IMPORTANT NEWS

Please keep an eye on this page as there can sometimes be last minute notices especially if we need to cancel a session at short notice, if we have had a lot of rain for instance. If the weather looks dodgy it is always worth checking this page before setting out.

Christmas Dinner 2024

Pam has booked us in for Christmas Dinner this year at The Fish Inn Ringwood. All members old and new are welcome and menus are available from Pam at the desk during training days. The dinner is to be held on Friday 13th December.

We would grateful if we can have your booking and payment by next training session please 24th December.

The Fish Inn can be seen from the A31 but you need to go into Ringwood to get to it.

Look forward to seeing as many menbers as poss at this fun event.

Members success in Italy

Graeme Miller who is a member of our club competed recently in a Caninecross event in Italy, Caninecross is a cross country running race which you do with you dog, Graheme competed with one of his beautiful pointers,Chester, and by the photos both enjoyed the event hugely.

Training dates

The last training day of 2024 is the 8th December and we restart on January 5th 2025.

ASSESMENT DAY 2024

I hope you all enjoyed this years assesment day we had 44 members attend and some good work was done across all clases. 

Our judges mark fairley and make allowence for the different skill levels as best they can.

This type of event does take a bit of time and we try to get through as quickly as we can but there will always be a bit of waiting which gives you a chance to chat to other members you may not meet on a normal training day.

We should thank GILLY who puts in a lot of work before hand to ensure the day runs as smoothly as possible.

RESULTS SPANNIEL

Spaniel Puppy

1st Marketa Mann with Willow

Spaniel Beginners

1st Paul Maidment wiyh Westley

2nd Sam Yeo wth Bella

3rd Suzy Kerr with Blake

4th Dave Thomas with Ceri

5th Michelle Gormley wih Ruby

Advanced spaniel

1st Emma Jones wih Ralph

2nd Nicolas Richings with Braxton

3rd Andy Bramley with Max

4th June Galtonn with Tilly

5th Donna Otton with Jack

Judges Choice::::: Braxton

RESULTS RETRIEVER

Retriever Puppy

1st Beth Young wiyh Belle

2nd Liz Mapes with Brodie

3rd Shirley Mcdonald with Bonny

4th Clair Macay with Fin

Retriever Beginner(A)

1st Pamella Hewitt wih Ruby

2nd Fee Cracknell with Nelson

3rd Sue Crane with Anders

4th Roger Hicks with Wizzy

5th Phil Struthers with Santi

Retriever Beginners (B)

!st Harriet Ramsey with Jack

2nd David Haffen Hobbs with Milo

3rd Jo Brown with Lilly

4th Sara Hardy with Ember

5th Grahame Miller with Chester

Advanced Retrievers

Anna Peers with Smudge

2nd Carol Alcazar with Reeva

3rd Fiona White with Misty

4th Tim Jenkins with Reggie

5th Paul Leister with Ted

Judges Choice:::::Santi, Phil Struthers.

Hope everyone went home with a raffle Prize!

Training 2025

We have a lot of people contact us wishing to join us with their dogs, we have a list of these potential new members and will be inviting you all to join us on a first come first served bases. Please wait until we contact you and don't just turn up as we have a limited number of trainers and we try to control class sizes as much as we can to ensure you get the attention you need.

There are lots of things that you can do before your turn comes which will help you to get off to a flying start when you come to your first training class. Things like sit, stay and come can be achieved in the smallest space (even indoors if necessary) and, if you don't overdo it, it is never to soon to start your puppy on the basics. Just try simple commands two or three times, don't get cross if the dog fails, be consistent with your commands and give loads of praise or a small treat when they get it right. You will be surprised how quickly a young dog gets it.

AWAY DAYS

We are looking at away days and will hopefully have some dates soon. For those of you who have not been on an away day, we try and arrange to visit a different location two or three times during the year where the dogs get to try out different ground and cover etc. to make their training a little more interesting, and give them a different area to work. Away days are always great fun and you get a chance to chat to other members who you may not have met during regular sessions. We try to arrange these on non regular Sundays and dogs and handlers usually go home tired and wet!

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Access to MEMBERS page

We have members only pages on this site which are only available to club members.

If you wish to view these pages which contain info only of interest to members i.e Club

constitution, AGM minutes etc. Then the following procedure will give you access;

1. click on members page

2. in the box were it asks for user name enter your name as:- firstname.surname

3. click on green 'register'

4. an email will be sent to the email address you gave us when you joined the club

5. the email will contain a link, click on this and you will enter the members area

6. you will now be able to see the info we hold for you and you can enter a password which will give you private direct access in the future.

If this does not work contact me peter.gribble@christchurchgundogclub.co.uk with your name and email and I will check your entry.