WGC NSW June trial - celebrating 50 years of trialling

[Jason Ferris]

The Working Gundog Club of NSW
will conduct Retrieving Trials on 23 & 24 June 2007 in the Marulan area of NSW.

These trials coincide with the 50th anniversary of the first retrieving trials for gundogs held in June 1957 in Victoria. To celebrate this milestone, the Working Gundog Club has invited three Victorian judges, Mr Noel Eltringham, Mr Jim Hargreaves and Mr Trevor Stevens, a stalwart of the local trialling scene in Mr Robert Tawton, and NSW's most recently quailified judge, Mr Paul Hamson, to preside over a weekend of trialling.

Following a successful experiment last year, there will be two novice stakes held on the Saturday. Restricted on Saturday will start at the completion of the first novice. Restricted competitors are asked to assist with the conduct of the morning novice stake.

Here is the schedule:

Judges:

Saturday, 23 June 2007
Novice (am) Robert Tawton (ACT)
Novice (pm) Paul Hamson (NSW)
Restricted Robert Tawton (ACT)
All Age Trevor Stevens (Victoria)

Sunday, 24 June 2007
Novice Jim Hargreaves (Victoria)
Restricted Jim Hargreaves (Victoria)
All Age Noel Eltringham (Victoria)

Novice Stake:
- Official entries (as per Rule 37) are confined to Gundogs that have not won any Stake other than two (2) Novice Stakes ( Beginner’s Tests excluded).
- The Club allows dogs that are no longer eligible to run in Novice to participate as non-competing entries providing that they have not placed in a Restricted or All Age Stake.

Restricted Stake:
- Official entries (as per Rule 38) are confined to Gundogs that have not won three (3) Restricted Stakes or an All Age Stake, or have been placed first or second in a Championship Stake.
- The Club allows dogs that are no longer eligible to run in Restricted to participate as non-competing entries providing they have not placed in an All Age Stake.
- Should a scheduled Restricted Stake receive insufficient entries (less than 4 bona fide exhibits and at least 4 different owners), the stake will become a Sweepstake.

Restricted Sweepstake:
- Confined to Gundogs that have not completed an All Age Stake. (A win in this event does not go towards an RRD title).
All Age Stake:
- Confined to Gundogs that have won a Novice Stake or have placed first, second or third in a Restricted Stake (as per Rule 39).

Awards: All Stakes – Rosette 1st, 2nd and 3rd Place. Plus a Rosette for 4th Place in Novice

Entry Fees:
Novice $14.00
Restricted/Restricted Sweepstake $18.00
All Age $20.00
(Cheques should be made payable to: “Working Gundog Club”)

Entries Close: 1st June, 2007
Please include a stamped SAE with your entry. Directions to the trial site will be provided with confirmation of your entries. Camping will be available on or near the trial site.

PLEASE NOTE: As the club’s Trial Secretary will be interstate prior to this trial, entries are to be sent in this instance to

Trial Manager: Jason Ferris

Vetting: 8.00 – 8.30 am

Vetting Officer: Tony Higgans

Dogs NSW Rep: A member of the RAFT Committee.

This Trial is conducted under the Rules & Regulations of Dog NSW. A copy may be perused at the Secretary’s office.

[Jason Ferris]

An update on the arrangements for this trial.

Camping is available at Kirrikee via Penrose from Friday afternoon, and a fundraising dinner for the State Championship will be held there on the Saturday night.

The trials on Saturday will be held at Brayton, via Marulan. The Sunday events will be held at Kirrikee provided that the judges agree that the water there is adequate. If not they will also be at Brayton. Maps and directions will be posted to those to enter.

If you need to get in touch regarding entries - please email me (click the email button at the bottom of this message) and I will pass messages on to Kate.

Regards, Jason.

[Jason Ferris]

Saturday 23 June 2007

Novice (Morning)
Judge: Mr Robert Tawton (ACT)
6 finishers/16 entries

1st Vivienne Jones’ Adderslot Bridget Jones CD (Lab Bitch) with 136 points
2nd John Palmer’s Lowther Highland Dan (Lab Dog) with 133 points
3rd Tony Higgans’ Lindenlake Black Mist (Lab Bitch) with 132 points
4th Joe Vella’s Lindenlake Black Jazz (Lab Bitch) with 127 points

This win qualified Bridget for the title of Novice Retrieving Dog. Congratulations Vivienne!

Novice (Afternoon)
Judge: Mr Paul Hamson (NSW)
8 finishers/16 entries

1st Joe Law’s Lindenlake Chipper Bravo (Lab Dog) with 160 points
2nd Joe Vella’s Lindenlake Black Jazz (Lab Bitch) with 158.5 points
3rd Tony Higgans’ Lindenlake Black Mist (Lab Bitch) with 158 points
4th Peter Betteridge’s (Handler: Geoff Cole) Truclass Bossco (Lab Dog) with 156 points

Restricted
Judge: Mr Robert Tawton (ACT)
3 finishers/11 entries

1st Geoff Cole’s Truclass Rough Diamond (Lab Dog) with 146 points
2nd Garrick Bridges’ Adderslot Mustang Sally NRD (Lab Bitch) with 128 points
3rd Colleen Davis’ (Handler: Tony Rowland) Aust Ch Ashlaren Oxford ET NRD (Weimaraner Dog) with 113 points

All Age
Judge: Mr Trevor Stevens (Vic)
8 finishers/17 entries

1st Russell Whitechurch’s RT Ch Tockatunga Slick Willie (Lab Dog) with 139 points
2nd Russell Whitechurch’s Tockatunga Little Rascal RRD (Lab Bitch) with 138 points
3rd K. & N. Eltringham’s Gr RT Ch Reveirter Jet Kite (A) (Lab Dog) with 133 points


Sunday 24 June 2007

Novice
Judge: Mr Jim Hargreaves (Vic)
11 finishers/13 entries

1st Joe Vella’s Lindenlake Black Jazz (Lab Bitch) with 156 points
2nd Tony Higgans’ Lindenlake Black Mist (Lab Bitch) with 155 points
3rd Joe Law’s Lindenlake Chipper Bravo (Lab Dog) with 141 points
4th John Palmer’s Lowther Highland Dan (Lab Dog) with 140 points

Restricted
Judge: Mr Jim Hargreaves (Vic)
7 finishers/13 entries

1st Garrick Bridges’ Adderslot Mustang Sally NRD (Lab Bitch) with 148 points
2nd R. & P. Tawton’s Kadnook Kwik Sand (Lab Dog) with 142 points
3rd Colleen Davis’ (Handler: Tony Rowland) Aust Ch Ashlaren Oxford ET NRD (Weimaraner Dog) with 131 points

All Age
Judge: Mr Noel Eltringham (Vic)
10 finishers/18 entries

1st Joe Vella’s Gr RT Ch Kaemajae All Black (Lab Dog) with 146 points
2nd R. & P. Tawton’s RT Ch Kadnook Tanks Aheap (Lab Dog) with 133.5 points
3rd Russell Whitechurch’s Nat RT CH Adderslot Crackers Triga (Lab Bitch) with 131 points

Winner of the highest novice aggregate score for the weekend:
Tony Higgans’ Lindenlake Black Mist (Lab Bitch)

[Colleen Davis]

Congratulations to Viv on Bridgets NRD title.

Congratulations also to Garrick Bridges and Adderslot Mustang Sally NRD as I believe this is win number 3 in Restricted.

Well done to everyone on the weekend and thankyou to Jason, Jack, Christine, Mary, Joe, Flo and all the other organisers for a wonderful weekend.

[Jason Ferris]

Congratulations also to Garrick Bridges and Adderslot Mustang Sally NRD as I believe this is win number 3 in Restricted.

Sorry Garrick - I didn't realise that was Kate's title (I haven't updated the dog of the year database since before her win in SA on 10 June). Congratulations!

Cheers, Jason.

[Garrick Bridges]

Thanks Jason and Colleen. You are correct - Kate got her 3rd Restricted win over the weekend. Now I will have to get serious about the training in order to step up to All Age.

Garrick

[Kirsty Blair]

Congratulations Viv and Garrick on your dogs' titles!

Also nice to see such a consistent result from the Lindenlake littermates in Novice. Well done guys!

[Vivienne Jones]

Thanks Jason, Colleen and Kirsty.

Congratulations Garrick on Kate's RRD title. Well done. The sisters
did well.

I am really pleased to report that Molly is much better and moving much
more freely.

Regards,
Vivienne

[Colleen Davis]

Viv, Great News that Molly is feeling better.
Colleen

[Jason Ferris]

Thanks for the update Viv. I have been wondering how she was and hoping for good news.

Cheers, Jason.

[Tony Rowland]

Thanks to all who travelled from victoria to help make it a great weekend Hope you enjoyed the weekend and hope to see you back later in the season. we all appreciated you presence ( competitors and judges).