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Gary and Pat laid all of the tracks and ensured ASPADS
every competitor had the same chance. My
Gary laid squares and stewarded the control 11 - 13 November 2016
in his usual impeccable way. Huge thanks to Kirkton in Auchterhouse, Dundee
all 3 for being great company and for their
efficient and hard work. Stake: TD
The track was very straight forward and the
articles generous but we had the usual vari- Judge: TRACEY PARK
ance in marks and, as I expected, the weather Tracklayers: Jim Jeffries and Gary Tait
conditions in October played a big part in this Square stewards: Pam Cuthbert and Cath
- we had a lot of rain! We ended up with 17 Gordon
nosework qualifiers, 2 didn’t work the C/A Control Steward: Pam Cuthbert
and we ended up with 7 TDEx’s and 1 TD. I Trials Manager: Joyce Rae / Pam
was very pleased with my test and saw some
super work. The winner was outstanding and Many thanks to the society for the invitation
he tracked on Thursday afternoon as if the to judge the TD stake at Dundee. Thanks to
track had just been laid, super! the tracklayers and stewards and to Pam for all
I thoroughly enjoyed the week. her work before and after the trial, and to her
and Joyce for their hard work during the trial.
1st Barry Gilbert, WTCh GLENAL- We had 16 entries and all worked, produc-
PINE COSWORTH, BC, D, 213.5, Q TDEx. ing 14 still qualifying after the nosework on
Great work from Cossie, fabulous to watch. the stubble, which is a good percentage, so I
2nd John Simpson, FAR CANAL FOS- ended up with 12 on 3 and 4, 1 on 2 and 4 and
TER, Crossbreed, D, 208, Q TDEx. Really 1 on 3 and 3. The weather for the two days of
good work from Foster, well deserved re- tracking was cold but dry, which is a bloody
serve CC. miracle for Dundee as we always get one wet
3rd Margaret Robinson, WTCh JUST day!! This year we were lucky and most of
ARRAN AT TRENTVALLEY, WSD, D, the rain fell during the evenings, apart from
203.5, Q TDEx. Well done on qualifying and Sunday when we did have a few showers for
your third place. control, but nothing too heavy.
4th Dave Marchant, STARDELL PI- The control started with the down stay and
SCES, BC, D, 201, Q TDEx. Congrats, Dave we lost two dogs in the stays, sitting up but
and Caffrey. not moving from the spot. The next exercise
was a speak, slightly out of sight, dog was
Also qualified TDEx: left on lead held by the Steward, 12 barks, a
Chris Gregory, THRIFTWOOD ALLEGRA, quiet and another 7. Then heelwork uphill up
197 the field, starting with fast, then normal, then
Andy Fox, STARDELL MUSCIDA, 195.5. slow to get us up to the sendaway. Sendaway
First TDEx, well done! was approx 90 paces diagonally to the corner
Charlie Taylor, GLENALPINE NIKKI, 190.5 of the field, then right redirect for approx 75
Qualified TD: paces to a gap in the wall (level with handler),
Malcolm Snowden, STARDELL SIRIUS, then a call back and stopping the dog approx
168.5 half way, with a left redirect down to the bot-
tom wall, where I had tied a light blue poo
* * * * * * bag to the top of the wall, just so handlers
knew exactly where to send their dog. The
clear and long jump followed, which were
on the top of the hill, as I felt this piece of
land was much nicer for jumping these two
jumps, especially the long jump. Then it was
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