The Shooting Field Trial World Championship 2010 for GSP took place in the Netherlands on the 4th and the 5th of October. 28 dogs out seven countries competed during 2 days in the fields with lots of natural game in Gasselte, Stadskanaal, Nieuw Buinen, Ter Maarsch, Nieuwe Pekela for the titels World Champion and Team World Champion.

For the Dutch Team Milano and Omi were selected due to the results in the Field Trials in 2010 and due to previous results. The English team consisted of a full team of Sanjon dogs. Sanjon Arezzo, Sanjon Aramis, handled by Jon Roberts,  Sanjon Atilla handled by Andrew Farley and Sanjon Breana handled by Emma Carter.

 The Dutch Team: Eric Mulders (Isa van de Slotbosse-Heide), Roland de Jong (Omi Z Vapenek), Andre de Jong (Milano di Roccaraso), Ton Slager (Argos van de Stroomdrift), Jan van Cadzand (Quinten van het Axelse)

The English Team: Andrew Farley (Sanjon Atilla), Emma Carter (Sanjon Breana), Jon Roberts (Sanjon Arezzo and Sanjon Aramis)  and Andre de Jong (flag carrier)

 On the first day Milano ran as one of the first dogs in a difficult field with lots of game. Within the first minute a point on a cockbird was made and he was steady to the shot. We just had to finish the run, but due to the ground where you sometimes lost sight of the dog due to the cover. It went wrong. Those things can happen unfortunately.

Aramis of Jon ran good on the first day but was unable to find game. Atilla handled by Andrew did ok on his beat as well, but was unlucky with the pheasants.

Omi ran as on of the last dogs in Group A of Peter Balhke, Erminio Radice and Dag Teien. Omi started well, and made a solid point of a cockbird. The gun shot the bird and the bird fell 150m in front of us in the field. Omi was perfectly steady on the shot and was sent to retreive. She marked the bird perfectly and provided the bird to hand. Point, flush and retreive was made and just finish the run. She continued her good run, but it went wrong in a creeck where a bird departed.

Omi came on point.

 Bird got shot, Omi was sent for the retreive.

Sanjon Breana of Emma did better, she made a good point under the judges Henk Companjen, Jocelyne Heageman and Giorgio Gaggero. She finished her run without any problems and was rewarded with the qualification Very Good.

Emma with the Jugde Henk Companjen and taking the Cup home! England  Netherlands 1-0 !

On the second day Omi started perfectly she made a brilliant point but later it went wrong where we had to change the grounds from sugarbiet to potatoes with a small stream in between with lots of riets. A pheasant departed....

Arezzo of Jon stared his beat perfect. Game on point on wich was later a full pack of pheasants. The pack of pheasants started to move and Arezzo blocked them again. When Jon was quite near Arezzo, the pack moved again and departed.

Aramis ran really good on a very hard field. Covered the entire field from edge to edge. Unfortunately Aramis did not find any game on his beat.

Sanjon Breana of Emma started her run good over a stubble field. She went forward to the sugarbiet fields and came on point near the edge of the field at a small creeck. Emma went forward but Breana was unable to hold the bird and flushed.

Milano ran perfectly over a field of potatoes and was asked for a second run. On his second run he did not had the oppertunity to find game!

So the end of the World Championships. On the last day, Milano and Omi ran for an Excellent. Omi was already on the level of Excellent with the point she made. But in Championships you need some luck....

Luckily Ton Slager was rewarded with a 1st Very Good with Argos van de Stroomdrift, so England vs Netherlands was a draw...

Roland & Jon