K&ES Branch
FUN DAY & BBQ
Saturday 31st July
at Piplye Ponds,
Horsted Keynes,
West Sussex RH19 4HY

OPEN TO ALL

Competitors are
divided into four categories –
Young Handlers,
Pre-Novice, Novice
and Open

There will be 5 tests
for each group –
taken in any order
throughout the day

Judging starts at
9.00am with the BBQ, which will be open
all day, starting at
8.30am for breakfast

Rosettes and trophies
for all categories –
plus the combined
results of the tests
and the scurries will
go towards a Victor
Ludorum Trophy

For more information
please contact
Sarah Baldock
01444 471228

If you have any queries please contact the relevant Branch Officer

Annual Bursary to be awarded to Young Handlers

The Kent and East Sussex Branch of the Utility Gundog Society has
raised funds to award an annual Bursary to young handlers, who
show the potential to go further in the sport. The award will be
decided by the judges at the ‘Fun Day’ and will take into account
handling ability, empathy with dogs and general demeanour.

The Bursary will consist of three half day training sessions with a
well known gundog trainer and the opportunity to spend a day,
under instruction, with their dog, on a shoot.

The trainer, Gilly Nickols, is based in East Sussex, with 350 acres
of woodland, lakes and valleys on which she trains her dogs. She
has made up two Field Trial Champions, Tasco Rouble of Bedgebrook
and Bedgebrook Excalibur. She teaches and Judges both in the UK
and Europe, is a Kennel Club ‘B’ Panel Judge and judges both Field
Trials and Working Tests.

Gilly is passionate about training her dogs and helping other people
to train theirs. She is keen to encourage young handlers and
believes that a good grounding in dog training and the etiquette of
the shooting and trialling worlds is essential to produce good all
round handlers. She is a very friendly approachable trainer, always
wanting the dog and the handler to succeed; she is aware of all the pitfalls and will break down any problematic tasks to enable the
best result – www.bedgebrookgundogs.co.uk

Classes are at Orchard House, Matfield by
kind permission of Roger and Sheila Wade,
and will start on Tuesday 27th April and be
held every Tuesday evening throughout the
summer months.

Classes are divided into Puppy/Novice and
Intermediate/Open standards according to
numbers and there will be guest trainers
at some of the sessions.

Classes start promptly at 7.00pm
Training fee £4 per class –
one dog per handler please

Please remember to clear up after your dog

For further information please contact
Roger Wade on 01892 833916 or wadeshot@btconnect.com

Herts, Beds & Bucks Branch hosted this year’s Inter Branch
Working Test Cup Final which were held on 14th June 2009, at
Toddington Manor, Bedfordshire, by kind permission of Sir Neville
and Lady Bowman-Shaw, with judges for the day Vincent Mitchell
and Peter Scott.

The Kent and East Sussex Branch were represented by Roger
Wade’s black Labrador dog Faybourne Drew of Wadeshot, Sheila
Pomfrett-Wade’s black Labrador dog Luddesdowne Mark, Martin
Bagg’s yellow Labrador bitch Collaroybanks Holly and Diana
Harrison’s yellow Labrador bitch Yettoley Inca of Hatchfield.

The day ran like clockwork under the guidance of Chief Steward
Mrs Sue Searle and all her willing helpers. The tests were
challenging but very realistic, the sort of retrieves found on a
normal picking up or shooting day. Our team made excellent work
of most of the tests finishing at the top of the pile and being
presented with the Halday Cup for the winning team.

Martin Bagg’s little bitch ran extremely well all day and was
presented with The Westernash Trophy for the overall top dog by
Mrs Mary Darton.

The Kent and East Sussex Team with the Judges

Our thanks go to Roger Skinner Pet Foods for their continued
generosity in sponsoring these events with dog food vouchers and
also to the HBB branch for organising a wonderful day.

Roger Wade
Team Captain

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