One aspect of showing springers in Australia has always been that different types of show Springer dominate in different states. In South Australia, whilst the Oak kennel no longer exist, their type and bloodlines live on in the Clanach  springers. Latest winner here is the Specialty BIS winner and dual Royal CC winner Ch Clanach Crowned In Tartan (brother to Crown Destiny) and the Specialty CC winner

Gr Ch/Dk Ch Clanach Crowned InTartan Ch Clanach Ceremonial

Ch Clanach Ceremonial. The Tarnell Springers of John and Judith West  whilst begining with these UK based lines have blended their stock with other  lines including some from the US dogs and have quite a few Royal CCs now and  bred the BIG at Adelaide Royal 1998, Ch Tarnell Lethel Weapon

Gr Ch Kinsheran Rich Pickings Gr Ch Tarnell Lethal Weapon

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In Victoria  the Moorcliff breeding via Fairsky and other kennels that began with Cranloch  based dogs is still to be found. Fairsky has not only produced many winning,  typical English Springers but has bred two very successful stud dogs of recent  times, Ch Fairsky Sherlock Holmes and Ch Fairsky Hercule Poirot. Many Royal and Specialty winners in NSW and Victoria carry these lines somewhere in their pedigree. In addition there is the Kinsheran Springers of Vin McPhee and Sheryl  Roach, whose foundation bitch Ch Tancleuth Lil Bo Peep (a Specialty CC winner) was a grandaughter of Tartan and Spice. Blended together with Ch Windmere Summer  Knight, Ch Clanach Wrath"O Khan, and his son Ch & NZ Ch Wongan Quest  O'Maketawa they have produced a team of Springers, including Ch Kinsheran Domingo and Grand Ch Kinsheran Rich Pickings that have been Royal BOB winners in  Victoria and have made successful bids for Royal CC's and BOBs in NSW as well.  Rich Pickings is also a NSW Specialty CC winner. The Beautelle kennel of Steve  and Jackie Wraith started in SA, moved to the NSW/Victorian border and are now  in New Zealand. Whilst in Victoria, they were BOB at the local Melbourne Royal  with their well known Ch & NZ Ch Beautelle Crackerjak (a son of Ch Clanach  Union Jack) and picked up two Specialty challenges one in Melbourne and one in Sydney. Ch Beautelle Desert Queen a daughter of Ch Drumhill Desert Storm, also  has a Specialty Challenge.

GR Ch/NZ Ch Beautelle CrakaJak Ch/NZ Ch Beautelle Desert Queen

Queensland is to a certain extent still led by the type and bloodlines promoted by Mrs Sapio thirty years previously; they are  well to the fore in today's winning kennels there- Fraelight and Oakspur. Further north the breed is still well represented with the Grand Champions Ch Babeuf Mixed Spice and Fraelight French French Knikez (both Specialty CC winners)of Sharyn Phillips and Grand Champion Wongan Jazzman a dual BIS winner at Specialties, owned by Rosemary Stockham and breeders David and Stephanie Rickard.

Gr Ch Babeuf Mixed Spice Gr Ch Wongan Jazz Man

Western Australia has a growing number of show dogs of differing bloodlines with both Clanach and Fairsky being well represented as well as the long established Sabu kennel of Steve Warry.

NSW is the most cosmopolitan state with numerous representatives of  every bloodline, old and new, sometimes all in the same kennel!  The winning kennels of the nineties are in the main, long established and  include the Burchfield, Rothley, Azucroft and Stephdie Kennels. 

Carolyn Burch's Ch Burchfield Call Me Madam, has been a very  consistant CC winner both at Royals and Specialties and Carolyn has also bred  the Specialty BIS  a

Ch Burchfield Call Me Madam

nd All Breeds BIS winner Ch Burchfield Royalist
Geoff and Angela Towle's Rothley Springers have also been very  successful with the bitches Ch Rothley Friendship and Ch Rothley Miss  Marples and Campbell's Ch Rothley Leading Lady, all being CC winner at Specialties.   Ch Rothley Justice Prevails is one of the few  Springers to have both a Specialty BIS and a Sydney Royal BOB to his  credit.

 
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Ch Rothley Justice Prevails Ch Rothley Miss Marples Gr Ch Silvaspring Magic Knight

Azucrofts of Robert and Yvonne Lauder were founded with a  Cudgera bitch but Robert owned a Casa Perez a while before that.   Today, they are a very consistant winning kennel, with the winning father  and son Ch Fraelight Field O' Dreams (Specialty BIS winner) and Ch Azucroft on the Prowl (a dual Specialty Runner Up in Show winner).  The Field O Dreams daughter, Ch Kyandie Bracken, is also a Specialty BIS  winner and resides at the Stephdie kennels of  Diane Seymour.  She is their third Specialty BIS winner joining Ch Marshring Invincible (2 Royal CCs) and Ch Stephdie Winter Boy. 

Ch Fraelighte Field of Dreams Ch Azucroft on the Prowl Gr Ch Reibey Ashley Manor

Two newer kennels making their mark are the Silvaspring dogs of Bill and Maryann Borg and the Reibey Springers of George Render and Shannon  Lancaster.  The best known Silvaspring Champion is the Grand Slam son Grand Ch Silvaspring Magic Knight, winner of many BIS and the CC winner at the 1999 Sydney Royal.  Ch Silvaspring Highlander was RUBIS at the 1998 October Specialty in NSW.

The Reibey Springers are named after the foundation bitch, Ch Rothley Mary Reibey, and are currently represented by her daughter the Royal CC winner Ch Reibey Ashley Manor.  Ch Reibey Charlottes Web was RUBOB at the 1998 Sydney Royal.  A litter via frozen semen from Sweden (the  first in the breed), has put Reibey into the history books.

The most consistent winners at Royals and Specialties, in recent times  in NSW are the Alhambra Springers of Kate and Michael Keely.

Australia has been the recipient of many show and field imports since  the thirties. However the breeders seldom get the chance to reciprocate, but recently, the wheel has turned full circle.  Just a couple of  years ago Mrs Frances Jackson, of the world famous Mompesson kennels

Clanach Crown Destiny

(who has bred three springers imported into Australia) together with husband Bob, took delivery of a descendant of Aus Ch & English Sh Ch Mompesson  Sleeping Partner.  Clanach Crown Destiny, (a son of Ch Clanach Union  Jack and Ch Clanach Crown n Sceptre), is bred by Phil and Marie  Merchant.  A huge success as a stud dog with winning and Champion progeny world wide Clanach Crown Destiny elevates Australian springers to  an international level.

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