Judges Report

Sunday morning and another new event, this time the Novice Final. It has been a brilliant year for Novice dogs, the quality at every show has been quite unbelievable, many of them by now will have progressed to Senior, but this Final was still going to be like no other that most of them will have been in before.

I was anticipating there being about ten clears, bearing in mind the occasion, as it was we had nine clears. The biggest smile of all came from the Helen Davey-Smith, who, with the fastest five faults, made it into the evening Final. I was very impressed with Rachel Sturman, Angela Gadenne and Anne Edwards. Most of the others in the top ten were the handlers who quickly summed up exactly what was needed to reach the Final. But having said that, the first to run had no idea at all how it would all turn out, so it is to her great credit that Gemma Hanekom with Boo ran an excellent round from the start which was rewarded with a place in the Final.

Place	Handler	Dog	Time	Faults
1	Rachel Sturman	Safyn Y Coed Delle	34.00	Clear
2	Angela Gadenne	Raeanne’s Luna Quest	37.49	Clear
3	Marc Saunders	The Dark Dasher of Clybonn	37.89	Clear
3	Sue Frazier	Raxmae Morning Mist	37.89	Clear
5	Huw Stacey	Waggerland Wingnut	38.64	Clear
6	Natasha Wise	Fats Domino of Crazymaesy	39.79	Clear
7	Anne Edwards	Arn Priors Earl Grey	40.07	Clear
8	Gemma Hanekom	Forest Trail	40.49	Clear
9	Alan Clements	Midsomer Masquerade	44.23	Clear
10	Helen Davey-Smith	Pop Be Nimble Pop Be Quick	35.77	5
11	Matt Goodliffe	Widewater Wonder	36.36	5
12	Angela Williams	Dragonheart Pi	38.01	5
13	Mark Powell	Bell Bottom Brit	38.62	5
14	Elizabeth Langwade	Maximillian Jack in the Box	41.00	5
15	Lisa Howe	Borderblue Taff	41.74	5
16	Jane Seller	The Skye by Night	42.90	5
17	Nikki Murden	Tipperary Girl	45.00	5
18	Jackie Smith	Borderstorm Double Dare	45.01	5
19	Nicky Taylor	Long Island Iced Tea	46.23	5
20	Diane Griffin	Heidron Inka’s Chasing Luck	49.82	5
21	Laura Innes	What Murphy Says Goes	71.29	5
22	Michelle Drawwater	Brentmoor Skylark	39.38	10
23	Lesley Olden	Waggerland Whirlwind	40.14	10
24	Sean Clinch	Bacalao Max	40.48	10
25	Roger Griffin	Shanowl Kanhee Willhee	42.88	10
26	Jane Powell	Waggerland Jynxd	47.96	10
27	Jon Szegota	Trillion Flag of the Meadow	44.60	15
28	Ian Smith	Canen Sophie’s Touch of Magic	45.27	15
29	Julie Prettejohn	Tig A-Tie Tag	45.12	20
30	Stuart Harmes	Nog Bach	E
30	Evelyn Price	Sunwood Dash	E
30	Lynne Grey	Dura Real Live Wire	E
30	Judith Owen	Brentmoor Pipit	E
30	Val Hornsby	Mini Molly	E
30	Andy Sandercock	Gemthorne Free Spirit	E

As with the Standard dogs on Saturday, the first ten from the Sunday morning semi final went through to the final that evening and the next ten were running in the consolation event which was the afternoon Pairs Relay.

As with other Pairs Relays at Olympia, time and faults were added together and the handlers ran in reverse order from their morning’s placings. Elizabeth and Mark had a stunning clear round less than one second ahead of the second placed pair and they were both really pleased and this was especially good for Elizabeth as she was a YKC member.

Place	Handler	Dog	Time	Faults
1	Elizabeth Langwade	Maximillian Jack in the Box	57.98	C
1	Mark Powell	Bell Bottom Brit	57.98	C
2	Jane Seller	The Skye by Night	58.63	C
2	Lisa Howe	Borderblue Taff	58.63	C
3	Diane Griffin	Heidron Inka’s Chasing Luck	75.06	10
3	Nicky Taylor	Long Island Iced Tea	75.06	10
4	Jackie Smith	Borderstorm Double Dare	75.20	10
4	Nikki Murden	Tipperary Girl	75.20	10
5	Matt Goodliffe	Widewater Wonder	84.24	25
5	Angela Williams	Dragonheart Pi	84.24	25

The evening Final will be remembered as a tough one, with the jump, A-frame and weave combination proving a little tougher than I wanted. However, although there were five eliminations, there were also five very good rounds, two in particular that were worthy of any Final.

Alan Clements did a very good round, just 5f at the weaves. Anne Edwards had another cracking round, took a chance at the A-frame, missed it, but finished in an excellent time to get the third place trophy.

Once again it was a special run from a special pair that got the audience roaring their approval. Gemma and Boo turned it on again, a superb run from an ever-improving combination, smooth, accurate, graceful. This pair have it all, a very well deserved 2nd place.

Mr Cool, unflappable, I believe in my dog, Marc Saunders and Dash were probably most peoples favourite, and they were great, totally focused, confident quiet commands, quick tight turns. It was a pleasure to watch, and a very well deserved winner. Congratulations to all the Novice dogs and handlers. You were great. Bet some of you can’t wait to do it again next year!

Place	Handler	Dog	Time	Faults
1	Marc Saunders	The Dark Dasher of Clybonn	35.36	Clear
2	Gemma Hanekom	Forest Trail	36.01	Clear
3	Anne Edwards	Arn Priors Earl Grey	36.40	5
4	Alan Clements	Midsomer Masquerade	39.69	5
5	Rachel Sturman	Safyn Y Coed Delle	38.66	10
6	Helen Davey-Smith	Pop Be Nimble Pop Be Quick	E
6	Sue Frazier	Raxmae Morning Mist	E
6	Huw Stacey	Waggerland Wingnut	E
6	Angela Gadenne	Raeanne’s Luna Quest	E
6	Natasha Wise	Fats Domino of Crazymaesy	E

Sunday 18th December 2005