The Gundog Club held their first event for the year at Katrine Road, Northam, on farmland on the Avon River. It was very evident to trialers that the state is in a drought, as the usually flowing river was nothing but a few pools and finding swimming depth water was a major task. A fine day for the trial and with three dogs scratched the eventual number of starters was thirteen. Machete Mike lived up to his name by eliminating seven dogs on the first run, and a further two during the course of the remainder of the trial, leaving only four dogs to finish.
All Age Retrieving Trial
Club: Gundog Club of W.A.
Date: June 7th, 2009
Site: Katrine Road, Northam
Judge: Mr. Mike McClure
Dogs Entered: 16
Started: 13
Finished: 4
1st Place: R.T. Ch Featherhunt Joshua (Lab. Dog) Judy Pannett 136 points
2nd Place: R.T. Ch Ellishea Katos Czarda (Gold. Bitch) Heather Ellis 93 points
3rd Place: Truclass The Swagman AARD (Lab. Dog) Kerry Webster 92 points
The fourth place went to Ray Johnson and his GSP bitch, Wauchope Jackpot AARD with 72 points