Exhibitor Information
Allocation of judges and scheduling: The Purina Pro Plan National Dog Show Committee reserves the right to re-allocate judges and alter the scheduled order of judging should circumstances require.
Obedience and Rally-O timings on each event day are subject to change depending on entry numbers
Trophies: An extensive range of ribbons, cups and prizes will be offered for competition.
Exhibitors Timetable: Will be emailed out and available on the Dogs New Zealand website.
Manfeild Stadium Address:
Manfeild Park, 59 South Street, Feilding
Camping / Carparking Gates open at 6am on each show day.
Stadium access open at 6am each show day
Manfeild Stadium Set-up
We will have a six-ring show setup at the Manfeild indoor venue to accommodate the NDS / Prelude / Dog Training / Satellite shows. this will reduce to four rings for NDS Best-in-Show day on Saturday 7 September 2024.
Crates are only permitted in the grooming areas. Dogs may only enter the ring area prior to their breed judging and must leave after judging. Trolleys are permitted in the relevant holding ring while the breed is being judged.
Ring setup map can be found here
Grooming Spaces during NDS (UPDATED: 30-August)
Exhibitors who have booked grooming spaces can locate their grooming space via the following show plans:
Location of the 4 grooming zones can be found on the ring set up map
Grooming sites can still be booked for $20 cash per day by contacting Kathryn Dixon 021 2678556
Car Parking Spaces
Free Carparking: Manfeild Stadium has over 600 carparks available for Exhibitors. Carparking gates open at 6.30am each show day.
Limited Reserved disable carparking is available by contacting Lynleybray@xtra.co.nz
Day visitor campervans and trailers parking is available in Zone 10 in the Manfeild Camping & Parking map.
Exhibitors drop-off zone is located on the western side of the Stadium (Zone 6) which will allow members to access the grooming sites.
Camping During the NDS
Members who have booked powered / unpowered camping sites can access the following information:
Any members still wishing to book unpowered camping sites are to contact Lynleybray@xtra.co.nz
Catering
A range of catering and coffee options are available during show day by KR Catering in their pop-up café between 7am - 6pm, Saturday 7am - 2pm.
KR Catering are also offering an evening meal options for campers and those attending satellite shows which can be found here
Chef extraordinaire Rob Beer will also be operating his Food Truck in the evenings (6.30am -8.30am) with a range of food offerings including rump beef salad, burgers, fish n chips & stake chips & coleslaw. You will find his truck in the carpark by the main entrance.
Trade Stalls
We have 21 trade stands confirmed for the show which will be on the Eastern side of the venue. Please support the business and organisations that support dog sports in New Zealand.
Obedience Team Competition for the Carmele Cindy Trophy
Competition
- Any Dog Training Club recognised under Dogs New Zealand Rules 8, 9, 10 & 11 may compete for the trophy
Team Competition
- A team shall comprise three handlers and dogs competing in three separate tests.
- Teams to be notified to the NDS Dog Training Show Manager before commencement of the first day of the Dog Training section of the show.
- No dog may compete in more than one team.
- A handler may compete in more than one team provided it is with a different dog
Calculation of Points
- Points will be allocated to each handler according to their placing in the nominated Test i.e. 1st - 1 point, 2nd - 2 points and so on.
- The points gained by each of the three handlers are added to form a team total.
- The winning team is the team with the lowest total of points.
- In the event of a tie, the team with the highest overall percentage of total points in each test will be declared the winner.
