Victorian Canine Association
Retrieving Trial Dog of the Year
2005
With the end of the retrieving trial season the sixth annual VCA Retrieving Trial Dog of the Year has been decided. The Retrieving Trial Dog of theYear is based on the cumulative placings gained in all retrieving trials conducted in Victoria during the calender year. The higher the level of the stake or championship the more points a dog can receive for running a place. The rules for the conduct of the award were published in the July 2000 edition of VicDog.
The award for the year 2005 has gone to Grand RT Ch Bambillay Brave Heart. ‘Levi’ is a Labrador Retriever dog owned by Steve and Marg Hall and handled by Steve. Levi’s results for the year comprised two wins, seven seconds and two thirds in All Age. This is the second time Levi has won this award since its inception Six years ago. Congratulations to Steve and Marg (and ‘Levi’) on winning this award.
Second was Noel and Kate Eltringham’s Labrador Retriever dog Grand RT Ch Reveirter Jet Kite (Tike) and handled by Noel. Tike’s results for the year included four wins, three seconds and a third in All Age. Tike has come first or second in this award every year since its inception. Third was Kadnook Kennels’ young Labrador Retriever bitch Kadnook Turn The Page RRD (Page) who was handled and trained by Graeme Rogers. Page gained all her points in Restricted Stakes, including three wins, seven seconds and one third. Fourth was Jim and Alison Hargreaves’ Golden Retriever dog RT Ch Winterset Moon Shadow (Kato) and handled by Jim. Kato’s results for the year included two wins, a second and a third in All Age plus a win in the VCA Retrieving Trial Championship. Equal fifth was Russel and Michelle Kennon’s RT Ch Beereegan Gunbower and Russell Whitechurch’s Nat RT Ch Adderslot Crackers Trigga.
Place Owner Dog Points
1 S.&M. Hall’s Gr RT Ch Bambillay Brave Heart 88 pts
2 K.&N. Eltringham’s Gr RT Ch Reveirter Jet Kite 67 pts
3 Kadnook Kennel’s (Handler G. Rogers) Kadnook Turn The Page RRD 57 pts
4 J. Hargreaves RT Ch Winterset Moon Shadow 44 pts
=5 R.&M. Kennon’s RT Ch Beereegan Gunbower 41
=5 R. Whitechurch’s Nat RT Ch Adderslot Crackers Triga 41 pts