The Eikon Exhibition Centre at Lisburn gives us a super welcome each year, both to the exhibitors and all those involved in the show.
Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council were very supportive with sponsorship for this reconvened show. For those who took the trip to Lisburn, it would have been their first major dog show in N.I. since the world changed due to Covid, and needless to say many would have been apprehensive, but the scenes witnessed at the show certainly raised the spirit of many, as old friends met up again for the first time in almost 18 months.
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Best in show, Ian Wilson, Bert Easdon and Pekingese Ch Yakee The Contrary Mary and Judge Frank Whyte. Picture: Paul Scanlon
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Ian Wilson, Marion Sloan from Lisburn, Sir Jeffrey Donaldson and Lisa Mair Jones from Wales. Picture: Paul Scanlon
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Judge Frank Whyte with the winner of the Gundog Group, Pointer owned by Mrs and Ms O’Neil from Tyne and Wear. Picture: Paul Scanlon
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Judge Mr Ian Blackshaw and Jackie Stubbs, secretary with best puppy in show, a Clumber Spaniel owned by Ralph Dunne from the Republic of Ireland. Picture: Paul Scanlon