The Golden Retriever Club

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Working Results for 2007

 

 

 

SHOW GUNDOG WORKING CERTIFICATE DAY

MONDAY 15th JANUARY 2007

 

 

This year the GRC SGWC moved to Wiltshire, at Alton Barnes near Marlborough, by kind permission of

Mr C Cutforth and the Shaw Shoot and by invitation of Jerry Shutter.

There was some delay in advertising the day, as although the ground for the shoot was ideal, the only water immediately accessible was a picturesque stretch of the Kennet and Avon Canal. Obviously the canal banks were far too steep for the 'novice' show dogs to attempt a water retrieve and there might have been the added hazard of boats. Wendy Andrews (Catcombe) who picks up on the shoot, kindly approached a local landowner, Bruce Gauntlet and obtained permission for us to use his purpose built pond, which is also used by the BASC for training days.

The judges were as usual our very own Field Trial Secretary Gwen Knox and for the first time this year, Working Test Secretary Bob Hargrave. The day attracted a very good entry of 16 dogs and we were fortunate that during a very wet spell weather wise, we enjoyed perfect conditions throughout. We were graced with the presence of the GRC president John Tiranti who also presented a beautifully carved stick to be raffled - this was fittingly won by Mary Neil who had travelled with Fiona Brightley from Scotland to take part.

 

Jerry's superb team of beaters and guns meant that enough birds (pheasant and partridge) were provided on the very first drive, for the majority of the dogs to complete (or attempt) two retrieves. Two dogs sufficiently impressed the judges on just one retrieve.

We then had to drive in convoy 11 miles to the water, fortunately everyone managed to stay in touch! Not only was the pond superb, there was a summer house overlooking the water, so everyone had a grandstand view and refreshments were served from there.

 

I am delighted to say, all 10 of the entered Goldens passed.

The successful dogs were:

 

MOLOKO MCADOO, owned bred and handled by Mary Neil

CANALEIGH HOT GOSPEL J.W., owned and handled by Carole Carter

AZTECA LATEST FLAME, owned and bred by Mr M & Mrs D Rose and handled by Di Rose

TENFIELD SEA BISCUIT, owned bred and handled by Kim Ellis

XANTHOS ZINQ WITH GAYTONWOOD, owned by Mr A W & Mrs D E Rose and handled by Dawn Rose - one of the youngest Goldens in memory to pass, at one day under 10 months old

GUNHILLS GAME MASTER J.W., owned by Mrs J Wild & Mr F R Wilkinson and handled by Jane Wild

DRUMKILTY JANEY MAC J.W., owned bred and handled by Fiona Brightley

MILLGREEN MIDNIGHT ROMANCE AT THORNWAIT, owned and handled by Susanna Zubair

FRIENDBORN CHAOS IN GOLD, owned, bred and handled by Helen Kimberley

KELVERQUEST EYE OF THE STORM, owned bred and handled by Julie Randall

 

The successful Flatcoats were:

 

YONSAFF RAMBLER FOR CLEOVINE owned by Mrs J A Showell and handled by Mr D W Showell, who also retrieved any straying dummies from the water

RAINESGIFT SEYMOUR owned by H M Tomlinson & L J Keight and handled by Laura Keight

ESKWINDS AMAZING GRACE OF WINDYHOLLOWS J.W., owned by Mr E W, Mrs P J & Miss N E Colson and handled by Nicky Colson

 

Report by Kim Ellis

 

JUDGES: Mrs. D. Walls-Duffin, Mr. P. Bruton, Mr. J.Keegan Mrs. L. Harris

RESULTS:

1st CAINHOE SCILLONIAN DOG 27/10/05
Castlemans Beaver ex Birdsgreen Accord
Owner: Scarlett Sentenbien Handler: Owner

2nd MOSCARGRANGE BLADE DOG 06/04/06
Holway Banjo ex Pebbletoft Lyric of Moscargrange
Owner: Mr S. & Mrs. A. Crookes Handler: Mr. S. Crookes

3rd MOSCARGRANGE BRISK BITCH 06/04/06
Holway Banjo ex Pebbletoft Lyric of Moscargrange
Owner: Mr. S. & Mrs. A. Crookes Handler: Mrs. A. Crookes

4th CLEYNEHAGE COTTON THE ONE BITCH 21/02/06
Cleynehage Pikeur ex Childrey Fennel with Cleynehage
Owner: Miss L. Blankenspoor Handler: Owner

1st HOLWAY READER DOG 08/01/04
Holway Banjo ex Holway Reema
Owner: Mr G.J. Bird Handler: Owner

2nd QUEENHILL MORGAN BITCH 19/03/05
Holway Banjo ex Siyu Rula of Queenhill
Owner: Mrs. M. Valentine Handler: Owner

3rd LAYTONCROFT JORGI GIRL BITCH 30/01/04
Holway Brook ex Misty Gleam of Laytoncroft
Owner: Mrs. C.E. Munn Handler: Owner

4th CASTLEMANS SMART HOOKER BITCH 17/03/03
Camburne Fennel of Lafayette ex Castlemans Classic Mood
Owner: Mrs. J. Hardwicke Handler: Owner

1st SCHERZANDO PISCES DOG 10/08/02
Standerwick Remus of Merryway ex Scherzando Grundy
Owner: Mr. G.J. Bird Handler: Owner

2nd HAREMIRE DIANE OF HADDEO BITCH 08/05/01
Haremire Dipper ex Haremire Juniper
Owner: Mr. S. Robson Handler: Owner

3rd CLANCALLUM TAMDHU DOG 27/03/00
FT CH Rossmhor of Clancallum ex Clancallum Tummel
Owner: Mr M. Stringer Handler: Owner

4th MARCUS MAYBE OF WADESMILL DOG 04/03/01
Wadesmill Glen ex Blendworth Elsa
Owner: Mr. M.J. Wright Handler: Mr. A.S. Wright

1st F.T CH. HARESMEAD ISIDORE BITCH 02/06/97
FTCh. Rossmhor of Clancallum ex FT Ch. Redhorns Miss Ellie
Owner: Mr V.G.D. Olner Handler: Owner

2nd MOSCARGRANGE AMOS DOG 06/06/95
F.T. Ch. Tillwood Theseus of Holywewar ex Standerwick Pandora
Owner: Mr. S. & Mrs. A. Crookes Handler: Mr. S. Crookes

3rd TAUVECHAN JADE WITH CLEYNEHAGE BITCH 08/08/97
FT CH Tillwood Theseus of Holywear ex Leeglen Tornado
Owner: Laurina Blankenspoor Handler: Owner

4th HARESMEAD IOLANTHE BITCH 02/06/97
F.T. CH. Rossmhor of Clancallum ex F.T. CH. Redhorns Miss Ellie
Owner: Mr R. Marcham Handler: Owner

The BASC Team Challenge 2007 took place at Sherbourne Castle and uses the same ground as the old International competition before it moved. As per normal for a Bank Holiday Monday the weather when we got to the show ground was wet and cold. Someone remarked that they were warmer during the picking up season!

There were eight teams of four dogs representing The Cornwall Field Trial Society, Westward Gundog Society, South Eastern Gundog Society, The West of England Labrador Retriever Club, West Dartmoor Working Gundog Club, Purbeck Shooting School Gundogs(last years winners), The Labrador Retriever Club of Wales and of course The Golden Retriever Club.

In the GRC team were team captain Richard Ashdown and Mistybrook Connor , Mike Knox with Tauvechan Minstrel, Sally Crossland with Castlemans For Your Eyes Only and Simon Fowler with Cainhoe Chapel Down. The team was very kindly sponsored by Vitalin who supplied the very fetching shirts and caps that you see below.

The format was four tests in the morning and then two of the four dogs to compete in a test in front of the crowd after lunch. Judges for the day were Mr Robert Atkinson, Ms Sally Jenkins, Mr Basil Smith and Mr Adrian Verinder.

Test one was a mark to shot in thick bracken and a blind with a shot from the same gun on the hill side. All looked reasonably easy until you got to the sending point and realised that there was a very attractive patch of branches and scrub between the dog and the blind. The GRC team picked all the dummies with Misty Brook Connor making the blind look incredibly easy with a straight run to the dummy and not so much as a side ways glance at the branches.

Test two was the most challenging test of the morning, with a mark on a track halfway up the hill side of bracken about 60 yards from the dog with a fence to negotiate as they jumped into the bracken. As the dog picked the dummy and started back a blind was put out in bracken about 50 yards further up the hill. The dog was then sent for the blind, the bunker being that the dogs wanted to dwell on the track where the first dummy went out and out of the sight of the handler. There were 11 failures on this test in total, but thankfully none in the GRC team!

Test three was a mark into a pond about 80 yards away, but the dogs couldn't see the dummy fall into the pond, followed by a blind on the other side of a small copse at about 45 degrees. There were 5 failures on this test due to dogs not believing that the dummy was in the water and refusing to enter the water speculatively. Once again the GRC team picked all their dummies and scored well.

Test four was a simple walk up with each dog having to collect a mark in front and a blind behind, Sally and her dog making it look very simple with one of only three twenties scored by any dog on any test during the day!

The morning had been really enjoyable, with a little gentle ribbing of each other, the other competitors and even judges! The view of the team was that all of the morning tests were well thought out, resulting in hard but fair tests of dog and handler and were really enjoyable to run in.

At lunchtime it was decided that Richard and Sally would run in the afternoon test and we adjourned to the nearest burger bar where the skipper brought the lunch. Mike asked me to mention that he was forced into eating the burger and would much rather have had a green salad, honest Gwen!

The afternoon test was really there as a spectacle for the many visitors to the show and as such was not up to the standard of the morning tests. The test consisted of a mark to gunfire into the lake, through some reeds and a blind in a fenced off triangular enclosure at the edge of the lake about 30 yards away. The dogs was sent for the mark on the water first and then for the blind. The only real problem was getting the dog into the enclosure, which actually made some very nice dogs look slightly stupid which was a shame!

The results were announced in the main ring after a parade of all teams and as you've probably guessed from the title of this article the GRC team won with a score of 298, from the Labrador Retriever Club of Wales on 264 with the West Dartmoor Gundog Club on 260. The GRC team was the only one to have no failures on any test, which just shows how testing the course was. The top dog was FTCh Larki Style owned and run by Mike Larkin with Mike Knox running a close second.

The day was hugely enjoyable and well organised and I'm sure all of the team look forward to defending the title next year, hopefully with slightly better weather!

1st. South Western Golden Retriever Club 464 points

2nd Eastern Counties Golden Retriever Club 436 points

3rd. Northern Golden Retriever Association 431 points

4th Golden Retriever Club of Wales 423 points

5th Golden Retriever Club of Northumbria 418 points

6th Berkshire Downs & Chilterns GRC 414 points

7th Yorkshire Golden Retriever Club 413 points

8th Southern Golden Retriever Society 411 points

9th Golden Retriever Club of Scotland 400 points

10th The Golden Retriever Club 394 points

11th Midland Golden Retriever Club 367 points

The Winning SWGRC Team

Judges: K. Doughty, S. Ellis, Mrs G. Hillier, N. Coates.

Results:

1st : D Barnes' (d) Birdsgreen Stormbreak over Millgreen (Canburne Fennel of Lafayette ex Elmbrook Kitty)
2nd : Mrs A E Sanders' (b) Tarinomagh Tulka (Wadesmill Glen ex Lonelinar Delisa)

3rd : Mrs J Baveystock's (b) Baveybuilt Tiffon Too (Moscargrange Amos ex Baveybuilt Merlot)

C of M :

J Bates' (d) Leeanchor Golden Boy (Holway Brook ex Pebbletoft Solo of Leeanchor)

Mrs K McCarthy's (d) Castlemans Running Game (Canburne Fenel of Lafayette ex Castlemans Clasic Mood)

B Julien's (d) Skywalker D'Aspe et D'Ossau (Bramhills Brookmint ex Skychanel of Glen Shellag)

Guns' Choice: Mrs K McCarthy's Castlemans Running Game

Judges: M Bettinson, PJ Wagland, D Probert, R Tomlinson

Result

1st Coupar's Piaute Pete who qualifies for the Retriever Championship
(Robenda Paiute x Woodsprite Mist)

2nd Atkinson's Holway Volley
(Standerwick Remus of Merryway x Holway Evita)

3rd and Gun's Choice - Ashdown's Mistybrook Connor
(Moscargrange Amos x Courtridge Chelsea)

4th Hargreaves Birdsgreen Ash
(FT Ch Kessgold Volvo x Birdsgreen Pampered Gale)

COM Atkinson's Merryway Purdey of Holway
(Holway Banjo x Holway Rolo of Merryway)

The 3rd place dog also won the award for a dog who also had a show
award which he won at the GRC Championship show this year.

Judges; Mr. B.Taylor, Mrs. T. Salaman, Mrs. A. Crookes

Results

1st. Mr. N.Haines... Mistybrook Brace
(Moscargrange Amos x Courtridge Chelsea of Mistybrook)

2nd.Mr. J. Bates....Leeanchor Golden Boy
(Holway Brook x Pebbletoft Solo of Leeanchor)

and 2 COM's

Mrs. C. Munn ...Laytoncroft Jorgi Girl
(Holway Brook x Misty Gleam of Laytoncroft)

Mrs. J. Bavistock..... Baveybuilt Tiffon Too
(Moscargrange Amos x Baveybuilt Merlot)

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