Gundog Club Of North Wales

Gundog Club of North Wales

Clwd Adargwn Gogledd Cymru

Premier Open Show

Sunday 27th March 2022

I would like to extend my thanks to the officers and committee of the Gundog Club of North Wales for the opportunity to judge the gundog group at their premier show. The rings were a super size allowing many of the dogs the opportunity to really show off their movement to advantage. My thanks also to the exhibitors for accepting my decisions in a very sportsmanlike manner.

Irish  Setter  Puppy  (1,0 abs)

1st  Sansom’s Bardonhill Carry on Teacher  BP

10 month old puppy , long lean  head , set on moderate shoulders , rib cage carried well back , gently sloping topline , exuberant puppy , but once settled moved out well . Presented in good clean condition.

Irish  Setter  Junior  (4, 1 abs)

 1st   Corless’s Swiftlark Illustrious

Lovely feminine bitch, Pleaseing head and expression, well placed shoulders  excelled in topline giving a balanced outline , moved well

2nd Corless’s Swiftlark Invincible

Litter brother to 1, larger in frame than 1 and at the moment very loose, compared to 1,Lovely head and neck into well placed shoulders , racy in appearance,  Would like to see this boy when he is older . a little erratic on the move

3rd Sansom’s Bardonhill Carry on Teacher  

Irish  Setter  Post graduate (5, 2 abs)

1st  Cohen‘s Lynwood Merry may King with Shushana BOB

Feminine in head , long and lean with noticeable occiput, slightly arched  neck of correct length, balanced front and rear assembly , deep in chest, topline with  slight slope from withers. Small arched feet. Moved out with drive

2nd  Gilks‘s  Suteresett Mr Mistoffelees at Gochmawr

Long lean head ,  ears of moderate size , neck a little tick for me ,although deep in chest the ribs did not reach back far enough , not the overall balance of one .presented well

3rd Henderson’s Suteresett Bombalurina

 Irish  Setter  Open  Dog   (2, 0 abs)

1st   Ashley-Turner’s Jonola moonshine

6year old male with pleasing head of good proportion, would have liked more angulation in the front , but it was in balance with the rear. Deep in chest , , tail set ok and used on the move.

2nd Corless’s Swiftlark Invincible

Irish  Setter  Open Bitch (3,1abs)

1st  Corless’s Swiftlark Illustrious

2nd Hughes’s  Alolfrana u’are a Diamond

Mature bitch with long lean head , well placed ears ,  not as good in the front angulation as 1 , when moving away tended to be close in the rear.

Gordon Setter  Puppy (1,0 abs)

1st  Ashley-Turner’s  Hernwood the Botanist BP, BOB

Upstanding young dog, Head of good proportions, dark eye of correct shape  slightly rounded in skull, well defined stop, ears set low lying close to the head, balanced fore & aft, flat bone straight and upright pasterns , with oval feet, padded and arched body in proportion to height , correct tail set, which was used on the move. Lovely rich tan in head and feet .

Carol Henry

Judge