870 nominations and votes were received. 

The most votes went to the Lifetime Achievement Category and because of the high number of votes cast the committee decided on this occasion that all the top four should receive awards. 

The winners were:

• Chris Thomas & Graham Godfrey - Kingrock Kennels who started breeding Champions in the 1970s, and to date have bred 41 Champions. Ch Kingrock Captain Cook won BOB at Crufts going on to win Utility Group 4. He also won Bulldog of the year 2013 Chris is the most senior judge in bulldogs having awarded 19 sets of CCs. 
• Pat & Norman Davis -  Ocobo CH Ocobo skipper was their first champion in 1981 , numerous uk champions since well over 45 and over 300 CC’s notably the great Ch Ocobo Tully winning 21 CC’s Best of breed twice at crufts and bulldog of the year 3 times . And reserve Best in show all breeds at the world dog show in 1985 with Ocobo British Passion .
• Sue Garside - Iceglint Has been involved in bulldogs since the late 1980s and made up 7 champions including the fabulous Ch Iceglint I’m Harry, who won 42 CCs under different judges and is the dog CC record holder together with the great Ch Beechlyn Golden Nugget of Denbrough. Harry is the only bulldog to win the prestigious BULLDOG OF THE YEAR title for three consecutive years , Iceglint have won Bulldog of the Year 4 times plus one reserve best dog. Three times with Harry & once with our BIS winning Ch Iceglint Im Alfred. 
• David McHale - Kelloe .David McHale & the late Christian Bruton Together Christian and David breeders and owner of the top winning bulldog in the history of the breed (Champion Kelloe White Glove) who still owns this title today 25 years after winning an incredible 50 CC under 50 different judges , He won the utility group in 1986 with  Ch Tygarth Jacob of Kelloe and their bitch Ch Kelloe White Glove is the current record holder winning 50CCs  It is worth noting that all 4 winners have had the honour of judging Crufts.