Central Alberta Pointer and Setter Club

Strut's Rambling Man, pointer male, owned by Rick Steen and handled by Mike Jordan in Rick's absence, won the Central Alberta Pointer & Setter Club's inaugural Alberta Prairie All Age Classic. Cole had two good finds, that took a penetrating effort in the bluffs, and a strong ground race. Light Rail, pointer female, takes runner up honors. Handled by Shannon Nygard and scouted by her owner, Tom Nygard, she ran a big race that included wonderful handling as well as covering the hunting objectives.

The Alberta Prairie Shooting Dog Classic was won by High Powered Gasoline, pointer female, owned and handled by Ron Bender. Suzie's single find in a tight draw and fine ground pattern for the hour cemented the victory. Runner up honors went to Lone Mountain Magique, setter female owned and handled by Sean Kelly.

This was the first running of the Central Alberta Pointer and Setter Club's Alberta Prairie All Age Classic, as well as the Alberta Prairie Shooting Dog Classic. Coordinators, Paul Falkowski and Sig Guggenmoos are to be congratulated for a job well done under adverse conditions. The reported shortage of birds in Central Alberta was put to rest with several good pieces of dog work as well as many birds being ridden up by members of the gallery. The dogs had a more difficult time, however, as the wind was howling (30 - 50 mph) and the grounds were dry. We had a wind/rain storm Saturday night. Regardless of the weather a good time was had by all .

submitted by Tom Nygard

National Amateur Grouse CH

Meredith, MI

51 entries

Winner HiFives Wrangler    PF  Dave Hawk handler

RU       Dun Roven's Explorer    SF Sean McKellip

National Pheasant Shooting Dog CH

50 Dogs Entered


CH  Phillip's High Line    PM    Luke Eisenhart
RU  Hifalutin                PM     Mike Tracy 

Idaho Trials

Everton Derby Classic:

1st - Cilla - Bill Owens

2nd - Sunny - Kim Sampson

3rd - Trouble - Bill Owens

Region 9 Amateur Shooting Dog Championship:

Winner - Fly Boy - Emmett Burns

RU -  Rowdy - David Noell

Idaho Open Shooting Dog Championship;

Winner - Buck - Dennis and Bonny Hidalgo

RU - Jake - Jim Leddington

Sorry I don't have registered names.   

Bill

New England Open Grouse Championship

Winner Long Gone Buckwheat   SM   Owner Handler   Lloyd Murray



RU    Lilly Hill Stash  SM   Owner Doug Lilly  Handler Dave Hughes

 

BROOMHILL TRIALS

Broomhill, Man.—The concluding stakes at Broomhill, Manitoba were wrapped up by September 19, concluding the Canadian prairie program.

The John S. Gates Memorial Derby drew eight dogs. The winner was Neely’s Hot Pepper, pointer female owned and handled by John Neely of Albany, Ga. Runner-up was Quickmarksman’s Fortune, pointer male owned by Larry S. Earls of Blacksburg, S. C., and handled by Hunter Gates.

The Pelican Open All-Age had 26 dogs. First was Rester’s Perfect Storm, pointer male owned by Jack Harang of Metarie, La., and handled by Robin Gates. Second was In the Shadow, pointer male owned by Carl Bowman of Louisville, Ky., and handled by Robin Gates. Named to third was Distant Shadow, owned by Jed Dempsey of Palm City, Fla., and Tom Nygard of Bozeman, Mont., and handled by Robin Gates.

There were eight in the Pelican Derby. First was Quickmarksman’s Fortune, owned by Larry Earls, handled by Hunter Gates. Second was Shadow’s Perfection, owned and handled by John Neely, and third was Neely’s NewYork, also owned and handled by John Neely.

The weather during the John S. Gates Derby and the Pelican trials was very warm, but birds continued to be plentiful.

— Chris Mathan

National Prairie Chicken Championship Derby Shooting Dog 2009

National Prairie Chicken Championship
Derby Shooting Dog
2009

1 Duke P/M Daniels
Hart's Delight P/F Hart
2 Teddy P/M Ihrke
Jack S/M Lanasa
3 Fibbers Little Man P/M Hart
Moss Hill's Maverick P/M Champagne
4 Spring Pond's Autumn Grace S/F Hart
Erin's Huck Finn P/M Lutynski
5 Master Edition P/F Hart
Dot P/F Lanasa
6 Heard Hill's Bailey P/M Champagne
A-Rod P/M Hennes
7 Wirthall Dali S/F Hall
Gunshot P/M Tande
8 Bootbay Billy S/M Hart
Sam P/M Daniels
9 Moss Hill's Tom P/M Champagne
Erin's Jewel P/F Lutynski
10 Aspen's Fibulation P/F Hart
Ready Money P/M Pombrio
11 Peanuts P/F Waite
Missy P/F Lanasa
12 Bullet P/M Schaefer
Colonel Crush S/M Hart
13 Picking Time P/M Tande
Oak Grove Pacemaker P/M Hart
14 Skydancer Big Time S/M Lutynski
Jimmy P/M Lanasa
15 Edge Burning Kate P/F Hart