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  • About Us
    • Rules, Regulations, AGM's etc.
  • Contacts
  • **NEWS**
  • Membership
  • Showing your Labrador
    • Enter our next Show/EVENT
    • Show Results & JUDGE CRITIQUE
    • PICTURES: Show
    • Useful Links
    • Club Code of Conduct at Shows
  • Working Tests
    • 2025 Working Tests
    • WORKING TEST RESULTS
    • PICTURES: Working Tests
    • Starting out In Working Tests
    • Health and Safety Policy Working Events
  • Field Trials
    • 2024 FIELD TRIALS
    • Field Trial Results
    • PICTURES: Field Trials
    • FT Links
  • Owning a Labrador
  • Puppy Register
    • Dogs on Register
    • Labrador Register: Breeders Questionnaire
    • Labrador Register: Buyers Questionnaire
  • History of the Breed
  • Health Information
    • General Health Topics
    • Health - useful links
  • Breed Standard
  • Activities
  • Labrador Welfare/Rescue
  • Calendar
  • Club Archives
    • Club History
    • **CENTENARY**
    • Year Books from 1971 to 2002
    • 90th Anniversary
    • WORKING ARCHIVE >
      • Archive Running Cards
      • Club History in Field Trials
      • Club Perpetual Trophies
      • Miscellaneous
    • SHOW ARCHIVE >
      • 1946 Championship Show Catalogue
      • 1961 Championship Show Catalogue
      • 1971 Championship Show Catalogue
      • 1972 Championship Show Catalogue
      • 1980 Championship Show Catalogue
      • 1981 Championship Show Catalogue
    • Historic Images & Articles
    • Breed Standards
Northumberland and Durham Labrador Retriever Club
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field trial history

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A Celebration of over 100 years of    Field Trial  History 

The working side history of the club is perhaps better glimpsed  in the  catalogue of winners of our Perpetual  Field Trial  Trophies. 
 
Please enjoy reading through the  award registers which have been  documented since 1909, even before the club was registered.

 Some important  owners have taken part in our Field Trials  (or their dogs at least), including King Charles III and H.R.H. Queen  Elizabeth II .

It  is interesting to see the emergence of successful  kennels/owners over the  years and we hope that you will enjoy looking through the lists  and recognising names from your own  dogs’  pedigree. 

Unfortunately, some of our  trophies are unaccounted for due to  them not being  returned or forgotten about in a cupboard  somewhere.    A prior lack of traceability was  highlighted in our full audit in 2012,  and it would appear  that some are sadly destined never to be  presented  again.  
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If you know the whereabouts of  any of the club trophies, please  let us know as we’d love  to have them back to present to future  worthy  winners.
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Click here -  to enjoy some of our History in Working Events

Click here to see the handouts on  the background of some of our working trophies
Click Here to see some of the people to whom  our individual trophies were presented 
No. 1 - Winners of The Lord Joicey Handler's Challenge Cup (1909) - was Ford Novice Trial
No. 2 - Winners of The Labrador Challenge Cup  - was Eggleston Fell Novice/All Age Trial Winner
No. 3 - Winners of J.B. Attey Memorial Trophy - currently  Two Day Open Field Trial
​No. 4 - Winners of Col. Lord Joicey D.S.O. Memorial Trophy - was Ford Novice Winner
No. 5 - Winners of J. Upton Smith Memorial Trophy - currently Eggleston Fell Open Test
No. 6 - Winners of Dunidea Plate - was Wemmergill Novice Guns Choice
No. 7 - Winners of The Col. J.W. Sale Tankard - currently Two  Day Open - Guns Choice
No. 8 - Winners of N&D LRC Guns Choice Tankard - was Ford Novice Trial
No. 9 - Winners of The Vice Chairman's Cup - currently Winner Open Test
No. 10  Normanby Cup 
No. 11 Winners of The Wolviston Cup - currently Stretalam Park Open Test Winner
No. 12  Winners of Windlestone Trophy - was Wemmergill Novice Trial Winner

We have many other trophies that are awarded but the above are the most historic in existence for Working event awards. 
Our grateful thanks to the talented photographers who have provided the images for this website.