Havensville, KS 3/6/2011
The Region 17 Walking Shooting Dog Championship had a strong field of 26 contenders run over the three one hour farm country courses north of Havensville, KS. Judges Garvin Collins of Liberty, MO and Vagas Mathiesen of Rising City, Nebraska named Bittercreek Top Grade the 2010-11 Region 17 WSD Champion for his proud owner and handler Frank Schoenborn of Wichita, KS. Grade ran a smooth shooting dog race with three broke finds to claim the title. Cloudhunter, pointer male in the ownership of handler Jim Fry was named runner-up after an unscouted race punctuated with three up front finds. The judges also commended three honorable mention performances in Palmer’s Blue Lotto for Josh Palmer; Treeline Sandra for Dan McClellan and Skyview Ace handled by Greg Gibson for owner Jason Patty. There was support from those who rode for all three of these dogs named by the judges as close to the winners. The farm families from the Greenwood Community were again gracious in allowing access to some 1500 acres of their property used for this trial and many attended a banquet in their honor Saturday evening. Full particulars will follow.
Doug Meyer
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