The Norwich Gundog Club held their Novice Trial on 6th November at Oulton Norfolk by kind permission of Saltcarr Farms ltd. Head keeper and steward of the beet was Mr Simon Neal. Judges Terry Prentice, Michael Tallamy, Sharon Dingle and Tom Sage. We started off with a drive, spectacular shooting from the guns and witnessed some very good dog work. Later a walk up, again some very high birds were shot and dogs picking up in woods. Lovely to watch. Winner of Hedenham Park Salver and Guns Choice, Jacks Choice went to Gill Grummitt with Willowdeep Dolly: COM to Allie Hogsbjerg with Grenadier Grouse of Rufriver: COM to Michael McInally with Tudorcourt Elderberry. Mr Michael Harrold presented the prizes to the winners. We very much Thank all the helpers, beaters, Birgitte for the excellent food provided and our Chairman Ian Crompton who looks after us all. Skinners who are so generous with providing vouchers for the winners. All in all a beautiful trial on a wonderful Estate, how lucky are we. Report by Pam Wimmer.
The Norwich Gundog club held their 1st Open by kind invitation of Mr and Mrs Widdowson. Chris Hill Steward of the Beat took us on a walk up in game cover and fields where last year we were in blizzard conditions. This year was just right, the guns were at their best and shot some testing birds. We finished the day with a drive over the lake. Judges of the day were: Henrik Vilendal: Andrew Slingsby: Andrew Mutimer and Tom Birchall. The Winner of The MacFarlane cup and Guns choice was Laura Hill with FtCh Jarailstar Hohenzollern of Stauntonvale: 2nd was Shane Gilliver with Slingley Black Beauty At Minerskiln: A huge Thank You to all the helpers and beaters, Birgitte and Sue Southwell for providing the much appreciated catering. Skinners our Sponsors so generous. A big Thank You to Hayley Widdowson who was our contact from the Estate. I have said before and will say again that we are so very lucky to be offered these fabulous grounds to hold our trials on. Letheringsett next week. Pam Wimmer. FT Sec
Norwich Gundog Club held their second Open Trial on 18th November at the Letheringsett Estate by the very kind invitation of Mr and Mrs Robert Carter. Mr Carter is the president of our club and we are very lucky to have him as he is so enthusiastic and passionate about shooting and conservation in the countryside. He gave a welcome speech and wished all the handlers an enjoyable day. Harvey Forder was Steward of the Beet with his assistant Richard Orford. Harvey started the dogs walking up in phacelia crop which really made the dogs and their handlers concentrate and work hard to find the birds. The Guns shot some some lovely high birds and hardly missed enabling the trial to flow nicely all day. We ended the day with a mini drive. The winner was Adam Snare with Trevear Constantine Of Mearecastle: which made the dog up to FT CH subject to KC confirmation. Adam was rightly over the moon with the result. He was also winner of Guns Choice. A Big Thank You go all the helpers, beaters and the guns. Gitte and Sue for the usual high standard of catering, Ian Crompton our Chairman who is always on hand to help us all. Skinners our sponsors for many years who are so generous in their support. This was our third trial in one of the three spectacular Norfolk Estates we have been lucky enough to be able to hold our trials on. An extra big Thank You to all the owners of those estates. Good Luck to all those who have qualified for the Championships. Pamela Wimmer. FT Sec.
Norwich Gundog club held their last Novice Trial of the season at Westwick by kind invitation of Mr Alexander and family. Our judges for the day were Sara Gadd, Doug Laflin, Aaron Wright and Karen Hurst. Nick Meale the keeper looked after us very well, provided us with some lovely birds, mainly partridge. The scent was not brilliant but birds were there to be picked. Guns did a great job of bringing them down, one even flew through the handlers nearly hitting a dog which was then sent to retrieve it. We were left with 4 dogs at the end. The winner was Callum Raywood with Pinfeathers Galahad: 2nd Stewart North with Northglen Breeze: 3rd was Keith Bloomfield with Hawksgarth Harry of Lowtrey: Guns choice went to Matthew Ager with Harrachtain Shepherd Moon. we send our Thanks to the guns, beaters, people marking down and game carriers. We most definitely cannot do without their amazing support giving up their day for the club. Skinners who always provide vouchers for the winners, we Thank You. This season our Club was so privileged to be able to hold 2 Novice and 2 Open trials on some spectacular Norfolk Estates. As I have said before, how lucky are we. Pam Wimmer. FT Sec