19-20 December – Christmas Wyong Style 31st Oct & 1st Nov - HAPPY HALLOWEEN!! Showing in Sydney an under International judging panel, Halloween proved to be quite an exciting weekend for us all here at Aspyre. Saturday - Liverpool & District All Breed Kennel Club Freya - 1st Junior Bitch & JUNIOR OF BREED Judge - Mr John Stanton (NZ) Flirt - 1st Minor Bitch, Minor Puppy of Breed & * BEST MINOR PUPPY IN GROUP* Karma - 2nd Minor Puppy Bitch Judge - Mr S Sim (Phillipines) In General Specials (despite the soaring heat of 34degrees!) Flirt showed her little socks off, and the judge, Mr C Francis (Canada) took notice - awarding her ** BEST MINOR PUPPY IN SHOW ** Sunday - County of Cumberland Kennel Club With our team less member, as Karma was withdrawn as a result of the extreme weather, it was up to Freya & Flirt to bring home the ribbons. Freya - 2nd Junior Bitch Judge - Mrs S Francis (Canada) Flirt - 1st Minor Bitch ** BITCH CHALLENGE (11pts)& RUNNER UP BEST OF BREED (11 entries)** Judge - Mr H Tast (Finland) It is not often that a European judge will even look towards a Minor Puppy for Challenge let alone award it to them!! Needless to say we were extremely proud of our little girl. We thank Mr Tast for his extremely kind and encourging comments about Flirt. We think she is a star in the making too 24th October - Fugue goes BISS HUGE Congratulations to Karen Sillince (Tomlow Pointers - UK) for taking out BEST IN SHOW with TOMLOW NIGHT AND DAY (aka Fugue) at the Pointer Club Open Show with and entry of 90 Pointers!! Fugue is of course the mother to our lovely Karma (Tomlow Aspyreations - Imp UK). It was at the same show last year that Fugue's handsome father, Fado aka Sh Ch Tomlow Brief Encounter was also BEST IN SHOW!! Karma's family are certainly having a great run in the UK over the past few months with her father Darcy aka Hawkfield Dapper In Black JW, taking out RUNNER UP BEST IN SHOW at the Southern Pointer Club Championship Show with an entry of over 170 Pointers!!! Several of her siblings have also recently stepped into the ring for the first time, and have alreday qualified for CRUFTS 2010!! Well Done to Karen & Wendy (Hawkfield) and all the other owners for some super results!! 24-25th October - Kite's Soaring Some more fantastic results from Aspyre With Flyin Colours (Kite) & Ashley Barber. Kite took out TWO more BEST OF BREEDS and now is 1/3 of the way to her Australian Title at only 7 1/2 months of age!! WELL DONE girls keep up the good work!! 17-18th October - Super Split Spring Weekend This weekend we headed west to Forbes, and it proved to be worth the trip. Freya - 1 x BEST OF BREED, 2 x JUNIOR IN GROUP Judges - Mr J Birch (NSW) & Mr T Horchner (Breed Specialist - VIC) Flirt - 2 x Minor of Breed & 2 x Reserve Bitch Challenge Morgan - 2 x BITCH CHALLENGE & INTERMEDIATE IN GROUP Judge - Mr T Horchner (VIC) & Mrs L Harwood (VIC) Karma had a very different weekend hitting the ring down South with Aunty Lynne It was great to have Lynne back in the ring (finally) after such a long break, and we are glad that they both enjoyed their weekend, which was split between the show and the beach... lucky girls!! * Thanks Lynne for taking such good care of our British Babe * _________________________________________ While up North, Kite & Ashley had a super day at Hillsborough, taking out BEST OF BREED & BEST MINOR PUPPY IN GROUP!!! Way to go girls!!! 3rd October - Bribbaree Show Another nice weekend away, despite the wind... it was great to catch up with Lynne after our trip and it was a great excuse to go and pay a visit to Bruno & Colleen Pollini (Montenero Pointers) on the way home. HUGE Thanks for your wonderful hospitality!! Freya - BEST OF BREED & Shortlisted for BEST IN GROUP & JUNIOR IN GROUP Judge - Mrs J Weston (ACT) Karma - Baby Puppy of Breed & Final 4 in 3-6mth S/S Flirt - Minor Puppy of Breed & 1st in 6-12 S/S (again she was the youngest entry!!) Morgan - Reserve Bitch Challenge Judge - Mr W Weston (ACT) 19-20th September - Minors Already!! Our first weekend back in the ring after our holiday, and we came home with some nice results! Flirt - 1st Minor Bitch (3 entries) & Reserve Bitch Challenge Shortlisted for 6-12 S/S to Final 5 (not bad considering most of her competition were nearing 12mths!) Freya - 2 x BEST OF BREEDS & Shortlisted for BEST IN GROUP!! Karma - 2 x Baby Puppy of Breed Morgan - 2 x Bitch Challenge 2 x Runner Up Best of Breed (8 entries) Shortlisted for Runner Up Best In Group * JUNIOR IN GROUP * ________________________________________ Up North Kite & Winston again did us proud bringing home... Kite - 2 x Minor Of Breed 1 x BITCH CHALLENGE & RUNNER UP BEST OF BREED (4 entries) 1 x Reserve Bitch Challenge Winston - Only attended 1 show, but was placed in the 6-12mth S/S!! Hard to believe that our babies are now MINORS!! Lets hope they can keep up the good work!! HUGE Congrats to Ashleigh & Kite on getting the FIRST Challenge Certificate for ASPYRE!! 5th September - Flag's still 'Flyin' Even in our absence it was great to hear that Kite & Winston were still out and about making us proud. With some nice Baby of Breed wins and placings/ shortlistings in Baby Puppy Stakes. Congrats to our extended family and keep up the good work!! 22nd August - Norwest Kennel Club Today was our last show for a few weeks as we are off to the USA at the beginning of September. It was nice to have such a lovely 'relaxing' day, only having the two babies and the boxer to show. Freya - Bitch Challenge & Runner Up Best of Breed Judge - Mr R Curtis (NSW) Flirt - 1st Baby Puppy Bitch & BEST BABY PUPPY IN GROUP!! Karma - 2nd Baby Puppy Bitch Judge - Mrs K Harris (NSW) 16th August - NSW Gundog Championship Show Today certainly marked a change in the seasons with glorious sunshine streaming down over the showgrounds. It was great to be able to see three of our 'flyin' babies in the ring together, alongside our newest Aussie, Karma. With 5 baby pointers in the Puppy Stakes class it was a lovely sight and we were extremely happy when Winston took out 1st place!! CONGRATULATIONS!!! Then onto breed classes... with well known Pointer Specialist Paul Robinson (Robwyn NZ) Winston - 1st Baby Puppy Dog & BABY OF BREED!! The baby bitch class was closely contested by our girls, with Paul finding it a tough decision between Karma & Flirt. Originally placing Karma in 1st, she decided in the last few strides that she did not want to move, and gave Flirt the chance to steal her ribbon.... better luck next time James Flirt - 1st Baby Puppy Bitch Karma - 2nd Baby Puppy Bitch Kite - 3rd Baby Puppy Bitch We were unable to show Morgan today, as Paul bred her, but she came along to have a go at the Working Gundog test... which we unfortunately missed as it clashed with the others going into the ring... never mind she had a wonderful day out. After the show it was nice to catch up with Paul & Carolyn, and chat about what else... pointers. 15th August - BABY IN SHOW FOR ASPYRE!!! We are very proud to say that Winston (Aspyre Flyin Without Wings) has become our first BABY IN SHOW winner today!! Winston had a stellar day, notching up 1 x BABY IN SHOW 2 x Best Baby in Group 1 x 1st 3-6mth All Breeds Puppy Stakes 1 x 3rd 3-6mth All Breeds Puppy Stakes Congratulations to Karen & James!! Well done we can hardly wait to see what he can do next!! 9th August - Mudgee & District Kennel Club After a long and very cold night (it got to -4degrees!!) but thankfully the day turned out to be much warmer. We were there in time for the sweepstakes, and today Karma & Flirt joined Kite in the ring. The judge said that it was a hard decision between Flirt & Karma, but in the end Flirt was better behaved and came home with 2nd in the 3 - 6 month Sweepstakes and a commemorative trophy!! Gundogs were judged before Utility by Mr W Godfrey (SA) Flirt - 1st Baby Puppy Bitch & BABY OF BREED!! Kite - 2nd Baby Puppy Bitch Karma - 3rd Baby Puppy Bitch Morgan - Reserve Bitch Challenge & RUNNER UP BEST OF BREED (13 entries) Unfortunately no pointers went through for group (it seemed that our dogs coats were not long enough...lol) but it was great to catch up with Ashleigh & Kite and Charlie, Sue and the Rhyll crew. Our hopes for the afternoon rested on Freya, and she came through for us again Freya - Bitch Challenge & BEST OF BREED (6 entries) So another enjoyable weekend away with our girls. 8th August - Nowra District Kennel Club The start of a busy weekend for our team started off slow... after a long night of celebrations for James' Birthday... hence we missed the Sweepstakes, and only just made it in time for the Boxer judging... Freya - Reserve Bitch Challenge & Junior of Breed Judge - Mrs S Crozier (NSW) Flirt - 1st Baby Puppy Bitch & BABY OF BREED!! Karma - 2nd Baby Puppy Bitch Morgan - Bitch Challenge & BEST OF BREED Judge - Mr W Crozier (NSW) - Breed Specialist 1-2 August - Wonderful Western Weekend Another weekend away, this time we headed West to Dubbo & District Kennel Club. This week we had a new addition to our team, our British Babe Karma, who took her first lively steps into the ring. Saturday - Started as usual with Sweepstakes... Flirt was again awarded 3rd in the 3 - 6 month Sweepstakes (under Ms L E Dorr - QLD) Freya - ** BEST OF BREED ** (12 Points) Judge - Mr K Iggleden - QLD Flirt - 1st Baby Puppy Bitch, Baby of Breed & BEST BABY IN GROUP!! Karma - 2nd Baby Puppy Bitch Morgan - 1st Junior Bitch & Reserve Challenge & BEST JUNIOR IN GROUP!! Judge - Mr R Fitzgerald - QLD Sunday - After an interesting evening in Dubbo we again headed into the ring with Flirt for sweepstakes. She was awarded 2nd in the 3 - 6 month Sweepstakes (under Mr R Fitzgerald - QLD) Freya - ** BEST OF BREED ** (12 Points) Judge - Ms L E Dorr - QLD Flirt - 1st Baby Puppy Bitch, Baby of Breed & BEST BABY IN GROUP!! Karma - 2nd Baby Puppy Bitch Morgan - 1st Junior Bitch & Reserve Challenge & Runner Up Best of Breed!! Judge - Mr K Iggleden - QLD 31st July - Finally She's Home!!! Today we are finally able to bring our Pommy Lass, Karma (Tomlow Aspyreations - Imp UK) home from quarantine. ** Welcome Home Karma ** 25 & 26th July - What A Flyin Weekend This weekend saw three of our Flyin babes take to the ring in three different locations. We headed down south with our girls, Flirt, Morgan, Lacey & Freya (Islay also came along for the ride). Saturday - Harden Murrumburrah Started out very cold.... it was -4 overnight!!! Flirt braved the early morning cold and was awarded 3rd in the 3 - 6 month Sweepstakes (under Miss M Hoy - NSW) Freya - 2nd Junior Bitch (5 entries) Judge - Miss N Lane (NSW) Flirt - 1st Baby Puppy Bitch, Baby of Breed & BEST BABY IN GROUP!! Morgan - 1st Junior Bitch Lacey - 2nd Intermediate Bitch Judge - Mr D Bowe - Breed Specialist (Firezan Pointers) Sunday - Harden Murrumburrah Again another chilli start... Flirt again strutted her stuff and was awarded 2nd in the 3 - 6 month Sweepstakes (under Miss N Lane - NSW) Freya - 2nd Junior Bitch (5 entries) Judge - Miss C Stewart (NSW) Flirt - 1st Baby Puppy Bitch Morgan - 1st Junior Bitch Lacey - 2nd Intermediate Bitch Judge - Miss M Hoy ________________________________________ Besides the shows, heading South gave us a great chance to catch up with two more of our Flyin Babies, Abbey (Aspyre Come Fly With Me) and Ponto (Aspyre Flyin Ponto). Both Abbey & Ponto (and their respective parents) made the journey to Harden to meet up with the rest of the Aspyre family. It was fantastic to see two more lovely pups from this litter, we are so very pleased with how they are developing!! Thank you to their new owners for taking such great care of our babies. ________________________________________ The Flyin Away Team The other Flyin Babies to hit the ring this weekend were, Kite & Winston. 25- 26th July - Rylstone Kandos & District Dog Club Kite - Best Baby of Breed, both Saturday & Sunday 26th July - Brisbane Water Legacy Dog Club Winston - Best Baby of Breed (4 entries) Congratulations to Ashleigh & Kite, and Karen & Winny!! Well Done Guys!! 5th July - Hawkesbury Kennel Club Freya - 1st Junior Bitch & Junior of Breed Judge - Mrs H Beasley (NSW) Flirt - 1st Baby Bitch class & BABY OF BREED!! Morgan - 1st Junior Bitch & Junior of Breed Judge - Miss J K Ford (NSW) - Breed Specialist 20th June - Norwest Kennel Club Just two representatives today, with Morgan & Lacey taking a few weeks off. I think they thought themselves lucky being curled up in bed at home, as we braved the wild, wet and windy weather. Freya - 1st Junior Bitch, Reserve Bitch Challenge & Junior of Breed Judge - Mrs G Ford (VIC) Flirt - 1st Baby Bitch class Judge - Mr C Hamilton (VIC) 14th June - DogsNSW Marketing & PR Well today marked the first appearance of the Aspyre prefix in the ring, thankfully Flirt performed better than expected, actually managing to keep all of her paws on the ground Freya - 1st Junior Bitch & Junior of Breed Judge - Mrs J Weekes (VIC) Flirt - 1st Baby Bitch class Morgan - 1st Junior Bitch & Junior of Breed Judge - Mr C Woodrow (QLD) 29th May - And then there was ONE Our last 2 girls have left for the new homes; Aspyre Flyin N The Myst - Coco has flown over the sea to join Claire & her new brother PJ Aspyre With Flyin Colours - Kite has joined Ashleigh Barber and her pugs and will be shown in NSW So that leaves us with the one and only... Aspyre Flyin With Luv aka Flirt, who will be shown alongside the rest of the Aspyre girls Keep an eye out for news of these kids on our Flyin Litter page 25th May - HAPPY BIRTHDAY FREYA!! Time flies when you are having fun... our crazy bundle of boxer is now a BIG girl, celebrating her 1st Birthday today!  23- 24th May - Ku-Ring-Gai Kennel Club Saturday - Freya - 1st Puppy Bitch & Puppy of Breed **Reserve Bitch Challenge** Judge - Mrs P Johansen (QLD) Lacey - Bitch Challenge & Runner Up Best of Breed (to her husband Perry  )Morgan - Reserve Bitch Challenge Judge - Ms. S Crozier (NSW) - Breed Specialist Sunday - We started off the morning well with Freya making her last appearance in sweepstakes coming away with 2nd place in 6-12mth Sweepstakes under Judge - Mr R. Curtis OAM (NSW) Freya - 1st Puppy Bitch & Puppy of Breed Judge - Mrs E Knox (NSW) Morgan - Bitch Challenge Judge - Ms. I Dawes (QLD) - Gundog Specialist 16th May - More Goodbyes Another 3 babies have flown the nest this weekend, Aspyre Flyin With Style - Poppy joined the Duric family, and we look forward to her results in the field!! Aspyre Come Fly With Me - Abbey joins her new pointer sister Elsa, in the Simpson family. The last one to leave this weekend was... Aspyre Flyin Without Wings - Winston who was never planned to leave, has been given a great opportunity and has gone to live with his father, Aust Ch Rhyll Luskintyre (Perry) at Whitford Park with Karen, James & Liam. Good Luck with my baby boy, I'm sure he will do us all proud!! 9-10th May - Good Luck Babies Well no shows for us this weekend, as we prepare to say Farewell to 5 of our Flyin babies  Aspyre Flyin With Excess - Percy has flown off to Perth to live with Jessica & Chris Aspyre Flyin To Formation - Wilson will be living in Pointer heaven!! Right here in Sydney with Kay. Aspyre Flyin Ponto - Ponto joins Adam & Marta's family in Canberra Aspyre Fly By Night - Monty has joined the Wooldridge family in Melbourne Aspyre Flyin High - Poppin goes to live with Aunty Portia in Melbourne too. Good Luck babies in your homes, and we look forward to hearing all about your adventures!! 2nd May - Albion Park Kennel Club Freya - 1st Puppy Bitch & Puppy of Breed Judge - Mrs J Fynemore(NSW) Morgan - Bitch Challenge & Best of Breed Judge - Mrs L Ryan (NSW) 26th April - Bulli District Kennel Club Freya - 1st Puppy Bitch & Puppy of Breed Judge - Mr D Filipovic (VIC) Morgan - Bitch Challenge & Best of Breed Judge - Mrs L Harding (VIC) 25th April - County of Cumberland Freya - 1st Puppy Bitch & Puppy of Breed Judge - Mr A Lim Jnr (SA) Morgan - Bitch Challenge & Best of Breed Judge - Ms A Adamopoulos(QLD) 15th April - SYDNEY ROYAL This year was a quite year for us at Sydney Royal, without having any Pointers entered. We made the decision late last year that our girls would give it a miss this year. So with Freya being our only exhibit we were counting on her to do us proud, and that she did. Freya - 1st Puppy Bitch Judge - Mrs E Tan Hietalahti - Finland Freya made the most of her time in the ring enjoying every minute, bouncing around, acting a clown and enjoying the noise from the crowd cheering for the 'naughty one' to win After her win she then spent an hour celebrating in the Purina tent showering the public in Boxer kisses xxx 11 & 12th April - NSW Boxer Club Specialties We had a great weekend, and it was fantastic to see so many boxers from all over Ausralia and get to meet some new people. Saturday: Freya - 3rd Puppy Bitch Judge - Mrs Rita Tucker (Abythorn Boxers - UK) Unfortunately she was unplaced in her class on the Sunday, but we still enjoyed our day out. 30th March - HAPPY BIRTHDAY MORGAN!! It is so hard to believe that our baby girl Morgie is ONE today!!! She has done both James & I and her breeder Paul Robinson so incredibly proud, a trend she is certain to keep up in the future!  29th March - Fairfield & District Kennel Club Freya - 1st Puppy Bitch Judge - Mrs C Clarke (QLD) Morgan - Bitch Challenge & Best of Breed (5 pointers) Judge - Mr G Blythe (TAS) - Breed Specialist 14th March - They're Here... All 11 of them!!! Our lovely Lacey has produced her first exciting litter of 11 beautiful puppies. Mother & Babies are doing very well. For details & enquiries see our Puppy Page. 8th March - Blacktown & Districts Kennel Club Freya - 1st Puppy Bitch & RESERVE BITCH CHALLENGE!! Judge - Ms P Suhr (NSW) 9th February - We're Expecting!!! Great news this week came with the confirmation that our sweet Lacey is pregnant. The father of the puppies is the handsome Aust Ch Rhyll Luskintyre (aka Perry), owned by Karen Mackenzie-Smith. Needless to say that we are very excited and eagerly await their arrival in March. For more information check out our Puppy Page * Welcome to 2009 * We have arrived home safe & sound after our jet setting wedding and honeymoon. The wedding went to plan and was an absolutely beautiful December day (a rare occurance in Durban at that time of year). The venues were amazing! The food, dancing, music and of course the people all helped make it a day to remember.  The honeymoon was a trip we will never forget, both for the places we saw and for the friends we made. We would like to thank everyone for all their love and best wishes and look forward to catching up very soon. Hoping that 2009 is a great year for all. Alicia & James Lumsden That's So 2008!! Aspyre had a very good year last year, both in and out of the showring. We now have TWO 'New' Australian Champions Aust Ch Sgurr Fly'n Mystical Charm (Imp NZ) - Lacey Aust Ch Zipadedoda Made T Buzz - Buzzy Lacey continued to do us proud, with some lovely wins under International and Specialist judges. She will only be lightly shown in 2009 to make way for some of our youngsters. Buzz stepped out into the ring early in the year to earn his final points for his title. He is now semi retired and is the much loved companion of my mother. Islayjoined us in February, and was lightly shown before taking time off from teh ring to mature. She is now doing us proud in Agility & Obedience with our great friend Kate. Morgan came to us from Paul Robinson's Robwyn Pointers in NZ and made an immediate impact in the ring. 3 x Classes in SHOW 6 x Classes in Group Including two IN SHOW wins at prestigious shows North of the Harbour & Dogs NSW Spring Fair both under International judging panels. Freya was our last addition for the year and took us in a different direction, all the way to the Utility ring. She joins us from Lloyd Harrison's Valeska Boxers in NZ, and we look forward to enjoying her enthusiam for showing once again this year. 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