Annual General Meeting 2011 This year the AGM is to be held on Saturday 16th April 2011, the same day as the Club Open Show at: Steventon Village Hall, The Green, Steventon Oxfordshire OX13 6RR The AGM will start as soon as possible after the Open Show but not before 3pm (the 5pm start time shown in the Show Schedule is a printers error). We will start the AGM as soon as possible after 3pm as a convenience to Members who have long journeys to make. We hope that as many Members as possible will be able to attend the AGM. Would all Members please note the following important rules about the AGM: All items and proposals for the Agenda must be sent in writing and received by the Secretary at least 14 days prior to the Meeting. Requests for Nomination Forms for the election of Officers & Committee to be made to the Secretary, fully completed forms must be received by the Secretary at least 28 days prior to the meeting. The Agenda & Club Accounts will be circulated at the Meeting and will also be available to Members only from the Club Website, you need to register for this service using the link below, documents will be emailed to you 5 days prior to the Meeting. Under Club Rules only fully paid up Members may be present at the AGM and only those Members fully paid up at 31st January 2011 may vote.	Click for Venue Details
HEALTH SEMINAR & PUPPY MATCH Organised by The Basset Griffon Vendeen Club In conjunction with The Portuguese Podengo Club of Great Britain To be held on Saturday 29th January 2011 starting at 10:00am Venue: Steventon Village Hall, The Green, Steventon Oxfordshire OX13 6RR We hope as many Members as possible will book to come along to this event being run by the Basset Griffon Vendeen Club. The morning sesiion will start at 10am with refreshments available, followed by a talk on Epilepsy by Dr Cathryn Mellersh of the Animal Health Trust. After the Seminar there will be an informal lunch In the afternoon there will be a Puppy Match open to dogs aged 4 to 18 months as of 29th January 2011. Places will be limited in order to have a balanced number from each breed. A joint raffle will be run with proceeds being split between the two Clubs, we will be allocating the funds to Breed Welfare, so please be a generous as possible and bring a Raffle Prize along on the day. This event should prove to be a highly interesting, educational and fun day and an ideal opportunity to get together with other Podengo owners as well as our friends in the BGV Club. Full details are available by downloading the Booking form: click here to download Booking Form Or for further information please contact Mrs Susan Brundle who will be taking all bookings Tel: 01234 553722   e-mail: susan.drunbel-pbgv@virgin.net Please book as soon as possible to avoid disappointment	Click for Venue Details
URGENT NEWS UPDATE  Monday 29 November 2010 FUN DAY CANCELLED DUE TO SEVERE WEATHER CONDITIONS With record bookings for the Fun Day and families due to travel from all over the country, some with long distances, The Committee have taken the sensible decision to cancel the Fun Day for safety reasons due to the severe weather and treacherous road conditions that are forecast for the entire country over the next 10 days. The Fun Day will be re-scheduled for late Spring, the date and full details will be posted as soon as possible. All those who booked tickets will be contacted individually in the next few days to ensure they are aware of the cancellation and full refunds will also be provided. We apologise for the disappointment but hope that Members will agree that given the circumstances everyones safety is of more importance. Members Fun Day & Christmas Party Saturday 04 December 2010
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2010 Was held on Saturday 17th April at Shrivenham Memorial Hall, Highworth Road, Shrivenham, Nr Swindon SN6 8BL A very good number of Members were present at the meeting, it was a beautiful warm & sunny Spring morning which gave members the opportunity to socialise, catch up on news and walk their dogs on the Green before and after the meeting.   Tea, coffee and biscuits were available to welcome Members and the meeting started on time at 10:30am As well as the normal AGM formalities the Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer individually gave their reports to the Membership. The most important item on the Agenda this year was the new Club Rules, which had been circulated to all the Members for consideration well ahead of the meeting. After an introduction by the Treasurer about the need for the new rules there was a short discussion and Members then voted unanimously to approve them. The new Rules came into effect immediately as they had been pre-approved by the Kennel Club. All items on the Agenda recevived a unanimous vote of approval by Members with the exception of the Minutes that had just two abstentions. The meeting closed at 10:58am The Club would like to welcome Karlynne Sellstrome as a new Committee Member and also to thank David Fletcher who was co-opted to the Committee during last year but was unable to stand for election to the Committee this year.	Memorial Hall Shrivenham
2010 CLUB YEAR BOOK The new Club Year Book has now been published and will be launched at the Club Open Show on Saturday 24th April, copies will be available on the day at a cost of £10.00 Online purchase of the book from the Club Website is now available, books will be dispatched from Monday 26th April. With 124 pages in full colour the 2010 issue is bigger than last year, with many more photographs and articles including an International section and the popular Members Kennel Reviews. This is a ’must have’ publication for all Podengo lovers. Click here for full details
NEW WEBSITE – A HUGE INTERNATIONAL HIT   Thursday 4th June 2009   Members may be interested to know that following its launch just one month ago the new Website has been a huge hit, attracting over 2,500 visitors from around the world, who viewed 21,761 pages. Over 25% of visitors spent more than 15 minutes on each individual visit.   Visitors from North America numbered 855 almost matching those from Europe at 875 of whom 731 came from the UK with France, Germany, Finland and Portugal featuring well. The remaining visitors came from Australia, Asia, China and South America.   The Club Website is currently ranked number one by Google search.   A great achievement for our first month online.
TO THE RESCUE Update – Tuesday 02 June 2009   A very happy ending to the story as ‘Poppy’ has now just moved to her new loving home, is settling in well and feeling safe and secure as all dogs should.   Our sincere thanks go to her new family. Thursday 21st May 2009 Alarm bells rang with the terrible & unprecedented news that a Podengo bitch had been found in a rescue kennel in the south of England. However, thanks to the immediate & efficient response by two Club members, Sue Brundle & Betty Judge, the little bitch was identified as a Podengo, then collected, vet – checked, vaccinated & micro- chipped within 48 hours of the discovery. She is now being cosseted in very safe hands while the Club makes every attempt to re- unite her with her owners. She is fawn, wire- haired and approximately 18 months old and had been discovered in the Crawley area, sitting by a pond, watching the birds. She had been in the rescue kennels for about two weeks before Sue was alerted to her predicament. As she was not micro-chipped there was no way of tracking down her owners and there hadn’t been any evidence of her owners trying to find her, though this cannot be said for certain. It is believed that she had been in another rescue kennel prior to this, which is extremely worrying to say the very least. Sue & Betty said the poor little bitch is very nervous & unhappy, which is hardly surprising in the circumstances. Please could everyone spread the word, especially those living in the south, so we can achieve a happy ending as soon as possible for this little girl. Betty will cover the story in the Breed Notes in Dog World & Our Dogs & the Club will also contact Dogs Lost in case her owners have contacted them. Hopefully someone, if not her owners, may be able to shed some light on how one of our precious Podengos has had the misfortune to end up in rescue kennels. Let us all hope that a situation like this will never occur again & that hopefully her owners will come forward very soon. Our thanks to Sue & Betty on a job well done, we know she is being loved & well looked after.	Click on photos to enlarge
NEW WEBSITE LAUNCHED   Monday 04 May 2009   Welcome to the new Website, we hope that Members of the Club will enjoy the fresh new design, extra facilities and easy navigation that it offers. The site has been designed as an information resource for all those interested in the breed and we welcome participation from all Members. We sincerely hope that you will upload photographs for use on the site as well as making suggestions for content to be included and using the Members Forum. If you have any questions or comments please contact the Webmaster: webmaster@podengos.org