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The
Kennel Club
POINTER
& SETTER SPRING TRIALS 26/27 April 2002
THE ANNUAL KC Spring Field Trial for Pointers and Setters was
held at Six Mile Bottom, Suffolk, on the 26/27 April 2002 by
kind permission of Mr V Cunningham-Reid. The judges were Mrs
B Town and Mr J Woodburn, and our host on the ground was the
Head Keeper for the Estate Mr T Reeve.
The Kennel Club enjoyed a most succesful two day trial, following
a barren year in which no Pointer and Setter Trials were held
because of foot and mouth disease, all of the participants thoroughly
enjoyed being out again. The Trail was however tinged with sadness
owing to the fact that after 22 years it was our last Field
Trial to be held at Six Mile Bottom and the Trial marked the
retirement of Mrs Rosemary Hall the KCFT Secretary, the competitors
marked the occasion by presenting her with a token of their
appreciation for her many years’ service on their behalf.
These stakes were held, a Novice and All Aged on the first day
and an Open on the second, weather conditions had changed from
the unseasonal heat of the preceding two weeks and we experienced
strong winds and driving rain. The overall standard of the work
was much better than we have seen in previous years at this
trial, game was not quite as plentiful as we have seen probably
because of the poor weather conditions, we saw our usual number
of hares as some handlers found to this cost when running their
dogs. A number of dogs fell by the wayside because they failed
to adjust from running on grouse moors to the large open fields
of East Anglia.
All of the winners ran a level pattern on their alloted beat
and were able to ajust to the ground and weather conditions.
The winners of the Novice and All Aged Stake both owned by and
trained by Mr T Harris were fast, stylish pointers and were
excellent on game. The winner of the Open Stake Mr Andrew Pruden’s
handled by Mr C Organ’s Pointer dog Fernglen Fez ran well
in the first round and completed his day by finding a brace
of partridge.
The meet ended with the chairman of the KC Mr Peter James thanking
our host and presenting to him a memento that acknowledged our
gratitude for so many happy years spent field trialling at Six
Mile Bottom. He also expressed his thanks to Mrs Rosemary Hall
for all her many years af grand work.
Results: Novice Stake - Mr T W Harris’s Sparkfield Twist
All Aged Stake - Mr T W Harris’s Sparkfield Reason
Miss N Harris’s GS Clitters Swift
COM Dr Hadley’s GS Racmarglen Scoth Na Bhfear
Open Stake: Mr A Pruden’s P Dog Fernglen Fez
Miss A Brown’s IS Lusca Finn
Peter Heard
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