This was a new venue for us and we thank Mr J Haywood for allowing us to train in his sugar beet.
It rained for most of the day, but this did not deter 23 handlers taking advantage of working with cold game in sugar beet.
Sue Lowe trained the open dogs and Julie Campbell the novice dogs.
There were 3 tests in the afternoon and for each the distances were changed for each class:
Test 1 was a mark in the beet and a blind in the grass at the edge of the field. Novice 1 dogs picked the mark first rather than the blind.
Test 2 was a picking up exercise, each dog picking two of three birds.
Test 3 was a double mark. Novice 1 retrieved the last bird thrown first.
Results
Novice 1
1st Vicki Strawson with Willow
2nd Joy Parker with Cilla
3rd Ace Williams with Hal
Novice 2
1st Jill Parsons with Joe
2nd Sue Corden with Libby
3rd Janette Sayer with Becky
Open
1st Liz Woods with Briar
2nd Nessa Thompson with Willow
3rd Tamara Pearson with Guiness