Reading and County Rabbit Club

Reading Announcement
It is with great sadness that we have to announce the closure of Reading & County Rabbit Club. Many of you will be aware of the challenges the club has faced over the last few years. Since being given notice from Grazeley Village Hall we were very fortunate to find a new venue at Bradfield Southend, and were able to hold some very enjoyable shows which attracted a good entry. However we were reliant on the kindness of a small number of committee members and helpers travelling from as far away as Dorset and Cornwall in order to put the show on and make it a success.

With the world emerging from Covid lockdowns a few of our small team were unable to continue helping, so we made the decision to partner with Swindon and hold joint self-penning shows at their Wootton Bassett venue. This allowed us to try and keep the club running in some form, and given the damp conditions of the storage shed where we kept our pens it meant we could sell these on and help another club get on its feet, before the pens and wood became rusty, rotten and unusable.

However, after a year of this arrangement and lukewarm support for the idea of self penning, both clubs needed to reassess their priorities. Unfortunately for Reading this means it is no longer a viable club, with no club officials or committee. At our EGM on Sunday 27th November 2022 it was unanimously decided that the club would close. Once the 2022 accounts have been finalised all remaining funds will be donated to Swindon Rabbit Club (Pending acceptance) in order to try and support them and keep the money within the fancy in the local area.

We would like to thank everyone who has supported the club over the years, it was not an easy decision to come to but sadly it is the only option, and thank you all for your understanding.

Reading & County Rabbit Club Committee

Thank you to everyone who entered for our last double show yesterday. A big thank you to our judges Chris Jewer and Dan Bennett who whizzed through all 68 plus rabbits, a good atmosphere and congratulations to everyone on their results.
Thank you goes especially to those who stayed to clear up, we couldn’t have done it without you. Also a great job done by Morgwn on paperwork and Morgan & Cate on books.
The results for both shows were:

Reading:
Best fancy and BIS - Whincup & Grindey
Best Fur - Delcombe stud
Best Lop - Delcombe stud
Best Rex - Marave stud
Best Junior - Ava Lingham-Wood

Swindon:
Best Fancy and BIS - Whincup & Grindey
Best Fur - Terry Cundict
Best Lop - Whincup & Grindey
Best Rex - Marave stud
Best Junior - Ava Lingham-Wood

Much appreciated to all who entered, a few new faces/regular supporters and a some from a fair distance away, thank you all for coming.

Have a lovely Christmas all. Possibly see some of you next year at a show. Till then all the best.

Susi Gardner
Outgoing Secretary Swindon and Reading

Just to say thank you to everyone who helped take down the show.
Will post results tomorrow evening. Such a great pic I couldn’t resist!

Entries due to close Wednesday (23rd) at 10pm, for the Swindon & Reading self penning show held at Royal wootton Bassett hall on 27th November.
Early entries are appreciated, details in F&f or please PM Susi.
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Hi all, so it’s three weeks till our last show of 2022 which is our joint show with Swindon. For those of you who don’t get the f&f, Reading will be holding an EGM at this show on 27th November to discuss the future of the club. The notice had already been published the the f&f advert but thought I’d put on here aswell.
Much appreciated
Susi Gardner
Secretary

A good show yesterday, not as many entries in both shows but that did mean an early finish. Thank you to Richard Grindey for judging Swindon and for Sean Godlonton for judging Reading.
A big thank you to those who stayed to help after the show, it was wonderful to be able to have the help to get completely cleared up. Thank you very much to those who stayed.
The results for both shows were:

Reading:
Best fancy and BIS - Richard Grindey
Best Fur - Ava Lingham wood
Best Lop - Nevaeh Scarth
Best Rex - Fortune stud
Best Junior - Nevaeh Scarth

Swindon:
Best Fancy and BIS Simon Whincup
Best Fur Delcombe stud
Best Lop Morgwn Atkins
Best Rex Fourtune stud
Best Junior Ava Lingham Wood

Much appreciated to all who entered, a few new faces/regular supporters and a some from a fair distance away, thank you all for coming.

Our next show will be 27th November where we will have Chris Jewer and Dan Bennett judging both shows.

Look forward to seeing you all there.

Susi Gardner
Secretary Swindon and Reading

Entries due to close tomorrow (4th) at 10pm, for the Swindon & Reading self penning show held at Royal wootton Bassett hall on 8th May.
Early entries are appreciated, details in F&f or please PM Susi.
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Hi everyone, hope we are all well and enjoying slightly better weather?
It’s only one week now till the deadline for entries to close for the Self penning Swindon/Reading show on the 8th May, details are in the f&f but will also accept PM.
We have two good judges doing the honours: Mr Richard Grindey for Swindon and Mr Sean Godlonton for Reading.
So Let’s give them a good entry and have a good show.
Susi Gardner
Secretary

Well what can I say another show done and we had a fair entry with some new faces joining us, thank you to everyone who came and to our committee who put up the show and to everyone who stayed behind to help take down and clear up afterwards.

A big Thank you also goes to Sarah Elliott who judged Readings two star self penning show and Hazel Elliott for judging Swindon’s.

To the fanciers who supported this show we very much appreciate your support, without you these clubs would not be able to continue, especially thanks to those who bought from the canteen and bought raffle tickets, every penny helps to covering the costs of running these shows.

Swindon’s results first:

Best Fancy ad: Fortune stud
Best Fancy u/5 &AA: Richard Grindey
Best Lop ad &AA: Belanevaeh stud
Best Lop u/5: Christine Hunter
Best Fur ad & Aa: Scrumpy stud
Best Fur u/5: Terry Cundict
Best Rex ad &AA: Fortune stud
Best Rex u/5: Ava Lingham-Wood
Best u/5 &BIS: Richard Grindey
Best ad: Fortune stud

Best Junior Lop: Nevaeh Scarth
Best Junior Rex: Ava Lingham-Wood
Best Junior in show: Ava Lingham-Wood

Readings results were:

Best Fancy ad: Fortune stud
Best Fancy u/5 &AA: Richard Grindey
Best Lop ad &AA: Belanevaeh stud
Best Lop u/5: Nevaeh Scarth
Best Fur ad & Aa: Terry Cundict
Best Fur u/5: Terry Cundict
Best Rex ad &AA: Fortune stud
Best Rex u/5: Ava Lingham-Wood
Best u/5: Richard Grindey
Best ad & BIS: Fortune stud

Best Junior Lop: Nevaeh Scarth
Best Junior Rex: Ava Lingham-Wood
Best Junior in show: Ava Lingham-Wood

Our next show will be another self penning show on 8th May combined again with Reading and Swindon. See you there!

Don’t forget entries close tonight for the joint Reading and Swindon show this Sunday (20th). Please don’t leave till last minute.

Would be great to have a lovely entry for our two judges.
Details in f&f.
Susi Gardner

Our next show is fast approaching, will be 20th February at Wootton Bassett Memorial Hall, SN4 8EN.
This will be a joint Two Club Show, Reading and Swindon with both clubs staging a Two Star self penning show.
Our Judges are: Swindon's judge Mrs. H Elliott and Reading's judge MS. S Elliott Judging will commence at 10.30 am
Entries close Wednesday 16th February @ 10pm. Entries to Susi Gardner details in F&F or PM.

Hope to see you there 😊

Reading will be holding an AGM on 28th February at via zoom @ 7pm, if you are interested in attending please message your email address for the invite to be sent.
Thank you
Susi Gardner