The Newfoundland Club

The last Breed Club Water Test of the 2025 Season, and after a full season of training, expectations were high for a hat full of test passes, particularly with conditions set fair…..
With 28 Entries to test on the Saturday, I made the decision to run both swims, whilst on the Sunday we scaled down to just the one swim to cater for the 22 tests on the second day.
We welcomed guests from NewForest, Terranova, WNAG, Midland, and SEWN, several of whom enjoyed the comfort of our Luxury Lakeside Lodges for the weekend, they were all put to good use with plenty of stewarding duties. Many thanks for all of your help.
Of the 50 entries, we had 4 withdraw, and final test numbers were A- 11.. with 10 passes, B – 14 with 4 passes, C – 10 ..with no passes, D – 6 …with 1 pass, and E – 5 with 1 pass.
Clearly – the expectations of a hat full of passes was not achieved, indeed the only pass at level D and E was Georgia – a Golden Doodle trained by Chris and Clive Haylock… well done guys for showing the Newfs how it should be done…
To our Judges, the stewards, our “strangers” , our entrants, and those guests who came along to observe, thank-you for your support over the weekend, and we hope to see you all again next year.

Many thanks to the Newfoundland Club and Grangewaters for inviting us to judge the B Test, and for arranging such stunning weather!
Fourteen dogs came forward to be tested, and all teams worked very well together, although those with challenges know where to work.
Many thanks to our helms, steward and teams, who worked very hard to ensure everything ran smoothly.

We had six dogs for D today, with varying success. One was a fabulous pass from our super non-Newfoundland dog, and one was so close — just two seconds from the boat — that it was otherwise perfect. Such a shame, but his time will come.
Despite lots of encouragement, all the other entrants failed, and you know they can all do it, but somehow on test day it doesn't quite happen.
Thanks to all the stewards who kept everything running efficiently and smoothly, and to the test manager for organising such a wonderful, sunny day!