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Dever Valley Gundogs had a very successful day at the Kintbury & District WGS spaniel working tests in March 2010. It was the first time out working with other dogs for Mij, Dylan and Simmer and they acquitted themselves very well. Nick won the puppy test for dogs under 18 months with Simmer, and both Simmer and Dylan did well in the novice test.

To top the day off, Kris won the open test with Teal against a very high quality field of mainly springers. Teal goes from strength to strength and we are pleased with her progress.

2009/10 was a very successful season for Dever Valley Gundogs.  Switch finished the season, as she started it, in top form. She took 2nd at  the start of the season at the Cocker Spaniel Club’s Scottish trial against a who’s who of the cocker world, having been beaten by Peter Jones in a run-off. In the final week of the season she took third at the Cocker Club’s trial, again against a very good field, and followed this up with 3rd and guns’ choice at the Leconfield AV where she was beaten by 2 springers but made an impression with a lot of people, then another 3rd at the Chiltern Gundog Society’s cocker trial.

Teal built steadily through the season, starting with a  couple of CoMs, then 2 third places, before winning in some style at the Glamorganshire Field Trial Society’s novice cocker to repeat the feat of her litter sister the previous year.

The girls also had a successful season working on the local shoots in the beating line and picking-up.

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Recent Results

· We had a very successful day at the Kintbury spaniel working tests with Simmer winning the puppy test and Teal winning the open test.

· Switch has been in top form in January. She was 3rd at the  Cocker Spaniel Club’s novice cocker,  and 3rd, Guns’ Choice and best cocker at the Leconfield novice AV, before placing third again at the Chiltern novice cocker —all in the space of 7 days!

· Kris recently won the Glamorganshire Field Trial Society's novice cocker field trial with Teal. This was run in rushes with a plentiful supply of pheasants that caught many of the dogs out! Teal demonstrated her excellent marking on her 4 retrieves, including a spectacular retrieve across a large pond of a pheasant which had then run. Teal took a superb line from the rushes at the edge of the pond, out of sight and over the hill! We were delighted with the win, needless to say, and Kris is looking forward to running in Teal in open trials next season.

· At the North Devon novice cocker field trial in December Dever Valley Gundogs were well represented, Kris getting 3rd with Teal and Nick getting a CoM and the Mowbray Salver for Guns’ Choice.

· Switch ran in the Cocker Spaniel Club novice cocker trial at Lockerbie in October, where she had a very strong run, picking 5 partridge. She was beaten by Peter Jones in the run-off to finish a very creditable 2nd.

· Kris won the Leconfield Working Spaniel Club’s novice working test at the start of September, beating a very good springer in the run-off.

· In July 09 Kris ran Teal at the Mid-Sussex Working Spaniel Club’s summer Water Test. She finished 3rd in the novice test, and also won the Ghillie Memorial Trophy for the best cocker spaniel. Teal’s been going very well in training recently, and we are hopeful for a good season with her this year.

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