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The "Hotwire"
Publication of the German Wirehaired Pointer Club of Southern
California
www.gwpsocal.com
March 2002
FIELD TRIAL REPORT
By Karen Nelsen
The Field Trial began with “short sleeved shirts” weather and
ended with “button up your overcoat” conditions. During the set
up on Friday, participants were walking around in light clothing,
and, in fact, the evening was balmy as well. Saturday started
with warm breezes, but by the afternoon, we knew there was a front
blowing in. The weather changed dramatically during the afternoon.
The wind came up, the skies darkened and it got cold! Sunday went
from “Oh, its not going to be bad” to “what the heck is this freezing
rain?”
We ran a total of 116 dogs with a minimal amount of changes in
the running orders of the stakes. We had more conflicts with club
members getting to the trial to help out than we did with all
the dogs we ran. Jim Kidder was unexpectedly called to work, so
Karen ended up picking up the equipment trailer from Karla’s and
drove it to the site without the proper running lights. (This
would eventually prove a problem in getting the trailer back to
Karla’s in the dark.) Dominic Milano was unable to come, so there
went our efficient running order/course overseer/conflict solver.
Taking a lesson from Dominic’s time-clock precision management
skills, Karen had charts up with the approximate times and who
was supposed to be on what course. The word from the judges was
that they never had to wait for any brace at the starting line.
Vice President Tom Collins was coming with a friend to help out,
but he too, was unable to make it. Don Magoon got one of our gunners,
Darryl Brown, to plant birds off one of the two ATV’s that Norm
Nelson (a GSP Pro from Northern California) brought down with
him. Charlie Licitra (Ammo’s dad) showed up after a very long
shift at work, so he got put on the second ATV to plant birds
as well. Many thanks to Linda Langford (Brittany club person)
and Cindy Leffingwell (another Brittany person) for planting birds
on the Gun Dog course. Wayne Romanski (GSP) did a great job getting
the course planted for the All-Age stake. We couldn’t have done
it without the help from these very generous field trialers. We
also appreciate Eldon Bouchie (English Setter/Brittany), Pennie
Peterson (Brittany), Cindy Leffingwell, and our very own member
from Oregon, Terry Duffin for stepping in to help with the judging.
The weather turned especially nasty during the call-backs for
the Amateur and Open Gun Dog stakes. The wind was really blowing,
the skies were very dark. Who would have thought that it would
take almost an hour and a half to get the call-backs done? Then
the freezing rain started and we had to finish the derby stake
and the walking puppy stake. Thanks to our judges, Pennie and
Terry (on the puppy course) and Craig Lewis and Karla Weber (on
the Derby course) for enduring the hellacious weather!
There were 14 All-Age starters, 18 Amateur Gun Dog starters, 31
Open Gun Dog starters, 30 Derby dogs, and 12 puppies in each of
the puppy stakes.
Cathie and Courtney Magoon did a fabulous job with feeding the
judges and helpers. Their lunches were delicious and really hit
the spot when it counted. Cathie also made sure that the coffee
and other assorted goodies were out for our early risers. Special
thanks to Craig Troncale for cooking the dinner on Saturday. He
did a super job! Cathie was still recuperating from jet-lag having
attended the Westminster Dog Show in New York, and Karen was relying
on others for a ride when her Tahoe suffered from starter problems.
(Thanks to Ed Dixon for solving the problem the next morning!)
Thanks to Linda Rice (as sick as she was) for helping with the
AKC paperwork and getting the award ribbons completed. Thanks
to Jimmy Rice for soothing hurt feelings and calming turbulent
waters. Thanks to Craig Troncale for schlepping the equipment
trailer back to Karla’s. Don Magoon’s new acquisition of water
tubs for dogs and horses were wonderful. Don even hand made the
super roading ropes that were presented to the judges as “thank
you” gifts.
Based on the figures already submitted, it looks like the Club
made about $1500 on the trial. There are still some expenses that
haven’t been reported, so the total may be a bit lower.
NOMINATION COMMITTEE REPORT
The Nominating Committee (Karen Nelsen, Charlie Licitra and Luanne
Leweler) is pleased to offer the names of the following club members
for their respective positions:
Karla Weber President
Don Magoon Vice- President
Luanne Leweler Recording Secretary
Karen Nelsen - Corresponding Secretary
Cathie Magoon Treasurer
Board Members
Linda Ercoli, Jim Kidder, Charlie Licitra and Jimmy Rice
In accordance with the Club By-Laws, other nominations for the
above offices may be made from the floor at the March club meeting.
At press time no information had been given regarding the date/time
for the meeting. Please check the club web-site after March 15th. We will make sure that webmaster Harvey Rawn posts the information
for the meeting.
HOT FLASHES
Ventura County Dog Fanciers Show
Silver Bay Kennel Club Show
Best of Breed: Ch Surefire Home Brewed Secret
Owners Joan and Andy Payton; Handler Joan
Upcoming June Specialty
From Joan Payton
I need $$$!!! I hate to beg, but otherwise I may have to borrow
or steal, if my generous friends don’t help out with donations
for the trophies for the upcoming Specialty in June. Reserve your
acknowledgement space in the official catalog, buy sending me
your donation as soon as possible (like when you read this). Best
of Breed is only $40, with Best Opposite and Best of Winners going
for $35. Winners Dog and Winners Bitch are $30. First place in
each of the classes is $20. In Sweepstakes, the BIS and BOS are
only $25. First place in each of the Sweeps categories is $15.
Our Sweeps judge is Bob Wire from Northern California. Breed judge
is D. R. Holloway. We’ll have our usual pot-luck luncheon at Brookside
following the judging.
My address is: 2901 Ramada St., Bakersfield, CA 93312. Phone number
is 661-589-3399 or you can email me at paytonpack@kern.com for more information.
Just “send me the money!”
COMING EVENTS
Field Trials:
March 2-3…GSP Club of Riverside County…Castle Butte Wells, California
City…Leslie Vargas…909-928-6264…
all stakes open to all Pointing Breeds; there are walking stakes
in AGD, Puppy and Derby.
March 8,9,10…San Joaquin GSP Club…Lokern Area, Buttonwillow…Irene
Merrell…661-589-6044
March 8-9…GWP Club of Northern Calif…Spenceville WMA, Jones Corral…contact
Silke Alberts, 901 Alameda St.,
Vallejo, CA 94590 (no phone entries)
March 16-17…Southern San Joaquin Brittany Club…no information
available
Hunting Tests:
March 16-17…San Diego GSP Club…Oak Grove Valley…contact Leann
Farrell…858-748-2624
Shows:
March 9-10…Apple Valley Kennel Club Show…Victorville
March 16-17…High Desert Classic…Ridgecrest
March 29-31…Raisin Circuit…Bakersfield (3 days of shows)
April 20…GWP Club of Northern California Specialty…Chief Solano
Kennel Club Show…Solano County Fairgrounds…Vallejo
MEMBERSHIP DUES RENEWAL
Just a gentle reminder that membership dues were due January 1,
2002. If you have not paid your dues, this will be your last newsletter.
If you notice a round color sticker by your mailing label, please
take note that Fran has not received your dues. Please contact her if there is a problem.
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