Our club is run by a committee of dedicated, experienced and proven people from the gundog world.
The committee meets regularly to debate and organise and plan the clubs' activities
We are dedicated to keep our activities local to the Isle Of Anglesey with events within a reasonable travelling distance.
ARFON WORKING GUNDOG CLUB
A brief history
The Arfon Working Gundog Club was founded on the 6th April 1993 when a group of likeminded gundog enthusiasts met at the Carreg Bran Hotel, Llanfair P G, Anglesey. Officers and a committee were elected and soon training sessions were arranged and held at the Kennels, Bodorgan. Training sessions proved most successful and the first assessment test was held on the12th September 1993
With the success of the club and with membership increasing the committee approached the Kennel Club for permission to hold Working Tests and applied to become a registered society. The application was accepted in June 1995. The club has continued to see membership increasing and holds regular training sessions during the summer months at the Anglesey Show Ground by kind permission of the Show Committee and Working Tests for Retrievers and Spaniels are held during the summer
The club’s aim was to move forward to hold to hold Field Trials and in November 1998 permission was granted by the Kennel Club to hold Novice Spaniel Trials and the first trial was held on the 21st January 1999 at the Llys Dulas Estate by kind permission of Mr & Mrs John Pickering. Permission was subsequently received to hold Novice Retriever Trials and the first Novice Retriever Trial was held on the 26th November 1999 at the Mynachdy Estate, Anglesey by kind permission of Mr John Roberts. Novice and All Aged Trials have since been held annually.
In July 2010 our application to hold One Day Open English Springer Spaniel Trials was granted and our first Open English Springer Spaniel Trial was held on the 16th November 2010 at the Glasfryn Estate, Nr Pwllheli, Gwynedd by kind permission of Mr Gwilym Jones.
In April 2011 our application to hold a One-day Open AV Retriever Stake was granted and out first One day Open AV Retriever Trial was held on the 5th November 2011 at the Checkley Wood Shoot, Nr Nantwich, Cheshire by permission of Mr I Beavis
We continue to hold AV Spaniel and AV Retriever tests in the summer and a Novice and and Open Spaniel and Retriever Stakes during the season.
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