Diary of Events
2025
- AGM Sunday 6th April
Stoneleigh Village Hall - FSS Champ Show 15th June
Judge Mr Jeff Horswell, KC Building Stoneleigh - FSS Open Show 3rd August
Judge Ricky Lochs-Romans, as a new Partnership show with National Gundog Association, 3 Counties Showground, Malvern
2024
- January 1st Subscription due
- January 31st Nominations for Officers & Committee
To be received in writing proposed and seconded by fully paid up members. - April 7th AGM
Stoneleigh Village Hall - June 16th Championship Show
Judge Mr C Bexon
The Kennel Club Building, Stoneleigh Park, Stoneleigh, Kenilworth. CV8 2LZ - September 22nd Open Show
Judge Miss A Holtom
Bearley Village Hall, Bearley, Stratford Upon Avon CV37 0SR - November 17th 2024 Breed Appreciation Day
Bearley Village Hall, Bearley, Stratford Upon Avon CV37 0SR
Booking Form Click HERE
News
Order the Field Spaniel Society 2025 Calendar
The Diaries and Calendars have arrived!!!
FSS Calendar 2025 – FSS Diary – Yearbook
FSS Calendar – £8.50 – FSS Diary – £10
Postage Costs to add on for either Diary/and/or Calendar:-
UK – £4.00
Europe, USA & Australia – Please contact Secretary Gretel Osborn for pricing.
If you purchase both Diary and Calendar, there is no difference in postage costs (done on large letter size rather than weight) – if you are ordering more than 1 each then please contact me with quantities and I can double check and let you know.
However, if you would like delivered to Champ Shows, then please let me know and we will be able to hopefully sort that.
Please be aware that there are only a few calendars remaining.
Year Book Adverts
This year the Year Book will be spiral bound to allow for easier reading. All members are encouraged to place an advert as this book tells the history of the breed through the years, a copy is placed with the Library at the KC for records. We would also love to have any news articles about anything that your Fields do, we all know about the show side, but please do update us on the other side of the Field Spaniel and write us a small article, including a picture if you have one, these are not charged so get your thinking caps on.
The Year Book Advert Page will be :-
- £60 Double Page by 1st December
- £40 Single Page by 1st December
- £85 Double Page after 1st December
- £50 Single Page after 1st December
The Field Spaniel Society Breed Appreciation Day
Sunday 17th November 2024
Bearley Village Hall , Snitterfield Road. Bearley CV37 0SR
The day will consist of an introduction to the Field Spaniel, going through the history of the breed along with the breed standard and explained in length to emphasis the points of the breed that really make the Field Spaniel what it is. We are pleased to have Jeff Horswell with us to give the Breed Standard Talk, Jeff has had Field Spaniels in the past and has made up 2 Show Champions in the breed as well as judging them at CC level here in the UK and abroad.
Breed Appreciation Day November 17th, 2024
Speaker: Jeff Horswell
Bearley Village Hall, Bearley, Stratford Upon Avon CV37 0SR
Booking Form: Click HERE
2023 Health Survey
For information follow the LINK
Field Spaniel Book of Champions 1994 – 2022
Orders are now being taken for the new Field Spaniel Book of Champions, which will be available from mid February. They can either be collected at a show or posted out. The cost of the Book will be £12 plus P & P if required.
Below is the order form, we would ask that all orders be prepaid.
Breed Standard Amendment
KC Amendments to Breed Standards (KC Journal April 2023)
At its recent meeting the Board approved the following amendment to the wording of the Breed Standards introductory clause:
‘…However if a dog possesses a feature,characteristic or colour described as undesirable or highly undesirable, it is strongly recommended that it must not be rewarded in the show ring.’
(Amendments underlined, deletions struck through)
Spaniel (Field)
Colour Black, black and tan, blue roan, blue roan and tan, liver, liver and tan, liver roan, liver roan and tan. In solid-coloured dogs, white or roan on chest is permissible.
All other colours, including clear black and white,clear liver and white, orange, red, golden or sable highly undesirable.
(Amendment underlined)
Members now have access to a Field Spaniel Pedigree Database
Click on the link to visit: https://www.fleckenbase.de/db1/index.php?breed=FIS
When you register on the database you can change/update the dogs details. The change will be sent to the main administrator and the admin for the breed. They will check, approve and implement the change.
You can also enter the details of any dogs that you have bred.