Breed profile · Staffordshire Bull Terrier specialty history
Staffordshire Bull Terrier specialty history
The full record of the Staffordshire Bull Terrier’s national and regional specialties, year by year — dates, venues, judges, entries, and winners, with sources. The current year is shown in full on the breed profile; this page is the archive.
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2026
National specialty
The 2026 SBTCA National Specialty — Saturday, May 2, 2026, held in conjunction with the Intermountain Kennel Club show at the Bastian Agricultural Center, 2051 W 11400 S, South Jordan, Utah, as the centerpiece of the club’s national week, April 29–May 3, 2026. Nicola Yates judged the regular and non-regular classes; Kelly Cromwell judged the puppy and veteran sweepstakes, Jayne Winrow the senior sweepstakes, and the futurity ran alongside. The national week opened with a terrier specialty on Wednesday, April 29, judged by Gayle Denman, a regional specialty on Thursday, April 30, judged by Fiona McBride (with Kevin Boyer judging sweepstakes), an area specialty on Friday, May 1, judged by Jodie Sing, and closed with a supported entry on Sunday, May 3, judged by Duff Harris.
Best of Breed was CH Felizstaffs Killing Her Softly At Kame House, a bitch, who also won Best of Breed Owner-Handled, fourth in the Terrier Group, first in the Owner-Handled Terrier Group, and Best in Show Owner-Handled at the Intermountain Kennel Club show. Best of Opposite Sex was GCH CH Dynastaffs Legends Never Die. Winners Dog and Best of Winners was Narkya The Punisher, and Winners Bitch was Quid Pro Quo Fransimo Bohemia. Select Dog was GCH Velocity’s Bullet The Blue Sky and Select Bitch was GCHS CH Hardknox I’ll Be There For You @ Quicksil.
Results (2026 national). Best of Breed: CH Felizstaffs Killing Her Softly At Kame House. Best of Opposite Sex: GCH CH Dynastaffs Legends Never Die. Winners Dog and Best of Winners: Narkya The Punisher. Winners Bitch: Quid Pro Quo Fransimo Bohemia. Entry counts and the AKC event number for the national had not been published in an official source as of November 2026.
Regional specialties
April 4, Albany, Oregon — SBTCA specialty (44 dogs, 60 entries), judged by Marie Durkin and Mel Darragh; April 30, South Jordan, Utah — regional specialty with the Utah Valley Kennel Club, judged by Fiona McBride (sweepstakes Kevin Boyer); May 1, South Jordan, Utah — area specialty, judged by Jodie Sing; May 23–24, Rochester, Minnesota — Heartland Staffordshire Bull Terrier Club specialty on Saturday (62 dogs, 78 entries), judged by Sian Hammond, and SBTCA specialty on Sunday (59 dogs, 73 entries), judged by Karen Johnson; July 10–11, Concord, North Carolina — Area 2 specialty, judged by Jason Nicolai and Kim Washington; July 17–19, Graham, Washington — Staffordshire Bull Terrier Club of Puget Sound specialties, judged by Mark Darwish, M. J. Carberry, and G. Kerr; September 3–6, Bridgewater, New Jersey — New England Staffordshire Bull Terrier Club “Classic” specialties, judged by D. S. Lemke and D. Burwell; October 4, Macungie, Pennsylvania — Area 1 regional specialty at the Montgomery County Kennel Club show, judged by Mark Darwish, with Brenda Epperson judging sweepstakes.
2025
National specialty
The 2025 SBTCA National Specialty — Saturday, April 19, 2025, at the Maryland State Fairgrounds, 2200 York Road, Timonium, Maryland, during the Cherry Blossom Cluster with the Baltimore County Kennel Club. Craig Scanlon (Pantycelyn, UK) judged the national. Best of Breed was NBISS MBISS GCHG CH Wavemaker Nonesuch TT DN CGCA CGCU TKN VHMA VSWB FITG CHIC (“Felix”), who went on to win fourth in the Terrier Group under Darle Heck at the host all-breed show and Select Dog the following day under Karen Waltham at the regional specialty. Felix was the SBTCA’s Top Stafford for 2024, his second consecutive year with that distinction, and received the Judi Daniels Trophy.
Results (2025 national). Best of Breed: NBISS MBISS GCHG CH Wavemaker Nonesuch TT DN CGCA CGCU TKN VHMA VSWB FITG CHIC. Best of Opposite Sex, Winners Dog, Winners Bitch, entry counts, and the AKC event number had not been published in an official source as of November 2026.
Regional specialties
No regional specialties recorded for 2025.
2024
National specialty
The 2024 SBTCA National Specialty — Saturday, July 13, 2024, at Purina Farms, 500 William Danforth Way, Gray Summit, Missouri, the centerpiece of the club’s Golden Jubilee weekend, July 11–14, 2024, marking fifty years of the Staffordshire Bull Terrier Club of America. Melanie Corcoran (Dublin, Ireland) judged the regular and non-regular classes; Bianca Janssen judged the futurity, Helen Dunning the puppy and veteran sweepstakes, and Katherine Holmen the junior showmanship. The national drew 139 dogs and 192 entries. Best of Opposite Sex was GCHG CH Wavemaker Nonesuch (“Felix”); the Best of Breed winner’s name had not been published in an official source as of November 2026. The Friday regional specialty, judged by Judith Heller, drew 131 dogs and 169 entries, and the Sunday Stafford Spectacular, judged by Miguel Navarro Munoz, drew 127 entries with Best of Breed going to GCHB Pinnacle’s Keyser Soze.
Results (2024 national). Best of Opposite Sex: GCHG CH Wavemaker Nonesuch. Best of Breed, Winners Dog, and Winners Bitch had not been published in an official source as of November 2026. The national drew 139 dogs and 192 entries.
Regional specialties
No regional specialties recorded for 2024.