The Kelmarsh Country Show saw the launch of several World Championships
over the Easter Bank Holiday including the world
biggest gun to competition the Great Wall Motor World Series Gundog
Championship
with skinner's pet foods which saw hundreds of dogs and handlers taking part
and getting involved
Organising both the World Series Gundog Championship
and Junior Championship Laura Bacon and her team
once again guided both dogs and handlers through a variety of scurries
and a working test this resulted in the first set of competitors
qualifying for the grand final at the Midland Game Fair in September
for their chance to win a fabulous Great Wall Steed pickup truck
People get addicted to
scurrying and the working test
its quite funny how people come into the entry tent
and they keep coming back and back and
it's just a wonderful event
you have to win
or at least get very highly placed on five of these events to win
top place on Victor Ludorum if you win the top place on Victor Ludorum today
then you'll qualify for the Midland, qualify for the Midland then you'll stand a chance
along with 20 other people
of winning the car
I'm John I'm a civil engineer but I do gundog scurries at weekends
at country fairs and we come to Kelmarsh every year
I enjoy coming here its a good show with plenty of events on
you can see the dog's very lively and keen to go
I'm Mary Byrne i've come from Yorkshire
to this show which we love coming to its a long way
but the dogs absolutely adore running and retrieving
i qualified last year with him, he was only two
but he
was there waiting to get this done with at the beginning and usually
he never runs in he'll stay because you've got to wait for somebody to tap you on the back
to send the dog
before they tapped me on the back he was
gone so that with me out
with qualifying events taking place on each day of the Kelmarsh country show
the competition was fierce with handlers vying for the chance to qualify for the
Grand Final
on the Easter Sunday the Scurry Retriever class qualifiers
were Linda Southern and Macy and the top spaniel went to John close with Max
in the working test last year's champion Steve blackwell
and his spinal tyke went through along with the top retriever
de los and Jack the second day of qualifying brought with it more
favorable weather conditions
with the sun shining and the wind having settled in the scurry qualifiers
See Holden with Amber came out the top retriever with Steve bulletin sweeney
the top spaniel
both pair qualifying for the grand final over the working test
Steve Townsend and Ellie qualified in the retriever class
with 2013 World Series champion Brody
Checker and Claud qualifying the spaniels Countryman Fairs organise 5
award-winning events across the UK throughout the year each showcasing the
very best in country life
the next qualifying rounds at the Great Wall World Series Gundog
Championship with Skinner's pet foods will take place at the Highclere country
show
on the bank holiday weekend of the 24th and 25th of May
2015 for more information visit www.highclerecountryshow.co.uk
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