Swindon and District Canine Society Centenary Show

The Swindon and District Canine Society is marking its centenary with a members' show at Grange Leisure and Community Centre on Saturday 19 December. It's a big year for the club, which has been running regular competitions and training sessions since 1925, and this show is their way of celebrating a century of keeping dogs and their owners together in the area.

This is a Members Limited Show, the club's annual fixture, and because it's the centenary, they're adding a few extras to the day: a celebration cake and a special centenary gift for members. Around 100 dogs are expected to enter, and while most of the competitors come from around here, the society expects owners to travel from across the south of England to take part.

There's a bit of history behind the move to the Grange, too. The club lost its original home, the Oasis Centre, and since then it hasn't been able to hold its larger open show there — an event it used to stage the week before Crufts. This members' show is the annual fixture that keeps the club going, and this time around it doubles as a hundred-year anniversary.

If you're heading down, the venue is Grange Leisure and Community Centre, Grange Drive, Stratton St Margaret, Swindon, SN3 4JY, on Saturday 19 December.