A BIT OF BACKGROUND

Jane Wilton-Clark is the daughter of Mr Norman F Odell and Mrs Barbara Odell.

The Shalfleet Kennel was established in 1952 by Barbara Wilton-Clark (nee Odell) with a greyhound bitch from the Treetops kennel and with a Whippet bitch from Wingedfoot.  Both founded outstandingly successful lines with over 35 UK champions have been bred and/or owned by the kennel and over 200 CC's won.  The kennel produced 24 litters of greyhounds between 1961 and 1982 and this produced 21 English Shalfleet champions. 

After retiring to Spain Barbara sadly passed away in 2024  Her daughter Jane who was brought up with the Shalfleets,  successfully re-established the kennel in Britain and founded the new Shalfleet whippets in 2001 with an import from Max Magder of the Lorricbrook kennel. From this bitch, Lorricbrook Mirror Image, she bred Ch Shalfleet Silken Image who was RBIS at Blackpool and also won The Whippet of the Year (supermatch).  In greyhounds Jane imported a Lorrricbrook male whose daughter won BPIS at Bournemouth in 2007.

Jane has since gone onto breed the Breed Male CC Record Holder Ch Shalfleet Simply a Lord, currently holding 39 CC's, 3 HG1 and was twice Best of Breed at Crufts, where he went onto to HG2 and HG4. Ch Shalfleet Simply a Lord produced Ch Shalfleet Sugar Frosting JW who won the JW Finals at Crufts in 2014 and was BPIS at City of Birmingham all breed championship show.

The Shalfleet kennel have made up Champions in 4 Hound Breeds
15 Greyhound Champions
18 Whippet Champions
2 Irish Wolfhound Champions
1 Min Long Dachshund Champion
With many more achieving their titles overseas