Any last minute tips to boost entries for our local show, entries well down. Am ringing round at the mo...

Where is the show? I know what you mean by low entries ,as Secretary of Caernarfon I had to ring around and was still 50 entries below the usual. Good Luck

Its Oakengates in Telford. Its my daughters first time as sec and just realising how hard it can be :(

Sue I am Natasha and Charlottes Mum tell the girls to email me the details for utility breeds and I'll put them an entry in

Hi Star................get as many schedules as you can to local training and ringcraft classes, is it an open show? we are in Hereford and i know loads of people around here travel well over 3 hrs for an open show............if there is time, if you want to PM me then i can give you my address and you can send some schedules to me and i will put them out at our club, if you can get any over to Malvern on Sunday there is the Gloucester show on there and you could well pick up some business there
hope this helps a little?
Pauline

Have Pm'd you :)

Hi Star

I can put some in our ringcraft as well as we're only about 1 1/2 hours away, if you can pm me some details i'll do all i can to help.

Have Pm'd yo :)

find the best thing to do is get them out to as many shows and ringcrafts.  I'm on a committee and all committee members get aload of scheduales to take out to every show they go to, Theres enough people to take them to champ shows on each day.

Also remember most of the entries will come a couple of days either side of the closing date.

Advertise in the dog papers and put in at east two different numbers for two different committee members and we also found e-mail was very popular, Much quicker then a phone call and for those people who maybe can't or forget to call within a reasonable hour of day can request as and when they remeber.

Not much help I know
but although expect I cant do this one if entries arent far off closing (pup cant be shown till feb) I will deffinatly be interested in further shows as I am only the otherside of Shrewsbury

No help for this show, but a well thought through classification, look at what breeds will draw and what classes to give them, some good incentives to enter AV classes, and a a judging panel that gives people chance to show one dog under 2/3 judges, then as much publicity as possible with schedules all over the place.

Hi, i've entered two Whippets for this show.  It's very local to me.  I go to a lot of shows both nearby and further a field and to be honest, i didn't see a schedule for Oakengates at any show i've attended.  I got hold of one by firstly phoning and then emailing.  It's a bit late for this year, but i think you could definitely do with getting your schedules out at other shows.  For example i've been to a couple at Stafford lately and there was none there.

Good luck, hope you get lots of last minute ones!