1959 obtained first Beagle & founded Webline affix, eventually making up 6 Champions.

1962 first judging appointment at Hammersmith Open Show.

1964 completed 23yrs in RAF, latterly in Intelligence & Security, became a school teacher.

1966 elected Secretary of The Beagle Club, agreed to try it for 6mths but lasted 26yrs !!

1968 judged first Champ Show at Three Counties. Since then have judged the breed 23 times with CC's also all over the world.

1973 judged Beagles at the World Champ Show.

1979 elected a member of The Kennel Club

1983 judged beagles at the European Champ Show

1985 judged Beagles at Crufts

1991 resigned as secretary, elected Vice-President

1999 joined The Kennel Club's Training Board as an Accredited Trainer of Beagles

2005 elected President of the Beagle Club

Also a Champ Show judge of English Springer Spaniels, and President of the Southern English Springer Spaniel Society.

 Mr David J Webster ( Webline )

President

Mr Alistair Parker ( Chapscroft )

Vice Chairman & Show Manager

Sally and I first acquired a rescue beagle, Prudence, in the mid 70s. We soon bought a puppy and became interested in drag hunting only later to become involved with the showing side when we bought a puppy from Honor Eades. We bought our foundation bitch from Veronica Bradley and since then although we have bred only occasionally, we have been delighted to get most of our show dogs qualified for the Stud Book and our greatest success in the show ring to date has of course been with Briar.

I became a member of the Kennel Club in 2006 and award CCs in our wonderful breed.

 I first became involved in Beagles in the early eighties although my wife Jane and I had showed Airedale Terriers before that and have both been involved with dogs all our lives. We have bred one Beagle who has gained his title - Champion Janimist Black Mulberry. I have judged the breed since 1991, and awarded CC's for the first time in 2007 at Southern Counties.

Mr Mike Denny ( Janimist )

Treasurer

Linda & Deryck Player  ( Lyndex )

Deryck - Hon. Secretary

We are Linda and Deryck Player; we have been married for thirty three years, and have got two children and four grandchildren.

As a child Deryck had a pet Beagle named Padlock.

We have been actively exhibiting and breeding Beagles under the Lyndex Affix for about twenty years. Deryck has been an active member of the committee for about five years, I am a new member to the committee and I am very proud to be part of the team.

Mrs Nicki Firth ( Nictoney )

Mr David McSheehy ( Machovas )

Working Section Field Master

I was born in Shropshire, educated at Adams Grammar School, Wem.  After managing several wine stores, I changed careers taking a great risk by setting up a Boarding Kennel in North Staffordshire.  The summer months were great working outside with plenty of money coming in to extend the 8 kennels I started with.  As anyone who has run boarding kennels knows winter arrives and times get hard.  I was not for giving up, nothing comes easy in life and after 30 years we have a kennel housing 62 boarders and our own show team of Beagles.

In the early years I had a great mentor in Mary Hambleton of the world famous Marbelton Boxers, she taught me so much about handling and kennel husbandry, you could eat your lunch from her kennel floors and I have tried to emulate her in every way.  I made up my first Champion in 1988. 

              I have bred Champions in three different breeds in three different groups, Working, Utility and Hound.  I awarded CC’s for the first time in 1996.

              I served on the committee of Manchester Championship Show in the early  ‘90s, leaving due to the ill health of a family member.

              I have owned Beagles since 2004, made up a home bred Champion in 2009.  I am an accredited breeder having all accolades.

Mr Tim Jones (Eardley)

Keith Hills ( Donay )

I was introduced into the breed by rescuing a cute puppy who taught us the joys of owning a beagle the hard way.

After losing her at the age 13 ½ we were hooked on the breed, and our mission began to find another puppy.

We were lucky in our choice by buying one from the famous Jesson Kennel, who became our foundation bitch Jesson Dally.

We obtained our Affix of ‘Donay’ and the breeding began.

Jesson Dally went on to produce our first champion Donay Kappa and his litter sister Donay Delta then produced our second champion Donay Zeus.

Both our champions are used at stud and are producing quality Puppies, 2 of which we are now exhibiting from Kappa.

 I enjoy my hobby very much and my roll within the Beagle Club.

My first beagle came in 1979 as companion for a border collie and I have lived with beagles ever since.  I mated her in 1983 and showed until 1990 when I met my husband and acquired 3 young step-children. 

In 1996 Andrew and I bought a daughter of CH Julemark Hotspur and resumed breeding and showing.  We now have five beagle bitches (two bearing our affix) and three home-bred boys.  We show during the summer but, as secretary of the Working Section, the winter is largely taken up with drag hunting. 

I have served on the Club Committee since 2002. 

When not on the end of a beagle lead, I work as an accountant at the Royal Agricultural College, the venue for the Club’s championship show. 

Theresa M Chapman ( Gemark )

Points Trophies

Debbie Finch ( Inschwood )

Jo Norris ( Sirron )

Assistant Secretary

Helen Howell (Emorlen)

Club Merchandise

I, together with my husband Cliff had our first Beagle in 1990 and soon became interested in showing. Having studied the breed closely we realised our original hound’s shortcomings and sought to obtain a well-bred, good looking foundation bitch which we found at Dufosee.

 We began showing our first home bred stock in 1995 and won our first CC in 2002 with Emorlen Crackle who was to become our first Champion. He also went on to win Welsh Show Dog of the Year. We have produced several overseas Champions and one of our hounds, Emorlen Darius, has excelled in both field and show ring in Sweden where he is a multiple group winner. 

I serve on various general canine societies as an officer and committee member and I am now progressing through the A3 judging scheme. 

My first dog was 29 years ago, not a Beagle but he taught me a lot. I started 3 Day Eventing with my horse from 9 years of age, and looked after their 5 dogs which lived and worked on the Stud Farm. 

Since having to retire from Eventing, I rescued a Chihuahua 7 years ago, then rescuing another years later, these were never intended for competition, However, my 2 Beagles are fulfilling my life wonderfully and I thoroughly enjoy exhibiting both of them.  Although I have less experience in this breed, I have the passion and desire to learn. It’s quite incredible what one can learn when you give 100%. As a committee member of the Beagle Club, I will become a life long ambassador of this wonderful breed.  

I hope I can bring a reliable, loyal, long service.  For my day job, I have worked selling IT & Telecoms for 12 years, currently at Orange selling mobile & data solutions to large financial enterprises.  I maintain my own website which is nearly completed

Miss Charlotte Ayres (Viracocha)

Fiona Ravindran (Fimalores)

Cup Steward

We were of course delighted when our first show dog won his maiden CC at Bournemouth 2007.

My holistic interest in the breed has been demonstrated by my attendance at the Topical Canine health seminar last September and a spell on Discover Dogs stand with my bitch at Crufts 2007.

I was fortunate enough to act as a volunteer handler at the Beagle Club training seminar last November.

We have had beagles in our family for the last 40 years, but I have only been showing for the last 7 years.

I started with Machavos Pick-a-Lily bred by the McSheehy's and later on we had a litter of puppies, two of which we kept, ( Kentoast Napoleon and Filbert ), who have been more successful.

When we are not showing in the winter, we can be found with the working section in all weathers. K. Napoleon, better known as Buster, has proved himself by attaining 2 Working Certificates in the 3 seasons he has been out.

Jenny Forbes ( Kentoast )

Working Section Secretary

Kate Peterson ( Pedsey )

Like most people, my first two beagles were bought as pets in 2002. We attended obedience and agility classes with some success.

I became interested in showing Beagles in 2004 and attended the local Open Shows, where I met some lovely friends who showed me the ropes. I acquired my first show girl in 2005. Our first show out we gained a 2nd at Crufts and were highly placed at all the shows we attended.

My first litter arrived in 2007, my puppy qualified for Crufts at his first show out.

I currently serve on the local canine society, where I help organise two shows and several Kennel Club Seminars a year. I have also volunteered at Manchester Champ Show for the past few years, and I enjoy helping out at the Beagle Club shows.