2009 News
20th December 2009 ~ A snowy day at Allerton and the first 10.5 mile trek takes place. Chena pairs up with her half Brother Chuck and together they gain the first leg of their AMCA Working Team Dog Certificate.
19th December 2009 ~ Chena pulls 1500 lbs and takes 2nd in her class at the Allerton Weight Pull. Sika gets back on the pull to and manages to pull 1000 lbs.
13th December 2009 ~ Sika and Chena go their separate ways to compete in their favorite disciplines.
Chena heads to Kershope Forest to compete in a one day rally, the first day having been cancelled due to a frozen trail. She wins the Scooter class again.
Sika travelled to the NEC to get back in the show ring at the Ladies Kennel Association Championship Show, after a 2 month break. She takes 2nd in Limit Bitch.
29th November 2009 ~ A very, very wet Allerton Park Weight Pull and Chena does it again, pulling 1800 lbs to win her class, most weight pulled and most times bodyweight pulled!
15th November 2009 ~ Having missed the first, our Weight Pull season started with the second pull in the Allerton Park Championship. Chena hasn't forgotten anything...she still remembers how to pull and wins her class and the Most Weight Pulled Prizes with a pull of 1800 lbs !! Sika sits this one out.
8th November 2009 ~ Chena takes 3rd place in her class at the Working & Pastoral Breeds Association of Scotland Championship Show.
31st October & 1st November 2009 ~ The 2009-10 Rally season kicks off at the SDAS Ford Estate Rally. Sika is taking things easy and so Chena goes it alone in the Scooter (Freight) class. She beats all the boys and takes 1st place! Well Done Chena!
30th August 2009 ~ Chena embarks on her Working Pack Dog Certificate by completing the first leg with a 10 mile hike around the Whinlatter Forest in the Lake District carrying a pack weighing a 3rd of her bodyweight.
26th July 2009 ~ Leeds Champ Show is a fantastic show for everyone. Elke's brother Chief not only takes Best Of Breed, but he also takes Group 2. Congratulations to Chief's owner Brenda Burns and breeder Myra Butler. Chena gets first in Postgraduate Bitch and Team Hawkam win the Breeder Class again, and this time win the Breeder Group as well!
18th July 2009 ~ At the National Working & Pastoral Breed Champ Show, our breeders Walt & Kath Howarth enter the KC Breeder Competition for the first time and win Best Breeder in Breed and 2nd in Breeder Group. Team Hawkam includes Sika, mum Quin, brother Womble and sister Nooka.
31st May 2009 ~ It's the AMCUK Open Show and as well as being a very busy weekend, it is also a successful weekend for Sika in particular. She wins a strong Limit Bitch Class under Brunette Greenland, and also wins the Open Bitch Rescue Stakes under Terry Coldham too. Chena takes Reserve in the same class. Elke's Brother Chief gets a well deserved Reserve Best In Show out of the Veteran class.
Well Done Brenda and Chief!
9th May 2009 ~ The National Dog Show at Stafford. Sika scrapes a Reserve (4th) in Limit Bitch under breed specialist Sue Ellis, but the big news of the day is that her Mum Quin gains her 3rd CC to become UK Champion! She is only the 4th Champion Malamute in the UK and has made us all very proud once again...what a dog!! Huge Congratulations to Walt & Kath Howarth.
26th April 2009 ~ The Allerton Park Weight Pull with Championship Trophy Presentation and BBQ finished off a fantastic season. In the competition Sika won her class and Kai pulled 1000 lbs, just missing out on another WWPD leg. Chena took it easy and wasn't entered this time.
More dogs achieved their WWPD titles including Sika's sister, Nooka. This means that their Mum and Dad also now qualify for their AMCA Register Of Merit Working Dog (ROMWD) titles which rewards them for their working titled progeny. Quin is the first UK dog to gain this achievement - and all from just one litter! Well Done Quin! All of your family at Kachemak are very proud of you!
12th April 2009 ~ The final Allerton Park Weightpull of the Championship. More records are broken with the top weight pulled being 2200lbs. Kai gains his second WWPD leg with another pull of 1100lbs. Sika is back down to the 41-60 lb class and takes 2nd with a pull of 1200lbs. Chena wins her class and most weight x body weight with a personal best pull of 1900lbs, just over 26 times her own bodyweight!
THE 2009 ALLERTON PARK CHAMPIONSHIP IS SETTLED - CHENA WINS THE 61-80LB CLASS AND TROPHY FOR MOST WEIGHT TIMES BODYWEIGHT (26.03 TIMES), SIKA SPLITS HER POINTS BETWEEN TWO CLASSES COMING 2ND IN THE 41-60 LB CLASS AND IS PLACED IN THE 61-80 LB CLASS. KAI IS 6TH IN THE 81-100 LB CLASS.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF THE DOGS WHO HAVE DONE SO WELL AND ACHIEVED SO MUCH THIS SEASON.
5th April 2009 ~ AMCUK Malamute of the Year Awards 2008 are announced. All three girls are placed in at least one category. Chena is 8th Top Bitch and 20th Top Malamute. Sika is 7th Top Bitch and 17th Top Malamute while even Elke scrapes in at 20th Top Veteran!
14th March 2009 ~ Another record breaking day at the Allerton Park Weightpull. Chena pulls a personal best with a pull of 1800lbs, while Sika wins her class with a pull of 1300lbs. Even Kai gets a piece of the action. Not wanting to be out-done by the youngsters, he finally decides to pull 1100lbs - enough for his first WWPD leg! At nearly 9 years old, he might just get another 3 legs in before he retires!!
8th March 2009 ~ All the girls make the trip to perform on the green carpet at Crufts. Elke takes 2nd, behind Sika's Mum Quin, in a big and strong Veteran Bitch class and books her place back at Crufts in 2010. Chena gets VHC in both Postgraduate Bitch and Good Citizen Bitch and a jacket-less Sika goes home empty pawed.
February 2009 ~ Confirmation of Chena's WWPDX comes through from the Alaskan Malamute Club Of America's Working Dog Excellent committee.
*CHENA IS NOW THE FIRST MALAMUTE IN THE UK TO GAIN ANY AMCA WORKING DOG EXCELLENT TITLE!!!*
3rd & 4th January 2008 ~ First Rally of 2009 and it's a very cold and icey local one at Greystoke Forest, Cumbria. Chena gets a flier coming 2nd behind a Siberian Husky with only 12 seconds separating them. Sika runs with Kai on Saturday then has a go with another friend, Storm, on Sunday. We could only manage 8th but we enjoyed the scenery and blew away the Christmas cobwebs.
19th December 2009 ~ Chena pulls 1500 lbs and takes 2nd in her class at the Allerton Weight Pull. Sika gets back on the pull to and manages to pull 1000 lbs.
13th December 2009 ~ Sika and Chena go their separate ways to compete in their favorite disciplines.
Chena heads to Kershope Forest to compete in a one day rally, the first day having been cancelled due to a frozen trail. She wins the Scooter class again.
Sika travelled to the NEC to get back in the show ring at the Ladies Kennel Association Championship Show, after a 2 month break. She takes 2nd in Limit Bitch.
29th November 2009 ~ A very, very wet Allerton Park Weight Pull and Chena does it again, pulling 1800 lbs to win her class, most weight pulled and most times bodyweight pulled!
15th November 2009 ~ Having missed the first, our Weight Pull season started with the second pull in the Allerton Park Championship. Chena hasn't forgotten anything...she still remembers how to pull and wins her class and the Most Weight Pulled Prizes with a pull of 1800 lbs !! Sika sits this one out.
8th November 2009 ~ Chena takes 3rd place in her class at the Working & Pastoral Breeds Association of Scotland Championship Show.
31st October & 1st November 2009 ~ The 2009-10 Rally season kicks off at the SDAS Ford Estate Rally. Sika is taking things easy and so Chena goes it alone in the Scooter (Freight) class. She beats all the boys and takes 1st place! Well Done Chena!
30th August 2009 ~ Chena embarks on her Working Pack Dog Certificate by completing the first leg with a 10 mile hike around the Whinlatter Forest in the Lake District carrying a pack weighing a 3rd of her bodyweight.
26th July 2009 ~ Leeds Champ Show is a fantastic show for everyone. Elke's brother Chief not only takes Best Of Breed, but he also takes Group 2. Congratulations to Chief's owner Brenda Burns and breeder Myra Butler. Chena gets first in Postgraduate Bitch and Team Hawkam win the Breeder Class again, and this time win the Breeder Group as well!
18th July 2009 ~ At the National Working & Pastoral Breed Champ Show, our breeders Walt & Kath Howarth enter the KC Breeder Competition for the first time and win Best Breeder in Breed and 2nd in Breeder Group. Team Hawkam includes Sika, mum Quin, brother Womble and sister Nooka.
31st May 2009 ~ It's the AMCUK Open Show and as well as being a very busy weekend, it is also a successful weekend for Sika in particular. She wins a strong Limit Bitch Class under Brunette Greenland, and also wins the Open Bitch Rescue Stakes under Terry Coldham too. Chena takes Reserve in the same class. Elke's Brother Chief gets a well deserved Reserve Best In Show out of the Veteran class.
Well Done Brenda and Chief!
9th May 2009 ~ The National Dog Show at Stafford. Sika scrapes a Reserve (4th) in Limit Bitch under breed specialist Sue Ellis, but the big news of the day is that her Mum Quin gains her 3rd CC to become UK Champion! She is only the 4th Champion Malamute in the UK and has made us all very proud once again...what a dog!! Huge Congratulations to Walt & Kath Howarth.
26th April 2009 ~ The Allerton Park Weight Pull with Championship Trophy Presentation and BBQ finished off a fantastic season. In the competition Sika won her class and Kai pulled 1000 lbs, just missing out on another WWPD leg. Chena took it easy and wasn't entered this time.
More dogs achieved their WWPD titles including Sika's sister, Nooka. This means that their Mum and Dad also now qualify for their AMCA Register Of Merit Working Dog (ROMWD) titles which rewards them for their working titled progeny. Quin is the first UK dog to gain this achievement - and all from just one litter! Well Done Quin! All of your family at Kachemak are very proud of you!
12th April 2009 ~ The final Allerton Park Weightpull of the Championship. More records are broken with the top weight pulled being 2200lbs. Kai gains his second WWPD leg with another pull of 1100lbs. Sika is back down to the 41-60 lb class and takes 2nd with a pull of 1200lbs. Chena wins her class and most weight x body weight with a personal best pull of 1900lbs, just over 26 times her own bodyweight!
THE 2009 ALLERTON PARK CHAMPIONSHIP IS SETTLED - CHENA WINS THE 61-80LB CLASS AND TROPHY FOR MOST WEIGHT TIMES BODYWEIGHT (26.03 TIMES), SIKA SPLITS HER POINTS BETWEEN TWO CLASSES COMING 2ND IN THE 41-60 LB CLASS AND IS PLACED IN THE 61-80 LB CLASS. KAI IS 6TH IN THE 81-100 LB CLASS.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF THE DOGS WHO HAVE DONE SO WELL AND ACHIEVED SO MUCH THIS SEASON.
5th April 2009 ~ AMCUK Malamute of the Year Awards 2008 are announced. All three girls are placed in at least one category. Chena is 8th Top Bitch and 20th Top Malamute. Sika is 7th Top Bitch and 17th Top Malamute while even Elke scrapes in at 20th Top Veteran!
14th March 2009 ~ Another record breaking day at the Allerton Park Weightpull. Chena pulls a personal best with a pull of 1800lbs, while Sika wins her class with a pull of 1300lbs. Even Kai gets a piece of the action. Not wanting to be out-done by the youngsters, he finally decides to pull 1100lbs - enough for his first WWPD leg! At nearly 9 years old, he might just get another 3 legs in before he retires!!
8th March 2009 ~ All the girls make the trip to perform on the green carpet at Crufts. Elke takes 2nd, behind Sika's Mum Quin, in a big and strong Veteran Bitch class and books her place back at Crufts in 2010. Chena gets VHC in both Postgraduate Bitch and Good Citizen Bitch and a jacket-less Sika goes home empty pawed.
February 2009 ~ Confirmation of Chena's WWPDX comes through from the Alaskan Malamute Club Of America's Working Dog Excellent committee.
*CHENA IS NOW THE FIRST MALAMUTE IN THE UK TO GAIN ANY AMCA WORKING DOG EXCELLENT TITLE!!!*
3rd & 4th January 2008 ~ First Rally of 2009 and it's a very cold and icey local one at Greystoke Forest, Cumbria. Chena gets a flier coming 2nd behind a Siberian Husky with only 12 seconds separating them. Sika runs with Kai on Saturday then has a go with another friend, Storm, on Sunday. We could only manage 8th but we enjoyed the scenery and blew away the Christmas cobwebs.