The club held their Special Puppy, Young Handler and Novice Test on Saturday 6th June by kind invitation of Mr Charles and Henry Watt and Graham Thompson. It was a sad start to the day to hear that sadly Graham Thompson had passed away the previous evening. Graham was one of eight who founded the club in 1990. He will be missed by many. Thanks go to our judges, Glynis Hillier, Liz Ingram, Roger Bannock and Alan Jennison & all our helpers giving up their time for 2 YH, 7 Special Puppies and 28 Novice handlers. Young Handler 1st Sophie Carr with her cocker spaniel Parkfen Apollo Special Puppy 1st Tim Briggs Saxthorpe Captain 2nd Sara Gadd Saxthorpe Lucius 3rd Kim Prentice Kenleap Mystic 4th Lulu Sheppard Olivertash St Emillion Novice 1st Simon Wells Arminghall Teal 2nd Ben Southam Caulaincourt Ffion 3rd Amanda Forsyth Marstonmoor Red Gracie COM J Hookham Sirenbirch Gunnerside Gill COM Simon Wells Gaberlunzie Black Magic COM A. Jarvis Onyeegin Starbust Congratulations to all those in the awards - a special mention to Simon Wells who ran two dogs and gained a 1st and COM
On Saturday 15th August the Norwich Gundog Club held their Open Test at Kirby Cane by kind invitation of Mr E Crisp and Lady Hermione Crisp. Our hard working judges were Allie Hogsberg, Nick Clitheroe, Robert Clitheroe and Mick Elsey. Thank you. A very big Thank goes out to all those lovely helpers, giving up their time on the day. Darren Wright our steward of the beet put allot of work into preparing the ground and provided us with a field of bird cover which gave the dogs some very interesting and not easy retrieves. Finishing off the day with a drive. A big Thank you goes out to our Chairman Ian Crompton who is always there for us and Gitte providing some lovely food as always. Skinners who sponsor us year in and year out. Thank You. Now the winners: 1st Mark Morton with Thakali Tom Jones. 2nd Paul Buckenham with Snipe Sister. 3rd was Vince Thorby with Hullabaloo Thunder of Thorchase. 4th was Peter Hurst with Saxthorpe Tamara. C/M James Payne with Brookehope malachite. C/M Tim Briggs with Cawston New Rose. C/M Julia Reed with Hart Shaped box. We as a Club cannot provide all the competitions if it wasn’t for all the Estates allowing us to access their land, Judges and helpers willing to give up their day, it’s all one big package for us competitors to run our dogs and enjoy our sport. Pam Wimmer. FT Sec.