The Saint Bernard Club Inc

An Inaugural Meeting was called on the 3rd December, 1976 and "The St. Bernard Club Inc" was formed. It became a Licensed Club from the 1st January, 1977 for the necessary six month period, after which Affiliation with the R.A.S. Kennel Control (now the Royal New South Wales Canine Council) was granted.

General Meetings are held on the first Tuesday of every second month (commencing February)

From time to time The Club arrange lectures, films, etc. with the view of both entertaining and educating.

The Club also tries to support any occasion that arises to either promote our dogs or help new owners or interested people learn about our breed.

The Club is currently conducting a Point Score Competition to encourage members to show - one for puppies aged 6-18 months and one for all dogs 6 months and over. Trophies are given each year to the top winning dog and bitch in both the Puppy and General Point Scores together with their second and third place winners. Trophies are also given to each member upon their Saint gaining its Championship Title or Companion Dog Award - the owner must be a member for 6 months prior to gaining the award to qualify for these trophies.

Two championship shows are conducted by the Club each year (Easter and October) at which excellent trophies are on offer, whilst Grooming and Handling days are held regularly to help both `new' and `old' owners.

Social gatherings are organised frequently and advance notice is given so that our more distant members may make arrangements to attend. Different types of functions are held so that members may meet each other on a relaxed level.

Those who live some distance from Sydney or through other commitments cannot attend meetings can keep in touch with everything through our newsletter, the "S.O.S" (Songs of Saints), which is published every second month in the `odd month'. The Club endeavour to keep the S.O.S. interesting and informative and include educational articles, humorous articles, poems, Letters to the Editor, show results, point score tallies, advertisements, drawings, cartoons, snippets, plus anything else The Club can think of to keep your in the scene' with Saints. Contributions to our newsletter by members are keenly sought and in this way The Club keep in touch with what's happening interstate from our members in Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, Western Australia, Netherlands, Germany and New Zealand.

We would like to conclude by saying that our idea in forming The St. Bernard Club was to join together with other Saint lovers to promote this great breed of ours - THE ULTIMATE DOG.

CLUB AIMS

• (a) To affiliate with the Royal New South Wales Canine Council.
• (b) To promote and encourage the breeding of pure bred Saint Bernards.
• (c) To promote and raise the standards and exhibiting of Saint Bernards.
• (d) To promote the holding of exhibitions and shows and to conduct exhibitions and shows
• (e) To foster, promote and protect the interests of exhibitors of Saint Bernard at exhibitions and shows.
• (f) To collect, verify and publish information relating to Saint Bernard and the breeding and exhibition of Saint Bernards.
• (g) To educate and encourage members, breeders and judges to abide by the requirements and standards approved by the RNSWCC for the conduct of exhibitions and shows.
• (h) To promote good fellowship and sportsmanship amongst members and those participating in or attending at exhibitions and shows.
• (i) To inform members of and make known to them the laws and regulations of the State relating to the ownership and care of dogs, and the responsibility of owners for the conduct and actions of their dogs.
• (j) To hold functions and lectures relating to Saint Bernard and to the objects of the Club generally.
• (k) To make awards and donate prizes for competition at exhibitions and shows and for the competition by breeders and exhibitors of Saint Bernard.
• (l) To foster relations with other Clubs and bodies having similar aims.
• (m) To promote and assist and make contributions to canine veterinary research and other worthy canine causes.
• (n) To invest the funds of the Club not immediately required in such manner as the Members shall determine.
• (o) To carry on such other activities or promote or encourage interest in the breeding, upkeep and training of and the general well being and improvement of all breeds of dog and to do all such other things as may be necessary or conducive to carrying out the objects of the Club.

The Club has member status with the World Union of Saint Bernard Clubs