Water Tests - All Sections (A to E)

Judges: Graham Hill & Ruth Dickinson		Entrants: 20 | Passes: 15
Owner	Call Name	Registered Name
Myal	Bash	Merrybear Karma Karma
Hosie	Groot	Larkharbour Hitchin A Ride to Shadowrise
Scrutton	Bonzo	Freddybears Bonzo
Scrutton	Bobby	Gunnersnewf A New Hope
West	Barley	Wilbears Little Mermaid
Salmelin	Merita	Kivisilman Rutikuiva
Godden	Yogi	Shalowseas Waltzer
King	Eboni	Mccaffabear's King Of Hearts
Wood	Alfie
Chadwick	Sulis	Culnor Just Divine Crocus at Uskrail
Thompson	Ditto	Safeharbour Ditto
Smith	Frankie	Comfortcove Segna Di Stima
Smith	Wispa	Comfortcove Careless Wispa
Law	Wilbur
Boyle	Jasper	(Cocker Spaniel)

We had 20 entries in total and 15 passes for this section. The sizeable overall entry for the Saturday resulted in a decision being made to carry over a few of the Section A entrants to the following day for which we would really like to thank those that agreed to do this, so enabling the Saturday testing to get finished at a reasonable time. The very wet weather on the Saturday didn't help either, but it was great to see this didn't dampen the enthusiasm of the dogs and their owners.
Many of the passes were faultless and some of those that didn't make it came very close to passing. A couple of dogs were 'first timers' without having ever trained for this section test. They and their owner gave it a very good go but lacked the understanding of what was required of them, hopefully we will see them again soon after some training. A couple of others didn't quite get there due to the handlers choosing to send their dogs to a Steward rather than attract it to themselves in the water or to the boat and the dogs refusing to swim to the 'stranger' stewards. Nevertheless it is a good idea to train dogs to swim to strangers at an early stage of theIr working lives.
Both myself and my co-judge Ruth would like to thank the SNC for inviting us to judge here. It was Ruth's first judging appointment for the SNC and I would like to express my thanks to her for making it, despite the foul weather, an enjoyable test to judge. I would also like to thank our test manager Martine for doing a great job and somehow managing to make sense of our soggy paperwork and our stewards who did a great job in difficult conditions.

Judges: Chris Roberts & Dave Viney		Entrants: 12 | Passes: 8
Owner	Call Name	Registered Name
Cadman	Ned	Wynoochee Black Onyx
Hosie	Solo	Newfoundlove New Edition at Shadowrise
Boyle	Lexi	Syddyn Kia
Boyle	Chewie	Dalrynewfs Chewie Chum
Burridge	Dora	Bagglebears Moondance
West	Willow	Bagglebears Moonstruck at Wilbears
Salmelin	Tesla	Kivisilman Yleisurheilifa
Wood	Bella	Sandbears Scrabble

Firstly I would like to thank the SNC for my judging appointment. It is always a pleasure to judge in Wales, although the weather this time was pretty wet.
Thank you to Dave Viney, my fellow judge, stewards and the test manager for keeping things running smoothly considering the weather, and hopefully all being well will see you there next time.

Judges: Karen Thompson & Marcus Sutherington		Entrants: 6 | Passes: 0

Judges: Jane King & Dave Viney		Entrants: 10 | Passes: 6
Owner	Call Name	Registered Name
Boyle	Chewie	Dalrynewfs Chewie Chum
Scrutton	Bonzo	Freddybears Bonzo
Scrutton	Bobby	Gunnersnewf A New Hope
Salmelin	Tesla	Kivisilman Yleisurheilifa
King	Ebony	Mccaffabear's King Of Hearts
Thompson	Ditto	Safeharbour Ditto

Had the pleasure of Judging B with Dave Viney at this event. We judged 10 dogs today, six very good passes and the ones that didn't had the usual stumbling block of underwater retrieve or safe swim ... keep at it, it WILL happen.
Thank you to SNC for asking us to judge.

Judges: Karen Thompson & Marcus Sutherington		Entrants: 10 | Passes: 3
Owner	Call Name	Registered Name
Hill	Amelia	Sandbears Lady Guinevere For Ableseanewf
King	Sasha	Safeharbour The Never Never
King	Effie	Safeharbour White But Cute