Sat 19 Nov 2016, Aberdeen

Level 1. Judge - Helen Jones

Saturday 19 November 2016, Aberdeen, Scotland. Judge: Helen Jones

Level 1

Gwen L1 Aberdeen1st Tracy Farquhar & Harvey – 100
2nd Denise Shirreffs & Fern – 98
3rd Leighanne Henderson & Nanook – 98
4th Liz Johnston & Maddie – 80
5th Liz Douglas & Mia – 80
6th Cheryl Alexander & Cali – 80
7th Elaine Stewart & Djo – 80
8th Clare Donald & Flash – 71
9th Heather Stewart & Rowan – 68

Thanks to Helen Jones for agreeing to judge in a cold sunny Aberdeen.

We had 11 competitors dominated by Vizslas! Everyone arrived nice and early and were all a little bit nervous about what lay ahead. We started outdoors with the Exterior Search followed by the Vehicle and then inside for Container followed by Tables and Chairs.

Six teams completed the exterior search with the false alerts being called on different items.

The vehicle search was more successful with just one false call but a very fast time of 6.41 seconds for Liz Johnston and Maddie. The freezing weather certainly played a part for both the dogs and their handlers.

We had three false alerts on the container search with Liz calling just a little too early before Mia ran full pelt to the correct bag.

Finally the table and chairs search was completed quickly with some very nice methodical searches.

The hall was tidied up and tea and coffee served whilst the scores were totted up and certificates written.

Helen then talked through her thoughts on the trial and it was on to the presentation.

We had 4 on a score of 80 but Liz and Maddie were fastest at 63.48 seconds overall so took 4th place. D

enise and Fern and Leighanne and Nanook were equal on 98 marks but Denise took second place with a time of 98.3 seconds with Leighanne on 155.37.

A well deserved first place went to Tracy Farquhar and Harvey. This team never put a foot wrong and Harvey’s nice steady searches won the day.

Huge thank you to everyone for taking part, accepting decisions and making it a great event and to Helen for giving up her time.

Position Handler & Dog Tables & Chairs Exterior Search Vehicle Search Boxes & Luggage Totals
A/F H T A/F H T A/F H T A/F H T Marks Time
1st Tracy Farquhar & Harvey 20 5 30.19 20 5 21.14 20 5 44.7 20 5 10.11 100 106.1
2nd Denise Shirreffs & Fern 18 5 23.48 20 5 59.54 20 5 7.39 20 5 7.89 98 98.3
3rd Leighanne Henderson & Nanook 20 5 30.19 20 5 11.25 18 5 74 20 5 39.93 98 155.4
4th Liz Johnston & Maddie 20 5 20.84 0 5 23.38 20 5 6.41 20 5 12.85 80 63.5
5th Liz Douglas & Mia 20 5 11.64 20 5 45.11 20 5 31.39 0 5 17.72 80 105.9
6th Cheryl Alexander & Cali 20 5 20.07 0 5 44.97 20 5 9.34 20 5 54.21 80 128.6
7th Elaine Stewart & Djo 20 5 23.22 0 5 50 20 5 39.16 20 5 24.78 80 137.2
8th Clare Donald & Flash 18 5 92.15 15 5 120.02 18 5 51 0 5 19.04 71 282.2
9th Heather Stewart & Rowan 18 5 114 0 5 27.13 10 5 180 20 5 173 68 494.1
NQ Denise Shirreffs & Szoda 0 5 24.32 18 5 139 0 5 8.17 20 5 42.07 58 213.6
NQ Amy Walters & Drift 10 5 30.29 0 5 14.79 20 5 77 0 5 27.46 50 149.5