WGAA Training Day - November 2013

The next training day will be held on Sunday 17th November 2013at the Melton Botanic Garden (Darlingsford Lake), Melton. Enter the reserve off Collins Rd and follow the track cross country towards the lake. See sidebar on the right for directions via Google Maps. Training commences at 9am and finishes with a BBQ lunch at around 12pm. Anyone with a gundog is welcome.

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Training Day - October 2013

The next training day will be held on Sunday 20th October 2013at the Melton Botanic Garden (Darlingsford Lake), Melton. Enter the reserve off Collins Rd and follow the track cross country towards the lake. See sidebar on the right for directions via Google Maps. Training commences at 9am and finishes with a BBQ lunch at around 12pm. Anyone with a gundog is welcome.

WGAA Retrieving Trial - 5th October 2013

WGAA’s retrieving trial was held near Seymour on what turned out to be great day weather wise. The property was at its springtime best and with entries of 14 in the Intermediate Stake, judged by Wayne Phelps, and 10 in the Advanced Stake, judged by Andrew Yeomans, the scene was set for a great day.

Throughout the day the dogs retrieved ... and retrieved ... and retrieved, across both water and land. All dogs were tested over three runs in each stake with the Advanced dogs tested in both blind and sighted runs.

Both judges were complimentary about the quality of many of the competing dogs, especially the placegetters; a testament to WGAA’s training day programme and the commitment of the handlers.

Summing up – a great end to WGAA’s 2013 calendar of competition events.  Great property, great weather, cheerful atmosphere – what could be better!

RESULTS

Intermediate

1.    Peter Attard & Milley (GSP)                                147 points

2.    Henry Foster & Riley (Pointer)                           143 points

3.    Nick Guida & Marley (Pointer)                            142 points

4.    Luc Tomasino & Gus (Brittany)                          140 points

5.    Luke Warner & Cody (GSP)                               138 points

Advanced

1.    Nick Guida & Marley (Pointer)                            146 points

2.    Michael Calleja & Bella(Brittany)                         143 points

3.    Sam Heyes & Tasha (Labrador)                         139.5 points

4.    Henry Foster & Riley (Pointer)                           130.5 points

This win in Advanced qualifies Nick Guida’s Marley for the title Intermediate Retrieving Trial Dog.

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FIELD ASSESSMENT DAY – 15th September 2013

On what turned out to be a fantastic spring day WGAA Vic’s Field Assessment Day was held at the Daylesford property that has hosted the event for many years.

Approximately 40 people made their way across the rickety bridge to the venue, accompanied by 24 dogs of a variety of gundog breeds. Once there the canine passengers strutted their stuff across water, over land and on the pigeon run. The aim of the exercise was to hopefully score well in each of the 5 categories that the judges were looking for – categories that make for a great hunting companion. The certificates assessing the dogs will be awarded at the next Melton training day.

Well done to all participants.

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WGAA POINTER AND SETTER CLOSED SEASON NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP

The NSW Branch of WGAA conducted this year’s Closed Season National Championship for Pointers & Setters on Saturday 10^th August. This event is shared bi-annually between Western Australia and New South Wales.

Closed season events are run identically to open season events with one exception – no game is shot. This format suits those States that do not at the moment have open seasons as all other aspects of pointer & setter field trial work are expected. Retrieving is completed at the conclusion of the field work.

This year’s event was conducted once again in the New South Wales Riverina and was judged by Vince Guastella. For those competitors from States that had very poor trials conditions in 2013 this weekend’s trials were something of a revelation with excellent conditions and plentiful game.

The National was conducted in a canola paddock (something of a novelty) with all dogs having opportunities on game. The winning dog was B. Oliver’s pointer bitch F CH Rip Rap Veeda  NFTW  (CS) who carded 4 nice finds and completed the job with 2 good retrieves. Runner up was H. Foster’s pointer dog F Ch (CS) & FT Ch Rip Rap Marksman CM, NFTW (CS) who has been consistently on the podium this year.

The following day saw the final Pointer & Setter trial for this season, a season which commenced on a warm Anzac Day way back in April. Judged by Michael Zandona in another great trial paddock the standout performer was Andrea Melisi’s pointer dog F Ch (CS) Similax Conte.  Unhappily, he did not complete the retrieve satisfactorily and as no other dog had been brought through a ‘no result’ ensued.

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Training Day August 2013

The next training day will be held on Sunday 18th August 2013at Darlingsford Lake, Melton, Melways Ref 337 D 10.Enter the reserve off Collins Rd. Training commences at 9am and finishes with a BBQ lunch at around 12pm. Anyone with a gundog is welcome.

Retrieving Trial

Date: Saturday 5th October.
Stakes: Intermediate and Advanced.
Entry Fee: $15 each dog.
Entries close: 27th September, cheques payable to WGAA.
Post to:  Kathy Oliver
             11 Dreadnought St
             Sandringham 3191
             email: barryoliver@optusnet.com.au
Times:  Vetting 8.30am  Start 9.00am
Judge: TBA
Trophies: Trophy and Sash for 1st place.  Sash for 2nd and 3rd place getters.
Qualifications: Intermediate is a stake confined to gundogs that have not won any stake other than two Intermediate stakes.
                       Advanced is s stake confined to gundogs that have not won four Advanced Retrieving trials or one Open Retrieving trial.
Venue: TBA
Catering:  Lunch will be catered for - support your club and purchase lunch on site.

Trial Managers: Contact Luke Warner 0423 499 020  or Kevin Phelps 0407 091 221 for entry forms or more information.