GROUNDHOG TRIAL, FEB 19-20, 2022

SATURDAY A FIELD

Field A would be judge by a couple of our seasoned veterans in Lance Neilson and Troy Anderson, thank you for your time. In our last brace of the day we had Diane Peterson and her 1X NSTRA Champion dog Kid have a great run where they were able to put 3 birds on the card for a final score of 676, this would prove good enough for 3^rd place. In brace 8 on the day we would have Braydon Whiteley handling Sox and they would have a run of 4/3 that would give them a score of 707 which would hold on for 2^nd place. The run of the day would take place in brace 10. Braydon Whiteley would again have another amazing run with Rip where they would go 5/4 and also have a back to secure the win with a score of 934.5 and take home 1^st place. Congrats on a heck of a day.

SATURDAY B FIELD

Field B would be judged by Rich Lowe and Barratt Gorshe, we appreciate your willingness to judge. In brace 4 we would have longtime veteran player Jim Wall and his shorthair Bullet have a great run where they found 3 birds, they were also able to get a back off of their bracemate. This would give them a final score of 725 that would allow them to take home 3^rd place. In the last brace of the day we would yet again have Braydon Whiteley and Sox have a run of 5/5 for a final score of 746 that would be good enough to place them in 2^nd. But the run of the day in B field came from Andy Johnson and his awesome dog Gus. They found 4 birds and had excellent bird work that would result in great scores. They ended the day with a score of 823 and put them at the top of the leaderboard and podium. Congrats on a great run!

SUNDAY A FIELD

A Field on Sunday would be judged by Angie Wonnacott and Maureen Goodrich, thank you! In brace 8 on the day we would have Braydon Whiteley and his dog Roan give us another great performance where they would go 4/3 for a score of 719, this would give them a 3^rd place finish. Lynn Jeffers and his Brittany Oakley have been coming out for a few years and having fun. Lynn has worked hard and it is starting to show. In the 12^th brace of the day he would prove how good they have become as a team. Oakley would go out and have 5 finds and 4 retrieves. They would come back to the gallery with a score of 781 to give them a 2^nd place finish and their first ever placement. Way to go Lynn and Oakley!! The run of the day would come 2 braces later in brace 14 where Bruce Swanson and his dog Tiny would show us all that they are back in the game in a big way. They would find 5 birds as well as a back for a score of 943 to secure a 1^st place. Awesome job and way to go, congrats from all of us!

SUNDAY B FIELD

The B field on Sunday was judged by Jim Wall and Kelly Irons, they did a great job so thank you so much for your time. In brace 3 we would have Braydon Whiteley and Sox be in contention again. They would find 3 birds and have a score of 614 which would hold on for 3^rd place. This would be Braydon’s 5^th placement on the weekend, way to go Braydon. In brace 5 on the day we would have Lynn Jeffers and his dog Oakley make another amazing run and go 4/3 and finish with 655 as their final score. With that score they would secure their second placement of the day and take home 2^nd place. The run of the day would come from Jared Haddock and his little firecracker dog Boone. They would score 1211 points and secure another 1^st place. This puts Boone just a few points away from earning his second championship. Way to go Jared and Boone.

Thank you so much to all of those that devoted so much time to make this trial happen. We appreciate the Marshall’s Angie and Layne, the bird planters Lance and Barratt, the Judges, Lance, Troy, Rich, Barratt, Angie, Maureen, Jim, and Kelly. Also our Trial Chairman Jared, as well as the many others that helped to setup and take down. We could not do this without each and every one of you. See everyone in 2 weeks for the next one!!

Utah Region Presidency and Board