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December 2009
Novice Natural Game Trial - Te Teko 13th December Judges Te Anderson and Rob Browning 13 entries
1st Rachel Clapham and Peplow Class at Coveybrook
2nd Martin Hawthorn and Claisfearann Tarka's Trouble
3rd Jamie Payton and Keepersmoor Sage Wood
Novice Natural Game Trial - Pyes Pa, Tauranga 13th December Judges Te Anderson and Rob Browning 11 entries
1st Ross Wickham and Sentinella Mowtown Busker
2nd Rachel Ralph and Wyebrook Lady Chatterley
3rd Tom Browlie and Claisfearann Swallow Breeze
Gun's Choice Richie Clapham and Peplow Class at Coveybrook
2010 SPANIEL NATURAL GAME TRIALS – Tentative Dates
SOUTH ISLAND TRIALS
APRIL 10-11 OTAGO ** SPAN NAT GAME (host SIWS Club) x 2
MAY 22-23 CENTRAL OTAGO** SPAN NAT GAME x 2 (host SIWSC)
MAY 25-26 SI WORKING SPANIEL** SPAN NAT GAME x 2
MAY 28 CANTERBURY GDC** SPAN NAT GAME (host SIWSC)
MAY 30 CANTERBURY GDC** SPAN NAT GAME (host SIWSC)
NORTH ISLAND TRIALS
JULY 17-18 WAIKATO ** SPAN NAT GAME x 2
SEPTEMBER 6 TARANAKI ** SPAN NAT GAME (host WSC)
SEPTEMBER 7 WORKING SPANIEL ** SPAN NAT GAME
SEPTEMBER 8 P/S CLUB ** SPAN NAT GAME (host WSC)
SEPTEMBER 9 WORKING SPANIEL ** SPAN NAT GAME
SEPTEMBER 10 HAWKES BAY ** SPAN NAT GAME (host WSC)
SEPTEMBER 11 HAWKES BAY ** SPAN NAT GAME (host WS
AUGUST 2009
Working Spaniel Club AGM 8th August 2009
Officers for 2009 - President Rachel Ralph, Treasurer/Secretary Rob Browning
NOVICE GAME DOG OF THE YEAR - Ross Simpson and Claisferann Brandy Girl
NATURAL GAME DOG OF THE YEAR - Ross Simpson and FCh Hamish of Ballyblack
Congratulations to Ross Simpson for making Hamish of Ballyblack up to GFCh and Chris Nottingham for making Cragtop Cinnamon to FCh (subject to completing water retrieve)
Pointer and Setter Club Natural Game Trial at Waitotara - Monday 3rd August - Judges Bob Whitehead and Neville Alexander 12 entries
1st Dave Rodgers and GFCh Springlea Dame of Cust
no 2nd or 3rd placing
Gun's Choice Bruce Benbow and Claisfearann Norfolk Nog
Hawkes Bay Gundog Club Natural Game Trial at Rathmoy, Hunterville - Wednesday 5th August - Judges Neville Alexander and Peter Hagen 18 entries
no 2nd or 3rd placing
2nd Dave Rodgers and GFCh Springlea Dame of Cust
3rd Ross Simpson and Claisferann Brandy Girl
2nd Ross Simpson and Claisferann Brandy Girl
3rd Keri Browning and Caderyn Caiden
no 2nd and 3rd placing
2nd Ross Simpson and FCh Hamish of Ballyblack
JULY 2009
WSC Open Trial at Rathmoy Estate, Hunterville - Saturday 11th July - Judges Andy Jones and Te Anderson
1st Bob Whitehead and Arddun Cognac (Badger)
2nd Ross Simpson and FCh Hamish of Ballyblack (Jimmy)
3rd Rod Kent and FCh Bree of Hague (Bree)
Gun's Choice Rob Browning and FCh Arddun Ebon (Bracken)
SIWSC Novice Trial at Craigmore Game Reserve, Timaru - Sunday 5th July - Judges Neville Alexander and Dave Richardson
A very wet day but very succesful, with 8 dogs running who all got a flush and a retrieve on Pheasants, the birds held really nicely and great flushes, perhaps most common fault was missed game due I expect to poor scenting as virtually no wind and a steady rain falling, still it was encouraging to see all the novice dogs find birds, some that hadn't seen pheasants before, the winner particulaly impressed, flushing three pheasants out of one wood pile and being rock steady to all three, this was the difference to winning over the 2nd place dog. The rest of us either missed game or were unsteady to flush or shot but all had a great introduction to Natural Game Trialling. Howard Halliday
1st Bruce Benbow and Norgie
2nd John Molyneux and Ruby
JUNE 2009
HOROWHENUA GUN DOG CLUB - 2009 CHAMPIONSHIP SPANIEL NATURAL GAME TRIALS
Wainui Beach Road, Waitotara
Results Saturday 20th June Judges - Peter O'Neill and Peter Hagan
1st FCh Hamish of Ballyblack - Ross Simpson
no 2nd or 3rd placing
"Gun's Choice" Wyebrook Lady Chatterley - Rachel Ralph
Results Sunday 21st June Judges - Peter O'Neill and Bob Whitehead
no 1st or 2nd
3rd Wyebrook Lady Chatterley - Rachel Ralph
MAY 2009
After a busy opening weekend for most of us on friday 8th May, a few of us North Islanders started the trip down south for the South Island Natural Game Trials. After a night in Christchurch we arrived after a trip through snow to our Shearer's Quarters at Tekapo - we headed off for a short hunt finding a few rabbits but lots of sign and left with us thinking the rabbits were tucked up in their burrows! Fortunately most of the snow was gone next morning and we had a few days training before heading down to Cromwell for some more training before the trials started. The training definitely helped with the younger dogs and novice handlers and we were ready (or nearly?!) to go for the first trials at Bendigo.
Results Day 1 Bendigo 16 May 2009
1. GFCh Springlea Dame of Cust - Dave Rodgers
2. FCh Wernffrwd Dafydd Du - Bob Whitehead
3. Cragtop Cinnamon( UK) - Chris Nottingham
Judges Peter O'Neill & Neville Alexander
Results Day 2 Bendigo 17 May 2009
1. GFCH Springlea Dame of Cust - Dave Rodgers
2. FCh Hamish of Ballyblack - Ross Simpson
Judges David Jones (US) & Bob Whitehead
After the Championship trials we had a novice trial which was great encouragement for us newbies to the trial scene - there were plenty of rabbits in the second round which caused a few problems for some of us especially when the guns (not mentioning names!) kept missing the rabbits - poor Sonic just couldn't contain his excitment after not 1 or 2 but 4 rabbits that he was steady on were missed by the gun!!
Results Novice Bendigo 18 May 2009
1. Clairferam Brandy Girl Ross Simpson
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We then headed back up to Tekapo where the weather was rather chilly and the second day we trialled with snow falling
Results Day 1 Tekapo 19 May 2009
1. Arddun Ebon - Rob Browning
2. FCh Wernffrwd Dafydd Du - Bob Whitehead
3 Cragtop Cinnamon (UK) - Chris Nottingham
Judges David Jones (US) & Neville Alexander
This gave Arddun Ebon (Bracken) his second challenge and after completing his water retrieve has now earned the titled of FCh - well done Rob!
Results Day 2 Tekapo
1. FCh Hamish of Ballyblack - Ross Simpson
2. Cragtop Cinnamon - Chris Nottingham
3. Ardunn Cognac - Bob Whitehead
Judges David Jones (US) & Peter O'Neill
We then headed to North Canterbury for the remaining trials.
Results Culverden 22 May 2009
1. GFCh Springlea Dame of Cust - Dave Rodgers
2. Cragtop Cinnamon - Chris Nottingham
3. Wyebrook Lady Chatterly - Rachel Ralph
Judges David Jones (US) & Bill Taylor
Results Novice 23 May 2009 North Canterbury
1. Sentinella Motown Busker Ross Wickham
Results North Canterbury 24th May 2009
1. Cragtop Cinnamon - Chris Nottingham
There were also two 'Guns Awards'
GUNS AWARDS S.I.W.S.C. TRIALS TEKAPO
Tuesday 19 May 2009 Chris Nottingham Cragtop Cinnamon
Wednesday 20 May 2009 Dixie Hawkes Sentinella -Jazz_A- Bella
Thanks to Rob and Keri for their hard work encouraging us novices to head down south and organising the trip, thanks to the south islanders who made us very welcome and thanks to the judges who gave us lots of positive feedback - we all had a great time and it was a wonderful learning experience for both novice handlers and dogs - i'm sure we'll be back next year. Rachel Ralph
MARCH 2009
The novice & open trials held at Waitotara this month seemed to go very well with 10 competitors in the novice and 9 in the open. The standard of handling has come up out of sight since the first training day at Taupo with these guys and girls as keen as. A few of them are now coming down south with us. The results for the novice were Mignon Stevenson and her dog Alex 1st Ross Wickham 2nd with Mo and in the open there was a no result as most of the dogs putting them self out on game but this showed these handlers that you can come out with no winners on the day even with game in front of your dogs - that’s natural game trials. Rob Browning
