Water Tests - All Levels (Sections A to E)

10th & 11th August 2024
Bryn Bach Parc, Tredegar, Gwent
Hosted by Welsh Newfoundland Activity Group

Despite a bit of a damp start to Saturday, the weather improved by lunch time and the rest of the weekend provided good conditions without being too hot. A good entry with some lovely first time passes. A big thank you to all the entrants, especially those who had long journeys and to everyone who judged and stewarded – without such a team effort the event could not be run.

Sara Davies, Test Manager
 

Results and Reports - Saturday 10th August 2023

Section A

Judges: Lesley Smith & Kay Burridge
Entrants: 8 | Passes: 7
Owner Call Name Registered Name
Sanders' Millie
McGillivray & Walker's Holy
Clarke's Odin
Clarke's Gracie Mayosea Crystal Clear
Thornton's Finnley Leonardo Hall
Germain's Gosh Simden Broadway Your Song (Leonberger)
Germain's Eric Didleo St Germain Saule (Leonberger)

Judges: Lesley Smith & Rebecca Thornton
Entrants: 1 | Passes: 1
Owner Call Name Registered Name
Burridge's Henry Bagglebears Man In The Moon

Judges: Kay Burridge & Rebecca Thornton
Entrants: 1 | Passes: 1
Owner Call Name Registered Name
Thompson's Truli Saskinbears True Blue for Safeharbour

We had 10 Section A entrants with nine lovely passes. The one that didn't quite make it had not had any experience with a boat. Thank you to our stewards.

Lesley Smith & Kay Burridge

Section C

Judges: Jane King & Jeff Burridge
Entrants: 10 | Passes: 4
Owner Call Name Registered Name
Davies' Kubeba Barracechi Urs De Munte
Hewson & Rhodes' Sully Dawbryn Doctor Fourtysix
Hewson & Rhodes' Mike Dawbryn Zefa’s Pride
Thornton's Oliver Saskinbears Band Of Gold

Judges: Karen Thompson & Jane King
Entrants: 2 | Passes: 1
Owner Call Name Registered Name
Burridge's Tarka

Judges: Jeff Burridge & Karen Thompson
Entrants: 2 | Passes: 1
Owner Call Name Registered Name
King's Eboni Mccaffabear King Of Hearts for Saskinbears

Judges: Karen Thompson & Kevin Clarke
Entrants: 1 | Passes: 1
Owner Call Name Registered Name
King's Brian Saskinbears Back In Black

Judges: Jeff Burridge & Kevin Clarke
Entrants: 1 | Passes: 1
Owner Call Name Registered Name
Thompson's Tide Comfortcove You Can Fly to Safeharbour

Welcome to WNAG water tests! The weather was miserable to start with (usual Welsh weather) but it did brighten up to be a lovely day.

We had 10 entries with only four passes with Jeff and Jane judging. The fails were a mixture of not exiting the boat in time, going to the stranger, or the controlled swim. I am sure with more practice they will all achieve their passes.

Jane King & Jeff Burridge

Section E

Judges: Karen Thompson & Kay Burridge
Entrants: 1 | Passes: 0

Just one entry at this level today. Worked beautifully for the first three exercises. Unfortunately did not want to exit boat today. Don't give up, he can do it.

Karen Thompson & Kay Burridge

Results and Reports - Sunday 11th August 2023

Section B

Judges: Sara Davies & Caroline Germain
Entrants: 13 | Passes: 5
Owner Call Name Registered Name
Dingle's Tobi Kernowbears One Of My Turns
Thornton's Oliver Saskinbears Band Of Gold
Burridge's Henry Bagglebears Man In The Moon
Clarke's Gracie Mayosea Crystal Clear
Thompson's Truli Saskinbears True Blue for Safeharbour

A lovely day for the Section B’s - not too hot. We tested 13 dogs today, with some lovely passes and some not quite there yet.

Many thanks to SNC and WNAG for the invitation to judge and arranging decent weather. We would also like to thank all our stewards and crews for their help, without whom it would be very tricky to run.

Sara Davies & Caroline Germain

Section D

Judges: Sue Sanders & Karen Thompson
Entrants: 4 | Passes: 2
Owner Call Name Registered Name
Burridge's Marta Nurburgnewf Lady Shazam at Bagglebears
Davies' Kubeba Barracechi Urs De Munte

We had four entries for Section D this morning. It was a typically Welsh drizzly start to the day, but the sun eventually shone. There were two passes today, both first time passes at this level and the other teams did some very nice exercises with no loss of points, so they are very likely to be successful soon.

Thanks to our stewards and to all of WNAG for putting on the test today. Thanks also to the entrants for travelling to take part.