Oars and Paws Fun Dog Show 2024

This is our 20th Anniversary Fun Dog Show!!!

Saturday 14th September 2024 in Daisy Meadow, Heybridge Basin

We are delighted to announce that this year’s chosen charity is Clark’s Farm Greyhound Rehoming Centre, near Maldon https://www.clarksfarmgreyhounds.org.uk/

The emphasis of our dog show is FUN and primarily for the Residents of Heybridge Basin, Friends and Families.

Registration starts at noon, with the first Class at 1pm sharp. There will be homemade refreshments, homemade doggy treats and ice cream for sale.

Since our first show in 2004 we have raised over £13,300 for local charities including Maldon Wildlife Rescue, The Cinnamon Trust, Guide Dogs for the Blind, Row4aReason and Clarks Farm Greyhound Rehoming Centre. This is all thanks to our fabulous supporters and our wonderful helpers. THANK YOU.

As last year, we are inviting local businesses and friends to sponsor a class for £20 to help raise more funds for the Charity. We still have a few classes available for sponsorship, so do let us know if you would like to be a sponsor.

Every penny goes to our chosen charity!

Click on the link below for the show’s schedule and entry form:

Dog Show Entry Form and Schedule 2024

Oars and Paws Fun Dog Show 2022

Best in Show – Benji and Reserve – Bonsai

Thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone who helped make our 18th Annual Oars and Paws fun dog show a huge success on Saturday 17th September ??! Thanks to all our helpers, judges, audience, participants and fabulous dogs???

Congratulations to our Show Champion, Benji and Reserve, Bonsai.

The show was blessed with beautiful sunshine and raised in excess of £600, together with some generous donations from those who weren’t able to attend, for Clarks Farm Greyhound Rehoming Centre, near Maldon, Essex which is a fantastic achievement for a small show!

 Thank you again ?

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Meet the Greyhounds

Meet the Greyhounds

Today, 4th October, we had the welcome invitation to visit Clarks Farm Greyhound Rescue a registered charity based in Little Totham, near Maldon, Essex, the benefactors of our scaled down fun dog show, held last month. We were able to meet the lovely Hannah and had great pleasure in presenting her with the £483 raised from the show together with some other donations! We also had the opportunity to meet some of the gorgeous greyhounds who are waiting to be re-homed.

It was a lovely morning and quite busy, arriving as one of the dogs was just leaving, having just been adopted, then a group of dogs returned from their walk with their handlers.

We normally raise more money from our fun dog shows, but this year due to early days of the relaxation of COVID-19 restrictions we decided to play safe and keep numbers low by promoting it almost exclusively within our village. We hope that next year the world may have opened up again and we can have  a slightly larger show. To this end we intend to support Clarks Farm Greyhound Rescue again.

Save the date of Saturday 17th September 2022!

Huge thank you to everyone who supported our show this year!

Please visit their website: www.clarksfarmgreyhounds.org.uk for more information.

The Oars and Paws Fun Dog Show 2020 update

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Some of you may have been wondering what has happened to our fun dog show this year and it probably won’t come as a surprise to realise that due to the current madness in the world caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, this year’s show has very sadly had to be cancelled.

We’re extremely disappointed to not go ahead, but it just wouldn’t have been practicable or safe for all those concerned in the running of it and for those to attend. It would also have been irresponsible of us to expect everyone, in whatever capacity, to support us at this time.

It is our intention, conditions being favourable and safe, to hold the show next September 2021. We shall keep you updated in good time throughout the coming months and hopefully see you then!

In the meantime, stay safe and fingers crossed that the madness subsides and we can resume a life which somehow reflects what we have enjoyed previously!

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Oars and Paws Fun Dog Show 2019 – Update

September 14th is the date of our fun dog show, so make a date in your diary! This will be our 16th Year!!

It will be held in the usual place, Daisy Meadow, Heybridge Basin with registration at 12 noon and first class starting promptly at 1.00 pm. Lots of fun to be had along with refreshments including home made cakes and biscuits and home made doggy treats.

Free entry to show with £1.50 entry per class for each dog. We are pleased to announce that one of our chosen charities to benefit from the show is the Cinnamon Trust. This is a national charity, which also operates locally, for elderly people (aged 60 and over), the terminally ill and their pets. Their primary aim is to help keep people and their pets together. This can include dog walking and pet care and short term fostering. They also provide long term care for pets whose owners have died or moved into residential accommodation which will not accept pets. Please look at their website for more details, cinnamon.org.uk.

Click on the link below for the entry form:

Entry Form Schedule 2019

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Thank you 2018 (please click link)

What a fantastic day! Thank you to everyone who supported our 15th annual fun dog show last month including spectators, competitors, stewards, helpers and The Judges! It seems a distant memory now. It was a great day with warm sunshine and blue skies and lots of happy dogs!

We had 70 dogs participate in 200 entries for the 9 classes. As usual, the clear round agility was very popular with all child handlers receiving a rosette.

The canine with the most appealing eyes and the dog the judges would want to take home being the favourite classes with 38 and 36 entries respectively. The judges had such a hard task!

Best in Show - Skye

Best in Show – Skye

 

Our Best in Show was Skye with Tannah Harrington and Reserve Champion was Bella with Phoebe Dewes. The Best Partnership was awarded to The Marshalls with their dogs Matty and Henry. Congratulations to you all!

 

 

Bella - Reserve Champion

Bella – Reserve Champion

The total raised from the show was a massive £965, helped along with some very generous donations. A huge heartfelt THANK YOU. This money will be shared between the Sea Change Sailing Trust and towards at least one defibrillator for our village, Heybridge Basin. 

Sea Change Cheque Presentation for £365

Sea Change Cheque Presentation for £365 December 2018

Please click link (Thank you 2018) at top of page for a montage from the day.

We look forward to seeing you all again next year!

Thank you.