Arun & Downland Gundog Society
Special Puppy Test
30th June 2012
Held at Upper Birtley
The weather was just perfect for this A&D Special Puppy test, dry and bright and breezy, much fresher than it might have been on the last Saturday in June!
Our judges were Mark and Pauline Lucas who were to mark us on four tests so we split into two teams and stayed with each judge for two tests.
Test 1 – Handler with dog at heel walked to about a dozen paces along a grassy track and the around the bend into a headland strip next to a crop of wheat. Ahead of us as we turned the corner into the field was a dummy thrower behind a fallen tree who fired a shot to signal the two blinds which were in long grass in front of the fallen tree. We were sent for the first one by the judge and the second in our own time.
Test 2 – A long mark with shot in long grass where the dog would be unsighted as it came to the fall.
Test 3 – Handler with dog at sitting heel facing a cover crop of young shoots of maize. A dummy thrower on our left tossed a dummy forward to the edge of the crop which we were to retrieve ourselves. As we started to return to our dog a gun was fired and a dummy thrown some 80 yards ahead onto the earth where the maize was sown. We were to hand the first dummy to the judge and were then told to send our dogs for the long mark.
Test 4 – A straight forward mark onto a pond with the dog crossing over a fallen birch tree.
As with most Special Puppy Tests there was a considerable age range from 12 months to just under 24 but the tests were achievable with little or no handling. The scores were therefore very close with two on 79 and three on 77 which led to two run offs for 2nd and 3rd and 4th plus two COMs. The first place went to John Boyle with a very commendable 80/80.
Meanwhile Lynette Irwin was judging the young handler tests in another area and although we missed their award ceremony at the end of the morning, the winners were all congratulated again. I gather first and second place went to two of Hilly’s dogs being handled by: ALICIA UPTON-JARVIS aged 14 and TOBY UPTON aged 8
As the awards were given for the Special Puppy the handlers for the Novice Dog, Novice Handler Test were gathering so it was time to wish them all good luck and beat a retreat. Thank you to all the helpers at A&D for a lovely well run morning of tests for our young dogs.
RESULTS FOR SPECIAL PUPPY:
1ST JOHN BOYLE WITH ROWLEDGE REBEL LAB/D 20/9/10
2ND HILLY HOAR WITH KIRBYHALL MEADOW PIPIT LAB/B14/7/10
3RD JACKY SIMPSON WITH TAYWOODS GINGEMA LAB/B 4/7/10
4TH GILLIAN YATES WITH LUBBECKE ROYAL SAPPHIRE LAB/B22/3/11
C.O.M. TESSA DRISCOLL WITH CHANCELEND ZULU LAB/D11/2/11
C.O.M LOUIE ADSHEAD WITH BEDGEBROOK SCRUMPTIOUS LAB/B 3/3/11
RESULTS FOR A&D YOUNG HANDLER 30/6/2012
JUDGE: LYNETTE IRWIN
1ST ALICIA UPTON-JARVIS WITH HILLY HOARS LAB/B 29/3/02 WRENNY JEN KIRBYHALL ALICIA AGED 14
2ND TOBY UPTON WITH HILLY HOARS LAB/B 19/5/05 KIRBYHALL WAGTAIL TOBY AGED 8
3RD HOLLY MOURDLE WITH CHRIS ROSES LAB/B 19/8/09 LEOSPING DEVA HOLLY AGED11
4TH JACK GODFREY WITH
CHARLOTTE GODREYS LAB/D14/5/09 TIMULUS TIMOTHY JACK AGED 13
C.O.M LARA MULLER WITH JEAN STENNINGS LAB/B LARA AGED 9
RESULTS FOR NOVICE DOG NOVICE HANDLER
1ST CARRIE GOODALL LAB/B 29/12/06 GOLDROBBER SOLO INITIATION
2ND PAULA GRAYSTONE LAB/B 29/4/11 ENDACOTT SPICEBERRY
3RD HEATHER STAGG FCR/D 21/5/09 BUMBLYN PAPRIKA
4TH PRU PERKINS LAB/B 15/4/10 ROLVENDEN GILLI FLOWER OF COPSEHOLLOW
C.O.M. MARTIN LAWRENCE LAB/D 14/6/10 MUNTJAC RUNNER
Our judges were Mark and Pauline Lucas who were to mark us on four tests so we split into two teams and stayed with each judge for two tests.
Test 1 – Handler with dog at heel walked to about a dozen paces along a grassy track and the around the bend into a headland strip next to a crop of wheat. Ahead of us as we turned the corner into the field was a dummy thrower behind a fallen tree who fired a shot to signal the two blinds which were in long grass in front of the fallen tree. We were sent for the first one by the judge and the second in our own time.
Test 2 – A long mark with shot in long grass where the dog would be unsighted as it came to the fall.
Test 3 – Handler with dog at sitting heel facing a cover crop of young shoots of maize. A dummy thrower on our left tossed a dummy forward to the edge of the crop which we were to retrieve ourselves. As we started to return to our dog a gun was fired and a dummy thrown some 80 yards ahead onto the earth where the maize was sown. We were to hand the first dummy to the judge and were then told to send our dogs for the long mark.
Test 4 – A straight forward mark onto a pond with the dog crossing over a fallen birch tree.
As with most Special Puppy Tests there was a considerable age range from 12 months to just under 24 but the tests were achievable with little or no handling. The scores were therefore very close with two on 79 and three on 77 which led to two run offs for 2nd and 3rd and 4th plus two COMs. The first place went to John Boyle with a very commendable 80/80.
Meanwhile Lynette Irwin was judging the young handler tests in another area and although we missed their award ceremony at the end of the morning, the winners were all congratulated again. I gather first and second place went to two of Hilly’s dogs being handled by: ALICIA UPTON-JARVIS aged 14 and TOBY UPTON aged 8
As the awards were given for the Special Puppy the handlers for the Novice Dog, Novice Handler Test were gathering so it was time to wish them all good luck and beat a retreat. Thank you to all the helpers at A&D for a lovely well run morning of tests for our young dogs.
RESULTS FOR SPECIAL PUPPY:
1ST JOHN BOYLE WITH ROWLEDGE REBEL LAB/D 20/9/10
2ND HILLY HOAR WITH KIRBYHALL MEADOW PIPIT LAB/B14/7/10
3RD JACKY SIMPSON WITH TAYWOODS GINGEMA LAB/B 4/7/10
4TH GILLIAN YATES WITH LUBBECKE ROYAL SAPPHIRE LAB/B22/3/11
C.O.M. TESSA DRISCOLL WITH CHANCELEND ZULU LAB/D11/2/11
C.O.M LOUIE ADSHEAD WITH BEDGEBROOK SCRUMPTIOUS LAB/B 3/3/11
RESULTS FOR A&D YOUNG HANDLER 30/6/2012
JUDGE: LYNETTE IRWIN
1ST ALICIA UPTON-JARVIS WITH HILLY HOARS LAB/B 29/3/02 WRENNY JEN KIRBYHALL ALICIA AGED 14
2ND TOBY UPTON WITH HILLY HOARS LAB/B 19/5/05 KIRBYHALL WAGTAIL TOBY AGED 8
3RD HOLLY MOURDLE WITH CHRIS ROSES LAB/B 19/8/09 LEOSPING DEVA HOLLY AGED11
4TH JACK GODFREY WITH
CHARLOTTE GODREYS LAB/D14/5/09 TIMULUS TIMOTHY JACK AGED 13
C.O.M LARA MULLER WITH JEAN STENNINGS LAB/B LARA AGED 9
RESULTS FOR NOVICE DOG NOVICE HANDLER
1ST CARRIE GOODALL LAB/B 29/12/06 GOLDROBBER SOLO INITIATION
2ND PAULA GRAYSTONE LAB/B 29/4/11 ENDACOTT SPICEBERRY
3RD HEATHER STAGG FCR/D 21/5/09 BUMBLYN PAPRIKA
4TH PRU PERKINS LAB/B 15/4/10 ROLVENDEN GILLI FLOWER OF COPSEHOLLOW
C.O.M. MARTIN LAWRENCE LAB/D 14/6/10 MUNTJAC RUNNER
Award winners of the Novice Dog Novice Handler
