Level 1
1st Liz Douglas – Mia – 100
2nd Jenny Evans – Rhuaridh – 100
3rd Susan Scouller – Skye – 98
4th Tracy Farquhar – Gizzy – 97
5th Amy Walters – Drifter – 79
Level 2
1st Laura Scullion-Hall – Fly – 100
2nd Cheryl Alexander – Call – 100
3rd Tracy Farquhar – Harvey – 100
4th Denise Sherreffs – Fern – 88
5th Jennifer Will -Pie – 111
Thank you to Mike for agreeing to judge in a new venue. A wet day set the scene for a trial with 13 competitors (7 in Level 1 and 6 in Level 2) and with the help of stewards Denise and Tyler 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.
In Level 1 we had 7 teams competing and 5 qualified. Six teams completed the Level 1 container search with 1 false alerts being called and nerves playing a big part in this. The wind had picked up for the exterior search and this was slightly less successful with 5 teams completing. Vehicle searches went very well with just one false alert. The tables and chairs had 5 successful teams.
Level 2 had 6 teams competing with 5 qualifying. We started with Tables, Chairs and perimeter with 6 completing but 3 false alerts called. There were some nice alerts on the perimeter hide, in particular. We moved on to vehicle search which went very well despite the wind with just one false alert called. The exterior search was a great success with all teams finding both and all in just over a minute or less. Finally, the container search proved a little more difficult with 3 false alerts called.
The hall was tidied up and tea and coffee served whilst the scores were totted up and certificates written. Mike 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. In level 1 we had 2 on a score of 100 but Liz and Mia were a mere 6 seconds faster so took 1st place with Jenny and Rhuaridh taking 2nd place. Third place on 98 points went to Susan and Skye and Tracy Farquhar with little Gizzy took 4th place on 97 points.
In Level 2, we had 3 on 100 points and Laura and Fly took first place with a time 225.66 just 3 seconds faster than Cheryl and Cali who took 2nd place, and 4 seconds faster than Tracy and Harvey who took 3rd place. Denise & Fern took 4th place with 88 points. Well done to and a huge thank you to everyone for taking part, supporting each other and making it a great event.
| A/F = Alert Find | H = Handling | T = Time (seconds) | |||||||||||||||
| Level 1 | 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 | Liz Douglas – Mia | 20 | 5 | 35 | 20 | 5 | 36 | 20 | 5 | 48 | 20 | 5 | 23 | 100 | 142 | ||
| 2 | Jenny Evans – Rhuaridh | 20 | 5 | 67 | 20 | 5 | 35 | 20 | 5 | 26 | 20 | 5 | 20 | 100 | 148 | ||
| 3 | Susan Scouller – Skye | 20 | 5 | 57 | 20 | 5 | 33 | 20 | 4 | 102 | 20 | 4 | 56 | 98 | 248 | ||
| 4 | Tracy Farquhar – Gizzy | 17 | 5 | 38 | 20 | 5 | 42 | 20 | 5 | 41 | 20 | 5 | 44 | 97 | 165 | ||
| 5 | Amy Walters – Drifter | 20 | 5 | 27 | 0 | 5 | 62 | 20 | 4 | 50 | 20 | 5 | 37 | 79 | 176 | ||
| Level 2 | 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 Scullion-Hall – Fly | 20 | 5 | 41 | 20 | 5 | 53 | 20 | 5 | 57 | 20 | 5 | 74 | 100 | 225 | ||
| 2 | Cheryl Alexander – Call | 20 | 5 | 30 | 20 | 5 | 69 | 20 | 5 | 85 | 20 | 5 | 44 | 100 | 228 | ||
| 3 | Tracy Farquhar – Harvey | 20 | 5 | 68 | 20 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 5 | 102 | 20 | 5 | 39 | 100 | 229 | ||
| 4 | Denise Sherreffs – Fern | 20 | 5 | 28 | 20 | 5 | 27 | 20 | 5 | 49 | 9 | 4 | 45 | 88 | 149 | ||
| 5 | Jennifer Will -Pie | 10 | 40 | 59 | 20 | 4 | 70 | 20 | 3 | 183 | 10 | 4 | 67 | 111 | 379 | ||
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