The Club held its normal quota of Trials during the year. 2009 also marked the 30th Anniversary of the Club and a special stake was held on Friday 9th October to mark the occasion (report below).
Spring Open Trial – Dublin Mts
Judges: Gerald Devine & Carol Calvert
ESC Chairman P J Peoples presents the cup to Des Linton who won the Spring Open with Int FTCh Craigrua Osprey
1st (Ex) Des Linton’s IR&WSD IntFTCh Craigrua Osprey
2nd (Ex) Edward Flannelly’s IR&WSD FTCh Silent Seeker of Ballyshannon
Edward Flannelly with FTCh Silent Seeker of Shannonbally who took 2nd place at the Spring Open 2009
Summer Open Trial – Dublin Mts
Judges: Aidan Dunne & Neil Ryan
1st (vg) Captain C Brady’s IRSD Ballydavid Aodh
Summer Breed Stake – Dublin Mts
Judges: Paddy Collins & Declan O’Rourke
1st P J Peoples’ ESD Ardera Goldie
2nd Kieran Walsh’s ESD FTCh Capparoe Tintreach
3rd Joe McGill’s ESD Gortinreagh Ace
Autumn Confined Stake – Carlow
Judges: James Dalton & Bill Connolly
1st (Ex) Tom Dunne’s ESB Goldshield Breeze
2nd (VG) Billy Grace’s ESB Capparoe Jip
Autumn Open Stake – Carlow
Judges: Jim Crotty & Charlie Neilson
1st (VG) Tom Dunne’s ESD FTCh New Edition
2nd (G) Vincent Flannelly’sIR&WSD Craigrua Rastas
The Irish Championship for Pointers and Setters
The Irish Championship was run on the last weekend of August 2009. The Judges were Maurice O’Mahony, Gerald Devine and Father Seamus O’Neill. The second day was postponed due to heavy fog. The Trial was finalised on 20th September 2009 when the second round of 9 brace of dogs were run. The Trial was won by Paddy Collins with his Pointer dog FTCh Boston Jingo. The runner-up was the English Setter dog FTCh Lefanta Odin who is owned and handled by Cork man George Forbes. Odin was bred by Johnny Geoghegan and is a son of his 2nd Norwegian import FTCh Storeskars 11 Odin and his home bred FTCh Lefanta Eva. Third went to Hugh Brady’s IRSB FTCh Remkillen T-Ebba and Fourth was given to Davy O’Neill’s IRSB Shinlogue Fionn.
2 of the 2009 Ch Judges Gerald Devine and Maurice O’Mahony (Fr O’Neill missing from photo)
George Forbes receives the ESC of I Trophy for the best English Setter at the Championship from ESC of I President Neil Ryan
Wexford Success in 2009
Kieran Welch won English Setter of the Year in Ireland 2009 with his ESD Capparoe Tintreach making him an Irish Field Trial Champion in the process – Keiran’s first. Tintreach was bred by Billy Grace. He is by Tommy Dunne’s very successful FTCh New Edition out of Capparoe Heather. He was presented with the Club trophy at the recent Spring Trial in the Dublin Mts.
- Kieran Walsh’s ESD FTCh Capparoe Tintreach
The English Setter from Ireland 