Saturday 22nd April 2017 at: Cousland, Scotland Judges: Helen Jones & Audrey Simpson
Level 1
1st Laura – Fly – 100
2nd Lesley-Ann – Harris – 100
3rd Kevin – Roxy – 100
4th Jennifer – Pie – 90
5th Lucy – Hamish – 90
6th Joyce – Max – 80
7th Laura – Islay – 80
8th Charlie – Hugo – 60
9th Tracey – Cuillin – 60
Level 2
1st Jimmy – Holly – 96
2nd Jen – Buster – 93
3rd Tracey – Roxy – 77
4th Lucy – Holly – 74
5th Lynn – Domino – 69
6th Becky – Cash – 66
Level 1
Thank you to Helen Jones for agreeing to judge in a new venue. A lovely sunny day set the scene for a trial with 12 competitors and with some fabulous stewards we were ready to start on time. Thanks to Lynn Harley, June McPhillips, Audrey Simpson and Sandra Dlugabarskiene for helping out, stewards are worth their weight in gold! We started with the Container Search to try and settle some nerves and followed with the Exterior then Vehicle followed by Tables and Chairs.
Five teams completed the container search with 7 false alerts being called although a few were called early and nerves playing a big part in this. There was no particular pattern to the false calls with two different bags and three different boxes involved. The exterior search was more successful with just three false calls and the vehicle searches went very well with just one false alert. The table and chairs searches were executed well with just one false alert but 3 calling the alert a little further away from the source.
The hall was tidied up and tea and coffee served whilst the scores were totted up and certificates written. Helen then talked through the general points of note on the trial and it was on to the presentation. The placings all came down to fastest times. We had 3 on a score of 100 but Laura and Fly were fastest at 101.91 seconds overall so took 1st place with Lesley-Ann and Harris taking 2nd place on 188.41. Kevin and Roxy on 213.90 took 3rd place. With two on a score of 90, Jennifer with five month old Pie took 4th place with a time of 135.30 and Lucy and Hamish took 5th place on 212.76. Sixth and seventh place were also decided on time with Joyce and Max taking 6th place with a great time of 100.24 and Laura and Islay taking 7th place on 222.80. There were lots of positives for the teams who didn’t quite make a qualification this time around and I ‘m sure we will see them up there at the next trial.
Well done to and a huge thank you to everyone for taking part, accepting, supporting each other and making it a great event.
Level 2
Thank you to Audrey Simpson for stepping in to judge. A lovely sunny day set the scene for a trial with 6 Level 2 competitors. Thanks to June McPhillips, Helen Jones and Gil Vick for helping out, I couldn’t do it without you! We started with the Vehicle search followed by Tables and Chairs/Perimeter then the Exterior and finally the Container Search.
Three teams completed the vehicle search with 2 finds and three with one find. The scent was in above a tyre on one vehicle and at the bottom of an exterior spare wheel cover on the other. Tables and chairs/perimeter went relatively well. The hall doesn’t offer much in the way of items around the perimeter but we were able to rustle up some items from the storage cupboard! The exterior search was very successful and the container searches were 50/50 with 3 getting both finds and 3 getting one find.
The hall was tidied up and tea and coffee served whilst the scores were totted up and certificates written. Audrey then talked through the general points of note on the trial and it was on to the presentation. Jimmy Scott and Holly took first place with a clean sweep and marks of 96. Jen Peace and Buster were in second place on 93 and with a clean sweep too. Tracey McLennan and Roxy followed in 3rd place on 77 with Lucy Blackie and Holly in 4th place on 74.
Well done to and a huge thank you to everyone for taking part, accepting, supporting each other and making it a great event.
| A/F = Alert Find | H = Handling | T = Time (seconds) | |||||||||||||||
| Tables & Chairs | Exterior Search | Vehicle Search | Boxes & Luggage | Totals | |||||||||||||
| Name of Handler & Dog | A/F | H | T | A/F | H | T | A/F | H | T | A/F | H | T | Marks | Time | |||
| 1 | Laura – Fly | 20 | 5 | 35.43 | 20 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 5 | 38.43 | 20 | 5 | 12.05 | 100 | 101.91 | ||
| 2 | Lesley-Ann – Harris | 20 | 5 | 27.65 | 20 | 5 | 14.66 | 20 | 5 | 70.5 | 20 | 5 | 75.6 | 100 | 188.41 | ||
| 3 | Kevin – Roxy | 20 | 5 | 53.73 | 20 | 5 | 58.82 | 20 | 5 | 53.7 | 20 | 5 | 47.65 | 100 | 213.9 | ||
| 4 | Jennifer – Pie | 10 | 5 | 17.15 | 20 | 5 | 30.46 | 20 | 5 | 38.12 | 20 | 5 | 49.57 | 90 | 135.3 | ||
| 5 | Lucy – Hamish | 10 | 5 | 27.46 | 20 | 5 | 56.96 | 20 | 5 | 75.97 | 20 | 5 | 52.37 | 90 | 212.76 | ||
| 6 | Joyce – Max | 20 | 5 | 18.59 | 20 | 5 | 18.28 | 20 | 5 | 32.01 | 0 | 5 | 31.36 | 80 | 100.24 | ||
| 7 | Laura – Islay | 20 | 5 | 33.86 | 20 | 5 | 74.37 | 20 | 5 | 84.4 | 0 | 5 | 30.17 | 80 | 222.8 | ||
| 8 | Charlie – Hugo | 20 | 5 | 30.19 | 0 | 5 | 21.14 | 20 | 5 | 44.7 | 0 | 5 | 10.11 | 60 | 106.14 | ||
| 9 | Tracey – Cuillin | 20 | 5 | 69.36 | 20 | 5 | 83.56 | 0 | 5 | 84.99 | 0 | 5 | 31.37 | 60 | 269.28 | ||
| # | Av – Loki | 0 | 5 | 180 | 20 | 5 | 33.03 | 20 | 5 | 69.45 | 0 | 5 | 18.66 | 60 | 301.14 | ||
| # | Gil – Cassie | 20 | 5 | 34.93 | 0 | 5 | 61.23 | 20 | 5 | 146.91 | 0 | 5 | 98.43 | 60 | 341.5 | ||
| # | Amy – Drift | 15 | 5 | 66.79 | 0 | 5 | 24.53 | 20 | 5 | 55.52 | 0 | 5 | 31.7 | 55 | 178.54 | ||
| A/F = Alert Find | H = Handling | T = Time (seconds) | |||||||||||||||
| Tables & Chairs | Exterior Search | Vehicle Search | Boxes & Luggage | Totals | |||||||||||||
| Name of Handler & Dog | A/F | H | T | A/F | H | T | A/F | H | T | A/F | H | T | Marks | Time | |||
| 1 | Jimmy – Holly | 20 | 4 | 59.24 | 18 | 5 | 31.15 | 19 | 5 | 99.95 | 20 | 5 | 59.74 | 96 | 250.08 | ||
| 2 | Jen – Buster | 15 | 5 | 59.92 | 20 | 5 | 30.35 | 18 | 5 | 43.98 | 20 | 5 | 35.81 | 93 | 170.06 | ||
| 3 | Tracey – Roxy | 20 | 4 | 34.93 | 20 | 4 | 61.23 | 10 | 4 | 146.91 | 10 | 5 | 90.25 | 77 | 333.32 | ||
| 4 | Lucy – Holly | 10 | 1 | 300 | 20 | 3 | 69.41 | 10 | 5 | 70.22 | 20 | 5 | 55.5 | 74 | 495.13 | ||
| 5 | Lynn – Domino | 14 | 4 | 241.48 | 20 | 4 | 77.44 | 10 | 3 | 150.52 | 10 | 4 | 36.77 | 69 | 506.21 | ||
| 6 | Becky – Cash | 12 | 4 | 45.91 | 8 | 5 | 31.15 | 18 | 5 | 61.98 | 10 | 4 | 32.17 | 66 | 171.21 | ||