Close to 60 dogs competed in the Bermuda Kennel Club’s October 2015 Dog Show over the weekend.

There were four International All Breed Championship Dog Shows held at Somersfield Academy on Saturday and Sunday.

Dogs from Bermuda competed with dogs from the United States and Canada.

The Breed Shows have been nominated as qualifiers for Crufts 2016, with the qualifying dogs from each of the four shows held as the winners of the All Group Winners, Best Puppy in Show, and Best Veteran in Show classes.

Bermuda Kennel Club co chairwoman Carol Havercroft said: “With huge thanks to the show committee and the volunteers, I believe the shows this weekend were a great success. We had 56 dogs entered in the shows including four overseas entries and about a dozen visiting people with about half of those as returning visitors.

“The shows were very well received with the two of the judges telling us that the Bermuda Shows are always their favourite.

“The admittance for spectators was free and we had a good many local people and families come and enjoy the dogs strutting their stuff.”

The list of winners can be found on The Royal Gazette’s website at www.royalgazette.com

The winners were:

• The Best in Show winners: miniature poodle, Madans Driven By Style owned by William Lee; German shepherd, Sharo Ark Call the Wind owned by Catherine Moore and Teresa Coble DVM; flatcoated retriever, Knightcastle Bermuda Triangle owned by Geralyn Counsell; toy poodle, Barclay Ruffian of Saratoga owned by Barbara Burdick.

• Best Overall Awards for all four shows: Best Overall Group I Sporting Dog, flatcoated retriever, Knightcastle Bermuda Triangle owned by Geralyn Counsell; Best Overall Group II Hound Breeds, saluki, Ch. Barbey Giselle owned by Dawn and Kelly Barbey; Best Overall Group III Working Dogs, giant schnauzer, Skansen’s Queen of Devil’s Isles owned by Gino Brangman and Cornell Young; Best Overall Group IV Terrier Breeds, border terrier, Fehmarn Celtic Canuck owned by Karen Nesbitt; Best Overall Group V Toy Dog, toy poodle, Barclay Ruffian of Saratoga owned by Barbara Burdick; Best Overall Group VI Non-Sporting Breed, miniature poodle, Madans Driven By Style owned by William Lee; Best Overall Group VII Herding Dog, German shepherd, Sharo Ark Call the Wind owned by C Moore, T Coble and Robert Gilbert.

• Bermuda Tourism Authority Award for the Best Visitor’s Dog: miniature poodle, Madans Driven By Style owned by William Lee.

• The BKC Award for Best overall dog owned or co-owned by a Bermuda resident: German shepherd, Sharo Ark Call the Wind owned by C Moore, T Coble & Robert Gilbert.

• Best Overall Best Puppy Award: toy poodle, Barclay Ruffian of Saratoga owned by Barbara Burdick.

Best Overall Bermuda Bred Dog: German shepherd, Ch. Westward Inca owned by Alfred D Basden

Best Overall Locally Owned Award: papillon, Bluechip Moonlight Rainman owned by Maureen Burke.

Best Overall Veteran: boxer, Lomali Love In A Mist owned by Christine Wetherhill.

Best Overall Spayed and Neutered: papillon, Denzel Divine Madness owned by Maureen Burke.

Best Overall Brace: flatcoated retrievers, Knightcastle Bermuda Triangle and Knightcastle Looney Toons owned by Geralyn Counsell.

Best Overall Junior: a draw between Makenna Bearden with the Viszla and Jenna Ferreira with the Rottweiler.