WORKING TEST PROGRAMME 2025


 
                                                Kennel Club I.D 712  

   

United Retriever Club Border Counties and Cotswolds

RETRIEVER WORKING TEST SCHEDULES 2025 

(held under Kennel Club Limited Rules and Regulations ‘J’)     

All our tests are kindly sponsored by Skinners Pet Foods

Please note that only members of URC, including those from other areas, are eligible to enter URC tests.

      No in-season bitches to be brought onto the ground.

Handlers running two dogs must bring someone to hold their second dog.

Handlers must not ask club officials to hold a dog.

ENTRY DEFINITIONS

Puppy:                      Any dog or bitch under 18 months old on day of test.

Special Puppy:            Any dog or bitch between18-24 months old on day of test.

Junior Handler:            Handler 18 and under on the day of test.

Novice Dog, Novice Handler:      Neither dog nor handler to have won:-

a)     1st in a Novice Dog, Novice Handler Working Test.

b)     Any place in any other Working Test or Field Trial.

Novice:                            Any dog or bitch of any age not having won:

                                   a) a place or COM at a Field Trial.

                                   b) 1st 2nd or 3rd in an Open Working Test                 

                                   c) 1st in a Novice Test

Open:                         Open to all.

Veteran:                     Over 8 years old on day of test.

Please enter on-line using FTMS and pay using PayPal, or download an entry form and forward a cheque with your entry to:-

Working test sec. Miss Aileen Jones.

1 Stable Cottages, Bread Street, Ruscombe, Stroud, Glos. GL6 6EG

Tel. 07761 611374. Email aileenjones42@gmail.com

Entry fee £12 per class.

Running order, directions and standing instructions will be emailed to all  competitors a week before the test.

Raffle prizes will be gratefully received.

DOWNLOAD A WORKING TEST ENTRY FORM HERE

 

TEST SCHEDULES

Novice and Open Qualifier Working Test

Open Qualifier for the Area Finals

Date: Sunday 13th April 2025

Venue: Eyford, Cheltenham, GL54 2JN

  Meet: 9.00am for 9.30am start

Open, not before 1.00pm

Hosts: Mr Rupert Prest

Judges:  Helen Goodwin, Nicola Rudyard, 

         Pat Dixon and Laurie Pittaway

Closing date for entries: To be received by Friday 4th April 2025

 

50th Anniversary Event

Date: Sunday 18th May 2025

Venue: Laverton Hill Farm, Snowshill, Broadway, Worcs, WR12 7JZ

   Meet: 9.00am for 9.30am start

Hosts: Mr Jack Preece

Judges: TBC

The day will consist of a team event in the morning. 1 NDNH, 1 Novice, 1 Open.

A fun afternoon with events for all. 

Closing date for entries: To be received by Saturday 10th May 2025 by POST only to the Working Test Secretary.

Plesae state the team name, dog and handlers name and which level. 

 

Novice and Open Working Test

Date: Sunday 22nd June 2025

Venue: Ricky Maloney Grounds, Laughton, Lechlade On Thames, GL7 3QL

Hosts: Mr Ricky Ross Maloney

Meet: 9:00am for 9:30am start

Open, not before 1:00pm

       Judges: Ricky Maloney, Dawn Scott, Adrian Phillips, Julian Morgan

Closing date for entries: To be received by Saturday 14th June 2025

  

Novice Dog Novice Handler, Junior Handler, Puppy, Special Puppy, Veteran Working Test

Date: Sunday 20th July 2025

 Venue: The Batsford Estate, Moreton-In-The-Marsh

Hosts: Lord Dulverton

Meet: 9:00am for 9:30am start

Judges: Elizabeth Davies, Carla Gibson, 3rd and 4th TBC

Closing date for entries: To be received by Saturday 12th July 2025

 

All Aged Walked Up

Date: Sunday 17th August 2025

Venue: Glewston, Ross On Wye, Herefordshire

Hosts: Mr and Mrs A Jackson

   Meet: 9.00am for 9.30am start.

Judges: TBC

Closing date for entries: To be received by Saturday 9th August 2025 

 

 

 

 

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