Champion Crates

20/06/2026

Blackpool Day 2 – Gundogs & Hounds 🐾

What a day! We’ve met so many lovely people, had plenty of laughs, and enjoyed some top-tier dog show banter along the way 🤣

Highlight of today is 4 Basset hounds all snuggled up in one of our crates together. 4 dogs and our customer only needs to carry 1! Crate- Genius 💡

A little stock update for everyone heading to Blackpool tomorrow… we don’t have many crates left with us! To say we’ve been busy would be an understatement, and we still have one more day to go 😬

All pre-orders for collection tomorrow have been confirmed, but if you’re thinking about coming over for a crate, I wouldn’t leave it too long. Pop by our trade stand before we end up heading home with an empty van! 🫢🚐

See you tomorrow for the final day! 🎉

Hazel @ Champion Crates
www.championcrates.co.uk

18/06/2026

🎉 BLACKPOOL CHAMPIONSHIP SHOW 🎉

We’re all set up and ready for a full weekend of do***ng 😜 🐾

You’ll find Champion Crates down the left-hand side, right next to Royal Canin. We’ve got our soft crates on display, plenty of stock with us, and we’re looking forward to catching up with familiar faces and meeting lots of new ones too 🥰

Whether you’re crate shopping, collecting a pre-order, or just fancy a nosy at the setup, pop over and say hello 👋

There’s nothing quite like a busy championship show weekend-great dogs, great company, and a chance to spend three days talking all things dogs! 🏆

Good luck to everyone competing this weekend, and we can’t wait to see you all! ❤️

Hazel @ Champion Crates

www.championcrates.co.uk

15/06/2026

A huge thank you to everyone who stopped by our trade stand at Border Union Championship Show! 🫶

We somehow survived Saturday’s wind… just about! 😳💨

It was lovely to meet so many new faces and catch up with familiar ones too.

The van is now fully restocked and ready to go for our next trade stand adventure…

Next stop: Blackpool! 🏴🎉

See you all there! ✨

10/06/2026

You know that trip to IKEA where you only went in for tea lights… but somehow leave needing an engineering degree to fit everything in the car? 🤣

Well, that’s pretty much how the van looks like packing for Border Union Dog Show!

A gentle reminder on why we don’t do many trade stands 🫣

Trade stand van Tetris: Complete ☑️

Looking forward to seeing everyone this weekend 🎊

Hazel @ Champion Crates
www.championcrates.co.uk

29/05/2026

Our 2026 dates so far 📅

🐾 Three Counties Championship Show
📍 Saturday 6th June (working day only)
Pre-order collection only.
1 space remaining

🐾 Border Union Championship Show
📍 13th–14th June
TRADE STAND — all days

🐾 Blackpool Championship Show
📍 19th–21st June
TRADE STAND — all days

🐾 Windsor Championship Show
📍 25th–28th June
Pre-order collection only

🐾 Boston Championship Show
📍 1st–5th July
Pre-order collection only

🐾 WPBS – Malvern
📍 11th July
Pre-order collection only

🐾 The Hound Association – Stafford
📍 18th–19th July
TRADE STAND

More dates added throughout the year 👀
Please message with any questions or to secure your pre-order collection slot 🫶

www.championcrates.co.uk

- Hazel @ Champion Crates

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29/05/2026

Super excited to add The Hound Association 2 Day Show to our 2026 trade stand calendar! 🫶

📍 Stafford Showground
📅 18th & 19th July 2026

I know a lot of our dates tend to fall on working days… can you guess what group I’m owned by? 🤭

So this one’s for all the hounds 🐾

Save on courier costs with collection at the show:
🇬🇧 UK customers – save £50
🇮🇪 Southern Ireland customers – save £80

Please share this post around and drop me a message if you’ve got any questions 🙂

www.championcrates.co.uk

-Hazel @ Champion Crates

25/05/2026

Huge thank you to everyone who collected from me at Bath Ch Show yesterday 🫶

Below is our JUNE free collection dates. Save £50 courier fees! (UK )

6th June -Three Counties 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Working day only (1 space remaining)

13th & 14th June Border Union Ch Show 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
🔥 TRADE STAND FULL WEEKEND 🔥

19th-21st June Blackpool Ch show 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
🔥 TRADE STAND FULL WEEKEND 🔥

I’ll update everyone about Windsor (no trade stand, but I’ll be there all show days) once we’ve finished at the Blackpool trade stand.

Any remaining stock will be coming with us unless it’s already been pre-ordered to guarantee at Windsor as we won’t be returning to Scotland to refill the van before heading straight to Windsor ✌️

Can’t wait to see our new trade stand set up for 2026 🎊

www.championcrates.co.uk

22/05/2026

🚨 Last call for pre-order collections at Bath Championship Show (Sunday working day only) 🔈

With the warm weather forecast for this weekend, don’t forget, the panels on our soft crates also provide UV protection ☀️🐾

Simply fold the panels over the top of the crate for instant extra shade and protection, helping keep our much-loved dogs cooler, safer, and more comfortable throughout the day. 💛

www.championcrates.co.uk

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14/05/2026

A huge thank you to everyone who collected soft crates from me at SKC today! The van was a lot lighter on the way home 🫶

New & old customers returning for second crates for their new puppies, plus one returning customer taking another soft crate all the way back to Australia as excess baggage again! ✈️

I only have 2 crate spaces left for Working day only at Bath next week (yes my van is already nearly full again!!)

It was lovely to meet everyone today even in a hectic double show 🤣 Good luck to everyone else over the next 3 days 🤞🏻

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07/05/2026

We’ve had loads of messages today asking about the size of our LARGE soft crate after this morning’s post.

Hopefully this quick clip helps show the difference in height from our ###L to LARGE. The base and width are still exactly the same, so there’s still plenty of room for your pup to lie on their side, stretch out, and stay comfortable with great airflow throughout.

Model is carrying the ###L (10kg) and not included🤭

www.championcrates.co.uk

Where Champions rest & Challenges begin 🏵️

-Hazel @ Champion Crates