Latest news
(last updated 19 January 2015)
Our Annual General Meeting is on Sunday February 1st at Hackthorn Village Hall, Hackthorn, LN2 3PQ at 2.00pm. We are also running an Eye Testing Clinic at the same time, starting at 11.00am. Please contact Gilly Bell on 01778 425104 if you would like to bring your dog(s). Sorry - we do not have any appointment times left for our eye testing clinic.
Our Programme for 2015 is ready. Please refer to our Activities page for details.
Our annual mailshot has been mailed or emailed. If you have not received yours by either method, please contact Gilly Bell.
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IGL Retriever Championships 2014
Wow! Congratulations to Richard King with FTCh Saxaphone Brown Ale of Lincswold on winning the IGL Retriever Championships 2014. Well done, Richard!
(added 6 December 2014)
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‘Field Trial Champion Nevillebriar Golden Plover’. Sounds good, doesn’t it? Congratulations to Andy Slingsby who won a two day open field trial with Golden Plover one week and then a second a couple of weeks later. Just drive and water certificates to gain in order to add that delicious FTCh tag to his dog’s name! We wish them good fortune in the Championship in December.
Drive and water certificates now complete. Congratulations Field Trial Champion Golden Plover!
................................................................................................................................................................... Our Demonstration Team
Our Demonstration Team have been busy this year. We have amazed the crowds with a taste of gundog work and training at Navenby, Wrangle, Lincolnshire and Heckington Shows. The photo shows the team at Heckington Show at the end of July.
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Vicki's walk
Congratulations to Vicki Strawson who has recently completed the 'Coast to Coast' walk.
In completing the walk, Vicki has raised over £1000 for MacMillan Nurses!!
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Team Tests
The teams for the various team events were chosen at our Team Selection Test at Mavis Enderby on 29 March, except for the team for the Area Finals which came from the results at our Open Working Test at Mavis Enderby.
Inter Area Finals at Windsor on Sunday 13 July 2014
Our team (David Wheatcroft, Andy Slingsby and Lee Hayman) had a super day and came 3rd. Our thanks to the Bucks Area for organising such a great event.
Burghley Country Fair on Sunday and Monday 25 and 26 May 2014
Andy Slingsby, David Wheatcroft and Lee Hayman represented Lincs URC at Burghley. As always the tests were challenging, but our team came a very creditable 4th.
Jack Newell entered the Junior Handler competition and did well to come 6th.
Inter Counties Team Test on Sunday 27 April
Our Inter Counties Team was Andy Slingsby, Martin Eveleigh and James Walgate.
The ground was excellent and there was a good atmosphere. Our team came 6th our of 12.
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Presentation of our Cheque to Medical Detection Dogs
We held our third Training and Informal Match of the year at Atterby on Saturday May 10 2014 and took the opportunity to present our cheque for £685 to Denise Taylor of Medical Detection Dogs. The money was raised for Medical Detection Dogs at our Charity Working Tests at Raithby on Sunday March 16 2014. It is an amazing total and we say a huge ‘thank you’ to our members and friends for their generosity. We are also indebted to Robert and Alistair Hall-Jones, Martin Reeve and the Mavis Enderby Shoot for allowing us to use this brilliant ground and to our sponsors, Chandlers of Horncastle and Crawfords Shooting Supplies of Scunthorpe.