At 4:30 pm the Field Trial Committee has just called it a day due to weather.
Tomorrow we will be back at the 3rd Series test site and start with a test dog at 6:45 am and the first running dog at 7:00 am. Dog #134 will be the first running dog.
Stay tuned to the blog to get all the updates for the 2021 NARC Championship.
Have a nice evening and stay dry!
We are on a weather delay due to rain and lightning. Everybody has been removed from the field and we are waiting to hear from the judges if they are going to call it a day ...
Came to the line at 3:58 pm
Flyer - Maimee went straight to the bird.
Short Right - She swam left to the long channel, then ran up and down the shore. She then swam to the right channel and ran around and worked her way to the bird.
Long Middle - Maimee headed to the left, then drove up hill straight to the fall area. She hunted slightly wide and back into the area of the bird and worked back and forth again and finally got her bird!
Came to the line at 3:44 pm
Flyer - Crook had a short hunt up the hill and got the bird.
Short Right - Crook swam right and hunted the point. He re-entered the water wide right. He ran out to the road to the right of the test into the field right of the road and had to be handled.
Long Middle - He ran up the hill and searched the tree line up and down the hill until he got his bird.
Came to the line at 3:36 pm
Flyer - Small hunt on the flyer but found it quickly
Short Right - Evie swam wide right and got out on the right channel. She worked deep then turned left and worked her way to the bird.
Middle Long - Evie drove the left hand channel and up to the treeline right to the bird. Nice Mark.
Came to the line at 3:26 pm
Flyer - Went straight for the flyer.
Short Right - Breeze entered the right water and ran across the point. She re-entered turned left on to the land and got her bird.
Middle Long - She ran tight to the guns to the end of the point then thru the three waters. Breeze went around the brush and into the tree line to get her bird.
Came to the line at 3:17 pm
Flyer - Drake went slightly deep and came right, then went back to the bird.
Short Right - He headed to the water channel past the right point and past the left point to go straight to the mark. Great Mark, Perfect Line.
Long Middle - He drove tight to the flyers gun to get to the left channel of water. Drake squared across and went straight uphill and popped in the vicinity of the bird. Cindy handled him the bird.
Came to the line at 3:06 pm
Flyer - Pinned this flyer
Short Right - Deke headed for the water then broke left and got in early. He pushed hard left and squared across pushing him into the middle of the test. Apparently winded the bird and turned hard right and immediately got it.
Long Middle - Good line tight to the flyer to select the further way left hand channel. He drove hard left on exiting the water and started hunting at the bottom of the hill along the treeline going all the to the bird.
Came to the line at 2:57 pm
Flyer - Shooter went right to the bird.
Short Right - He went down the shore and into the channel. Getting out at the end and he was on his bird.
Long Middle - He went down the hill and squared into the water. Shooter came up the hill for a nice tight hunt in the area to come up with the bird.
Came to the line at 2:57 pm
Flyer - Right to the bird
Short Right - Shooter went down the shore and into the channel. Exiting at the end and he had his bird.
Long Middle - Going down the hill, Shooter squared into the water. He went up the hill for a nice tight hunt in the area and came up with the bird.
Came to the line at 2:45 pm
Flyer - Buster ran up the hill and made on tight loop to find the bird.
Short Right - He ran down to the water and jumped in wide. He crossed the channel to the left then swan to the far side. He turned right to swim to the point then retrieved his bird quickly. Good Mark.
Long Middle - Buster selected closer right channel and reentered the second piece of water. He drove up the hill then turned slightly right. Making a left and Buster went straight to the bird. Good Job.
Manny came to the line at 2:34 pm
Flyer - Manny went to the bird to get it.
Short Right - Manny entered the water to the right. He got out and ran right and crossed the road. He was handled back toward the water and hunt the land and water and got the bird.
Long Middle - He swam all three pieces of the water. Good line to the right of the bush to the treeline. He hunted his way up the hillside and back down. He went around the brush and hunted downhill in the meadow. He had to be handled to the bird.
Flyer - Tru pinned this flyer.
Short Retired - Tru got into the channel and swam toward the right hand point. She got up on the point veered left and got back into the water. She went up on the next point, turned left then went straight to her bird. Great Mark.
Long Middle - Tru crossed the water and drove up the hill then made one loop around the bush where the gunners are hidden. She then went to the tree line and quickly came up with her bird. Great Job!
Came to the line 2:15 pm
Flyer - Bo went straight to the bird.
Short Retired - Bo entered the water towards the right. He took the land first and ran around to get the bird.
Long Middle - Bo got into the first, second and third pieces of water the drove the hill right of the guns. He found the holding blind and went directly to the treeline to get his bird.
Came to the line at 2:05 pm
Duck Flyer - Pinned the flyer.
Short Retired - Gracie went down the channel and straight to the bird.
Long Middle - She selected to take the left piece of water and squared up the hill to run deep in the center of the field and came back to hunt short of the field. She then drove deep again and then started to come back. Tommy stopped her, then handled her to the bird.
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SERIES THREE – Water Triple with a Flyer and Two Retired
We have just moved across the street to the property of Terri and Wayne Curtis and the home of Fox Hollow Kennels. The Third Series is a Water Triple with a Flyer and Two Retired.
The Third Series begins with the mat facing east halfway up a hillside in a pasture dotted with bushes and trees. The field has a pond at the bottom with both sides rising up. The area is framed in timber and the cover is a hay meadow. The two outside marks form a 90 degree angle. The middle bird is slightly angled towards the flyer. This is a water triple with the birds thrown around the horn from right to left.
First Bird thrown is the Short Right Retired (SRR), a hen mallard thrown left at 190 yards from the shore to a small point. The line to the bird is a long entry to the water with a swim past a right hand point and a left hand point to a second right hand point at the end of the pond.
The second bird, the Long Middle Retired (LMR), is thrown at 276 is a rooster pheasant thrown left deep of the drip line of a large tree. The line to the bird is a mid length entry to a corner of water and a long drive on land.
The last bird will be a mallard duck flyer at 87 yards shot left out of the test with no water on line to the bird.
Both bird number one and two are retired. This test is taking 10-1/2 minutes per dog.
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| Third Series Drone Diagram by Pat Burns of Elite Retrievers. |
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| Third Series Sketch by Official Artist Cary Hunkel |
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| Short Right Retired – 190 yards |
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| Long Middle Retired – 276 yards |
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| Drake Flyer – 87 yards |
132 dogs were called back: 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 41, 42, 43, 44, 46, 47, 48, 49, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 76, 77, 78, 79, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 88, 89, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 120, 121, 122, 123, 125, 126, 127, 128, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 149, 150, 151, 152 and 153.
5 dogs scratched: 3, 45, 50, 105 and 129.
15 dogs dropped: 1, 9, 20, 39, 40, 62, 63, 75, 80, 87, 90, 96, 119, 124 and 148.
1 Retired: 30
Day 1 - Saturday, June 19, 2021 – Series 1st & 2nd Series
Our first running dog #89 FC-AFC Abby’s Physician Of Antioch, "Luke" with owner handler Dan Hurst started the 63rd running of the 2021 National Amateur Retriever Club Championship at 6:59 am!
Our weather started in the 60’s and reached in the upper 70’s. We had a slight breeze throughout the day ranging from 8-11 mph coming from the northwest. All in all, it was a great day to be in the field with our beloved retrievers!
It was announced at the annual meeting the night before gun changes would happen every 25 dogs. Here is when they happened…
1st Gun Change – after dog #112 at 9:41 am with the next running dog #113 coming to the line.
2nd Gun Change – after dog #136 at 12:00 pm with the next running dog #137 coming to the line at 12:23 pm.
3rd Gun Change – after dog #10 at 3:14 pm with the next running dog #11 coming to the line at 3:24 pm. Dog #11 received a no bird so dog #12 was the next running dog to come to the line at 3:25 pm.
4th Gun Change – after dog #29 at 5:30 pm with the next running dog should have been #30 “Mully” but he retired earlier this morning so our next running dog #31 came to the line at 5:34 pm.
Here are the way things turned out for the 1st day…
No Bird / Re-Run (8): 95 – 109 – 126 – 146 – 7 – 11 – 28 – 29
No Bird and did not get to Re-Run (1): 43
Handles (5): 148 – 1 – 20 – 39 – 40
Pick Up (1): 90
Injury (1): 124
Retired - #30
Our last running dog for the day was #43 that came to the line at 7:16 pm. She had a fly away and the day was called by the judges at 7:27 pm. 104 dogs send from line in this series in, taking 12 hours and 28 minutes which averages to be just over 7 minutes per dog.
Day Two – Sunday, June 20, 2021 – Series 1st & 2nd Series
Our test dog Annie came to the line at 6:30 am for our 2nd day of the 1st & 2nd series. Our first running dog of the day #44 R&A'S Tap Dancer, "Katie" with owner handler Rip Shively start the second day at 7:00 am.
We had 1 gun change after #68 completed its test at 9:35 am and then started back up again with dog #69 at 9:43 am.
Here is how the 2nd day turned out of this series…
No Bird / Re-Runs (4): 56 – 71 – 72 – 79
Re-Run (1): #43 carried over from yesterday.
Pick Up (4): 62 – 75 – 80 – 87
We completed the 2nd day of this series with dog #88 at 11:53 am. We had a total of 4 hours 53 minutes competing dogs with an average of 6.6 minutes per the last 44 dogs.