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Bega Cup
Field and Retrieving Association for Gundogs 28th August 2011 Bega Cup All Age Judge: Elio Colasimone
Judge’s Report
All Age 3rd place Laurelle Draper & RTCH Lydstep Tanner
The trial consisted of four runs on a property beside the Logan River – south of Brisbane in the Beudesert area.
Entries: 11 Starters: 9 5 Labradors, 2 GSPs 1 Curly coated Retriever 1 Flat coated Retriever.
Finishers: 6
After a rather wet Saturday the Bega Cup was treated with a beautiful clear Sunday.
Run 1: Consisted of memory mark across the briskly flowing Logan river and an angled blind across the same river in the opposite direction that had to be pic ked up first.
Test: Facing flowing water, memory, lining and handling and control. Highest Scoring Dog:- Sean Suttons – RT CH Coalsgarth Nutmeg – 58pts.
Run 2: A Double mark with the angled across river fall as the ‘go to’ bird. The short first mark was the memory bird on the same side as the handler.
Test: Sharpness, directness, facing moving water, judging depth and distance on the ‘go to’ bird. Memory on the short bird. Highest scoring dog:- Sean Suttons – RT CH Coalsgarth Nutmeg – 62pts.
Run 3: A double rise in a gap between trees on the raised flat with blind. The blind as the first pick up.
TEST: Lining, handling and control. Memory, judging depth and distance followed by the understanding of the double rise concept. Highest scoring dog:- Sean Suttons – RT CH Coalsgarth Nutmeg –57pts.
Run 4: A two bird with blind. Order of pick up:- the ‘go to’ single ,mark, followed by the blind, followed by the two bird.
TEST: Directness, judging depth and distance on the mark, followed by control re the two bird. Lining, and control on the blind followed by memory work on the ‘two bird’. Highest scoring dog:- Greg meeve’s – Biglebah Benny RRD – 60pts.
Congratulations to all especially the Winner and Placegetters.
1st RT CH Coaslgart Nutmeg (Labrador) S. Sutton 236pts
2nd Binglebah Benny(Labrador) G.Meeve 232 pts 3rd RT CH Lydstep Tanner(Labrador) L. Draper 210 pts 4th CH. Kellick Rhythmn of Life RRD (Flat coated Retriever) - M. Sullivan (W. Michalk) 5th Alverpoint Jack O Hearst RRD (GSP) 200pts 6th Beereegan Miranda rose RRD (Labrador) G. Dawson 193pts
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