Matthew Norton

7/2/1969 – 16/8/2017

The Gordon Setter Club of Victoria wish to past on our deepest condolences to our former Club Secretary Dr Linda Beer on passing of her partner Matthew Norton after a long battle with cancer.

Matthew was a much-loved member of the Gordon Setter Club of Victoria and great lover of Gordon Setters and dogs in general, you could always have relied on Matthew to help where he could, whether you needed him to hold on a dog ringside at a dog show or he would come down to our club’s Field Training Fun day to deliver us some fry pans when they were forgotten in pristine white shirt before he was heading out for lunch.

Over years Matthew and Linda had some lovely wins with their Gordon Setters both inside and outside the show ring, with Australia’s first Gordon Setter to attain their Master Excellent Flyball title with Aust Gr Ch Rokeena Eliza Bennet and Australia’s first Supreme Champion Bitch in Gordon Setter with their homebred girl Aust Sup Ch Deveron Dark Skies just to name a few.

On behalf of past and present committee members, we would like thank Matthew for all of his contributions to the dog world and to tell you that you will be sorely missed by all of us.

Rest in Peace Matthew

As some of you would have worked out, this is a very special year for us here at The Gordon Setter of Club of Victoria Inc. with us celebrating 40 years since the club was formed.

With that this year we are offering a chance for our local and international lovers of Gordon Setters a chance to showcase their dog or kennel in Our Ruby Show’s catalogue to Australia.

So, for more information please check out the flyer attached and if you have any question please feel free to email Sue Natoli at suenatoli@hotmail.com or message the club on our Facebook Page

A BIG thank you to everyone that came down for this year’s winter walk it was a great time had by all.
We were very fortunate that the weather gods gave us a beautiful day out with three out the four types of setter represented

Upon viewing Pip who will now be known as Rosie,we made some interesting discoveries in regards to this lovely girl. She did not really care much for other dogs (friendly but preferred human interaction) her anxiety levels were through the roof and she clearly wasn’t going to cope in just any environment. 

A suitable home has been chosen for her which we are 100% confident will be the correct one. 

Thank you to everyone who enquired about Rosie. She is happy and being spoilt rotten 😊

Webmaster’s note: We would to say thank you to everyone who went above and beyond to help Rosie to landed on her feet and we wish her and her new family all the best in the future – GSCV committee

Hi guys, it’s on again our wonderful field trial fun day 

Sydney Royal Easter Show
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Just a quick reminder for our local members that The Gordon Setter Club of Victoria will be their Annual General Meeting on Thursday 30th March 2017 at the Waterloo Cup Hotel. Come and join us for dinner at 6pm and stay for the meeting at 7pm

Venue: The Waterloo Cup Hotel, 252 Maribyrnong Road Moonee Ponds

Time: Dinner from 6pm. Meeting opens 7pm

We hope to see some of you there

Dear Members,

Over the past few months we have faced some extreme challenges at DOGS Victoria. This has seen numerous changes in management and most recently DOGS Victoria announced the appointment of a new Chief Executive, Dr Timothy Adams.

Tim, who will join us in mid-February, is a Veterinarian and has additional tertiary qualifications as an MBA. He brings to DOGS Victoria extensive advocacy experience at all levels of Government and with animal organisations, has strategic media and communications experience and proven financial and business acumen derived from working with previous businesses and groups in the Animal industry.You can read more by clicking here.

Management Committee wishes to acknowledge the selfless dedication and service Wayne Fleming has made to Dogs Victoria, initially as President then as Acting CE. Wayne stepped up to lead the organisation during a period of adversity and uncertainty and we owe a great debt of gratitude to him.

Moving forward the issues surrounding the Victorian Government Bill remain an urgent priority forDOGS Victoria. We continue to work on a strategy to ensure we position ourselves as a true representative organisation. We will have more to report to members following the next management committee meeting in mid-February. This week we will also be meeting with the Ministers advisor for further discussions on the proposed legislation.

We also looked internally at many of our systems and the way we communicate. One thing that stood out was our very out dated logo and visual identity – the last update was ten years ago.

Today, DOGS Victoria is proud to announce the launch of a new, simple and stylish logo as part of the ongoing development and update to our brand identity – see below.

DOGS Victoria internal communications team worked in conjunction with external web agency PMG, to refresh our logo to better reflect the organisation today and to take us forward with a classic and streamlined design.

Soon you will see all our marketing materials updated to reflect this new logo and brand feel, alongside a new, easier to navigate website. Over time, this rebrand will extend to all our marketing literature, stationary and promotional products, so that we have a consistent, coordinated look which is uniquelyDOGS Victoria.

We appreciate your support whilst we update and evolve here at DOGS Victoria. For our affiliates, if you are in the process of producing artwork which requires the logo please contact Janet Davidson (jdavidson@dogsvictoria.org.au) in our newly developed Communications department for a copy.

With regards,

Darren Bowey
Acting President
DOGS Victoria

Webmaster Note
From all of us here at the Gordon Setter Club of Victoria we like to say a BIG Thank you Wayne Fleming for stepping up to the role of CEO when Dogs Victoria needed it and we wish Tim all the best in the role of CEO when he takes it over in February