SORRY, WE NO LONGER HOLD AKC FIELD TRIALS. NOT ENOUGH INTEREST TO HOLD THEM ANYMORE.

                               Results of our last field trial, held in March 2003

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                    OUR LAST AKC FIELD TRIAL
                       March 2-3, 2003 in Monroe, NC.  

                                                           By Tammy Helt

What do cold, rain and Suicidal Quail have in common?? They are all part of Greater Charleston Weimaraner Club’s 2003 Field Trial, along with great participants, judges and helpers, who despite all these things, still had a great time. The rain held off Saturday morning just long enough to get the horses saddled and the birds planted for the first brace, but that was all the break we would get from the rain until mid morning on Sunday. The rain and wet birds were sometimes too much for the dogs and even a few quail wanted to get out of the rain so much, they flew straight into the dog’s mouths. Chairman Joe Stringer ran a great trial again this year and was backed up with many great helpers, including Ken Tapley, Carol Parron, Tim Carwile, Joe Petroski, Ross Adams and Nikolaus Scharpf to name a few. Kathi Stringer did a great job as Field Marshall and Carol and George Barry kept us fed and watered during the day. We appreciate the participants for supporting our club, including our professional dog handlers, Gene Dagenhart and Dan and Cindy Long as well as all the amateurs who braved the conditions to run their dogs. A special thanks to our judges for keeping their humor during adverse weather conditions to say the least. Congratulations to all the winners this year.

Open Gun Dog - Judges: Brian Kruse & Roy Thillberg
1. Ch. Smokey City Mob Boss (Ch. Smokey City El Nino X Telmar Hot Topic of Rushland) b/Thomas Wilson o/Thomas Wilson & Cindy Long h/Cindy Long

Open Puppy - Judges: Brian Kruse & Roy Thillberg
1. Grayshadows Field Laureate (FC Gray Shadow Ghost Buster X S and S’s Lid’l Lacy Lu, JH) b/Dave Carriveau o/Dale & Jacqlyn Schaller h/Dan Long

2. Vizsla - h/Dan Long

3. Argus’ Feldmarchall Rommell (KW’s Doc Holiday X Starbuck’s A Covey in the Hand) b/Carol Parron & Sharron Page o/Rich & Beth Bryan h/Gene Dagenhart

4. Grayshadows Abby Makesapoint (Same as 1^st place) o/Daniette Cole Fetterhof h/Dan Long

Open Derby - Judges: Joe Stringer & Roy Thillberg
1. Von Luchbach Das Hund Mercedes (Gray Shadow Ghost Buster X Briarmeadow Sue) b/Cindy Long o/Terry Hall h/Dan Long

2. Texmara’s Moving On (DC Ardreem Wolf Von Betelgeuse, JH X Texmara’s Bobbi Lee) b/Gene Dagenhart o/Carol Parron h/Gene Dagenhart

3. Taproot’s Silver Sliver (High Ridge Rock Star X Taproot’s Misty Lady)b/Kenneth Tapley o/Kenneth Tapley h/Ken Tapley

4. Vizsla - h/Cindy Long

Open Limited Gun Dog - Judges: Bobby Simpson & John Everett
1. Pointer - h/Dan Long

2. GSP - h/Gene Dagenhart

3. Pointer - h/Dan Long

4. Pointer - h/Cindy Long

Am. Gun Dog - Judges: Bobby Simpson & John Everett

No placements

Am. Walking Derby - Judges: Bobby Simpson & John Everett
1. Smokey City Broadway Limited (Ch. Smokey City Change of Luck X Ch. Smokey City Lightning Banshee, JH) b/Thomas Wilson o/Don & Kris Herr & Thomas Wilson h/Kris Herr

2. Ch. Nani’s Idan Frankly Speaking, JH (Ch. Nani’s Smart Aleck, JH X Ch. Nani’s Laughing Waters) b/Christine Grisell & Alanna Cavanagh o/Ross & Rosi Adams & Chris Grisell h/Ross Adams

3. Taproot’s Silver Sliver (High Ridge Rock Star X Taproot’s Misty Lady) b/Kenneth Tapley o/Kenneth Tapley h/Ken Tapley

4. Amor Vom Grunen Herz (Dargo Vom Blanken X Amsel Vom Forsthaus) o/Aline & Nikolaus Scharpf h/Nikolaus Scharpf