Oldies Club - The Woof Factor!!

The Woof Factor

Oldies Club wishes to celebrate older dogs by holding a fundraising photo competition especially for dogs age 7 and over. The winning dog will represent the Oldies Club for the following year. The only rule for this competition is that dogs entering need to be veterans, they do not necessarily need to be rescue dogs to enter.

We have divided the UK up into 7 regions (North East, North West, South East, South West, Midlands, Scotland and Wales. The winner of each region will go forward to the Grand Final. As well as becoming the face of Oldies Club for 09/10 the winner will also win a dog bed worth up to £50 kindly donated by Kudos Pet Products and a signed copy of Pet Photography Now! by Paul Walker Paws Pet Photography

The competition is now open and will close on 29th March 2009 at 9pm

PLEASE don't leave it till the last minute and risk missing out!!

How to Enter

Entry cost is £2 per entry (one photograph per entry). You may have as many entries as you wish. Payment can be made by Paypal or cheque. Our address for Paypal is paypal@oldies.org.uk If anyone wishes to pay by cheque please can it be made out to Oldies Club and sent to : 49A Kinross Close, Cinnamon Brow, Warrington, Cheshire, WA2 0UT

NB. You must own the copyright of the pictures you are posting as any photos entered may be used for future promotional material by Oldies Club.

Photos should ideally be a headshot or show the dog clearly. Please could the a file size be restricted to around 30kb - 50kb.

Photos will need to be sent to oldies@oldies.org.uk . Please state name and age of the dog and also which region you are in.

Only those photos which have their entry fee paid by the deadline will be sent to the judges.

Judging will take place after the competition has closed and the results will be posted as soon as we have them.

Rosettes will be awarded to the 1st – 3rd place winners in each region. Region winners will also win goody bags of fabulous prizes.


If you have any questions please contact a member of Oldies Club at oldies@oldies.org.uk.


Presenting the Judges

We are thrilled to present our judges who have give time out of their busy schedules to support Oldies Club by judging our competition

Brian Blessed

Well-known actor Brian Blessed recently featured on the television show The Underdog Show with his Dogs Trust companion Dougal and they came in second place.

Marc Abraham

Marc is a vet based in Brighton but has featured on many tv programmes including the Paul O’Grady Show and Its Me or the Dog. He recently received a Special Recognition Award as the UK’s favourite vet. Marc The Vet

Joe Inglis

Joe first appeared on our screens as a trainee vet in Vets School and then onto Vets in Practice. Now as well as being a vet Joe runs a natural pet food company Pets Kitchen

Victoria Stillwell

Victoria Stilwell is one of the world's most well-known and respected dog trainers. She is best known for hosting the show Its Me or the Dog. Victoria Stillwell

Angela Stockdale

Angela Stockdale is a dog aggression specialist. She is the pioneer of Canine Communication Classes and runs extensive workshops in the UK and Europe on Aggression. Dog Partnership

OOH wow, have to to publicise this with posters for general public or would that be too difficult to manage? If so have you got a downloadable poster?

Im going to be looking at doing a poster this afternoon. As soon as its ready will let you know

What a great fundraising idea with some terrific judges!

One question - do the dogs need to still be with us or can it be a posthumous entry?

Oh, and if you have a downloadable poster we'd be interested - Oldies Club have really helped us in the past so we'd like to give something back...

I dont see the problem with posthumous entries.

If you can PM me your email address I will send you a copy of the poster

A week left to get entries in!! Dont miss out!!

Have had some gorgeous golden oldies entered. Am glad Im not having to judge would be soo hard!!

Competition ends at 9pm tonight!!

Was it a success?

Yes we have had a lot of entries. Im currently matching up photos entered with fees received with Michelle and them hopefully we will be able to reveal our total . Once this is done we will send the photos off to our judges.

Regional Results are in!!

Oldies Club are thrilled to annouce the regional winners chosen by our celebrity judges. We had in over 230 photos which was a fantastic response!! We are pleased to say The Woof Factor Photo Competition has raise £504.62!!! A huge thank you to all those who entered. Also a big thank you to Kudos Pet Products, Paul Walker of Pet Paw Photography, CSJ dog Food, Pressies4Pets, Jilly Cooper and Marlins Rosettes for donating our wonderful prizes and rosettes as well to our wonderful judges who had the hardest task of all, choosing a short list of photos from so many entered!!

Midlands

1st - Ben aged around 12 (owned by Jo Kilcoyne )


2nd - Sam aged 9 (owned by Alison Dedicot)


3rd - BonnieBo aged 11 (owned by Sylvie Powell)


North East

1st Alan aged 11 (owned by Kirsty Ward)


2nd Tess aged nearly 15 (owned by Olive Armstrong)


3rd Jezzie Belle (owned by Kate Cambell)



North West

1st Hebe aged 9 (owned by Julie Threlfall)


2nd Tim aged 15 (owned by Victoria Gaskell)


3rd Meg aged nearly 10 (owned by Gina Barrington)

Scotland

1st Effie aged between 11 & 13 (owned by Pamela Jackson)


2nd Tina aged 15 (owned by Yvonne Robertson)


3rd Jenna aged 8 (owned by Yvonne Robertson)


South East

1st - George aged 7 (owned by Amanda Gent)


2nd - Sammi aged 10 (owned by Nikki Yapp)


3rd - Rusty aged 12 (owned by Marie-Claire Harari)


South West

1st - Ellie aged 15 (owned by Pauline Presley)


2nd - Daisy aged between 9-12 (owned by Lynne Parker)


3rd - Winnie aged 9 (owned by Pauline Presley

Wales

1st Truffle aged 9 (owned by Tracy Richards)


2nd Toastie aged at least 12 (owned by Georgina Murray)


3rd Todd aged 13 (owned by Lynne Page)



All photos given first place are now to be sent off to be judge for overall winner and reserve. Please be patient whilst we await the final result which we will bring to you as soon as we know

They are all very sweet and

Ben looks very comfy in his leggings

What gorgeous piccies, and a fantastic amount raised

Only just seen this whole thread, what an impressive judges list! The Oldies Club really know how to do it with style!

Well done on a fab total. All the piccies look great

We have our winner!!!

Congratulations to Ellie who was given overall winner and Alan who came in as reserve!!

The Winner is ‘Ellie’ Age 15.


The Runner Up/ or Second – ‘Alan’ , the Greyhound Age 11.

All winners in their own way

But well done Ellie and Alan

Congratulations Ellie