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The idea of holding a Samoyed of the Year was first conceived in 1995 by our Secretary Mrs Pam Taylor and has since become a most prestigious event in the Samoyed year. The first contest was held in 1996. The decision was taken to make this an annual event held in conjunction with a Dinner Dance, Evening Dress preferred. In 1998, it was decided to add a Puppy of the Year contest and also extend an invitation to an overseas judge, whose identity would remain a closely guarded secret until the commencement of the event itself. This has proved to be an enormously successful formula. Additionally, since 1998, a Gold Medal Award has sometimes been presented during the evening (this is at the discretion of the committee), to a person or dog who has given outstanding service or contribution to the Samoyed Breed.
The event takes the form of a knock
out competition. It is a Special Event and is approved by the Kennel Club. QUALIFICATION
FOR THIS EVENT Samoyed of the Year: An invitation
is extended to the BOB from each Championship Show during the year, If the
BOB has already qualified or is unable to attend, the CC winner of the
opposite sex will then be invited in place. If both of these are out of the
frame for whatever reason, then the invitation is further extended to a
reserve CC winner. This is then initially offered to the reserve CC winner of
the same sex as the BOB. Sounds complicated but in actual fact it
isn’t. This format also applies in a similar manner at Championship
Shows which have no C.C.’s on offer. Puppy of the Year: Again the
invitation is extended to the Best Puppy in Breed at each Championship show.
If that puppy has already qualified or is unable to attend, then the Reserve
Best Puppy is invited in place. Competitors are given a subsidized entry. In order to fund this, an auction is also held during the evening and Committee Members attempt to raise money throughout the year by various means, raffles etc. The event is currently held in November each year at The Novotel, Bostock Lane, Long Eaton, Nottingham NG10 4EP. Tickets cost £25.00 and are available from Pam Taylor or any committee member. For details of previous Contest
Winners Click here Method
of Judging There are several rounds to the competition and the format is designed so that should the best dogs meet in the first round they can still progress ensuring that we end up with the judges choice of the best dogs in the final round. In round one the competitors are placed into groups 8 of 3 or 4 depending on the number of Qualifiers and are placed in the groups by random draw. The judge then selects two dogs to move forward to the next round, these competitors then draw a card which denotes the group they are in for the next round. In round two we are left with 4 groups of 4 again the judge selects 2 from each group to move forward and they draw a card to denote the group for the next round. In round three we are left with 2 groups of 4 and the judge again selects two dogs to progress to the final round. In the final round the last 4 dogs compete and the results are announced in reverse order. With the puppy competition there are normally fewer qualifiers and therefore start with 4 groups of 4 or 5 then follow the same system as the adults. |
