Thankyou Gloria Bonnell for inviting me along to judge this level 6 trial.A big Thankyou also to my scribe on the day,Julia Reeves and my runner Sonia Pidhajeckyi.
Awhile dog was used prior to all searches commencing.
We had 6 teams competing.
Exterior
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This was set up to left of the main building in an area set behind the toilets.
I used 1 vehicle as part of the search ,on which I concealed 2 of the hidden scents,one in the front grill(G), and the second on the near side sill between front and rear doors(G).
The third(C) I hid underneath a step on a large trailer,number four (T),I concealed on the opposite side of the trailer behind the mudguard. Last but not least, a cloves scent was hidden underneath a hinge on an adjoining gate.
4 minutes was allocated.
Lovely searching here by Jo and Dolly and Paula and Bonnie Jazz,both finding all 5 hidden scents,Paula calling the final one in unison with the scribe calling time.Talk about living on the edge.
Interior One
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This was set up in the main hall,consisting of the perimeter,(doors,seats,skirting,bench).Numerous other items were scattered across the centre of the search area.
I chose an early hide on the leg of a seat immediately to the left of the start.(C) The second (T), I concealed under the skirting at the end of the same wall by a doorway to the exterior.Number 3,(C) was hidden under the arm of a large wooden bench,and number 4(T) was concealed on the leg of a chair to right,and end of the search area perimeter.
All hides were found but no team found all.
The 2 causing the most problem were the early hide and the truffle under the skirting board.
We had three teams find 3 of the hides,two found 2 and the remaining dog found 1.
Interior Two
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This area consisted of a large commercial kitchen sited at the end of the main hall.
3 hides were placed out here consisting of 1 of each of gun,truffle and cloves.
One was placed at the bottom and inside a cupboard door,another in the utensil drawer of a cooker,to the left of the search area.
Also to the far left,number 3 was hidden underneath a cupboard door.
Lovely systematic searching here by Jo and Dolly,( 81 secs),and Paula and Bonnie Jazz,(130 secs).
These were the only 2 teams to find all 3 hidden scents.
Some lovely searching and handling was displayed throughout the morning,all of the teams at some point had their moments of glory.
We had 2 qualifiers on the day and my congratulations go to…..
1…Jo and Dolly…..2 ….Paula and Bonnie Jazz.
I wish you all the best in your future trials….

Excellent searching here byJo and Dolly and Paula and Bonnie Jazz,finding all 5 hides,

Thanks to Gloria Bonnell for inviting me co judge with Keith Clowes the level 1 trial and also for organising another successful, friendly well run day.
Thanks to everyone who helped to make the day a success. Special thanks to Julia Reeve for being my excellent scribe.
I judged tables and chairs first, some lovely handling and searching but a few rushed it resulting in 5 false alerts.
I then judged the exterior search with again some good handling ,searching the whole area not just the 3 items.. some very quick times by those dogs off lead with Angela’s Watson finding the hide in 6. 5 seconds..amazing
Congratulations to.
1. Angela Hambidge and Watson
2.Janet Sims and Madge
3.Elaine Jubb and Pip
4.Tom Halkett and Baxter
Well done to everyone who took part, it was a pleasure to see you start your scentwork journey and I hope to see you again soon.