UGS K&ES held their Open and Novice water tests at the beautiful Isenhurst Estate by kind permission of Clive and Gilly Nickols. Both classes were well supported and the judges set some excellent tests, relatively straight forward but with some interesting bunkers to catch dogs and handlers out. The weather held out for most of the day and thankfully the downpour was over by the time everyone got back to the lodge. There was an Open and a Novice class but we also held a Young Handler class for a lovely little lady called Daisy, who is only just 8 years old. Daisy had been asking her Mummy if she could enter a class with their young dog so we agreed to let her have a go. Daisy had been practicing very hard in the lead up to the test which clearly paid off as she scored a total of 74 out of 80 in a simplified version of the Novice test earning herself a Young Handler award certificate and a rosette. Well done Daisy Farley, you were a little star ️
Novice Test:
1st Place and the Dawson Hart Trophy – Culpepper Maybold handled by Jane Gray
2nd Place and the Forest Trophy – Braltontwist Pumpkin handled by Chrissie Walton.
After a run off,
3rd Place – Oakhorn Thiago handled by Victoria Ellis.
4th Place – Lovatnoir Lanner Falcon handled by Jacqueline Mason
COM – Bellesbank Gravity handled by Hannah Collyer.
Open Test:
1st Place and the Hatchfield Trophy – Welige Lady Sybil of Wight handled by Bryony Hamilton.
2nd Place and The Forest Trophy – Tullysedge Incas Gold handled by Sue Jordan.
3rd Place – Highholts KitKat – handled by Sue Convery.
4th Place – Flaxenfox Shumba handled by Barry Harvey
COM – Rossclyde Highland Mist at Rotherburn handled by Sarah Burnell
Young Handler – Cwnddraig Olive at Daisycreek – Handled by Daisy Farley.
A big thank you as always to our wonderful judges; Louie Robertson, Kate Bollen, Belinda Welbourn and Jo Voke and to all you fabulous helpers who stepped up to the plate to help. Andy, Carole, Heather, Stuart, Lauren, Fiona M, Fiona S, Sabine, Jane, Alice Janet, Jeanette, Ian, Jane and my brilliant team from UGS K&ES.
Thank you also to Skinners for their ongoing sponsorship and to Sporting Saint who provided a wonderful goody bag for Daisy.
