Norwich Gundog Club held a 12 dog One Day Open at Henham, Suffolk on 15th October 2024. by kind invitation of Mr Craig Robinson. A new ground for the Club. Steward of the beet was Mr Dean Clarke. Judges were Tom Lowe: Stewart North; Sue Hales- Lowe. and Julia Reed. After a slow start and a late finish we had two worthy winners. 1st and winning the Brindlebay Cup was Keith Broomfield handling Margaret Bloomfields Goldieslie Meadow Platt of Ticefield. 2nd was James Bailey with Isleofman Fonarik. The guns Choice: The Steve Polley Memorial Award went to Peter Childs with Beech Conquers All. We saw some lovely dog work and the atmosphere in the gallery all day was very enjoyable. A big thanks as always go to the team of guns and the helpers. A BBQ was provided at lunch time for all the Judges, guns, helpers and participants. Gitte always brings us some lovely cake. Thank you to all.
One Day Open at Kelling 20th November 2024 by kind permission of Mr and Mrs Widdowson. We are so lucky as a Club to be allowed to hold our trial on such a lovely venue and we thank Hayley Robertson and Chris Hill who were so helpful. Our Judges for the day were Phil Highfield, Phil Parkins, Peter Abbs (who very kindly stepped in at the last moment as Geoff Dobb came down with the flue) and Lee Hayman. I thank them very much as they must have been chilled to the bones that day. Steward of the Beat was Chris Hill who managed to put on a very testing trial on a freezing day including a snow blizzard. The guns shot incredibly well considering the conditions. I don’t know how they managed to shoot so accurately when they had horizonal snow blowing in their faces at times. The dogs struggled as well as you can imagine, the handlers sometimes could not see their dogs working, because of the tall game cover and also the snowy conditions. We stopped for a quick field lunch and a bit of a warm up then moved away to do a drive over water to end the day. The helpers I thank as they volunteer for our Club in the most cheerful way, we could not run trials without them. Gitte as always provided some well needed hot soup and rolls at lunch time, thank you and of course to Ian Crompton our Chairman who oversees us all. The competitors, although they were also frozen to the bone, seemed to take the weather in their stride!!! We thank Skinners who have sponsored us from the very start of the Club. The winner of the MacFarlane Cup : Shane King with Witchambrook Thatcher The NGC members trophy for guns choice. COM and winner of Highest placed Golden Retriever, Bembrook Salve : Keith Bedford with Angeni Chorus At Kayteens . Next Trial, Novice 10th December at Letheringsett. Report by Pam Wimmer
Novice Trial at Letheringsett, Norfolk on 10th December by kind invitation of Mr and Mrs Robert Carter. Mr Carter was there to welcome us all to his Estate and also returned at the end of the trial to present the prizes We are so lucky to have access to such a beautiful ground to be able to run our dogs on. Our Judges for the day were Keith Bedford, Matthew Gould, Sharon Coby and Shane King. Head Keeper and Steward of the Beet was Harvey Forder. We Thank the guns, Richard Orford and the beeters, our game carriers, Rachael, Darren, Allan and James all of them for their contribution to the day. Ian Crompton our Chairman and of course Gitte who always provides us with a lovely lunch at the end. Without all these people Trials just would not happen. Skinners who have always been our sponsor from the very beginning of the club. There was no outright winner so 2nd place went to Lee Haymam with Humberflair Field Marshal of Tildercross. Guns Choice went to Kevin Doughty with Highsea Lion. Our next Novice trial will be on 15th January at Westwick. It will be Driven.
Norwich Gundog Club held their last Novice Field Trial of the season at Westwick on 15th January by kind invitation of Mr John Alexander and family. Our lovely Judges were Steve Cullis, Paula Cullis, Rebecca Thistle and Craig Jackson who when called late the evening before the Trial agreed to stand in to judge for us. We are very grateful to him, Thank you Craig. Steward of the Beat was Nick Meale who looked after us extremely well. He provided us with two drives, we then stopped for lunch, with 6 dogs left in the trial Nick took us to a duck shoot to finish. The guns were spot on and didn’t miss much. A big Thank You to all the helpers, beaters, Guns and of course Nick Meale for organising the ground. Gitte who always caters for us all with lots of lovely food and Ian Crompton our Chairman who never misses an event. Without all these people the Trialing scene would come to an abrupt halt. We also must give a big Thank to Skinners who always sponsor our events. The winner was Mike Tallamy with Bellspaddle Hot Stuff of Brindlebay. Second was Tommy Weekley with Connisbrook’s Berneray of Rayardel. 3rd was Julia Reed and winner of Guns Choice with Santana Moonflower. COM Louise Munchaus Adsboel with Mikamores Fahrenheit. COM Karen Hurst with Saxthorpe Derwent. Pam Wimmer FT Secretary.