URC Lincs Charity Gundog Working Tests
Raithby, Spilsby, Lincs
18th March 2012
Members of the URC Lincs Committe held a Gundog Charity Event in aid of Cancer Research by kind permission of Mr. Robert Hall Jones, Martin Reeve and Mavis Enderby Shoot.
The Judges for the day were Mrs. Susan Lowe, Miss Gill Bell, Mrs Doreen Spencer, Mr David Haycock and Mr Casper Jonsen.
The event attracted 52 entries and involved five tests, with 2 retrieves on each test for a possible 20 marks per test.
Open gundogs on Test 1, needed to pick a blind after being presented with a water distraction, the blind was placed on the end of a cover strip over undulated ground with a break in the cover, handlers need to get their gundogs through the cover and out into the open ground to wind the dummy. Most of the problems created were dogs wanting to pull into the cover.
After picking the blind, the gundogs were then asked to pick the mark on the water. In the novice test the gundogs were asked to pick the mark first and the blind was closer to the mark but in the cover.
Open gundogs on Test 2, was a double mark over water were the handler needed to pick the first dummy thrown and then the second dummy in your time, the novice gundogs presumably had a choice which dummy to pick first.
Open gundogs on Test 3, needed to pick a long blind in cover after a mark distraction in heavy cover, novice gundogs picked the mark first.
Open gundogs on Test 4, was a picking up exercise in a spinney were 2 of a possible 3 dummies needed to be picked, I presume the novice dogs had the same exercise at at closer distance.
Open gundogs on Test 5 was a walk up with 2 dogs and a double mark, each gundog needed to honor the other gundog.
The day concluded with a superb Bar B Que and raffle and auction followed by the prize giving, the day was organised exceptionally well and know doubt raised a considerable sum for the charity.
Running Order
Results
No comments:
Post a Comment