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Home	Easter Bonnet Parade and Fun Games 2009
	This year we held our Easter event on the playing field at Stockbury on Sunday 5th April, what a good choice it was with the sun shining the weather was ideal. The morning started with entries for the parade and other fun events being taken from 9:15 with the Easter Bonnet parade first on starting at 10:00. We were fortunate this year to have Mr Tim Oxley, Animal Control Officer for the Swale area to judge the various events.

Easter Bonnet Winner	The handlers lined their dogs up resplendent in their Easter Bonnets some more tolerant about wearing them than others dogs. After much deliberation Tim decided on his winner, second and third places. They went to: 1^st Sophie with handler Sophie Goode. 2^nd Bessie with handler John Slater 3^rdHolly with handler Theresa Sweetman We then moved on to the following events:-	Video clip of Easter Bonnet parade
	Most appealing eyes was won by Mya with handler Bonny Wade. Best Cross Breed went to Max with handler Sue Goode.
	Best Mover under 15" was won by Mylo with handler Alice Thompson. Best Mover over 15" was won by Ellie with Sandy Piper.
	Waggiest Tail was won by Bessie with Christine Slater.
	Sausage and Spoon race was divided into two heats the winner of each heat going through to the final. Heat one winner was Lulu with Rachel Plant, heat two was won by Gus with Diane Youdale. This meant the final was between a little dog and a large dog, they set off and Lulu with her little legs a blur pulled out a slight lead but the steadier pace of Gus paid off when Rachel dropped the sausage just short of the line and Gus with Diane crossed the line to win.	Video clip of Sausage & Spoon race
	Fastest Sausage Eater was decided by timing how long the dogs took to empty the tin of sausages, three sausages for the small dogs five for the large. The times were then compared and the winner was Max with handler Phil Hurd.
	Dog Judge would like to take home was won by Lulu with handler Rachel Plant.
	With all the competitions completed it was time for the winners of each event to be presented with a winners medal by our judge Tim Oxley. Then the raffle was then drawn.
	Before departing to their various destinations the winners of the various events posed for a photograph with our judge Tim .
	Looking around during the morning everybody seemed to be enjoying themselves and it was a very successful event. These events have a lot of work put in by a number of people so some thanks are in order. Firstly a big thank you to our judge Tim Oxley for giving up his own time to come and judge our events. He did a difficult job very well and the way he spoke to the handlers together with his professional approach when looking at the dogs made the competition all the more enjoyable and run smoothly. We also have to thank Mick and Terry for running the events and Mike for taking entries. Thank you also to everyone who supported the morning and joining in the fun. Last but not least a big thank you and well done to Anne who did the bulk of the organising to enable the event to take place. I think you would all agree the 'girl' did well.
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