Bernese Mountain Dog Club of Great Britain
This page is divided into sections dealing with some of the main parts of your club or areas you may have an interest in. To go directly to the relevant area on this page please click on the appropriate link or simply scroll down the page.
General Main Contacts
Breed (Puppy Enquiries)
Membership
Rescue
Bernershop
Champions Plates
Handbook
Magazine
Health
Website
Officers
Club Patron
Mr M. Johnson
Club President
Mr
F. Whitbread
Honorary Life Members
Mrs D. Cochrane Mrs B. Griffiths Mrs
A. Robbins
Mrs M.M. Steele Mr M. & Mrs C. Johnson
The late Mrs E. Whenmouth
Email
general enquiries on the club or the breed to
from where they will be passed to the appropriate person for reply and/or raising at general committee and the most appropriate person will reply.
The Membership Secretary can be contacted directly on membership@bernese.co.uk (Also refer to the membership section below)
Schedules and Documents for forthcoming events can usually be downloaded from the relevant section of the Forthcoming Events page
If you are wishing to enquire about Bernese Puppies please include your full name, area and telephone number (preferably a landline) with all enquiries as it is always much better to speak to you directly in a friendly phone call and discuss the Bernese and your existing knowledge and lifestyle than try to cover everything by email.
There is much advice about buying a puppy and finding a breeder within this web site and it is particularly recommended you read through the Frequently Asked Questions page and then through some of the information within the health section.
Frequently Asked Questions
Health Section
Acting Honorary Secretary Karen Bird
secretary@bernese.co.uk
"At its committee meeting on Sunday 11th of April the committee of the BMDC of GB considered its vacant Honorary Secretary position as no one was able to make the full commitment required to undertake the full range of responsibility. Therefore the committee have broken the responsibilities of the job down and shared the workload around several members of the committee. Of course we still need a nominated Secretary and the committee are very grateful to Karen Bird for taking the main responsibility of this position. Although many of the responsibilities have gone elsewhere around the committee this is still a significant commitment. As only an AGM can appoint an Honorary Secretary Karen has to be classed as “Acting” until ratified by an AGM.
If in doubt, details of who to contact for specific areas can be found on the Contacts page of our web site and will be in the forthcoming magazine. Most documents issued by the club are available from the web site including membership/info packs, Champions plate and judges list applications, schedules and all other event literature. The business of the club will continue unaffected by the recent changes."
General Enquiries
If you wish to generally discuss the breed, the club or potential ownership of a Bernese, please particularly use one of the following contacts or if you cannot make contact anyone on the committee will be glad to help.
Lianne Marsden 0191 5366 549 (Tyne and Wear)
Mandy Hearne 01494 713851 (Buckinghamshire)
Aileen Trevett 01935 432275 (Somerset)
Sandra Gatward 01202 855097 (Dorset)
Honorary Treasurer
Mrs Toni Rose
Tel:
Membership Secretary
Miss Lianne Marsden
6, The Crescent,
Cleadon Village,
Nr Sunderland,
Tyne & Wear
SR6 7QZ
Tel: 0191 5366 549
If you wish to email the Membership secretary directly you can reach her at membership@bernese.co.uk
If you wish to open a set of membership forms to print please click on this link.
Membership
Enquiry Forms
2010 Membership RENEWAL Form (posted to all members but in case you
misplace yours)
(The membership secretary can also post out information packs on the club and the breed - ideal for new puppy buyers and deal with general enquiries from people considering a Bernese Mountain Dog or joining the club).
Sandra Gatward is the Rescue CoOrdinator
First contact number is a dedicated telephone line with answer phone
01202 872217
If your call is urgent and you do not manage to speak to Sandra directly and cannot wait for a reply to your message you should then ring her assistant Glynis Sawyers on 01750 32292.
Failing that, any committee member will be glad to help.
For more information about Rescue please click on this link to the Rescue page
For information about the Club's commercial enterprise please click on the link
Bernershop Information
For information about Champion Plates and how to apply for one for your KC Champion, please click on the link
Champions Plates Info
The club's annual handbook is a well established highlight of the Bernese calendar. Further information can be found by the following link to the general handbook page or from the Handbook Editor, Karen Bird, on handbook@bernese.co.uk
Handbook Page
The twice yearly magazine sent to all members and now with our new editor Sam Avery is always looking for contributions to amuse, inform and educate our members and celebrate our dogs. If you have any ideas or wish to advertise please contact Sam either at magazine@bernese.co.uk or on 01296 437151
The club has always encouraged and supported an interest in Bernese Health and this has never been so important for all breeds as in the situation the Pedigree Dog World finds itself in today. To find out more about our breed's health position please red through the information in the health section which will answer many of your queries or you can email the Club's Health Co-Ordinator Steve Green on health@bernese.co.uk This section includes the ever growing veterans department with details and photos of many of our older Bernese volunteered by their owners.
Health Section
The club's website tries to inform members and those interested in the breed about as many events, issues, developments as possible. We try to reflect the whole range of activity across the breed and club and our reports are beginning to build into a history of the breed as they feature prominent dogs and people who appear at our events. If you have any comments about the web site they can be sent to Steve Green web@bernese.co.uk
Full List of Officers and Committee Members
(Any Particular Responsibilities)
·Mrs Sam Avery
(Magazine Editor from 2010) 01296 437151 (Buckinghamshire)
·Ms Karen Bird (Acting Secretary & Handbook Editor) 01793 845445 (Wiltshire)
·Mrs Sandra Gatward (Rescue CoOrdinator) 01202 855097 (Dorset)
.Mr Steve Green (Health CoOrdinator, Web Site, Breed Council & Chairman of Committee) 0114 2882930 (South Yorkshire)
·Mr Dave Hardy (Northern Open Show Secretary 2011) 01623 408923 (Nottinghamshire)1
·Mrs Mandy Hearne (Garden Party, Champ Show Secretary) 01494 713851 (Buckinghamshire)
·Miss Lianne Marsden (Membership, Mailings, Champions Book, Judges Lists) 0191 5366 549 (Tyne & Wear)
·Mrs Lena Robbins (Bernershop) 01444 232682 (West Sussex)
·Mrs Toni Rose (Hon Treasurer) (East Sussex)
·Mrs Glynis Sawyers (Assistant Rescue CoOrdinator, Carting and Working Co-Ordinator & Camp Site Organiser Extra-ordinaire) 01750 32292 (Borders)
·Mrs Mary Thorman (Champ Show Week-end Working Day) 01425 619549 (Hampshire)
·Mrs Aileen Trevett (Champ Show Week-end Companion Show) 01935 432275 (Somerset)
·Mr Frank Whitbread (Club President & ) 01335 370395 (Derbyshire)
If you wish to have a matter raised at committee please contact any committee member, preferably the secretary, and preferably in writing, email is perfectly acceptable.
The committee is always grateful for any offers of help. We are all volunteers who give up alot of our own time to help manage this large, active club and our events particularly rely on much help from volunteers. If you can spare a little bit of your time to help set up or clear away at any event or can help the club in any other way please contact any committee member or event organiser. If you have any facility, capability, capacity, (cash)! or special skill that could help the club in any of its activities which you can offer us we will be glad to hear from you.
If you do wish a matter discussed at committee please note our forthcoming 2010 meeting dates are 15th August and 16th October but urgent matters can be considered if necessary before that.
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