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The Kennel Club has advised the Club and running candidates of the results of the Bull Terrier Club ballot that was run by the independent company, MiVoice. They have asked us not to share the results until they provide us with a statement. We are hopeful that will be very soon as we know the membership would like to know the results ASAP.

Andrea Gates

Hon. Club Secretary

As previously announced, the Kennel Club has organised a vote for officers and one general committee position through an independent company called MiVoice. Despite the emails appearing to come from us, the Bull Terrier Club is not running the system and have no influence over it. We are here to help direct any queries to the right direction and are very hopeful this is an impartial process. That being said, the voting has opened, please cast your vote. We are working for you and it is important that you have a voice.

Andrea Gates, Acting Secretary

Voting is now open for the Bull Terrier Club Officer and Committee Elections 2022.  If MiVoice has an email for you, you should have already received the email today.  You will be supplied a unique voting code that can only be used once by the named person. If you haven’t received an email, message [email protected] for your voting codes. Alternatively, your codes will be sent out later this week via the post.

Please note that these voter codes are unique to you, so please do not forward your email on to anyone else.

‌Voting closes at 5pm on Tuesday 19th July 2022. 

‌If you require any technical assistance, please contact Mi-Voice, the organisation supporting the voting process, on:

E: [email protected]

T: +44 (0)23 8076 3987

We look forward to your continued support!

Andrea Gates, Acting Secretary

MiVoice will be issuing the nomination invitations today.

Members should look for an email issued from [email protected] and if members are unable to locate their email they should contact [email protected]

Members receiving their communication through the post will likely have to wait until letters arrive later in the week.

The Kennel Club is only allowing paid-up members up to November 2021 to participate in this. Any members after this date, will be able to participate in the following AGM.

The Bull Terrier Club has been monitored by the Kennel Club Board in recent months due to events at and in the aftermath of the November 2021 AGM. Currently the rules of the club as worded cannot resolve with sufficient certainty some issues which are causing confusion and dispute.  At its meeting on 5 April 2022, the Kennel Club Board reviewed the club’s status and asked the committee to agree to some conditions to help reset and enable the stabilisation of the club, or otherwise the Board would be obliged to consider possible sanctions under Kennel Club Regulations.

The conditions are intended to give the membership confidence in its managing committee and to that end the members are to be offered the opportunity to nominate and vote for the honorary officers and one committee position, all for a one year term, until the 2023 AGM.

The club committee has agreed the following conditions:

• The AGM scheduled for 30 April 2022 is deferred;
• The open show licence [29 May 2022] is withdrawn;
• A ballot for the sole purpose of the membership appointing its president,  honorary secretary, honorary treasurer, honorary show manager, honorary editor and one committee position to fill the committee position vacated by Mr Walker, all to serve until 2023 AGM, independently managed by the Kennel Club.

Members are hereby notified that the AGM scheduled for 30 April 2022 is deferred pending the outcome of the above ballot and the open show scheduled for 29 May 2022 is cancelled. Members will shortly receive a communication from MiVoice inviting nominations for the above. Members are reminded that they must be fully paid up in order to take part in this process – the club is individually contacting members who have not paid the full amount.

Updates to follow.

Come see our stall at Discover Dogs! Our volunteers Francesca Mills (Thursday), Rita Sinclair (Friday), Anna & Jason Gibbs (Saturday) and Anna, Mike & Poppy Dodds (Sunday) would love to see you and have your support.

The Bull Terrier Club Trophy Show

On behalf of the Bull Terrier Club committee, I would like to thank all the overseas exhibitors and enthusiast’s that are making an extraordinary effort to be part of the Trophy Show weekend. Travel safe, friends.

We’d also like to thank those exhibitors and enthusiasts on ‘home soil’ who are coming along too; the support and loyalty shown by you means so much to the club; your club!

The Committee looks forward to welcoming you all and hope that you have an amazing weekend with us.

Now, let’s all have a fantastic show and make it the best one yet! Thanks again and see you all very soon.

Steve Walker
Hon. Show Manager