Border Terrier 2020

PRESS RELEASE: June 2016

BORDER TERRIERS - CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS

We are pleased to announce that the 'Border Terriers 2020' celebrations will be held at the

Springwood Park and Hall, Border Union Showground, Kelso.

The date is now confirmed as May1st  to May 4th 2020.

Set in 40 acres of parkland the venue will provide the ideal infrastructure to stage our event.

• Kelso is within a 90 minute car journey from Carlisle, Newcastle and Edinburgh
• Ideal base to explore 'Border Country'
• Caravan and Camping facilities
• Good hotel facilities in the town and surrounding area

Euan Castel, Secretary of 'Border Terriers 2020' said ''The Border Union Showground at Kelso is well known to dog exhibitors as the home of the annual Border Union Championship show and the team at the Border Union Agricultural Society (BUAS) are well versed in hosting numerous events throughout the year'' he added ''Kelso is an ideal location, being some 4 miles from the actual Border, and will provide a good base for those visitors wishing to etend their stay and explore the nearby Border Country and further afileld.''

Looking to the next steps ''The BT2020 committee will now be working on a detailed plan of events, liasing with local accommodation providers, fund raising activities including merchandise, all of which we intend to share on our Facebook page and a dedicated website in the latter half of 2016''

ENDS

For more information and enquiries please contact:

Euan Castel, euancastel@talktalk.net

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PRESS RELEASE 2015:

BORDER TERRIERS - CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS

For the Border Terrier world the year 2020 will mark the centenary of a number of key

events:

• The breed’s official recognition by the Kennel Club in the UK

• The writing of the first official breed standard

• The first show at which Kennel Club Challenge Certificates were on offer

• The founding of the Border Terrier Club

The seven UK clubs for Border Terriers have decided, even at this early stage, that when the time comes around these centenary achievements should be celebrated by staging a very special event entitled ‘Border Terriers 2020’. A working group has been set up by the clubs to plan and organise the occasion and raise funds to make it an event to remember. That group has already had an initial meeting

The provisional date for the event has been pencilled in for the weekend of May 1 to

May 4, 2020.

The search is now on for a suitable location likely to be in Border Terrier country and

plans for the occasion include:

• An international conference on the breed

• A championship show

• Match competitions

• Grooming Workshops

• Terrier Racing

• A companion dog show

• Agility competition and have a go sessions

• An exhibition of Border Terrier art and memorabilia

• Border country visits

• Social events including an evening buffet and a dinner/dance.

Through their local breed clubs, Border Terrier enthusiasts from all over the world will be invited to attend.

Euan Castel, Secretary of ‘Border Terriers 2020’ said: “We are hoping that these celebrations will be attractive to all Border Terrier fans whether they are pet owners or breeders, show or work followers or agility and obedience enthusiasts. We will be inviting people and their dogs from all over the world to come and celebrate a century of our wonderful breed in the area where it was developed. They should all now pencil the first weekend in May 2020 into their forward diaries.”

Looking to the nearer future he added: “We hope that before long we’ll have set up a Facebook Page for ‘Border Terriers 2020’ and then shortly thereafter a web page. These pages will keep everyone up to date with our plans and hopefully breed clubs and organisations devoted to the breed all over the world will eventually give links to these ‘Border Terriers 2020’ pages.”

Note : Ideas for the event and enquiries can be sent to:

Euan Castel, euancastel@talktalk.net

NB: A Facebook page Border2020 has been set up, aplly for membership.