A typical Border Collie, Royce enjoyed bouncing around the ring, earning himself the nickname "Spring on a String", always on the go, he managed to catch the judge's eye on numerous occasions, winning the following awards. Overall Top Baby of the Year for Townsville and Charters Towers Kennel Clubs in 1997 Group 5 Top Puppy of The Year 1997 for Thuringawa and Charters Towers Kennel Clubs Pedigree Pal Puppy of The Year Finalist 1998 Best of Breed Border Collie of the Year 2000 for Townsville Kennel Assoc..... (Being Polio Memorial Trophy) Multiple Class in Group and Class in Show Awards Multiple Best Exhibit in Group/Runner-up In Group Awards Top Show Dog of The Year 2000 for Ingham Kennel & Obedience Club Inc. Royce is now retired from showing, he has produced for us under our own prefix a litter of five Black & white puppies, from this we kept his son "Cailean" Aust Ch Tastown Hard Act Tfollow & daughter "Bridie" Aust Ch Tastown Hard Deal T Make. To date out of only four litters of puppies that he has sired, we are pleased to say along with our own two prefix Champions in Queensland listed above, "Royce" also has helped produce three others who have attained the Title of 'CHAMPION" under the Mureybet prefix based in Victoria. One of these we are very proud to say is a son who lives in Finland, "Floyd" aka FIN CH, BH, PERA-A, PEHA, PPR1 Mureybet Northern Lights and the other two are his daughters "Marlee", Aust Ch Mureybet Northern Star and "Mindi" Aust Ch Mureybet Lady Oth Manor HIT.who both reside in Victoria.