WWW.SHOOTINGGAZETTE.CO.UK SEPTEMBER 2019 91Gundog update GUNDOGSResults
Retrievers
1 WiltshireWorkingGundogSociety
2 WestDartmoorWorkingGundog Club
3 Hawker’sHopefuls
Spaniels
1 UskValleyWorkingGundogClub(Paul
Roberts,LloydCanhamandNathanQuinn)
2 CarmarthenshireGundogSociety
(HaydenMorgan,AledJonesandDai
Pither)
3 NorthDevonWorkingGundogClub
(CarolineRawlings,Brian Smith and
Maurice Stanbury) Individualretrieverwinner:MellBrooks
with Annington Bay Maddi May.top-qualitygundogsinaction
withcompetitionsforboth
retrieversandspaniels.Eight
four-dogretrieverteamstook
parttogetherwithseventhree-
dogspanielteamsfromacross
thesouthofEnglandandWales.
Theoutstandingresultwasthat
theWiltshireWorkingGundog
Societywontheretriever
competitionforthethirdyear
runningwiththesameteam of
handlersanddogs.
TheywereDaveEngland
with Lubbecke Queen of Hearts
ofAbney;RobSmallmanwith
HelnorallMagnum;GillianYates
withLubbeckeSimoneandNick
JordanwithHollowbrookSaker.
It wasa fantasticperformance
demonstratinghighquality work
andgreatconsistency.
Followinga seriesoftestsin
theDeerPark,thehighlightfor
theretrievertestswasa water
retrievefromthelake,infullview
ofthegeneralpublic.
Theawardforthebest
individualperformancewastaken
byMellBrookswithAnnington
BayMaddiMay.
Thecompetingspaniels
beganwitha stiffwatertest
whichprovedtheundoingof
some,followedbya hunt-up
withseenandblindretrieves
intheOldDeerParkwood.
Congratulationstothewinning
teamfromtheUskValley
WorkingGundogClubandto
AledJoneswithBarcudwen
Mambowhotooktheawardfor
best individual performance.CarolineRawlingssends
Fergusfora retrieve
from the water.