In the Summer of 2020 the UK Pointer and Setter world are in the unfortunate position of having been very badly effected by the COVID 19 Lockdown – with all trials in Scotland and England having been cancelled due to the pandemic.

In February, we managed to run 3 trials in Northern Ireland before the Lockdown took effect and I was pleased to record a win under Andy Law and Stephen Clarke with FTCh Ballyellen Tango on the challenging Slieveanorra, Co Antrim.  Since then our activities have been very restricted, although I have used recent weeks to get the Trial dogs fit – some events are happening in Ireland and may happen in Northern Ireland, later in the year – if the situation stays stable.

I have also been working with 4 young dogs who I am pleased with and have a couple of Novices prepared during the winter who have not yet got a chance to compete in 2020.