Wedgnock Gundogs
Welcome to Wedgnock Gundogs
2024 News!
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1st July - The Scottish Game Fair International - very proud of Otto who was 2nd placed dog overall. England were placed 3rd.
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13th/14th May - Skinners World Cup - England team wins!! Delighted to come out on top - 14 teams from all over Europe. Fantastic event. Our team was Captain Dave Latham, Nathan Laffy, Simon Capstick, Ronnie Laughton and Me.
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I'm delighted, and hugely honoured to have been invited to judge the 2023 IGL Retriever Championship at the Queensberry Estate!
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16th April - England Team Selections - Otto is selected for the England team for the 4th year running!
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1st July - The Scottish Game Fair - England Team 3rd- Otto 2nd individual
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29th/30th July - The Game Fair - Ragley Hall - England Team 2nd
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August - Sally is now an A Panel Retriever Judge
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9th/10th September - The Welsh Game Fair - England Team 2nd place - Otto 2nd individual
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10th October - Cider wins his first Novice trial at Ingleby - Lincs Gundog Society!
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10th November - Cider 2nd SEGS 2 Day Open at Balcombe
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27th, 28th 29th November - Judged IGL Retriever Championship!
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8th January 2024 - Cider 3rd place Isle of Wight Open trial
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10th January 2024 - Cider 3rd place Wye Valley Open trial
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14th April 2024 - Cider selected for England Gundog Team for The Skinners World Cup, The Game Fair, and The Scottish Game Fair
Based at Wedgnock Shooting Ground, Warwick, Warwickshire, in the Midlands, Steve and Sally Richardson run Wedgnock and Hartleyjean Gundogs and Wedgnock Dog Centre. We are both A Panel Retriever Judges, and Steve had the honour of judging the 2023 IGL Retriever Championship at the beautiful Queensberry Estate.
Our hobby and passion is working and competing with our dogs, whether it be picking up on local shoots or running in Field Trials and Working Tests successfully at the highest level.
We have made up six Field Trial Champions and qualified for twelve Retriever Championships with the following wonderful dogs: Labradors FTCh Levenghyl Sun Dancer, FTCh Astraglen Hail, FTCh Birdsgreen Cluedo of Wedgnock, FTCh Sothebys Choice of Wedgnock and Golden Retrievers FTCh Castlemans Mkussi and FTCh Frizelwood Odan of Hartleyjean.
We have competed successfully in local, national and international K.C. Working Tests over many years. Steve achieved the greatest honour of being selected to run Cluanie and Otto in the winning England Gundog Teams for the Internationals at the Scottish and English Game Fairs and Skinners World Cup in 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023. Cider was selected to run for the England Gundog Team for The Skinners World Cup, The Game Fair and The Scottish Game Fair.
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Otto won the Top Retriever trophy at the Home International at the 2022 Game Fair. This is a hugely prestigious award, with the best dogs in the UK competing, so I'm immensely proud of him!
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The England team won the Scottish Game Fair Home International in 2018, 2019 and 2022, The Game Fair Home International in 2018, 2019 and 2021, and The Skinner's World Cup in 2023 against 14 teams of the top retrievers in Europe!
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Labradors Field Trial Champion Birdsgreen Cluedo of Wedgnock, Field Trial Champion Sothebys Choice of Wedgnock, Astraglen Vardy of Wedgnock, FTW Marstonprior Grenadier of Wedgnock and FTW Emmanygan Damson of Wedgnock are all available at stud.
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Gundog Training: we offer one-to-one lessons, group training sessions and courses at our purpose built training ground near Warwick and various fantastic venues all over the U.K. See www.wedgnockdogcentre.co.uk for details, or email Sally at info@wedgnockdogcentre.co.uk
The winning England Team at the Skinner's World Cup 2023!
Otto winning Top Retriever at The 2022 Game Fair Home International
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The judges of the IGL Retriever Championship 2023 at Queensberry Estate
FTCh Sothebys Choice of Wedgnock (Otto) Scottish Game Fair
We are immensely grateful to Millies Wolfheart for their kind sponsorship