2008
What a successful year for our wonderful Zac. At
the SIWS Breed Confined weekend at Chillington Hall, Wolverhampton Zac was absolutely brilliant and not only did he win
Novice Water test on Saturday 19, he also won the Open Water test and then on the Sunday 20 he was 2nd in Open Working test.
He was also awarded the Rockmoor Challenge Trophy for best overall performance. We are so very very proud of him.
He ended the month at the CLA Gamefair, Bleinheim where he featured in the IWS
demo.
Big event in May was Minor Breeds Team event on 18 May. Sue and Zac were
very honoured to be invited to be part of the team, despite the fact that it meant a very early start and 3 hour drive to
the event. Brilliant news is that the IWS team won the event which made the day very special, very well done to Lin,
Dave and Ian, what a great team.
At the SIWS AGM on 30th March Zac and Sue were awarded the Trophy for the
most promising IWS and Handler for 2007.
Zac and Caz both appeared in The Gundog Parade at The Kent Gamefair in
March and Zac impressed quite a few people with his display in the scurries.
At Crufts 2008 Zac came 1st in Working Gundog. He has now won a 1st
in 2006, 2007 and 2008. He was also the IWS shown at the start of the BBC1 Crufts coverage on Friday 7th March.
FEB - Zac and Sue, along with other IWS and handlers from the SIWS club
appeared on BBC Countryfile on 24 February. The filming for the event, which featured the top 15 vulnerable British
and Irish native breeds took place in the Cotswolds on Tuesday 12th February.
Besides all the above Zac appeared in Warrenby Demos at Charing, South
of England Show, Kent Country Show, Edenbridge & Oxted Show, Losley Park and Autumn Game Fair.
He also was placed second at the following Championship shows:
National Gundog, Windsor and WELKS and was awarded Best of Breed and shortlisted
for Best in Show at South of England Open Show.
