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  • All our test designs are overseen by a panel of gundog experts.

  • Panellists are all experienced gundog trainers and have a wide range of other interests.

  • There are dedicated specialist advisors for each of the three categories of gundog work. currently covered by the graded training scheme.

  • Panellists are drawn from all corners of the United Kingdom  

 

GRADED TRAINING

 

Tony Casserly  (retrievers)

Tony’s training experience stretches back over many years.  He became a KC panel judge in the 1970s and has judged extensively over the last 30 years,  not only in the UK but also in Austria, France, Germany, Italy and the USA. Now retired from the Kent police Tony is able to spend more time building on his already successful Force Green Kennels.     Tony is an A panel retriever judge and the most senior member of our retriever panel.   Tony is happy to be contacted by email  kennels@forcegreen.co.uk

 

Andrew Robinson (spaniels)

Andrew’s kennel Whaupley Gundogs is situated in the Yorkshire Dales. Specialising in Cocker Spaniels Andrew has qualified dogs for the 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004 and 2006 British Cocker Spaniel Championships. In 2001, he gained the Guns Choice with FTCH Maesydderwen Soloman. In 2004 he gained a Diploma of Merit with FTCH Whaupley Reiver. Andrew’s affix is Whaupley and he is on the A Panel of Kennel Club Spaniel Judges.  

To visit Whaupley Gundogs click here  http://www.whaupleygundogs.co.uk/

 

Peter Burton (retrievers/spaniels)

An experienced spaniel and retriever trainer,  Peter,  owner of Saxaphone Gundogs has competed for England and achieved success with both breeds. Peter is one of only a handful of people to have competed in the IGL Labrador Championship, the AV Spaniel Championship and the Cocker Spaniel Championship.  Peter is a B panel judge for the Kennel Club.   Peters kennels are located in County Durham.  To visit Saxaphone Gundogs  click here

http://www.saxaphonegundogs.co.uk/

 

Nick Coates (retrievers)

An experienced retriever trainer,  Nick owns Gospel Ash gundogs in Wiltshire.  Nick specialises in Labradors and Golden Retrievers, and in addition to his UK judging appointments, he has also judged abroad.

To visit Gospel Ash Retrievers click here  http://www.gospelash-retrievers.co.uk/

 

Annie Wales (retrievers)

An experienced Field Trialler and trainer,  Annie trains and judges retrievers in the UK and has travelled the world giving seminars in  Sweden, South Africa and  Portugal.   Together with Hilary Smith, she runs Abbey Gundogs in Gloucestershire.   To contact Abbey Gundogs click here

 

Bruce Ross-Smith (retrievers)

Based in Devon, Bruce breeds and trains Golden Retrievers at his Canburne Kennels.  In addition to training and judging gundogs in the field,  Bruce is also a BASC shotgun coach and a web designer.  

To visit Canburne Gundogs click here http://www.crofter.com/wotsit/canburne/findex.html

 

Steve Kimberley (hprs)

Steve and his wife Coshy  run ‘Kimberley Gundogs’ a residential gundog training school in  Devon where Steve teaches each handler how to successfully train his own dog.   An experienced all round gundog trainer and journalist,  Steve is a  B panel HPR judge and trains dogs throughout the UK and abroad.   Steve writes a regular gundog column for the Sporting Shooter.  To visit Kimberley Gundogs click here   http://kimberleygundogs.com

 

Tony Russell (hprs)

Tony Russell is an A Panel HPR Field Trial Judge and has trained and trialed German Shorthaired Pointers for over 25 years.   He now runs a training and boarding kennels in East Sussex together with a HPR shoot on the Ashdown Forest.  Tony  also trains spaniels and retrievers holding classes both for groups and individuals

 

Rory Major (hprs)

Rory has been involved with Gundogs all of his adult life as well as regularly 'picking up' and 'beating' with his dogs on several shoots, he also works his dogs for Falconers and has competed successfully in Field Trials. Most notably, he has owned, trained and made-up the first and only German Wirehaired Pointer Field Trial Champion to date, FTCh Velia Von Andesheim, as well as owning and training the only two G.W.P's to win awards in the Championships. He has also won awards with Flatcoat Retrievers, E.S.S., Italion Spinone and Brittanys.   You can visit Rory's website here

http://www.dog-n-field.co.uk/ptk/addlr/bryc.htm

 

Christine Bridgwater (spaniels)

Christine has trained and bred working gundogs of various breeds for over twenty-five years.  Christine is the Secretary and Treasurer of The Meon Valley Working Spaniel Club (since 1988) is a member of the Kennel Club Field Trials Council and has served on several other Club committees helping with their Trials as well as, usually, running ten per season for the Meon Valley.    http://www.meonvalley.org.uk

She takes out up to twenty dogs picking up and has regularly demonstrated at the CLA and other Game Fairs. Christine is a  UK Kennel Club Judge ( B Panel) she has also judged in Europe for other organisations such as The Danish Field Trial Association, The Swedish Clumber Spaniel Club and FITASC's Spanish Spaniel and Pointer Trial Association. If you would like to find out more about Christine Bridgwater and her dogs click here

 

Tom Brechney (hprs)

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Alan Hender (hprs)

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Murray Wakeham (hprs)

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