Amateur
August 3, Wednesday
Start time: 8 am Judges: Robert
Lindgren, Duluth, MN
Jim Rickoff, Winona, MN
Winner of the Amateur:
"Atlas Goes To War" Owners: Larry and Lorraine Sarek
- Handler: Larry Atlas also won the Open!!! This is the first time the same dog has
won both the Open and the Amateur since 1981, held in Minnesota,
when Linda Harger won both stakes with Fireweed's Aleutian Widgeon.
The DOW ended with 30 so
that dog will start the running order and be first to run.
1st Series - Land marks - 32 dogs move on to
the land blind
2nd Series - Land blind - 18 dogs called to the water blind
3rd Series - Water blind - 10 dogs made it through and will go to
the water marks
Best Amateur Handler in Trial Larry Sarek
Larry getting doused with water by Mitch
Patterson
after his exciting Double Header win!
A great tradition!
1 Land triple. Distances and
order not recorded.
2 Amateur land blind
3 Jim and Sharon Batte - a spot in the shade
4 It was hot for the amateur land triple!!!
5 Handlers waiting for the water blind
6 Kati Becker's motto!!!
7 Handlers looking at the water blind
8 The water blind.
9 Dog returning from a very challenging water blind
10 Kati Becker with her Sage - running the water blind
11 Kati Becker with her Sage - running the water blind
12 Woody Woodson with puppy!!
13 Woody Woodson with another puppy!!
14 Larry Sarek with double header winner – Wally