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"Rocco" made his UK debut at Crufts this year and took the
CC, BOB and was pulled out in the group final. He had travelled
from Sweden with his owner, Suzanne Birberg of the Match kennel
but was bred in France by Ruth O'Connor. He became the first overseas
Westie to win BOB at Crufts. Later in the year he returned to the UK
and took 2CCs in 2 shows, both BOB and with group places, handled by
Geoff Corish (he has handled over 30 UK Westie Champions). Rocco is
only the 4th overseas dog to gain a title in the UK. Geoff handled the 2nd,
Tweed Tartan Caledonier in the 70s and Rocco is a descendant. The
Moulin de Macgregor kennel of Ruth O'Connor is successful across Europe
in Westies and Scotties (Rocco is not the 1st Crufts CC winner bred there)
She incorporated UK lines from the Wesscots kennel of Maureen Emmins.
Rocco is linebred to two, French Ch W Gladiator and W Over The Moon.
The Wesscots proved influential for the short time it operated with 4 UK
Champions bred there and Wesscots dogs behind Krisma and Bellevue
Champions. Rocco himself went to Sweden at 12 months old. He is an
International and Nordic Champion, winning 21CCs in Sweden before his
2nd birthday. He was Top Swedish Westie in 2004 and has sired nine
Champions so far. Suzanne's Match kennel has produced 13 Champions
despite breeding on a small scale.

Photo by D Griffiths

Hoi Poloi took her 1st and 2nd CCs in 2006 at the
special Centenary show and Belfast, where she also took
Group#2. She is owned and bred by Ken and Pamela Crockett,
becoming the 6th UK Champion for the Havasu kennel (4 within
the last two years), and a first for sire and dam. She is by German
Ch Brait Nouz Grasshopper ex Irish/UK/Danish Ch Havasu
Humber Lady. The two are distantly linked by Ashgate breeding.
Two of Grasshopper's great grandfathers are UK bred, Danish Ch
Prince William of Clantartan and German Ch Trewen Tartan
Ranger. The litter also contained 3 other Champions, Am Ch H
Reeks Havoc at Charosmack, Can/Am Ch H Hobgoblin and recently
crowned Irish Ch H Pocus Hocus. Humber Lady is already the
granddam of a UK Champion, the Foster's H Hidden Treasure at
Thozow. Humber Lady's dam, H Impatiens won a CC and is a
granddaughter of Ir Ch Glenveagh Melrose Morag, dam of the first
two Glenveagh Champions, Giselle and Tamara. Giselle was the
granddam of the first Havasu Champion, Glenveagh Natasha at H.

 

 

The 14th new Champion of 2007 won his third
CC at Midland Counties after previous CCs at
Southern Counties and the August SKC. "Alfie" also
topped the Terrier Group in Scotland. He comes from
the first litter bred by his owners and gained his title at
just over two years. Alfie was Best Puppy at Southern
Counties in 2006 and was placed consistently through the
year along with his litter sister, L Bright Star. He also
becomes the first Champion for both parents. His sire is
Kyntilly Just The Measure, a son of Ch Jillso Just For Me
and from a full sister of Ch Kyntilly Highland Wisdom at
Ashgate. A bitch from this mating produced 2006 CC
winner, K Arum Lily. Alfie's dam, Kenmillto Coming On
Strong at L is a granddaughter of Ch Ashgate Sinclair
who sired Highland Wisdom. Coming On Strong is line-
bred to Mocaraid sons of Bellevue Maree to Ashgate.

"Rocco" made his UK debut at Crufts this year and took the
CC, BOB and was pulled out in the group final. He had travelled
from Sweden with his owner, Suzanne Birberg of the Match kennel
but was bred in France by Ruth O'Connor. He became the first overseas
Westie to win BOB at Crufts. Later in the year he returned to the UK
and took 2CCs in 2 shows, both BOB and with group places, handled by
Geoff Corish (he has handled over 30 UK Westie Champions). Rocco is
only the 4th overseas dog to gain a title in the UK. Geoff handled the 2nd,
Tweed Tartan Caledonier in the 70s and Rocco is a descendant. The
Moulin de Macgregor kennel of Ruth O'Connor is successful across Europe
in Westies and Scotties (Rocco is not the 1st Crufts CC winner bred there)
She incorporated UK lines from the Wesscots kennel of Maureen Emmins.
Rocco is linebred to two, French Ch W Gladiator and W Over The Moon.
The Wesscots proved influential for the short time it operated with 4 UK
Champions bred there and Wesscots dogs behind Krisma and Bellevue
Champions. Rocco himself went to Sweden at 12 months old. He is an

International and Nordic Champion, winning 21CCs in Sweden before his
2nd birthday. He was Top Swedish Westie in 2004 and has sired nine
Champions so far. Suzanne's Match kennel has produced 13 Champions
despite breeding on a small scale.

Hoi Poloi took her 1st and 2nd CCs in 2006 at the
special Centenary show and Belfast, where she also took
Group#2. She is owned and bred by Ken and Pamela Crockett,
becoming the 6th UK Champion for the Havasu kennel (4 within
the last two years), and a first for sire and dam. She is by German
Ch Brait Nouz Grasshopper ex Irish/UK/Danish Ch Havasu
Humber Lady. The two are distantly linked by Ashgate breeding.
Two of Grasshopper's great grandfathers are UK bred, Danish Ch
Prince William of Clantartan and German Ch Trewen Tartan
Ranger. The litter also contained 3 other Champions, Am Ch H
Reeks Havoc at Charosmack, Can/Am Ch H Hobgoblin and recently
crowned Irish Ch H Pocus Hocus. Humber Lady is already the
granddam of a UK Champion, the Foster's H Hidden Treasure at
Thozow. Humber Lady's dam, H Impatiens won a CC and is a
granddaughter of Ir Ch Glenveagh Melrose Morag, dam of the first
two Glenveagh Champions, Giselle and Tamara. Giselle was the

granddam of the first Havasu Champion, Glenveagh Natasha at H.

"Darcy" became the 7th UK Champion for Roz Dunne
after winning her 3rd CC at Welsh Kennel Club, after two
CCs in 2006. She and her litter brother, Cause A Storm
made their debuts in 2005 and took Best Puppy awards,
Darcy's at Crufts. Cause A Storm won a Reserve CC before
going to Australia and winning his title there quickly. Darcy
becomes the 8th UK Champion for her sire, Ch Hopecharm
Willie Makeit for Karamynd and 2nd for her dam, Ch C Clear
Dreams. Both parents are Group winners and former Top
Westies. Willie Makeit was BIS at 2002's National Terrier
and Top Westie in 2003. Clear Dreams won the Group at the
May Scottish Kennel Club in 2004 and was Top Westie in the
same year. The litter also contained a Canadian Champion and
an American Champion. Winning Best Puppy awards in 2007
was new boy Charosmack Cool Spook, a son of Cause A Storm
from another Charosmack group winner, Ch C Cool Secret.

Spirit Catcher made quite an impact in his first show
year. He took 8 Best Puppy awards, including the Puppy
Terrier Group and overall Best Puppy in Show at Three
Counties and #3 Terrier Puppy at South Wales, making him
Top Puppy. After turning one year he took 3CCs at his next
three shows, Bournemouth, City of Birmingham (BOB & Group
#3) and Richmond (BOB). He becomes the 8th UK Champion
for Tina Squire's kennel and descends from all 5 owned by her.
He becomes the first Champion for Int Ch Bellevue Careless
Spirit who lives in the Netherlands at the Dashing Devils kennel
but returned to Bellevue, siring 6 Best Puppy winners in 2007,
one Champion and another with a Reserve CC. Spirit Catcher's
dam, Holly Munday descends from all 5 previous Bellevues
Champions but links closest to Ch Bournehaven Birthday Guy,
sire of Careless Spirit and 4 UK Champions plus two 2007
Reserve CC winners.

Aflame took her first CC last year at Driffield, then
her 2nd at Bath and 3rd at Richmond making her the 8th
Incheril Champion, the first since I And You're Mine in 1991
and the first owned by Douglas Berry, the son of Ela and Charlie
Berry. Mr Berry sadly passed away in 2007 and owned all the
previous Champions, everyone homebred. Aflame also becomes the
first Champion for sire and dam. Her sire is Hopecharm Willie
Gofar, the BP winning littermate of Ch H Willie Makeit for K.
Willie Gofar also sired another 2007 CC winner and Res CC winner.
He is a grandson of CC winner, H Full Of Fire who sired Aflame's
dam, I Firedancer, a RCC winner. Her litter brother Firecracker,
(also a RCC winner) sired RCC winners and another litter sister
produced a RCC winner to Willie Gofar. Aflame descends from And
You're Mine's dam, I Aida who in turn descends from the Incherils
first Champion, Amarylis, made up in 1966. Meaning the kennel
has made up Champions in every one of the last 5 decades.

Arry becomes the first Westie Champion for Linda
Minnett's Duskhunter kennel, though not the first UK
Champion as she made up an Irish Setter, Sh Ch Tamarisk
Tarragon of Duskhunter in the 1980s. Arry won CCs at the
August SKC in 2005, Leeds in 2006 and Driffield 2007, plus 2
Reserves along the way. His litter sister, Million'T'One has 3
RCCs including one at Crufts. They are by Irish Ch Burneze
Maxamillion, the litter sister of UK Champion Burneze Just
Annie Lusion. He has now sired two UK Champions. Arry's dam
is Duskhunter Charlies Angel, a daughter of CC winner, Bellevue
Sundance at D from a daughter of two other key bought in dogs,
Furzeleigh Star Quality at D and Aronstan Anna of D. The kennel
had a successful year with three puppies who all won BP awards,
Team Spirit, Winter Special and Devoneyre. Spirit & Devoneyre
are grandchildren of another daughter of Charlies Angel, while
Winter Special is a son of Sundance from a granddaughter of

Anna. An earlier litter produced Australian/NZ Ch D X Factor
of Whitebriar.




The kennel had a successful year with three puppies who all won
BP awards, Team Spirit, Winter Special and Devon Eyre.