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Crufts 2010.
We are pleased to announce that our President, Mrs Valerie Foss (Elswood) will be Judging Crufts Best In Show in 2010. She awards C.C.'s to all the Gundog Group plus several other breeds, 35 in total. Mrs Foss last judged the Gundog Group at Crufts in 1995 with her winner an Irish Setter going on to win B.I.S.

Change of Judge
Jo Pearce (Westonfields) will now Judge Bitches at the Southern English Setter Association Championship Show on 23rd November in place of Mary Young (Brookedge). Unfortunately Mary has withdrawn due to ill health.

Website Map
A website map is now available. Use this page to understand the structure of the ESA website and to quickly locate the page(s) in which you have an interest

2008 Open Shows
In order to help B & C list judges gain entries at Open Shows details will be provided on this site. To enable this to happen if you are judging or know of any shows where B or C list judges are judging, send the details to me and they will be added to a list on this Web Site. Just list the judges name, the show and the date including closing date for inclusion. Click here to link to page

The KC Gazette announces the following Judges for future shows

2009:
English Setters to lose Challenge Certificates from Belfast in 2009
Manchester: Mr R Bott
Crufts: Mr D. Howarth (D) Mr S Collier (B)
English Setter Association: Mr G F Williams (D) Mrs L Taylor (B) Mr J Baldwin (Ref)
Birminham National: Mrs Doreen Armstead
Border Union: Mrs Valerie Watkin
South Wales: Mrs Maureen Collier
East Of England: Miss Lois Buckley
Blackpool: Mr K Howarth
National Gundog Association: 1st August: Mrs Jessie Boyd
Midland English Setter Society: 1st February: Mrs Cherryl Smith (D) Mrs Karen Barker (B) Mr R Green (Ref)
Three Counties - Mrs Val Cozens
Midland Counties: Mrs F A Somerfield
Northern English Setter Society: Mrs J Lynn (B) Mr D Lewis (D) Mrs C Moorhouse (Ref)
LKA - Mrs Joy Field
English Setter Society of Wales - Mrs Jo Pearce (Dogs)  Mrs Margaret Gittins (Bitches) and Mrs M White Referee.
2010:
Crufts : Mrs Christine Bexon

English Setters now in Band "D"  

A recent announcement in the Kennel Club Gazette has confirmed that English Setters will be moved from Band "E" to Band "D" with effect from the beginning of January 2004. This is as a result of the drop in entries at championship shows where CCs are on offer. The Kennel Club calculate the average entry over the preceding 3 year period and use this to determine an appropriate Band.

This change has implications in a number of areas. One implication is the qualification for a Stud Book number. In Band "D", it is only CC winners, Reserve CC winners, 1st-3rd in the Open class or 1st in the Limit class (at championship shows) which will qualify for a Stud Book number.

Another impact relates to the judging of the breed at Open Shows. As the breed are now in Band "D", an Open Show judge must be on the "B" List or higher in order to be able to judge more than 3 breed classes, rather than the 5 classes which applied when English Setters were in Band "E".