SCHEDULE OF SPANIEL FIELD TRIALS 2025

conducted under Kennel Club Limited Rules and Regulations ‘J’
Stake 1: Novice AV Spaniel Stake for 16 dogs (Ref J.3.d (2))
Date:  Monday 27th October 2025
Venue: Helsthorpe Farm, Crafton, Leighton Buzzard By Kind permission of All Seasons Game

Judges: Mr M Colclough (A:1952) Mr S Bates (A:2802)

Mr C Gilbert (N/P:5096) & Miss Victoria Gross (N/P)

 Entry fee: Members: £40    Non-members: £55.00
Closing date: 13th October 2025 Draw: 14th October 2025 at Secretary’s home 7pm.

 

Stake 2: Novice Cocker Stake for 16 dogs (Ref J.3.d (3))
Date:  Thursday 20th November 2025
Venue: Palmers Shrub Wood, Eversholt, Milton Bryan By Kind Permission of Palmers Shrub Shoot
Judges: Mr W Clulee (A:2029) Mr C Killpack (N/P:3565)
Entry fee: Members: £40  Non-members: £55.00
Closing date: 6th November 2025. Draw: 7th November 2025 at Secretary’s home 7pm

Stake 3: Open AV Spaniel Stake (Except Cockers) for 16 dogs (Ref J.3.d (3))
Date: Tuesday 2nd December 2025
Venue: Riddleswood Fallow Hall, St Osyth, Essex By kind permission of Mr W Grieg
Judges: Mr M Deacon (A:2242) & Mr M Elliott (B:3861)
Entry fee: Members: £45.00   Non-members: £60.00
Closing date: 18th November 2025 Draw: 19th November 2025 at Secretary’s home 7pm.

 

Stake 4: Open Cocker Spaniel Stake for 16 dogs: (Ref J.3.d (1)) 
Date: Thursday 4th December 2025 
Venue: Hall Farm, Ditchingham, Norfolk. By kind permission of The Earl & Countess Ferrers & Viscount Tamworth
Judges: Mr G Stubbings (A:2805) Mr P Seaman (B:3859)   
Entry fee: Members: £45.00  Non-member £60.00
Closing date: 20th November 2025 Draw: 21st November 2025 at Secretary’s home 7pm.
                 

 

PRIZES:

STAKE 1: Nossewej trophy to the winner

STAKE 2 & 5: LWSS Trophy to the winner:

STAKE 3: The Rod Chapple Memorial Trophy to the winner.

Stake 4: The Rod Chapple Memorial Trophy to the winner & The Howesyke Trophy for Guns Choice

Certificates for 1st to 4th places & Coms. Engraved glass for guns choice

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Entries: By mail including a cheque, or by email/online (must be in a readable format) with BACS payment to be received in the LWSS account within 48 hours of the draw (Account name: The London Working Spaniel Society HSBC Acc. No. 41516434 Sort Code: 40-34-38).  Your entry form must be legible, or it may not be included in the draw.  Please use the attached form for all entries (NB additional copies can also be downloaded from the trials section of the LWSS https://www.thelondonworkingspanielsociety.co.uk Please include your email address and post/email your entry in good time. Late entries will not be included in the draw.  Use a separate entry form and cheque/BACS payment for each trial.   Cheques MUST be made payable to: The London Working Spaniel Society. 

ALL Entries MUST be sent to the LWSS field trial secretary: 
Sue Musselwhite, Bryn Terfyn, Y Gors, Gwynfryn, Wrexham LL115UW 
Email: ftsecretarylwss@gmail.com

For urgent enquiries and withdrawals only Tel: Mob: 07956639406
(Please note that mobile reception may be limited at some of our trial grounds)

All Draws will take place at the FT Secs home address at 7pm.  If you wish to be present you must contact Sue Musselwhite by email within 7 days of any draw that you wish attend.
Only fully paid-up members at the time of each draw will be given preference 
Directions to the trial, details of the trial meet and instructions will be sent by email with the draw. A trial specific risk assessment will be available on the LWSS website, and all competitors must be familiar with it.  A hard copy will also be available at the trial.   The draw will only be returned by post, to competitors who have sent a S.A.E with their entry and have indicated on their entry form that this is how they wish the draw to be returned. 

 Start Time:  All trials meet at 9.00am for a 9.30am prompt start, failure of a competitor to    attend the meet on time will result in their entry to the stake and entry fee being forfeited and  their place/run offered to a reserve dog, or alternative competitor, as appropriate.  
There will be no substitution of dogs while reserves stand. 
Withdrawals – Reg J6f applies. After an applicant has been successful in the draw for a place or as a  reserve accepted an offer within 7 days of a run, the applicant maybe liable for the full entry fee except where a veterinary or medical certificate is produced, Open stake winners where qualification to the championship has been gained, novice dogs have qualified out of Novice Stakes or gained an Open Stake award or Covid isolation are exempted.

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GENERAL RULES AND REGULATIONS 
1    An exhibitor (or competitor) whose dog is entered at a Kennel Club licensed event should take all reasonable steps to ensure the needs of their dog(s) are met, and should not knowingly put their dogs’ health and welfare at risk by any action, default, omission or otherwise.  A breach of this Regulation may be referred to the General Committee for disciplinary action under Kennel Club Rules and Regulations.
2    Dogs entered at Kennel Club Licensed Field Trials must be registered at the Kennel Club in accordance with Kennel Club Regulations for Classification and Registration B. 
3    The society reserves the right to refuse any entry to its trials. 
4    Dogs resident outside the UK must be issued with a Kennel Club Authority to Compete number before entry to the show/event can be made.  All overseas entries without an Authority to Compete number will be returned to the exhibitor/competitor. 
5    If entries or nominations exceed the number of permitted runners, the right to compete in a Trial shall be decided by ballot. 
6    Should circumstances so dictate the Society, in consultation with the judges, may alter arrangements as necessary. Such changes and the circumstances surrounding them will be reported to the Kennel Club. 
7    No modification may be made to the schedule after publication except by permission of the Kennel Club, followed by advertisement in appropriate journals if time permits before the closing of entries. 
8    Judges at a Trial are prohibited from entering a dog which is recorded in their ownership or part ownership.  
9    Videography and photography will only be permitted with the express permission of the Chief Steward and the host.   

Please do not attend the trial if tested positive for Covid 19 you must contact the FT secretary by PHONE ONLY to withdraw preferably before the day of the trial.

Contact details: Sue Musselwhite, Bryn Terfyn, Y Gors, Gwynfryn, Wrexham  LL11 5UW
Tel: Mob: 07956639406
Email: ftsecretarylwss@gmail.com