We were fortunate to be the guests of Mr David Ross, at Great Easton and the Chief Stewards Messrs. S Newitt and R Stone had planned six tests to stretch the dogs and handlers.   The tests were well thought out and ran like clockwork, making good use of the undulating ground, which also gave excellent viewing for spectators. The judges who had the unenviable task of sorting out the dogs were Keith Bedford, David Probert and Malcolm Stringer, who stepped in at the last minute to replace Andrew Wright who unfortunately had gone down with a virus.

The teams competed together throughout the day, tackling six tests containing combinations of marks and blinds.  On test 1 all the dogs had to jump a wire fence, with the blind being in very thick cover which required considerable persistence for the dogs to find.  Two further tests also included a jump, which had to be negociated by one of the team members.