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Website Updated (11th April 2024)
Annual General Meeting at Broadclyst Victory Hall EX5 3DX
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Sunday 12th May at 1030am
There is an important Glaucoma update from Margaret Woods our Breed Council Health Representative
Click HERE to see it.
Would ALL members please note that Membership Renewal is due on 1st January 2024
We remain at £10 single, £12 joint and £15 for overseas members. Thank you in advance to all those who pay by standing order, Should you wish to pay by bank transfer please e-mail me for the bank details. Cheques should be sent to me at 3 Littledown Orchard, Newton Poppleford, Devon, EX10 0BQ., please make cheques payable to South Western Golden Retriever Club. NOT swgrc
Best wishes
Judi Stanley
SWGRC Membership Sec.
Chairmans reports are HERE
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**NEW** Articles from the Kennel Club, Breed Council etc.
Breed Council Updates on Glaucoma HERE
Judges Competancy Framework Review HERE
ARTICLE WRITTEN BY PENNY GAYLER on "Wet Puppy Syndrome" HERE
KENNEL CLUB ELBOW GRADING ADVICE HERE
MARGARET WOODS HEALTH REPORT TO THE BREED COUNCIL 8th MAY 2014 HERE
KENNEL CLUB ANNOUNCES NEW ONLINE ENTRY SYSTEM FOR FIELD TRIALS AND GUNDOG WORKING TESTS HERE
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We now use the Internet to stay in touch with our members, to that end, we respectfully request that ALL members contact the Membership Secretary (Judi Stanley) via an email so that she can Update/Maintain our members email details. Thank you.
Report from the Field Trial Secretary (Mr Stuart Robson)
Dear Members.
I thought that this year it would be a good idea to provide an all in one update of our current working activities for the coming year & also a resume of the Field Trials held during the past season. Kim Clunie has stepped down as Working test Sec & our thanks go to her for the hard work she has put in. I will provide cover for this year, & when we host the 2021 Inter Club tests; but if anybody would like to get involved please let me know.
Our Working tests for Open/ Novice / Novice Handler /Vets & pups will be held on the 17th May at the Bulland Shoot ,Wivelscombe, west of Taunton. There are a few reasons for holding the tests there but the main one is that it is a fantastic Exmoor shoot & the ground will provide for excellent tests. So I hope that members will take the trouble to enter & if necessary travel the extra mile or two.
Schedules will be on the web site soon & entries should be sent to me.
HELPERS – The success of tests really on volunteers & if any of you have the time I wold be most gratefull to hear from you.
I have arranged 2 trials for next season. 20/21.
The Breed Novice will be held at Windsor by gracious permission of Her Majesty the Queen & a team of Guns will provide walked shooting for the trial on Saturday 10th Oct. The ground is out of our area but the opportunity to hold a trial there could not be turned down so again I hope member will support the trial.
The AV Open will be held at “Holway” on Friday the 4th Dec , again with a team of guns shooting for the trial. I hope owners of Goldie open dogs will enter in strength from all parts of the country. Schedules & forms on the web site soon ; but NOT FTMS.
19/20 season - trials results
Novice ;- Held by kind arrangement with the Mann family on their farm shoot at knowle farm Bowerchalke. This is a very traditional shoot run by the family & providing a mixture of game through small drives but on this occasional walked up shooting with birds coming across the line from outer fields making for some excellent shooting & towards the end a high standard of dog work by the remaining 4 dogs.
Craig Gardener’s dog in only his second trial produced some first class retrieves to win ; with quality work coming close behind by Jane Mann & Frank Skjerping’s dogs .
1st C Gardener’s Bitch Polihale Hor Tikka of Foxcote (also guns choice)
2nd Jane Mann’s Bitch Windwithe Brandy of Holway
3rd F Skjerping’s Dog Jacklaine’s Ex Stitch
Open:- Held at “Holway” by kind permission of the Atkinson family & a team of guns ,who provided a day of excellent shooting over a mixture of small drives & walked up.
Again excellent work by the remaining 4 dogs over extremely difficult terrain resulted in worthy awards to the top 3 dogs with commiserations to Sue Jordan with the sole remaining Golden who was eye wiped by the winner on what would probably have been her last retrieve of the day.
1st M Tallamy’s Lab dog Brindlebay Briganda
2nd D Field’s Lab dog FT Ch Artistryn Ulrich
3rd D Latham’s Lab Dog Fendawood Harold ( also Guns choice)
My grateful thanks go to the hosts, guns, judges & helpers who have contributed to our tests & trials.
Stuart Robson
FT Secretary
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