PRESIDENT’S REPORT 2010
The dog trial season is
coming to a close and it has been great to see most clubs are
holding there own with some having increased entries, i.e. total
runs in 2008 were 43595 and in 2009 were 48091 with an increase of
4496.
Hawkes Bay hosted the
North Island and New Zealand championships last year and it was well
run and many thanks for your effort.
Geraldine hosted the
South Island championships which were also
well run by the Canterbury Centre.
The Trans Tasman test
was held at Taupo in 2009 and we lost to Australia. There is a lesson to be
learnt on sheep presentation as the sheep were difficult and tended
to suit the Australians rather than us which should not be the
case.
Once again Piopio hosted
the finals of the Tux Yarding event and the Tux Handy Dog
event. As per usual
these were run to a very high standard and thanks to Colin Gray and
the King Country Centre.
These events were filmed by Country Television. This came over well but
there are a few small anomalies to sort out. Any television has to be
good for our sport.
The Stud Register team
has once again done a great job and our thanks to Deirdre Bartlett
and all other members.
To Liz Wilson, our
Promotions Officer, we do appreciate the countless hours you put in
keeping us all informed of trial results and the many other
activities on the web, thank you.
Sally Mallinson has
taken on the newsletter and puts in countless hours getting all the
news co-ordinated, thank you.
Don’t forget to send Sally your news as the more she receives
the better the newsletter.
The Archives
Co-ordinator, Margaret Vickers, is busy chasing up history and
putting final touches to the honours board, thank you
Margaret.
Thank you to Grant
Calder and John Bartlett for co-ordinating the training
days.
To Nestle Purina, our
major sponsor, New Zealand manager John
Purdon we do appreciate your commitment to our sport. I believe it is one of the
longest standing continual sponsorships in New
Zealand. Barry Wallace your
dedication to dog trials is unequalled, thank you. Barry finishes full time
employment at the end of June, but he will have an annual 100 day
contract with Nestle to continue his work and association with dog
trials.
We have signed a major
sponsorship deal with CRT this year which will mainly entail
South Island clubs. Thank you to Guy Taylor and
his team.
To all other sponsors we
do appreciate your commitment to dog
trials.
Our Secretary, Julia
Tatam now has a good understanding of the dog trial world and I
thank you for your co-operation this year and believe she is a
breath of fresh air to our movement.
Thanks also to John
Harvey our Vice President.
He has done a good job in sponsorship and has been a good
help to me.
To all dog trialists
thanks for your co-operation during the year. May you all continue in our
sport and good luck for the rest of the
year.
Merv
King
President
June
2010