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Showyear 2024 summary It has been a MAGNIFICENT one and without a doubt the BEST ONE in 30 years of showing Labs! We traveled all over the world in 2024, presented our dogs in 12 different countries and achieved the following amazing results: Superstar Blue (Ch.Lab SPb Gazprom) Dutch (Ch.Atlantic’s Dutchman) Tally (Ch.Atlantic’s Final Tally) … and not to forget winning the CC at Crufts with the fabulous Ch.Woefdram’s American McDreamy daughter ‘Maan’ Ch.Riverflow Spring Fever! GREAT wins at Crufts, European Dogshow, Dutch Winner Show, Dutch Top Dog competition and going Top Dog All Breed DK … all in 2024! Big thanks to all the judges, friends & supportive people for making dreams come true! Happy holidays to my dear friends all over the world!
December Mr.Blue rocks again! Helsinki Finland, the biggest show of Scandinavia with 14000 entries over the weekend. And the most beautiful mainring I’ve ever seen! Almost 120 Labs were entered (puppies included) and Blue went 1st in Championclass + CAC + Helsinki Winner + Finnish Champion!!! On my Scandinavian showtrips this year Blue became Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish and Nordic Champion. I’m sure he’s one of the very very few Labs who achieved this.
November Int. 3x CACIB Show Leeuwarden GUNDOG GROUP WINNER at the precious Dutch Winner Show! … under highly respected judge Mrs Penny Williams from the UK! I really enjoyed my days at the well organized triple show of the Dutch Kennel Club in Leeuwarden with almost 6500 entries over the weekend. Blue and Tally rocked it! Day 1: Blue CAC, BOB, BIG2 Tally CAC, BOS Thanks to the judges Mr Hoenderken & Mr Liimatainen. Day 2: Blue CAC, BOB, BIG4 Tally CAC, BOS Thanks to the judges Mr Heinesche & Mr Wellens. Day 3: Blue CAC, Dutch Winner ‘24, BOB, BIG1 Tally Res.CAC Thanks to the judges Mr Cox & Mrs Williams. Tally has all her needed CAC’s for the Dutch Championship, but she’s too young to finish. So we have a nice goal for next year!!
Int.CACIB Show Herning TOP DOG DENMARK awards! What to say………………. Last weekend wasn’t “just a dogshow” in Denmark. It was the fabulous Winter Wonderland Show which has been on my list for several years already AND where the Top Dog Awards took place afterwards. It was one of the most special show weekends of my life! It all started on Saturday with a surprise party organized by the Danish Labrador Club with cake, drinks, a speech and gifts. Moments like this make you realize even more what a great hobby it is. The 2 big shows went “quite well” too! On Saturday Mrs Jokisilta judged males & BOB and Mr Lammens judged females. Blue BOB, Best in Group, BEST IN SHOW from 3200 entries!!! Tally CAC, BOS, Danish Champion! Huge thanks to the breed judges and to the mainring judges Mr Partanen (Group) and Mr Lemo (BIS)! On Sunday Mr Lammens judged males & BOB and Mrs Jokisilta judged females. Blue BOB, Danish Winner ‘24, Best in Group, BEST IN SHOW from 3400 entries!!! Tally BOS, Danish Winner ‘24! Huge thanks to the breed judges and to the mainring judges Mrs Wilson (Group) and Mr Helgesen (BIS)! Blue definitely wanted to put the cherry on the cake by adding another 2 fabulous BIS-wins. After the BIS judgement on Sunday Blue got officially awarded by the Kennel Club. After attending 11 out of 14 International Danish shows this year, resulting in 11 BOB’s, 10 Group Wins and 7 Best in Shows… Blue became TOP DOG (All Breed) DENMARK 2024 The ceremony, the atmosphere, the weekend with so many friends, Blue’s breeder Anastasia being there… it all was a ONCE IN A LIFETIME EXPERIENCE and we’ve enjoyed every minute of it! Thank you Blue, for making dreams come true!
Int.CACIB Show Bleiswijk Fab showday at the Int. All Breed Show in Bleiswijk. Nice to be able to leave superstar Blue at home and still win BOB’s, Group placements etc. with ‘the younger generation’ Dutch and Tally. Dutch (Ch.Atlantic’s Dutchman) 1st in Championclass + CAC/CACIB. This was his 4th CAC and CACIB already but with only 19 months of age he’s way too young to finish the Dutch and International Championship. Tally (Ch.Atlantic’s Final Tally) 1st in Championclass + CAC/CACIB + BOB + 2nd in the Gundog Group! Big thanks to the judges Mr Partanen and Mrs Mensink! Apart from Blue and Dutch now Tally qualified for Dog of the Year as well (which will be held in February ‘25). Proud to have my whole current showteam qualified! I really enjoyed my day and was once again surprised by friends: a lovely surprise party for Blue winning the Group at the EDS!!!
October European Dogshow '24, Celje Slovenia Something amazing has happened! Blue went 1st in Champion + CAC + Best Dog + EUROPEAN WINNER '24 + BOB + BEST IN GROUP!!! Huge thanks to Mr.Johnson and Mr.Stepinski!
We're also proud of the other team members at the EDS: Dutch 1st in Intermediate (10 entries) + CAC Tally 3rd in Open (20 entries)
September
Roskilde, Denmark with Blue Day 1: BOB, Best in Group 2nd (Mr.Horswell, Mrs.Zake) Day 2: BOB, Best in Group, Best in Show 4th place (Mrs.Wind, Mr.Horswell, Mrs.Karlsdotter) With even 2 more shows to go in November, Blue has already officially been announced as TOP DOG DENMARK (All Breed) 2024!!!
Huge success in Luxembourg! CACIB, BOB (Mr.vanaken), Best in Group (Mrs.Zizevské), BEST IN SHOW!!! (Mrs.Skalin) in Luxembourg for Dutch! An amazing victory, with a stunning line-up for BIS and 4600 dogs entered over the weekend.
August 2024
All Breed Triple Show in Bornholm, Denmark with Blue. Our super star amazed us, once again! Day 1: BOB, Best in Group, Best in Show (Mr.Almgren, Mr.Skaar) Day 2: BOB, Best in Group, Best in Show (Mr.Stanton, Mrs.Moller, Mr.Espeland) Day 3: BOB, Best in Group, Best in Show 3rd place (Mrs.Moller, Mr.Skaar, Mr.Kostopoulos)
July 2024
Annual Lab Clubshows UK Apart from Crufts, this could be 'show of the year' with 230 entered Labs, foreign exhibitors and also people visiting the show from all over the world! Summary of the weekend: Blue winning his 6th CC and BOB and Dutch making his entrance in the UK by going 2nd in Junior both days. He also won 1st in "Special Award Junior" with some nice prize money which was judged by Mr.Ek. Thanks to Mr.Rawlinson and the referee Mr.Gawthorpe for letting Blue go all the way to BIS!
We also flew to Norway to attend the fabulous shows in Sandefjord and Blue went: Norwegian Champion Nordic Champion Norwegian Winner '24 Our trip to Sandefjord has been super exciting! It's Scandinavias biggest 3-day-dogevent with 12000 entered dogs, more than 60 judges and the most amazing mainring. On day 1 he went: Best Dog + CAC/CACIB + BOB Best in Group! (his 14th already!) Best in show #3! Labs were judged by Mr Shields, the Group by Mr Doval and BIS by Mrs Taulos. On day 2 he went: Best dog + Nordic CAC + BOB Best in Group #4 Labs were judged by Mrs Douglas and the Group by Mrs Lancaster. Big thanks to all my friends and the judged for making this an unforgettable trip :)
June 2024 WHAT A MONTH!!! 3 Best in Shows, 3 Group Wins, 2 Clubwinners '24
Dutch goes BEST IN SHOW at the Belgian All Breed Show in Genk! Best dog and Best of Breed (Judged by Mr.Pehar) Best Junior in Show! (Judged by Mrs. Bihlet) Best in Group!! (Judged by Mrs. Kazlauskaite) BEST IN SHOW!!! (Judged by Mr. Jovanovic)
60th Jubilee Dutch Lab Clubshow of the NLV Mr.Gilroy, Mrs.Nordhues and Mrs.van Beersum judged approx. 150 entered Labs and we took 4 boys. 1st in Junior for Dutch 1st in Working for Blue 1st in Champion for Fitch 1st in Veteran for Mattie Thrilled that Dutch went on to win Best Dog/CAC and Blue Res.Best Dog/Res.CAC!!! Dutch finished the day in style by going BOB and Clubwinner '24!
Vejen, Denmark Blue Day 1: Best Dog #1 + BOB + Best in Group + BEST IN SHOW!!! (Mr.Grundetjern, Mr.Berge, Mr.vd Berg) Day 2: Best Dog #1 + BOB + Best in Group + BEST IN SHOW!!! (Mr.Schäfer, Mrs.Robbins)
Dutch Day 1: 1st in Junior + Junior CAC. Dutch finished his Danish Jr. Championship! (Mr.Grundetjern) Day 2: 1st in Junior + Nordic Junior CAC. Dutch Finished his Nordic Jr. Championship! + Best Male #2 with full CAC (Mr.Schäfer)
Belgian Lab Clubshow, BOB for Blue and 1st in Junior for Dutch! (Mrs.Callaghan)
May 2024 Southern Counties, UK (Mrs.Archibald) Blue wins his 5th CC and BOB!
Ronneby, Sweden Blue: Day 1: Best Dog #3 + Res.CAC (Mr.Hammerich) Day 2: Best Dog #1 + CAC + Nordic CAC. Swedish Champion! (Mrs.Hallmarsdottir) Day 3: Best Dog #1 + BOB + Best in Group + Res. BEST IN SHOW!!! (Mr.Dahlin, Mr.Anderson, Mr.Jakkel)
Dutch: Day 1: 1st in Junior + Junior CAC + Best Junior in Breed + with the final 7 out of 170 Juniors for BIS Junior. (Mr.Hammerich, Mr.Kane) Day 2: 1st in Junior + Junior CAC + Nordic Junior CAC + Best Junior in Breed + Best Male #2 with Res.CAC + BEST JUNIOR IN SHOW (140 entries)! (Mrs.Hallmarsdottir, Mr.Robertson) Day 3: 1st in Junior + Junior CAC + Best Junior in Breed + Best Male #3 with full CAC + BEST JUNIOR IN SHOW! (Mr.Dahlin, Mrs.Tschokkinen)
Great results at the shows in Roskilde, Denmark. Day 1 Blue: 1st in Champion + Best Male #1 + Viking Winner '24 + BOB + Best in Group! Day 1 Dutch: 1st in Junior + Junior CAC + Viking Junior Winner '23 + Best Male #3 with full CAC Day 2 Blue: 1st in Champion + Best Male #1 + Roskilde Winner '24 + BOB + Best in Group + BEST IN SHOW from 3000 dogs!!! Day 2 Dutch: 1st in Junior + Junior CAC + Roskilde Junior Winner '23 + Best Male #3 with full CAC Huge thanks to the judges Mr.Sauge, Mr.Cochetti, Mrs Angrell and Mrs Stewart-Ritchie!
Photoshoot with Blue, Fitch, Dutch, Chuck! Check their own pages for the big photos!
April 2024 A month with many BOB's, BIS and Junior BIS victories! April 20 and April 21 German Retriever Clubshows Blue went BOB and BIS both days! Also our young American boy Dutch had his first shows. Junior CAC + Best Junior in Breed both days and BIS Junior on sunday! Thanks to the judges Mrs.Rocchi and Mrs.Berchtold Blue:
Dutch:
April 26 WDS - Blue 2nd place + Res.CAC (Patsy Hollings) April 27 Retr.Specialty - Blue 1st in Champion + CAC + BOS (Mrs.Rogers) April 28 Retr.Clubshow - Blue 1st in Champion + CAC + BOB + R.BIS (Mrs.Brown, Mrs.Rogers, Mr.Jolly) Thanks to the judges! Big thanks to Anastasia for showing him and to Tamara for making this possible!
April 2024 Dreams came true when we traveled to Potomac USA for the first time. Best show in the world! 1000 entered Labs, 5 days of showing, such an exciting experience! And Blue didn't let us down either!
March 2024..... 3 weekends of shows with results like never before!!!! Blue going TOP DOG OF THE NETHERLANDS 2023 (All Breed)! ... and one week later he goes BIS at the All Breed show in Groningen! ... and one week later winning the BCC with the fabulous Maan! Here's an impression of photos: Best in Show at the All Breed Show in Groningen! Judged by Mr.Cochetti (It) and Mr.Hoenderken (NL)
BIS! TOP DOG OF THE NETHERLANS 2023! Judged by Mr.Hoenderken (NL) and Mrs.Mensink (NL)
Multi.Ch.Riverflow Spring Fever (sired by Woefdram's American McDreamy) winning 1st in Open (38 entries) and went on to win the CC at Crufts!!!
Blue making it to the final cut with Richard Stafford :)
Fabulous start of showyear 2024! Blue goes Best in Show at the German Retriever Clubshow! Big thanks to the judges Mr Shields (UK) and Mrs Rathenau (NL)!
Our American chocolate Chuck did well too. He won Open + CAC on saturday and 2nd in Open + Res.CAC on Sunday
December 2023 Hat trick 3x BOB for Blue in Wels/Austria! Day 1: CAC/CACIB/BOB/BIG1 Day 2: CAC/CACIB/BOB/BIG2 Day 3: CAC/CACIB/BOB (couldn't stay for the mainring as we had to drive 10h homewards) Big thanks to the judges Mrs.Wolf, Mrs.Naarits, Mrs.Archibald, Mr.Urosevic, Mrs.Urschitz
November 2023 What a start of this month! Blue wins BOB, Best in Group and BEST IN SHOW at the Bundessieger Show in Dortmund! 7300 dogs were entered for this 3-day-event! Huge thanks to Mrs Toeters, Mr Komorowski, Mr Jakkel and Mr Dupas for making this win happen! This will always be a special show for us, since Fitch went BIS there in 2019!
Then at the Frysland Cup we entered 3 boys. Mr.Doval from Spain was judging them. Mattie won 1st in Veteran and finished his Dutch Veteran Championship.
Chuck won 1st in Open + Res.CAC but won the full CAC/CACIB because he won it behind Blue.
Blue went Best Dog + BOB + BIG3
October 2023 BOB, Best in Group and Res. BEST IN SHOW at the All Breed Show in Leuven! Huge thanks to Mrs Boesmans & Mr Schäfer!
Another brilliant day in the UK at Midland Counties! Huge entry for Labs (around 230) and superstar Blue wins his 4th CC, BOB and just like in Belfast last month he made the cut (final 7) in a lovely Gundog Group! Huge thanks to Mrs Linda Thompson for recognizing our boy!
Good day at the Int. All Breed Show in Bleiswijk. Blue picked up another CAC/BOB and went on to win BIG3!
Thank you Mrs.Warendorf and Mr.Boelaars!
September 2023 Dreams do come true! Our superstar Blue finished his UK Show Championship! The fact Blue won his 3 CC's in only 3 times showing him in the UK, just blows our mind! CC & BOB in July (Mr.Sauge) and then in one weekend CC & BOB at Belfast (Mr.Fryckstrand) and CC & BOB at Lab Club N.I. (Mrs.Lesley). Huge thanks to the judges! It was a long journey, but we floated home!
August 2023 Blue goes Best of Breed at the Grand Prix Show in Geneva and made the cut in the Group!
Thank you for the quality pictures Val & Maya!
July 2023 Fabulous start of the month! We have visited Denmark, Germany, Belgium and Austria for some shows in the last few months. It was about time to go a bit more West so we decided to go to the UK for a showtrip. We picked one of those magical Champ Shows with a great venue: Windsor Champshow at Windsor Castle. Mr.JR.Sauge from Norway judged 160 entries for Labradors. We were thrilled that our Multi.Ch.Lab'SPb Gazprom was placed 1st in a strong Open Class and went on to the win the CC and BOB!!! Huge thanks to the judge and to the friendly English people for the ringsupport. We hope to be back soon.
June 2023 Only one show this month, but a great show: our Dutch Labrador Clubshow. 3 judges judging 130 Labs. Blue went Best Dog, CAC, BOB, Clubwinner '23 and finished his Dutch Championship as well! Huge thanks to the dog judge Mr.Gruber and Mrs.Dantinnes for the agreement of BOB.
May 2023 Another BOB and Group Win for Blue in Gorinchem!
And our old boy Mattie went Best Veteran in Breed!
European Dogshow 2023 in Denmark. We had a blast! Sooo many quality Labradors and a big entry. If your dogs win at shows like this, it's like dreams coming true! EUROPEAN WINNER 2023 for Blue!
BOB Puppy & FUTURE HOPE OF EUROPE 2023 for Stil Lab Sodalite!
And then Soda finishes the day by going BIS puppy! Dreams do come true! It was the first show for her!
Big congrats to my Swedish friends Ellinor and Felix for the spectacular results of "our" Soda. Our girl has a bright future ahead of her :) Thanks to the judges Mr.Espeland and Mrs.Nielsen for appreciating our dogs and these lovely results at the EDS!
April 2023 Fitch finished his American Championship!
Multi.Ch.Woefdram's Abercrombie (Fitch) wins Open Yellow and goes RWD at Potomac 2023!!!
Potomac USA is a Labrador show like no other: 1125 entries, 4 days of judging, great atmosphere and stunning dogs. Thank you Fabian and Mia for having Fitch for a while and show him at Potomac. We're thrilled a dog of our breeding has been presented there and did so well!
With Fitch being in the spotlight, I almost forgot to mention our other yellow star Lab Spb Gazprom (Blue) is on a roll too. Picking up his 4th BOB in 4 different countries in 1 month of showing! BOB & BIG2 in Antwerp. Judged by Mr.Heinesche & Mrs.Taulos BOB in Salzburg. Judged by Mrs.Bartosova BOB & BIG2 in Hazerswoude. Judged by Mrs.Swysen & Mr.Zeppi BOB & BIG1 in Offenburg. Judged by Mrs.Berchtold & Mr.Machetanz
Big thanks to all the judges for appreciating our dogs!
18 March Another great showday for our team! Chuck won 1st in Open + Res.CACIB Blue won 1st in Champion + CAC/CACIB + BOB Chuck's offspring went Best Minor Puppy and Best Puppy in Breed! Labs were judged by Mrs.Swysen from Belgium. Blue was placed 2nd in Group from over 300 entered Gundogs, judged by Mr.Zeppi from Italy
11 March Fab start of the showseason for our super star Blue! 1st in Championclass + VDH CAC + CAC/CACIB + BOB + BIG1! in Offenburg!
3/4 September Just after a great weekend in Denmark, we headed to the double German Lab Specialties. Allison Rogers (Devonshire Labs) and Susan Huntzinger (Riverlane Labs) judging a fabulous, old fashioned, big entry this weekend.
We had entered our tricolore team: Blue, Chuck and Josh. Day 1, Allison judging males: Blue (Lab Spb Malibu) 1st in Junior + Junior CAC Chuck (Cedarwood Choc 'n Chuckle) 2nd in Open + Res. VDH CAC Josh (Am.Ch.Gallivant Broken Vow) 1st in Intermediate + VDH CAC + LCD CAC + Best Male + BOB!!!
Day 2, Susan judging males: Blue 2nd in Junior + Res.LCD Jr.CAC Chuck 3rd in Open Josh (Am.Ch.Gallivant Broken Vow) 1st in Intermediate + VDH CAC + LCD CAC + Best Male + BOB!!!
Big thanks to the judges for making Josh BISS twice this weekend!
28 August Back home from the LabEvent '22 in Denmark, also known as the "Potomac of Europe". A great yearly event with breed specialists, entries from all over Europe and a fabulous atmosphere. Making a total entry of 384 this weekend. 2 breed specialists from America (Vonnie Russell & Judy Chambers) judging on saturday and 2 from Ireland (Alexander & Tracey Douglas) judging on sunday. Josh made his debut and did a great job!
Finishing his Danish Championship! Quite a start in Europe!
23 April We haven't been to many shows lately. But if we go, we go to a nice and big show like WDS or the European Dogshow in Paris! It was a great "creme de la creme show" with exhibitors from all over Europe, a good entry of 160 Labs and breed specialist judges. We went there with our tricolore American team: Sheldon, Chuck and newby Logan :) It was the first show for our Logan. 1st in Minor Puppy Male.
Our Chuck did well too, getting a 4th in Intermediate males. It was a quality class. Chuck was one of the only 2 chocolate males who got a placement at this show.
But it was Sheldon who rocked the ring and was star of the day. He won a quality Openclass and went on the win the CAC + CACIB + European Winner '22 + BOB!!!
Huge thanks to the judge Mr.Lammens for this honor!
15 & 16 November What to do when your dog is sort of "finished" in Europe? Right! Show him in the States! We loved this whole experience with Fitch. Big Specialties with 180 entered Labs, high quality dogs and SO many people we finally got to meet. Fitch has a huge fanbase over there and they were all rooting for him. We're proud of our boy going RWD!!!
6 & 7 November Another spectacular weekend, including a brand new Dutch Champion: Woefdram's American McDreamy! All the way from Sweden he came for the double show in Bleiswijk. He won 1st in Open + CAC/CACIB which made him a Dutch Champion! In the end, he also won BOB and Group1, judged by Mrs.Adrichem Boogaert-Kwint!
Just when you think it can't get any better... Mac won 1st in Open + CAC/CACIB + BOB on Sunday again. Labs were judged by Mrs.Andersson from Sweden. Later on Mac won the Group (judged by Mr.Andersson) and he went all the way to Res.Best in Show (judged by Mr.Doedijns) out of 1500 dogs!!! What a way to finish his Dutch Championship! :)
22/23/24 October Spectacular show weekend! Friday, Bundessieger Show in Gelsenkirchen, Mr.Sauge (N) judging Labs Chuck 3rd in Junior Sheldon 1st in Open + 2 VDH CAC's + LCD CAC + Best Male + CACIB + BOB + Bundessieger 2021 + Crufts Qualification!
Saturday, CACIB Show Salburg Day 1, Mrs.Bartosova (Sk) judging Labs Chuck 2nd in Junior Sheldon 2nd in Open + Res.CACIB Fitch 1st in Champion + CAC. Finished his Austrian Championship!!!
Sunday, CACIB Alpen Winner Show Salzburg Day 2, Mr.Doval (Es) judging Labs Chuck 1st in Junior + Junior CAC + Alpen Jugendsieger 2021 Sheldon 2nd in Open Fitch 1st in Champion + CAC/CACIB + Alpen Sieger 2021
3 October World Dogshow 2021 in Brno/Czech Republic 1st in Championclass (21 entries) + Vice WW'21 for Fitch!!!
Huge thanks to the judge Mr.Berchtold!
29 August Mocnys Knoxville 9 March 2014 - 29 August 21 Very unexpected we had to say goodbye to our "one in a million" dog.
21/22 August 2021 Great showweekend for Sheldon & Fitch! On saturday Sheldon went BOB and German Winner in Gelsenkirchen! Labs were judged by breed specialist Mrs.Andrea Geller. In the last few shows, Sheldon has achieved all his points for the German Championship!
Then on saturday it was Fitch' turn. He went BOB at the International Show in Antwerp. Labs were judged by Mrs Viviane Boesmans. Fitch finished his Belgian Championship!
7/8 August 2021 Fabulous weekend for our American boy Sheldon, Hyspire Moon Pie! Back to Back Clubshow in Germany with Tanja Nordhues & Vanessa Malkmus judging Labs. Saturday: 1st in open (12 entries) + VDH CAC + Best Male + Best of Breed!!!
Sunday: 1st in Open (13 entries) + VDH CAC + Res.CAC
July 2021 Ch.Woefdram's Abercrombie is on a roll! In one month of showing, Fitch finished his International Show Championship + Danish + Dutch + German VDH + German DRC Championship! It's like ticking all the boxes now. Huge thanks to all the judges!
Also, July was a special month for our kennel. 25 years ago, our first litter was born. Although our focus was on having males in the last few years, never say never when it comes to breeding a litter again!
June 2021 Finally, after a long time without shows, our super boy achieved what he deserves at the shows in Vejen/Denmark last weekend. Best Male + CAC/CACIB + BOB and even BEST IN GROUP on saturday! This is Fitch' 9th Group win (in 6 different countries). He finished his International Show Championship! On sunday he won the CAC as well. This was his 3rd in Denmark so he finished his Danish Championship too.
Now known as: Int.Sh.Ch.DK.Ch.Woefdram's Abercrombie JW'18 NJK'19 BJK'19 DJK'19 ES'19 BWB'19 BS'19 ... or simply: Fitch :-)
7 May 2021 In the last few days we did some kennelvisits to see Sheldon's offspring. Our American guest produces nicely! Hyspire Moon Pie (Sheldon) offspring @ Flanders Pride
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