~ LILLY ~

Lilly at the Sunbury Canine Club Nov 2018 (Best of Breed photo)

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Supreme Ch, C.I.B. Bellshill Coast Guard (Imp NZL)

Sire: Bellshill Koala Bear ADX JDX x Dam: Bellshill Tokyo Rose

10th May 2013 ~ 29th October 2024


Great Grand niece of my beautiful BISS winner Nikki :)

Line bred on one of Australia's top winning Belgians
Royal BIS/RUBIS, Multi BISS BIS Grand Ch. ULZAR Des Terres Bergeres (Imp BLG).




Lilly was given sleep in October 2024 due to cancer, needless to say all who loved her are heartbroken :(



Australian Champion ~ International Champion ~ Supreme Champion

Multi BISS, RUBISS, Multi RUBAll Breeds Multi RUBIS ~ Multiple BIG & RUBIG winner, under Australian, International & Breed Specialist Judges.  



Lilly is an elegant female of harmonious proportions, she exhibits easy, tireless movement, straight upper line of back and loin, excellent turn of stifle, short hock, a direct, intelligent and enquiring look and a calm, confident nature.


Our gratitude to Joanne Allan, Bellshill Kennels NZ for sending us this special girl.

When in NSW Lilly is expertly prepared and handled by Ashley Hoffman, thank you so much Ash :)

November 2019 - Lilly now lives permantently with her co-owner Ashley and best bud Noah ;)



BEST IN SHOW (2018) CRITIQUE from world respected Breed Specialist SHARON REDMER who has judged extensively worldwide including multiple times at the FRENCH NATIONAL

5 ½ years old fully mature yet elegant bitch, beautiful silhouette excellent length of leg excellent bone excellent depth of chest moderate pro sternum tail reaches hock lovely arch to neck pretty head medium length of coat good harshness, standing straight front and rear, lovely head flat cheek excellent parallelism just enough stop beautiful dark eyes slightly almond shaped ears set well and carried high good under jaw excellent split mouth effortless side gait with excellent reach and drive super character beautiful bitch with pretty chiselling to her head very typey





Timeline of Lilly's most notable accomplishments

~ 2021 ~

BEST EXHIBIT IN SHOW - Belgian Shepherd Dog Club of Qld, 12th June 2021, Judge: Mrs Susan Bruno (QLD)
BEST EXHIBIT IN SHOW - Belgian Shepherd Dog Club of Qld, 13th June 2021, Judge:  Ms Yvonne Meintjes (NSW)  

~ 2019 ~ Back in NSW

***NEWSFLASH***
Since returning to NSW in November 2019, Lilly has attended seven shows, winning 6 BEST IN GROUPS, 2 RUNNER-UP BEST IN SHOWS.

~ 2019 ~ Victoria

BOB ~ Working Dog Club of Victoria, 8th June 2019, Judge: Mrs Sue Impey (South Africa)

BOB & Bitch CC ~ CRUFTS Qualifier ~ Winter International (S.A.), 1st June 2019. Judge: Mr Masato Igawa (Japan)

BOB ~ CACIB & Bitch CC ~ 1st Champion Bitch Class (Excellent) ~ Winter International (S.A.) FCI show, 31st May 2019. Judge: Ms Margaret Martin (Ireland)

BOB ~ ACTEWAGL Royal Canberra Show 24th Feb 2019. Judge: Lesley Hiltz (USA)


~ 2018 ~

BEST IN SHOW ~ Belgian Shepherd Dog Club of Victoria Specialty, 3rd Nov 2018. Judge was Mrs Sharon Redmer.

BOB ~ Royal Melbourne Show, 23rd Sept 2018. Judge: Mr Jeff Horswell (UK)

BOB ~ CACIB & Bitch CC ~ 1st Champion Bitch Class (Excellent) ~ Spring Fair (NSW) FCI show, Friday 31st  August 2018. Judge: Mrs K Ramey-LeBlanc (Canada)

RU BOB ~ CACIB & Bitch CC~ 1st Champion Bitch Class (Excellent) ~ Winter International (S.A.) FCI show, 1st June 2018. Judge: Mr Marceio Eduuardo Freiitas dos Santos (Brazil).


*** 2018/2019 ***    Back in Victoria for a time, hopefully for maternal duties


~ 2017 ~

RU BEST IN GROUP (Group 2) ~ VICTORIAN WOMEN'S, 2nd largest one day dog show in Australia - Judge Mrs F Browning-Cristina (SAF)

BOB ~ Short listed for BEST IN GROUP at SUNBURY, largest one day show in Australia - Mr J Saucedo (Mexico)

BOB ~ Working Dog Club of Victoria, 5th November 2017 - Ms Eva Liljekvist-Borg (Sweden)

BEST IN GROUP (Group 1) ~ Blaxland Glenbrook, 28th October 2017 - Rev Colin Seymour (NSW)

RU BEST IN GROUP (Group 2) ~ Fairfield & District ABKC, 1st October 2017 - Mr Keith McCarthy (VIC)

RUBOB  ~ NSW Belgian Shepherd Specialty - under breed specialist, Jan Ralph (UK)

BEST IN GROUP (Group 1) ~ Dogs ACT Spring Festival, 9th Sept 2017 - Working Dog Specialist, Mrs Lynda Brandt (NSW)

RU BEST IN GROUP ~ Bulli District Kennel Club Inc, 11th June 2017 - Mrs Patricia Hall (NSW)

BEST IN GROUP ~ Camden Show Society Inc, 1st April 2017 - Mr Russell Britten (NSW)

RU BEST IN SHOW ~ BEST OPEN IN SHOW ~ BEST IN GROUP ~ OPEN IN GROUP ~ BOB ~ Cumnock Show Society Inc (NSW)  25th Mar 2017, Specials Judge : Ms Yvonne Meintjes (NSW)

BOB (16 Groen entries) Canberra Royal 2017, Judge: Mrs P Heikinnen-Lehkonen (Finland)

~ 2016 ~

No 1. Belgian Shepherd Female in Australia 2016 - Show Dog of the Year (DOL Pointscore)

RU BEST IN GROUP ~ BEST OPEN IN GROUP ~ Children's Cancer Charity Dog Club (NSW), 12th November 2016, Judge: Mrs Tracie Buckley (NSW)

Consolation (Open) to BIS ~ Working Dog Club of NSW, 6th November 2016, Specials Judge: Ms Glenys Alexander (VIC)

BOB ~ Victorian Womens Dog Club Inc (VIC), 31st October 2016, Judge : Mrs Anne Smith (Gibraltar)

BOB ~ Working Dog Club of Victoria Inc (VIC), 30th October 2016, Judge: Dr Leif Hjorth (Norway)

RUBOB Groenendael ~ Belgian Shepherd Dog Club of NSW Specialty, Judge: Emanuele Boriero (Italy), September 2016

BEST IN GROUP ~ BEST OPEN IN GROUP ~ Ladies Kennel Association of NSW (GOLD SHOW), 15th May 2016, Judge Mrs L Greer (NZ)

RU BEST IN GROUP ~ St George District Kennel Club (NSW), 28th May 2016, Judge Mrs S Monk (WA)

BOB ~ Canberra Royal 2016

~ 2015 ~

No 1. Belgian Shepherd Female in Australia 2015 - Show Dog of the Year (DOL Pointscore)

RU BEST IN SHOW ~ INTERMEDIATE N SHOW ~ BOB Groenendael ~ Belgian Shepherd Dog Club of Qld Inc (QLD), Judge Dermott Young (Klaar Belgians Canada), 6th June 2015

BOB ~ shortlisted in the final 8 for Group ~ SYDNEY ROYAL SHOW, Judge Mr Manuel Queijeiro (Mexico), 6th April 2015

BOB ~ Spring Fair 2015

~ 2014 ~

BEST JUNIOR IN SHOW ~ 1st Excellent Junior Bitch ~ Belgian Shepherd Dog club of NSW C/S, Judge Mr Rui Alves Monteiro (Portugal), 13th Sept 2014
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~ BEST IN SHOW ~
Belgian Shepherd Dog Club of Victoria Specialty Nov 2018

This is one of my favourite photos
Lilly with Ashley, being awarded Best In Show, with our friends clapping in the background





Best of Breed (shortlisted for BIG) Sunbury Canine Club 2017
Expertly prepared & presented by Ashley Hoffman


RUBIG Victorian Womens Dog Club 6th Nov 2017 (258 in the group)
Expertly prepared & presented by Ashley Hoffman



 


BEST IN SHOW ~ Belgian Shepherd Dog Club of Victoria Specialty ~ November 2018




BEST IN SHOW ~ Belgian Shepherd Dog Club of Victoria Specialty ~ November 2018




BEST IN SHOW ~ Belgian Shepherd Dog Club of Victoria Specialty ~ November 2018

 




Some of Lilly's accomplishments



2021 ~ International Title Certificate from the FCI





*** 2018/9 *** Back in Victoria for a time



~ 2019 ~



BOB ~ CACIB & Bitch CC ~ 1st Champion Bitch Class (Excellent) ~ Spring Fair (NSW) FCI show, Friday 30th August 2019. Judge: Ms K Grant (Canada)

BOB ~ Working Dog Club of Victoria, 8th June 2019, Judge: Mrs Sue Impey (South Africa)

BOB & Bitch CC ~ CRUFTS Qualified ~ Winter International (S.A.), 1st June 2019. Judge: Mr Masato Igawa (Japan)

BOB ~ CACIB & Bitch CC ~ 1st Champion Bitch Class (Excellent) ~ Winter International (S.A.) FCI show, 31st May 2019. Judge: Ms Margaret Martin (Ireland)

BOB ~ ACTEWAGL Royal Canberra Show 24th Feb 2019. Judge: Lesley Hiltz (USA)




~ 2018 ~




BEST IN SHOW ~ Belgian Shepherd Dog Club of Victoria Specialty, 3rd Nov 2018. Judge was Mrs Sharon Redmer.

BOB ~ Royal Melbourne Show, 23rd Sept 2018. Judge: Mr Jeff Horswell (UK)

BOB ~ CACIB & Bitch CC ~ 1st Champion Bitch Class (Excellent) ~ Spring Fair (NSW) FCI show, Friday 31st August 2018. Judge: Mrs K Ramey-LeBlanc (Canada)

RU BOB ~ CACIB & Bitch CC~ 1st Champion Bitch Class (Excellent) ~ Winter International (S.A.) FCI show, 1st June 2018. Judge: Mr Marceio Eduuardo Freiitas dos Santos (Brazil).





2017



Res BEST IN GROUP (Group 2) at VICTORIAN WOMEN'S, 2nd largest one day dog show in Australia - Judge Mrs F Browning-Cristina (SAF)

BEST of BREED Short listed for BEST IN GROUP at SUNBURY, largest one day show in Australia - Mr J Saucedo (Mexico)

BEST of BREED Working Dog Club of Victoria, 5th November 2017 - Ms Eva Liljekvist-Borg (Sweden)

BEST IN GROUP (Group 1) Blaxland Glenbrook, 28th October 2017 - Rev Colin Seymour (NSW)

Res BEST IN GROUP (Group 2), Fairfield & District ABKC, 1st October 2017 - Mr Keith McCarthy (VIC)

RU BEST of BREED at the NSW Belgian Shepherd Specialty - nder breed specialist, Jan Ralph (UK)

BEST IN GROUP (Group 1) Dogs ACT Spring Festival, 9th Sept 2017 - Working Dog Specialist, Mrs Lynda Brandt (NSW)

RU BEST IN GROUP Bulli District Kennel Club Inc, 11th June 2017 - Mrs Patricia Hall (NSW)

BEST IN GROUP Camden Show Society Inc, 1st April 2017 - Mr Russell Britten (NSW)

RU BEST IN SHOW, OPEN IN SHOW, BEST IN GROUP & OPEN IN GROUP, Best of Breed, Cumnock Show Society Inc (NSW) 25th Mar 2017, Specials Judge : Ms Yvonne Meintjes (NSW)

BEST OF BREED (16 Groen entries) Canberra Royal 2017, Judge: Mrs P Heikinnen-Lehkonen (Finland)




2016

No 1. Belgian Shepherd Female in Australia 2016 - Show Dog of the Year (DOL Pointscore)

RU BEST IN GROUP & OPEN IN GROUP, Children's Cancer Charity Dog Club (NSW), 12th November 2016, Judge: Mrs Tracie Buckley (NSW)

Consolation (Open) to BIS Working Dog Club of NSW, 6th November 2016, Specials Judge: Ms Glenys Alexander (VIC)

BEST OF BREED Victorian Womens Dog Club Inc (VIC), 31st October 2016, Judge : Mrs Anne Smith (Gibraltar)

BEST OF BREED Working Dog Club of Victoria Inc (VIC), 30th October 2016, Judge: Dr Leif Hjorth (Norway)

RU BEST OF BREED Groenendael, Belgian Shepherd Dog Club of NSW Specialty, Judge: Emanuele Boriero (Italy), September 2016

BEST IN GROUP & OPEN IN GROUP
Ladies Kennel Association of NSW (GOLD SHOW), 15th May 2016, Judge Mrs L Greer (NZ)

RU BEST IN GROUP
St George District Kennel Club (NSW), 28th May 2016, Judge Mrs S Monk (WA)

BEST OF BREED Canberra Royal 2016




2015

No 1. Belgian Shepherd Female in Australia 2015 - Show Dog of the Year (DOL Pointscore)

RU BEST IN SHOW, BEST OF BREED Groenendael, & Intermediate In Show
Belgian Shepherd Dog Club of Qld Inc (QLD), Judge Dermott Young (Klaar Belgians Canada), 6th June 2015

BEST OF BREED and shortlisted in the final 8 for Group
SYDNEY ROYAL SHOW, Judge Mr Manuel Queijeiro (Mexico), 6th April 2015

BEST OF BREED Spring Fair 2015




2014

12th Oct 2014 *** NEW CHAMPION ***
Lilly gained her final points last weekend with a lovely BOB win, she will now be known as CH Bellshill Coast Guard (Imp NZ), pending approval.

1st Excellent Junior Bitch, BEST JUNIOR IN SHOW
Belgian Shepherd Dog club of NSW C/S, Judge Mr Rui Alves Monteiro (Portugal), 13th Sept 2014

29th, 30th, 31st Sept 2014, Dogs NSW Royal Canin 2014 Spring Fair
2 x BOB, 1 x RUBOB & BEST JUNIOR IN GROUP over the Spring Fair weekend.
The judge commented on the exceptional temperaments of the Belgians and said of Lilly "I love her"





Some photos from 6th June 2015 at the BSDC of Qld Inc (QLD), show where she was RU BEST IN SHOW




Bellshill Koala Bear ADX JDX Pavarotti v't Belgisch Schoon (Imp NDL) Fr Ch Milan de la Closerie de Yenda (Frn) Jirian de la Closerie de Yenda (Frn)
Fr Ch HestiaBelle de la Closerie de Yenda (Frn)
Ndl Ch Gailly v't Belgisch Schoon (Ndl) Greco de la Grande Lande (Ndl)
O'Rhona v't Belgisch Schoon (Ndl)
Lanaken Poetry in Motion (Imp Aus) Aust Gr Ch Ulzar des Terres Bergeres (Imp Blg) Nikki's Sire Aaron de Palaemon (Ndl)
Isadora du Bois du Ponty (Frn)
Sorbonne v't Belgisch Schoon (IMP NDL) Roxie's Dam Greco de la Grande Lande (Frn)
Jeddah v't Belgisch Schoon (NDL)
Bellshill Tokyo Rose Matadore Ao avNangijala ADXG JD (Imp Nwy) Sr Valkohampaan Dumbarton Donatrix Dardo
Fin Ch Valkohampaan Blaze
Bente Kim van Lana's Hof (Imp Ndl) Jarl Wendy van Lan's Hof (Ndl)
Multi Ch Kim van Lana's Hof (Ndl)
Ch Bellshill Jeu D'Esprit Nero De La Douce Plaine (Imp FRN) E'Rick de la Douce Plaine
Faline de la Douce Plaine
NZ Ch Lanaken Nymph of Dreams (Imp Aus) Nikki's sister Aust Gr Ch Ulzar des Terres Bergères Nikki's Sire
Ch Tarielle de Terres Bergères Nikki's Dam