Kirkbourne National Gundog Team Challenge

Kirkbourne National Gundog Team Challenge A yearly event where teams of 4 handlers and dogs attempt to win the trophy. Now in its 11th year, Stadium, arena and sports venue

๐—ž๐—œ๐—ฅ๐—ž๐—•๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—ก๐—˜ ๐—ก๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก๐—”๐—Ÿ ๐—š๐—จ๐—ก๐——๐—ข๐—š ๐—ง๐—˜๐—”๐—  ๐—–๐—›๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—ก๐—š๐—˜ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐ŸณThe 2027 Team Challenge will be held over ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ ๐—๐˜‚๐—น๐˜† ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿณ.Please save t...
21/07/2026

๐—ž๐—œ๐—ฅ๐—ž๐—•๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—ก๐—˜ ๐—ก๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก๐—”๐—Ÿ ๐—š๐—จ๐—ก๐——๐—ข๐—š ๐—ง๐—˜๐—”๐—  ๐—–๐—›๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—ก๐—š๐—˜ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿณ
The 2027 Team Challenge will be held over ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ ๐—๐˜‚๐—น๐˜† ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿณ.
Please save the date and keep an eye out for further announcements for new and exciting things to come.

To find out more about this event, please head to our website
https://www.kirkbournespaniels.co.uk/national-gundog-competition

A true please to have the Laxtongate Gundogs team returning this year, as well as all the other teams. Congratulations a...
11/07/2026

A true please to have the Laxtongate Gundogs team returning this year, as well as all the other teams.
Congratulations again team โœจ๏ธ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿผ

There have been some fantastic photos taken over this weekend, for which we are really grateful. For those who met him o...
08/07/2026

There have been some fantastic photos taken over this weekend, for which we are really grateful. For those who met him on Sunday John Waite Photography has now published his photo gallery:

https://www.johnwaitephotography.com/p/pr4062vv/C386237895

Some crackers in here ๐Ÿ˜„. Thank you John.

๐—™๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—ง๐—ฆ - ๐—ž๐—ก๐—š๐—ง๐—– ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐ŸฒHere you are...the full results from this years Kirkbourne National Gundog Team Challenge 2026....
07/07/2026

๐—™๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—ง๐—ฆ - ๐—ž๐—ก๐—š๐—ง๐—– ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ
Here you are...the full results from this years Kirkbourne National Gundog Team Challenge 2026.

Well done again to the winners, and to all the teams who took part. It was a brilliant weekend once again and we hope to see you all back next year!

Kindly sponsored by:
Brandecosse
VetSpec
Swillington Shooting-Supplies Ltd
Pureflax
Soultime Kennel Cleaner/Disinfectant
Dog & Field

๐™๐™ƒ๐˜ผ๐™‰๐™† ๐™”๐™Š๐™! Before the final scores are put up for this years competition, I just want to say a huge thank you to all the...
07/07/2026

๐™๐™ƒ๐˜ผ๐™‰๐™† ๐™”๐™Š๐™!
Before the final scores are put up for this years competition, I just want to say a huge thank you to all the Teams who took part this year with such great spirit and smiles. It was a truly brilliant event this year. We added the 'bonus' tasks to each day and the feedback was really positive, so we may well continue these.

I also want to say a huge thank you as well to the Judges, Tim, Rob, Chris, Michele and Mark for giving up your time and being an essential part of the weekend as well as to Lord Zetland for the kind permission to use the estate again.

Thank you to our fantastic sponsors who's generosity make this competition something special:
Brandecosse
VetSpec
Swillington Shooting-Supplies Ltd
Pureflax
Soultime Kennel Cleaner/Disinfectant
Dog & Field

Finally to all the Kirkbourne helps and volunteers who threw dummies and helped run the tasks, those who ran the Scurry, Cube and Long Retrieve and all those who came to support the teams, as well as to the core Team at Kirkbourne, Sharon, Jamie, Mark and Bryony for all the work behind the scenes and ensuring the weekend worked. Its a team effort and its the Team that makes it all possible and so enjoyable.

๐™๐™ƒ๐˜ผ๐™‰๐™† ๐™”๐™Š๐™!! And hope to see you all again next year...dates to be announced imminently! ๐Ÿ˜Š

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๐—™๐—œ๐—ก๐—”๐—Ÿ ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—ง๐—ฆ - ๐—ž๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ก๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—š๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ด ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐ŸฒWhat a brilliant weekend it has been! 3 team challenges ea...
05/07/2026

๐—™๐—œ๐—ก๐—”๐—Ÿ ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—ง๐—ฆ - ๐—ž๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ก๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—š๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ด ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ

What a brilliant weekend it has been! 3 team challenges each day as well as a 'bonus ball' challenge each day. All tests designed around a shoot day, with teams working together to complete each task for points, as well as gaining individual points. Some fantastic handling, team work, laughter and support.

Truly WELL DONE to everyone who entered. The over all results however are:

๐—ช๐—œ๐—ก๐—ก๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—ง๐—˜๐—”๐—  ๐Ÿ† - Hangover Gang
Steve Townsend and Ivy
Tony Bryant and Rain
Stephanie Cotterall and Kobe
Claire Holden and Betsie

Winning vouchers from Swillington Shooting-Supplies Ltd, kennel cleaner from Soultime Kennel Cleaner/Disinfectant.

๐Ÿฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ - Laxtingate Ruff Rascals
Sophie Harris and Wren
Ciara Cooke and Kida
Tracey Gilkes and Fern
Bib Seaman and Yogi

๐Ÿฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ - Kirkbourne Nova
Richard Leather and Betsie
Terry Tasker and Cas
Tim Nicholson and Rusty
Rachel Johnson and Annie

All teams also won hugely generous goodie bags from VetSpec, Pureflax and Dog & Field.

After a very good run off between Sophie Harris and Tony Bryant:
๐Ÿ†๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ฝ ๐——๐—ผ๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฟ
Sophie Harris and Wren
Winning a pair of Brandecosse boots.

A truly fantastic weekend. Thank you to everyone who entered, supported and came to watch. An extra special thank you to the judges today as well, Mark, Michele, Chris and Tim.
๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿผ

๐——๐—”๐—ฌ ๐Ÿฎ - ๐—–๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ, ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐˜€Well done everyone who took part in this weekend's other activit...
05/07/2026

๐——๐—”๐—ฌ ๐Ÿฎ - ๐—–๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ, ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐˜€
Well done everyone who took part in this weekend's other activities to the main Kirkbourne Team Challenge.
They also came with some fantastic prizes from our sponsors. The results for today where:

๐—–๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ
1st - Steve and Fern
2nd - Steve and Poppy
3rd - Claire and Betsy

๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐˜†
1st - Chris and Tom
2nd - Sara and Stan
3rd - Lola and Finch

๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ
1st - Tracy and Finch
2nd - Ellie and Goose
3rd - Bernie and Nelly

All winning fab prizes from VetSpec, Pureflax, Soultime Kennel Cleaner/Disinfectant and Dog & Field

๐—™๐—”๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—ง ๐—–๐—จ๐—•๐—˜ ๐—ข๐—™ ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—ช๐—˜๐—˜๐—ž๐—˜๐—ก๐——
๐Ÿ† Sophie and Goose!
Winning a well earned ยฃ100 voucher from Brandecosse.

Such a brilliant weekend and new people also having a go and being placed. Very well done to all ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ

05/07/2026

Much lively chatter heading to the first test of the day ๐Ÿ˜„ Day 2 looking to be as exciting and challenging as yesterday.
Good luck to all the teams today ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿผ

๐——๐—”๐—ฌ ๐Ÿญ ๐—ช๐—œ๐—ก๐—ก๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ...after some hesitant people the Cube Challenge, Scurry and Long Retrieve took off...and wow did it then g...
04/07/2026

๐——๐—”๐—ฌ ๐Ÿญ ๐—ช๐—œ๐—ก๐—ก๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ...after some hesitant people the Cube Challenge, Scurry and Long Retrieve took off...and wow did it then go!

Also well done to our 2 little superstars who had a go at the water retrieves putting some of us adults to shame! ๐Ÿ’“

Really well done to all those who took part today winning fantastic prizes for the day from VetSpec, Pureflax, Soultime Kennel Cleaner/Disinfectant and Dog & Field.

๐—–๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ
1st - Sophie and Goose
2nd - Steve and Fern
3rd - Steve and Poppy

๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐˜†
1st -Sophie and Goose
2nd - Sophie and Finch
3rd - Lousie and Mollie

๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ
1st - Sophie and Goose
2nd - Sophie and Finch
3rd - Lola and Finch

So looking forward to tomorrows competitions, open to everyone! Please come along and have a go.

Also another fantastic prize up for grabs for the fastest cube of the weekend from Brandecosse. Well done everyone, and thank you to our helpers which make it all possible. ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿผ

๐——๐—”๐—ฌ ๐Ÿญ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฒ! Today saw 3 scenarios and a bonus ball run which proved to be really popular and a good challenge with t...
04/07/2026

๐——๐—”๐—ฌ ๐Ÿญ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฒ! Today saw 3 scenarios and a bonus ball run which proved to be really popular and a good challenge with the teams. Weather was far better than expected and lots of laughs.

We also had the Cube Challenge, Scurry and Long Retrieve which was full flow for those who came to visit and teams alike. Some good healthy competition as ever!

Huge thank you to our judges today Milly, Mark, Chris and Rob. ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿผ

Our sponsors who help enhance the weekend and our competitions Brandecosse, Swillington Shooting-Supplies Ltd , VetSpec, Soultime Kennel Cleaner/Disinfectant, Pureflax and Dog & Field.

I love coffee provided exceptional coffee, bacon and sausage sandwiches, chicken curry and so much more....

What a brilliant day 1! Cannot wait to tomorrow...chilli and nachos for lunch tomorrow ๐Ÿ˜„

Come and join us...its going to be a cracker of a second day ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿผ

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