Novice 14th July 2019 at Popes Oak
URC Southern Area held a Novice Test on Sunday 14th July 2019 Popes Oak Farm, West Grinstead, W.Sussex
by kind permission of Mrs Sheila Chessell
Judged by: Mrs Diana Harrison, Mrs Beth Rayner & Mrs Jane Carnaghan
Novice
after a run off for first place:
1st Carly Madgwick's Lab (D) Mitforton Quarrel
2nd James Brindley's Lab (B) Roundcopse Flora
and a run off for third place:
3rd David Tyrrell's Lab (D) Higgscroft Seiko
4th Dave Petty's Lab (D) Defreynes Surprise Boy
two COM's were awarded as follows:
COM: Fiona Huntingford's Lab (B) Charming Siskin
COM: Gillian Hayward-Sheldrake's Lab (D) Wylanbriar We Can't Stop
An ideal day weatherwise - warm with cloud cover for the dogs and sporadic sunshine for handlers, though surprisingly not a lot of scent which was the undoing of one poor handler who had achieved full marks for every one of their 5 exercises, but the scent at the sixth was completely flat and although almost treading on it, made the dummy unpickable. They will be having plenty of "if only" thoughts tonight.