Results Gundog Society Trials Hartley NSW 13-14 March 2004

[hcornelius]

Gundog Society Inc
Retrieving Trial Results
Hartley
Saturday 13th March 2004
Judge Mr J. Law
Novice
Robert Tawton Kadnook Tanks Aheap 157
Lisamarie Price Clemkirk Bravado 148
Jason Ferris Beereegan Kemi Kemi 148

Restricted Sweepstake
Judge Mr J. Law
Kirsty Gray Serrata Nelson 145
Maureen Cooper Coalsgarth Chestnut Teal 141
Laraine Frawley Granble Fieldgold Grail 120

All Age
Judge Mr R. Cooper
Robert Tawton RT CH Kadnook King of Kanbera 138
Helena Cornelius Coalsgarth Una Bella 129
John Palmer Ashlake Bennelong 121

Sunday 14th March 2004-03-16
Judge Mr J. Barber
Novice
Lisamarie Price Clemkirk Bravado 141
Lisamarie Price Avokah Jolly Rodger 131
Maureen Cooper Coalsgarth Wild Penny 129
Geoff Griffiths Cobargo Kestrel Hawk 116
Restricted
Judge Mr J. Barber
Robert Tawton Kadnook Tanks Aheap 123
Jack Lynch Lowther Breeze 110
Laraine Frawley Granble Fieldgold Grail 80

All Age
Judge Mr J. Palmer
Robert Tawton RT CH Kadnook King of Kanbera 146
Jack Lynch Lowther Breeze 137
Jack Lynch RT CH Coalsgarth Nina 134

[Brian McMillan]

Congrats to all Working Retriever BB members who Participated and placed in the trial. I got an Idea; why don't all of you who didn't place take up a colleciton and send Bob and Jack to Jimboomba the day of your next trial? Tell them there's a triial there offering huge money for the winner. With those two out of the way, who knows what may happen.
Great Job, guys! very impressive.

Brian

[Prue Winkfield]

Brian - that is not as funny as it sounds - sometimes I wonder if those people were not around, there would be more people trialling in NSW!:P

[Gareth Tawton]

Prue and Brian,

This is the first trial of the year and duck season opens in Victoria next weekend. Couple this with injuries to a number of dogs, the All Age field was missing the likes of Jim Hargreaves, Joe Vella, Jack Lynch on Sat, Graeme Parkinson and myself between them they have won something like 1 National and I think about 12 state titles over the years.

I certainly would not want to take away from the winners and place getters but I am sure all of the above mentioned would not want to see Jack and Bob head to Jimbooba or anywhere else to compete. We love the chance to compete against some of the best dogs in the country.

Unfortunately the poor entries in Restricted in NSW and the ACT is well documented I understand they had only the minimum requirments for a field in the restricted on Sunday. Hopefully some new rule changes will help aleviate this problem.

Regards,

Gareth

[Vivienne Jones]

Congratulations to all placegetters. Well done. Bob, I can see you
will be out of Restricted before I get back to retrieving. Glad to see
Breeze has recovered and doing well.
A special congratulations to Helena and little Bella from Molly and
me. Well done.
Regards,
Vivienne

[Prue Winkfield]

Gareth - hope the Taunton family can take a tongue in cheek comment when it is given - perhaps my English sense of humour has not changed to Australian in 30 years! Prue

[Jack Lynch]

Att. Jim Boomba

Dear Jim,

I haven't had the pleasure of meeting you yet but have been hearing about you on the web. If you do decide to take up Brians suggestion to hold a trial please send me a schedule, I would be delighted to compete and I am pretty sure so would Bob.

Regards, Jack.

[Pam Lyons]

Great One Jack.

Whoever said that the top trialers have no sense of humour will have to eat their words!!!

[Alan Donovan]

Attn Syd Knee

Enough jokes about Jimboomba - we are real serious about trialling up here.

Just getting the 36 point wagon wheel perfected.........

Cheers - Alan

[Kirsty Blair]

Just getting the 36 point wagon wheel perfected.........

Hi Alan

Well done for working on the basics first. We've just finished the 72 point wagon wheel and are moving on to the 108 point this week. My dog is showing good understanding of use of the compass and protractor and his trigonometry tutor is very pleased with his progress (very important for double falls and 2 birds )

Kirsty

[Robert Tawton]

Dear Jack,

Despite my best efforts I have been singularly unsuccessful in contacting Jim Boomba and/or Syd Knee, but I have established that Ben Alla will be hosting three days of trials over the Easter weekend, with three events each day. I also know that Alan and Kirsty have been working on a new super advanced training drill, so they may be hard to beat. I expect that Mel Bourne’s training group will be there in full force, as will Prue. Nevertheless, you can rest easy because Brian will not be competing, you know the gut with the super chocolate Lab. I’m told that it has something to do with quarantine and getting time off work!
I think our best plan is to slip in an entry and not tell anyone, not even Gareth!
See you at the Trial, kindest regards, RWT

PS. I’ve fixed the radio control for your thrower, so you will not have any excuses for not doing well at Ben’s trial.

[Brian McMillan]

Dear Robert;

Bri's bane is that neither he nor his choco lab will be able to come to Ben Alla over the Easter weekend. We thought about it, but figured Ben Alla was some kind of a religous cult leader and that we better stay away, especially on Easter. Besides, if dogs that can do 36, 72, and 108 point wagon wheel are competeing, I'm finished. Better up my training before I come.

Your Friend;
Bri

[Robert Tawton]

Dear Bri,

I am delighted to hear that you did consider coming to the Easter Trial and I understand why you may have had some concerns about Ben Alla, but I can assure you that he is very friendly guy!
Like you I have been giving the issue of 36, 72 and 108 point wagon wheels a lot of thought. Now I know that there are 360 degrees in a circle and that there are 60 minutes in every degree and also that there are 60 seconds in every minute. How many points does that give me for my wagon wheel?

Happy training, kindest regards, RWT

[Kerry Webster]

Hi Bri and Jack and everyone else,

Maybe you should have considered coming to Western Australia. Well known local, Arthur River, is holding two All Age trials. He lives not far past Will Iams and as long as the heat holds off for the weekend at Easter, it will be a fun event for all.

Ben's trials sound like they will be fantastic though, with a heap of entries, I am sure you will have a great time.

Kerry

[Brian McMillan]

Dear Robert; (and others)

I lhad to break out my calculator for your wagon wheel; if I didn't hit the wrong buttons, your wheel has 1.296,000 points! No wonder you win everything in sight! (just kidding Gareth) I'm sure you've read about the event Arthur is hosting. Personally, I don't think he's a local at all. I think he is a pro trying to lure a bunch of amatures to his event, I don't think he realizes what he is getting into if you all show up. I hope Arthur has a good turnout, WA looks to be a little out the way and somewhat desolate. But what do I know about Aus geography. I think I'll wait for Jim Boomba to run a trial before I consider coming. The Land of Queens is a little more accessible and I hear Jim has some fabulous grounds.

I don't know if he's expanded to Aus, yet; but Will Iams makes some pretty good dog food. I feed my choco dog Eukanuba, which is Will's top of the line.

Yours Truly;
Bri