Retrieving Trial win

On Saturday 1st October NSW WGAA member, Peter Simmons' pointer bitch QUANNAH BELLA APACHE won the Novice AM retrieving trial held by the United Retriever Club of NSW. This ANKC trial was held west of Taree and the judge was Paul Hamson. Bella won from an entry of 13 dogs and scored a total of 181 points.

This was Bella's first retrieving trial and follows on from her impressive first season of field trialling.

Field Assessment Day - 9th October 2011.

For the sixth consecutive year WGAA conducted its unique field assessment day at our excellent Daylesford site. Dogs were again tested over three runs – a land retrieve, a water retrieve and a field run. Wayne Phelps, Barry Kavanagh and Barry Oliver filled the judicial roles and by lunchtime 15 dogs had been run and judged.
This event is always a popular one, replicating as it does scenarios that all breeds of gundogs can participate in.
Following the presentation of certificates most of those in attendance enjoyed some great training opportunities. Many thanks to WGAA’s HPR discipline for organising the day.

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Pointer pups for sale

Sire: F Ch & F Ch (CS) Koram Kris at Innistona (Imp Ire) NFTW & NFTW (CS)
Dam: Rip Rap Casher
This litter represents a chance to purchase a pup from top line trial and working dogs.
The imported sire has been the dominant trial winner over the past few years, winning no less than nine trials and placing in three others.
The dam is a prolific game finder and the winner of a trial this year – her first year of trialling.
Progeny from an earlier identical mating has produced a dog already making his mark in trials, including winning this year’s Closed Season National.
Contact: Barry Oliver 0403 380 092

Training Day - October 2011

The next training day will be held on Sunday 16th October 2011 at Tullidge Reserve, Melton, Melways Ref 337 D 10.Enter the reserve off Collins St. Training commences at 9am and finishes with a BBQ lunch at around 12pm. Anyone with a gundog is welcome. For more details please contact the Training Officer, Graham Hayes on 9743 7402.

Field Assessment Day - 9 October 2011

Date: Sunday 9th October Venue: Daylesford, Vic
Starting time: Be there and registered by 8.30am
Bring your own lunch.
A barbeque will be available if you bring meat to cook.
This is the sixth year this event has been held. Dogs are required to complete three basic tasks – a field run, a land retrieve and a water retrieve.
Certificates will be awarded.
The Field Assessment day is open to all breeds of gundogs of all abilities, young or old. The field and retrieving runs bear a direct relationship to real life hunting over your gundog. Every encouragement is given by experienced trainers to help you and your dog improve even more.
This day is part of the Hunt, Point & Retrieve (HPR) sub discipline program.
For further details, a map and to confirm attendance please contact WGAA Vice President, Kevin Phelps on 0407 091 221.

September training day.

The next training day will be held on Sunday 18th September 2011 at Tullidge Reserve, Melton, Melways Ref 337 D 10.Enter the reserve off Collins St. Training commences at 9am and finishes with a BBQ lunch at around 12pm. Anyone with a gundog is welcome. For more details please contact the Training Officer, Graham Hayes on 9743 7402.

Hunt Point & Retrieve Novice Training Field Trial 2011

Saturday 3rd September was something of a red letter day for WGAA with the running of our first closed season training trial for Hunt, Point and Retrieve dogs. The event was judged by Russell Thomas, well known and very successful GSP handler.
This was a training event and Russell gave freely of his expertise and experience, guiding all handlers with a running commentary about how their dogs were performing.
All dogs were tested on game throughout the day with many having multiple finds. The stand out field performer was Marco Pagliari’s L’Epagnuel Breton, Fay who carded 10 finds in her field runs and backed well when required. Dean Watts’ GSP, Angie Bloomer’s GSP and Bill Allen’s Breton also impressed with their field work.
A marked retrieve in water concluded what was an excellent day. Russell’s winning dog overall was Dean Watts’ GSP Purdey. Runner up was awarded to Angie Bloomer’s GSP Farli and third place went to Marco Pagliari’s Breton, Fay.
WGAA intends to conduct HPR Open Season events next season.

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