Shooting Gazette – September 2019

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Gundog update GUNDOGS

THIS

MONTH’S

WINNER

Howtowin

Foryourchancetowineithera PintailExplorer

smock(top)ora Seasonsjacket(right),emailhigh-

resolutionpicturesto:[email protected].

Pleaseput“GundogPictureoftheMonth”inthe

subjectline.Thewinnerwillbechosenbythe

ShootingGazettejudgingpanel.Goodluck!

Theprizewillonlybepostedtowinners

with a fi xed UK postal address.

Gundog picture

of the month

Taking a break.

CongratulationstoLilyWattsfor this lovely

photo of her black cocker.

Club:LincolnshireAreaUnited Retriever Club
Event:OpenWorkingTest
Venue:Well,nearAlford
Judges:TimBrain,PeterGoddard and Tom Sagar
ChiefSteward:SueLowe
Sponsors:Mole Valley

REPORTBY:GILLYBELL
It wassowonderfultobeback
atthelovelygroundatWell,
nearAlford,bykindpermission
ofMrandMrsJames.Some 28
dogs came before our judges

andourteamfortheUnited

RetrieverClub Area Finals was

decided.

Testonewasa longmarkwith

shottobepickedaftera blindin

an area around a tree to the right.

Testtwowasa mark,withshot,

onlandacrossthewater.Another

shotwasfiredanda dummy

launcheda distancetothesideof

thedogasit hadbeenswimming

backwiththefirstretrievefor

aboutthreemetres.Thedoghad

toignorethisdummyandreturn

tohandthefirstmarkbefore

beingsentforthedistraction.

Testthreewasa longdouble

mark,withshot,inroughpasture

grass.Dogshadtopickthe fi rst

dummythrownfirst.

Aftera cutto 14 dogsthere

wasa four-dogwalk-up,each

doggettinga markand a blind in

varying places.

Well excitingfor retrievers

in Lincolnshire

Open winners,fromleft:TimBrain,TomGoddard,CharlieAlbone,LucieAdkins,JohnCardno,TomSagar,

Stephanie McBride, Sarah Coomber-Smith, Brian Barker, Doreen Spencer and Andy Slingsby.

Results

1 (andwinnerofTheLincolnshireArea

Shield)LucieAdkinswithMalsanGreen

LightforJogolo(ownedbyGodfreyLowe

whowasawardedTheGlebesprayTankard

forhighestplacedLincsmember)

2 (andwinnerofTheAnsonchaShield

fortherunnerupandtheRiaghyll

BlackShadowShieldfortheyoungest

dogintheawards)StephanieMcBride

withlab.d.LaurincoJustAce

3 CharlieAlbonewithlab.d

BerrylawAberfeldy

4 JohnCardnowithlab.b.

BuskettslawnAstrid

CoMBrianBarkerwithlab.d.

BarwestonOsprey

CoMbyJanetteSayerwithlab.b.Laurinco

RedGlowofHollowgate

CoMSarahCoomber-Smithwithlab.d.

AbbotsleighFusilier

CoMAndrewSlingsbywithlab.d.Arkglass

Taylor

CoMDoreen Spencer with lab.b. Teeshot Nickel