Christchurch & District Gundog Club
Join now 01425 673082
please call between 5pm and 9pm
please call between 5pm and 9pm
CHRISTCHURCH AND DISTRICT GUNDOG CLUB AWARD SCHEME
Lots of you have been asking for something to aim at to show your achievements in gundog training. As a result the Christchurch and District Gundog Award Scheme has been devised. Certificates will be awarded at three levels Bronze, Silver and Gold and at each level a series of exercises will have to be completed. Each exercise will have to be demonstrated to the satisfaction of three seperate trainers on three different occasions thereby showing that you and your dog can reliably achieve the required standard. The assessments will happen on normal training days probably at the end of a training session. When you have practiced a particular exercise and your dog can perform it reliably talk to your trainer and he or she will be pleased to assess you and sign your record card. When you have three signatures for each exercise you will be awarded an attractive certificate. The tests for retrievers and spaniels are similar but with spaniels working over a slightly shorter distance. All tests will be off lead. The list of tests follows and a pack is available on training mornings which includes your personal record card and a copy of the required tests. There is a small charge to enter the scheme of £5.00 per dog at each level.
BRONZE AWARD
Heel - Handler to walk with dog at heel 20 yds off lead, handler and dog about turn and return to start.
Sit - Handler to command dog to sit, leave dog 10 yds turn and return to dog, dog not to move.
Stay - Handler to leave dog 20 yds (15yds spaniel) turn face dog, one command may be given. Dog must remain at sit for 2 minutes handler to return to dog.
Recall - Handler to leave dog 20 yds (15 yds spaniel) call dog, voice or whistle, dog must come without delay, sit in front of handler and on command return to heel. Return to heel not necessary for spaniel.
Retrieve 1 - Straight marked retrieve 10 yds, dog to be sent on command retrieve dummy to hand and return to heel. Return to heel not necessary for spaniel.
Retrieve 2 - Straight marked retrieve 20 yds, dog to be sent on command, retrieve dummy to hand and return to heel. Return to heel not necessary for spaniel.
GOOD LUCK
2011 ASSESSMENT DAY
Once again we enjoyed a very successful assessment day with lots of members taking part many of whom surprised themselves with how their dog had progressed over the year. Brian managed to arrange good weather again this year and the refreshments where excellent as always. Special thanks go to our assessors on the day, Richard Cox who judged the retrievers and Brian Hayward who judged the spaniels. Thanks also to Maryanne who took photos of the day which you can see on our Photos page.
RESULTS
Spaniel Pre Beginners: 1. Chris Revell, Charlie. 2. Neil Smith, Alfie.
Spaniel Beginners: 1. Sabrina White, Duke. 2. Katy Bower, Ruby. 3. Sue Nobbs, Tilly. 4. Chris Turner, Wiggens. 5. Liz Parish, Bubbles
Spaniel Advanced: 1. Bryn Shaw, Jess. 2. Kasia Bigda, Ciaol. 3. Del Bower, Meg. 4. Nigel Bond, Hardy. 5.Barbera Greaves, Swift.
Retriever Pre Beginners: 1. Andrew King, Frank. 2. Fleur Broderick, Riv. 3. Sarah Austin, Millie. 4. Dave Knight, Freddie.
Retriever Beginners: 1. Chris Doig, Gunner. 2. Sandy Wright, Alfie. 3. Brenda Ruddock, Jasper. 4. Gina Hawkins, Honey. 5. Richard Taplin, Melody.
Retriever Advanced: 1. Maryanne Pitman, Kia. 2. Anita Learoyd, Molly. 3. Chris Doig, Bosun. 4. Jenny Gribble, Tarn. 5. Wendy Bardsley, Jack.
AGM
The AGM was held on JANUARY 27th 2012, over forty members attended at Bransgore Village Hall to hear reports on our very successful 2011, and some of the plans for 2012.
All the existing officers and commitee where re-elected along with a new committee member Barbara Greaves.
The Chairman emphasised again that the success of the club is very dependent on the goodwill of the farmer for the use of his field. Whilst we have a good relationship with him at the moment it would give some peace of mind if one or more alternative sites could be explored. Ideally we would like some ground with parking, cover, water and at least as big as our present field. This is a big ask, but if anyone has any ideas or knows of a possible facility, not to far away, we would be pleased to hear about it.
The party afterwards was great fun with loads of food and wine.
The annual awards where made at this meeting and the well deserved winners where:-
MOST IMPROVED DOG (SPANIEL)....... OLLIE (Gemma Burden)
MOST IMPROVED HANDLER (SPANIEL)....... Nigel Bond (Ollie)
MOST IMPROVED DOG (RETRIEVER)....... RUFUS (Pat Hulme)
MOST IMPROVED HANDLER (RETRIEVER)........ Paul Liester (Spud)
RESULTS OF THE WATER TRAINING DAY HELD ON 30TH OCTOBER
Very many thanks to Julie for arranging the day at her farm which was thoroughly enjoyed by all who took part. These things don't just happen and Julie put in a lot of work to make sure that everyone had the best day possible.
The day was arranged like a working test with four tests for two clases, Beginners and Advanced, so that everyone had a chance to win a rossette. The tests involved steadiness to shot, straight retrieves, blind retrieves and water retrieves.
The winners where
Beginners, 1st John Granger 75pts with spanial Weka, 2nd Katy Bower 74pts with spanial Ruby, 3rd Jean Farrent 72pts with Retriever Hope, 4th Elizebeth Oakenfield 66pts with retriever Heidi, 5th John Farrent 63pts with retriever Molly.
Advanced, 1st Anita Leroyd 79pts (after run off) retriever Molly, 2nd Wendy Bardsley 79pts with retriever Jack, 3rd Jenny Gribble 76pts with FCR Tarn, 4th Kasia Bigda 75pts with spaniel Ciapol, 5th Evalina King 74pts with spaniel Aura.
Maximum points for all tests was 80 so some of our dogs did very well indeed.
There where also Judges Choice awards for special effort, entertainment etc. which went to Chris Doig with Bosun and Gunner, Carole Hunt with Mr Darcy, John Farrent with Molly and Leonard Oakenfold with Bonnie.
Be sure to have a look at the pictures on our PHOTOS page.
PHOTOS FOR INCLUSION ON WEBSITE PHOTO PAGE
It is surprisingly difficult to find really good action shots of dogs under going training for use on our website and in our yearbook, so if you have some pictures you are really pleased with and would like them published on this site please email to or hand to me at a training day.
TRAINING DATES FOR 2012
January 8, 22.
February 5, 19.
March 4, 18.
April 1, 15, 29.
May 13, 27.
June 10, 24.
July 8, 22.
August 5, 19.
September 2, 16, 30.
October 14, 28.
November 11, 25.
December 9.
PAY PAL
Please note that we are no longer able to accept PAY PAL as a method of payment.
Congratulations from us all to Barbera Bennett and Meika for their success at the recent CLA Game Fair at Blenheim. Barbera and Meika train with the Christchurch and District Gundog Club and here is her report on their day:
The CLA Game Fair 2011 A Day To Remember
This year the Game Fair was held at Blenhiem Palace in Oxford. A show well worth a visit. Each year the venue changes, next year it is at Leicester, and then it will come back south again. We live in hope that it will return to Broadlands, Romsey, one day.
There is much to see at the show which is held over three days. All country persuits are covered from dogs, birds of prey, horses, fishing a 4x4 course and even holidays in far away places oh and not forgetting a wonderful food village!! At most things there is a chance to try the sport there.
In the dog area there is an International Ring, thay have three days of competition of Spanials and Retrievers competing for their country, watch close enough and ther are several tips you can pick up!
There are also rings set up for other competitions where the general public can enter and try their luck. These include a 'pick-up', 'scurry', 'scramble' and this year a new competition the CLA Working test.
I decided to enter my black labrador, 'Meika'. She is now twenty two months old and has learnt a lot at Christchurch and District Gundog Club and also the United Retriever Club training sessions.
The Gundog Working Test is open to any recognised gundog breed and is designed to simulate a shooting days conditions to assess the working ability of a gundog.
The course is a series of test conditions you may come across in the field. The aim is to see the dogs steadyness to shot, see it handled on a 'blind' retrieve and assess its 'marking' ability.The judges are all experienced shooting people and field trial judges.
I must admit to being nervous and hoped I didn't pass it on to Meika! The first test was a seen retrieve, the dummy being thrown into water, this wasn't going to be a problem for a Labrador! But what pleased me most was she didn't drop the dummy when presenting it to me, for which she would have lost several points!
The second test was a shot with a 'seen' and a 'blind' retrieve with a jump over a fence. Meika marked the first dummy well and flew over the fence! On her return the second dummy was thrown for the 'blind'. I took my time making sure I set her up and that she was looking in the right direction before setting her off again. Once more she flew over the fence, with my command of 'over' just as she got to it. She found the dummy and was straight back to me. A lot of the dogs seemed to be rushed when they were sent for the second dummy and the dogs went all over the place and with the extra commands lost points.
There was some heel work in-between the tests and then the third test was a 'steady' exercise. A shot was fired and a dummy thrown and then I had to leave Meika and retrieve the dummy myself. Allways nerve racking when your dog has been retrieving exciting retrieves like the water, jumping fences and gunshot and then told to 'sit and stay'! but she was one hundred percent.
The last test was a longer retrieve with a pistol shot. I am pleased she did that well.
The judge then told me I had lost just one point out of a possible fifty!! but then came the wait while the last few dogs competed. The competition had run all day and there were around 80+ dogs competing. In the end no-one bettered our score and Meika has a very well deserved red rosette and a gorgeous silver salver which is engraved 'CLA Game Fair 2011' 'Blenhiem Palace'. I am going to have added her full name, 'Free as a Bird' as it is such a lovely momento of my dog working well and enjoying herself.
As you can imagine my husband Paul and myself were over the moon with her ... as were her other four legged friends Vinney, Dora, Jack and Ruby, and Meg.
You can see pictures of Meika and her spoils on our photos page
The AGM was held on JANUARY 27th 2012, over forty members attended at Bransgore Village Hall to hear reports on our very successful 2011, and some of the plans for 2012.
All the existing officers and commitee where re-elected along with a new committee member Barbara Greaves.
The Chairman emphasised again that the success of the club is very dependent on the goodwill of the farmer for the use of his field. Whilst we have a good relationship with him at the moment it would give some peace of mind if one or more alternative sites could be explored. Ideally we would like some ground with parking, cover, water and at least as big as our present field. This is a big ask, but if anyone has any ideas or knows of a possible facility, not to far away, we would be pleased to hear about it.
The party afterwards was great fun with loads of food and wine.
The annual awards where made at this meeting and the well deserved winners where:-
MOST IMPROVED DOG (SPANIEL)....... OLLIE (Gemma Burden)
MOST IMPROVED HANDLER (SPANIEL)....... Nigel Bond (Ollie)
MOST IMPROVED DOG (RETRIEVER)....... RUFUS (Pat Hulme)
MOST IMPROVED HANDLER (RETRIEVER)........ Paul Liester (Spud)
RESULTS OF THE WATER TRAINING DAY HELD ON 30TH OCTOBER
Very many thanks to Julie for arranging the day at her farm which was thoroughly enjoyed by all who took part. These things don't just happen and Julie put in a lot of work to make sure that everyone had the best day possible.
The day was arranged like a working test with four tests for two clases, Beginners and Advanced, so that everyone had a chance to win a rossette. The tests involved steadiness to shot, straight retrieves, blind retrieves and water retrieves.
The winners where
Beginners, 1st John Granger 75pts with spanial Weka, 2nd Katy Bower 74pts with spanial Ruby, 3rd Jean Farrent 72pts with Retriever Hope, 4th Elizebeth Oakenfield 66pts with retriever Heidi, 5th John Farrent 63pts with retriever Molly.
Advanced, 1st Anita Leroyd 79pts (after run off) retriever Molly, 2nd Wendy Bardsley 79pts with retriever Jack, 3rd Jenny Gribble 76pts with FCR Tarn, 4th Kasia Bigda 75pts with spaniel Ciapol, 5th Evalina King 74pts with spaniel Aura.
Maximum points for all tests was 80 so some of our dogs did very well indeed.
There where also Judges Choice awards for special effort, entertainment etc. which went to Chris Doig with Bosun and Gunner, Carole Hunt with Mr Darcy, John Farrent with Molly and Leonard Oakenfold with Bonnie.
Be sure to have a look at the pictures on our PHOTOS page.
PHOTOS FOR INCLUSION ON WEBSITE PHOTO PAGE
It is surprisingly difficult to find really good action shots of dogs under going training for use on our website and in our yearbook, so if you have some pictures you are really pleased with and would like them published on this site please email to or hand to me at a training day.
TRAINING DATES FOR 2012
January 8, 22.
February 5, 19.
March 4, 18.
April 1, 15, 29.
May 13, 27.
June 10, 24.
July 8, 22.
August 5, 19.
September 2, 16, 30.
October 14, 28.
November 11, 25.
December 9.
PAY PAL
Please note that we are no longer able to accept PAY PAL as a method of payment.
Congratulations from us all to Barbera Bennett and Meika for their success at the recent CLA Game Fair at Blenheim. Barbera and Meika train with the Christchurch and District Gundog Club and here is her report on their day:
The CLA Game Fair 2011 A Day To Remember
This year the Game Fair was held at Blenhiem Palace in Oxford. A show well worth a visit. Each year the venue changes, next year it is at Leicester, and then it will come back south again. We live in hope that it will return to Broadlands, Romsey, one day.
There is much to see at the show which is held over three days. All country persuits are covered from dogs, birds of prey, horses, fishing a 4x4 course and even holidays in far away places oh and not forgetting a wonderful food village!! At most things there is a chance to try the sport there.
In the dog area there is an International Ring, thay have three days of competition of Spanials and Retrievers competing for their country, watch close enough and ther are several tips you can pick up!
There are also rings set up for other competitions where the general public can enter and try their luck. These include a 'pick-up', 'scurry', 'scramble' and this year a new competition the CLA Working test.
I decided to enter my black labrador, 'Meika'. She is now twenty two months old and has learnt a lot at Christchurch and District Gundog Club and also the United Retriever Club training sessions.
The Gundog Working Test is open to any recognised gundog breed and is designed to simulate a shooting days conditions to assess the working ability of a gundog.
The course is a series of test conditions you may come across in the field. The aim is to see the dogs steadyness to shot, see it handled on a 'blind' retrieve and assess its 'marking' ability.The judges are all experienced shooting people and field trial judges.
I must admit to being nervous and hoped I didn't pass it on to Meika! The first test was a seen retrieve, the dummy being thrown into water, this wasn't going to be a problem for a Labrador! But what pleased me most was she didn't drop the dummy when presenting it to me, for which she would have lost several points!
The second test was a shot with a 'seen' and a 'blind' retrieve with a jump over a fence. Meika marked the first dummy well and flew over the fence! On her return the second dummy was thrown for the 'blind'. I took my time making sure I set her up and that she was looking in the right direction before setting her off again. Once more she flew over the fence, with my command of 'over' just as she got to it. She found the dummy and was straight back to me. A lot of the dogs seemed to be rushed when they were sent for the second dummy and the dogs went all over the place and with the extra commands lost points.
There was some heel work in-between the tests and then the third test was a 'steady' exercise. A shot was fired and a dummy thrown and then I had to leave Meika and retrieve the dummy myself. Allways nerve racking when your dog has been retrieving exciting retrieves like the water, jumping fences and gunshot and then told to 'sit and stay'! but she was one hundred percent.
The last test was a longer retrieve with a pistol shot. I am pleased she did that well.
The judge then told me I had lost just one point out of a possible fifty!! but then came the wait while the last few dogs competed. The competition had run all day and there were around 80+ dogs competing. In the end no-one bettered our score and Meika has a very well deserved red rosette and a gorgeous silver salver which is engraved 'CLA Game Fair 2011' 'Blenhiem Palace'. I am going to have added her full name, 'Free as a Bird' as it is such a lovely momento of my dog working well and enjoying herself.
As you can imagine my husband Paul and myself were over the moon with her ... as were her other four legged friends Vinney, Dora, Jack and Ruby, and Meg.
You can see pictures of Meika and her spoils on our photos page
Copyright ©2012 Christchurch & District Gundog Club
Christchurch & District Gundog Club
UK Telephone 01425 673082 Outside UK +44 (0)1425 673082 Email web@ChristchurchGundogClub.co.uk
