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Written by Admin Admin
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Monday, 27 March 2006 |
Arun and Downland Club Histroy| 1981 | ADVERTISEMENT IN PAPER FOR SUPPORT TO FORM A CLUB | | 1981 | SOUTH COAST GUNDOG SOCIETY WAS FORMED | | 1982 | DISCUSSIONS RE APPROACHING THE KC RE AFFILLIATION | | 1983 | CORRESPONDENCE WITH KC RE THE AFFILLIATION AND REQUEST FROM THE KC FOR A CHOICE OF THREE NAMES ALONG WITH SUPPORT FROM OTHER LOCAL CLUBS FOR THE APPLICATION. LOCAL CLUBS GAVE THEIR SUPPORT BUT WERE CONCERNED THAT ANOTHER CLUB IN THE AREA WAS GOING TO BE RUNNING FIELD TRIALS.
IT WAS ESTABLISHED AT THAT TIME THAT THE CLUB HAD NO INTENTIONS OF RUNNING FIELD TRIALS AND WERE JUST GOING TO BE A TRAINING CLUB. ONCE THIS WAS CONFIRMED, LOCAL CLUBS GAVE THEIR BACKING. | | 1984 | THE APPLICATION FORM WAS SENT TO THE KC WITH THE CHOICE OF 3 NAMES:
1. SOUTHCOAST GUNDOG SOCIETY
2. ARUN & DOWNLAND GUNDOG SOCIETY
3. SUSSEX COAST GUNDOG SOCIETY
IN OCTOBER 1984 A LETTER WAS RECEIVED FROM THE KENNEL CLUB MANAGER RECOMMENDING THAT THE WORD ‘TRAINING’ BE INSERTED IN THE TITLE TO ENSURE THAT THE TITLE CONFIRMED THAT THE A&D WAS GOING TO BE JUST A TRAINING CLUB. | | 1985 | ON THE 23RD JANUARY 1985 THE ARUN & DOWNLAND GUNDOG TRAINING SOCIETY WAS OFFICIALLY REGISTERED AND AFFILLIATED WITH THE KENNEL CLUB AS A TRAINING ONLY CLUB. | | 1985 | 21/07/85 THE CLUB HELD AN INTER-CLUB MATCH | | 1986 | 19TH JANUARY 1986 THE CLUB HELD A COLD GAME TEST
22ND JUNE 1986 THE CLUB HELD AN OPEN WORKINGTEST | | 1987 | 16TH MARCH 1987. THE KENNEL CLUB WAS PROPOSING TO CONTROL WORKING TESTS AS WELL AS FIELD TRIALS
MINUTED AT A COMMITTEE MEETING: “EILEEN AYLING SAID THE KENNEL CLUB WAS PROPOSING TO CONTROL WORKING TESTS WHICH WOULD MEAN AS A ‘TRAINING’ ONLY CLUB WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO HOLD TESTS IN THE FUTURE”. | | 1990 | LETTER TO THE KENNEL CLUB:
“THE ARUN & DOWNLAND GUNDOG TRAINING SOCIETY WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT THE IDEA THAT THEKENNEL CLUB SHOULD BECOME THE CONTROLLING BODY OF WORKINGTESTS. | | 1991 | IT WAS NOT UNTIL 1991 THAT THE CLUB APPLIED TO THE KC TO RUN THE FIRST FIELD TRIAL.
THE FIRST FIELD TRIAL WAS RUN ON 27TH JANUARY 1992 |
WE HAVE COME ALONG WAY SINCE THEN AND THE KC HAVE RECOMMENDED THE WORD ‘TRAINING’ BE REMOVED FROM THE TITLE AS IT IS NOW MISLEADING AND SUGGESTS THAT ‘TRAINING’ IS THE SOLE OBJECT OF THE CLUB AS ORIGINALLY STATED.
IT MAY BE WORTH NOTING THAT IN 2010 THE CLUB WILL CELEBRATE IT’S SILVER JUBILEE AS THE ARUN & DOWNLAND
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