Associazione Specializzata di Razza riconosciuta dall'Ente Nazionale della Cinofilia Italiana
XVI RRCI Clubshow
Altavilla Monferrato,
25th e 26th september 2010
Dear Members, we are pleased to inform you that the Sixteenth RRCI Clubshow-CAC-(ENCI-FCI) will be held on 25th and 26th September 2010 in Piemonte, at Tenuta San Martino, frazione di Molignano di Altavilla - Monferrato.
Programme
The event will be split into two different days, Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th September.
Saturday 25th September
Coursing amateur test, 10 a.m., at Centro Cinofilo La Tollara, località Fubine (Alessandria), thanks to the Tollara Greyhounds Club's sponsorship (Levrieristi della Tollara), with the judges Mr Luigi Durando and Mrs Maria Teresa Fassio Durando.
Participant dogs must be in good conditions of health.
Age required to be admitted: minimum 15 months old, maximum 8 years old.
Dogs compete in two manches. Muzzle is required.
The grassy course is about 500 metres.
Please send the filled in entry form (file pdf) to Segreteria RRCI.
For organizational necessities, entries deadline is on Thirsday, 22 September, at 12 a.m: late entries will be exceptionally admitted just for serious reasons.
The fee is 15 euro and the payment of the entry must be done directly at Tollara Greyhounds Club's Secretary the day of the coursing.
The Rhodesian Ridgeback Workshop held by the judge, Mrs Ann Gates, will take place the late afternoon (the exact hour will be told as soon as possible) in the Tenuta San Martino Meeting room. The workshop is free.
Social dinner at 20 p.m. At the end of the day, the usual Social Dinner at Tenuta San Martino Restaurant: if you want to participate to it, please let the RRCI Secretary know in advance by filling in the appropriate box in the entry form. The fee is 30 euro, to be paid on Saturday 25th at the RRCI Secretary, that will issue a receipt.
How to reach
the RRCI Clubshow
Centro Cinofilo La Tollara
(Find it on Google Maps)
A21 Piacenza-Torino Highway, exit: Felizzano-Quattordio;
- after the exit, at the first crossroad, turn on your left, direction Felizzano-Fubine-Vignale Monferrato;
- at the rotary, at Felizzano, turn on your left, direction Fubine-Vignale Monferrato;
- after overpassing the highway, and after about 2 km, on your left look at the sign "Centro La Tollara" at the beginning of a levelled down road before a big industrial shed.
Tenuta San Martino
(Find it on Google Maps)
Road informations: PDF file
Sunday 26th September
At Tenuta San Martino, the Rhodesian Ridgeback Show, for the Italian Championship (CAC), with the judge Mrs Ann Gates, holder of the English Breeder "Eagleridge", which is dealing with Rhodesian Ridgebacks for forty years.
Entries from 1st June 2010 to 4th Septemper 2010 (first deadline) and 18th September 2010 (second deadline), with an additional charge of 20%.
According to recent ENCI official instructions, please use only the appropriate entry form you find here (italian entry form / english entry form), which must be completely filled in and sent to Segreteria RRCI (by mail or by fax).
The Secretary will issue a receipt by mail or fax.
Please remember that the payment of the entry must be done together with the sending of the filled entry form: entry forms without receipts of payment wonít be accepted and will be considered as not sent.
Secretarial operations (with delivery of envelopes and catalogues to the exhibitors) will be dealt out on Sunday 26th Semptember from 8,30 a.m.
The judgements will start at 10 a.m.
Where to stay
Tenuta San Martino has reserved RRCI guests several rooms and a camper area outside. In the neighbourhoods there are a lot of structures that accept dogs. Here annexed a PDF file where to find some structures we have contacted in advance.
THE JUDGE: ANN GATES
Hi, my name is Ann Gates and I am the owner of the Eagleridge Rhodesian Ridgebacks.
We live on a small holding in North Yorkshire in the U.K and the dogs share their domain with my herd of pedigree Dexter cattle and a cat. 
I became the proud owner of my first Ridgeback in 1963 while working at a Zoo inYorkshire. Sheba was bred by Mrs Bloom of Kirawa Ridgebacks and her dam & grand dam came back with the Blooms from Kenya. She had been brought from Mrs Bloom by a colleague without consulting his wife who was not impressed with this new purchase and promptly dispatched her back to the zoo and my care which resulted in her eventually coming home with me to live. Hence the start of a long love affair with Rhodesian Ridgebacks.
I obtained my second ridgeback in the early 70's and after leaving zoo life decided that I would like to show my dogs, however Melissa was not up to show standard so Tamara joined our family and became my first show dog. Tamara is the foundation bitch for my line.
Apart from showing my dogs I have always been interested in attempting to have a reasonably well trained hound so have always done basic obedience at our local club, and now I semi retired I have become involved with training the beginners and running the K.C Good Citizen Silver & Gold schemes. Niketta & Woody take me of to agility training in the summer, and Chelsea is my current show girl, so life is never boring around here. I am also a United Kingdom Kennel Club Approved Championship judge and have been very fortunate in being asked to Judge in several countries around the world.