GONE ASFA Labor Day Weekend 5th Iron Dog Challenge!

As Gone's Labor Day Weekend ASFA Field Trial Chairman, I want to expess my thanks to all who joined us at Rich & Denise's Wolfwind Farm for our 9th ASFA Labor Day weekend trial and the 5th Iron Dog Challenge. Once again it was great to be able to use both fields which can certainly challenge any hound :-)

A big thank you to our Field Trial Secretary and "Iron Maiden Dara" for handling the paperwork for our 5th Iron Dog Challenge weekend, our panel of judges, Larry Gahan, Greg Breitbach, John Arvin & Denise Como, field clerks, paddock, huntmasters, lure ops, field crew and the new volunteers who graciously stepped up to make the trial go smoothly, and most of all to those who entered their beautiful hounds and helped us make our 9th annual Labor Day Trial a special one. We actually had participants who traveled from Oregon, Wisconsin, Ontario, NY, VA, NJ, MA, NH, CT to name a few. I would be remiss if I did not mention Sue Ann for once again setting up the pot luck supper on Sunday night, and I want to extend my personal thanks to my right hand person Clay who always keeps me out of trouble fixing the equipment, field set up / break down & loading of the trailer. A big shout out to Clay, Sue Ann, Marlene Moore, John Plugis and John Arvin for being the only ones who stayed behind on Monday to help us tired folks break down the field.

As many of us are aging, hopefully GONE will be able to host other 3 day weekends in the future! In the meantime we are looking forward to next year, and that you will join us once again for a fun time!

The Iron Dog Challenge Judges on Monday were Larry Gahan & Denise Como, the lure operator was Rich Whritenour, the huntmaster was Clay Leslie, and our proud Field Trial Secretary Dara Johnson who survived 3 days but was completely exhausted.

DRUM ROLL: GONE's 2016 winner of the ASFA Labor Day Weekend 3 day Iron Dog Challenge Trial was: The Galgo "Gunner" owned by Diane Murray.

P.S. I have downloaded several pictures of the weekend on our Gazehound of New England FB, ASFA Region 9 FB, ASFA Region 8 FB, and the North American Lure Coursing FB pages!
Ben Brodeur