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historic working  awards

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In over 90 years of existence, the club has been gifted some beautiful perpetual trophies for worthy member winners of various show and working events. 

However due to changes in voluntary personnel over the years, records and memories can be sketchy to say the least!  The  working awards  are not well documented meaning some of our most valuable and historically meaningful trophies have 'disappeared', as discovered during an audit in 2012. 

In 2013 our now Hon. Secretary, Irene Davison, began photographing and recording past winners from 1909 and produced the "Club History in Field Trials" documents which are lovely pieces of reference. 


In 2014 she started researching old club records, year books and member knowledge of the working side trophies which will continue.  This research has shown that some of the trophies had been gifted for specific events which in past years has been overlooked; and the Secretary is in the long process of combing through year books, obituaries and other records to try and get these awards back to their rightful events.
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No. 1 - The Lord Joicey Handler's Challenge Cup (1909) - currently Ford Novice Trial
No. 2 - The Labrador Challenge Cup  - currently Eggleston Fell Novice/All Age Trial Winner
No. 3 - J.B. Attey Memorial Trophy - currently  Two Day Open Field Trial
​No. 4 - Col. Lord Joicey D.S.O. Memorial Trophy - currently Ford Novice Winner
No. 5 - J. Upton Smith Memorial Trophy - currently Eggleston Fell Open Test
No. 6 - Dunidea Plate - currently Wemmergill Novice Guns Choice
No. 7 - The Col. J.W. Sale Tankard - currently Two Day Open - Guns Choice
No. 8 - N&D LRC Guns Choice Tankard - currently Ford Novice Trial
No. 9 - The Vice Chairman's Cup - currently Winner Open Test
No. 10  Normanby Cup 
No. 11 The Wolviston Cup - currently Stretalam Park Open Test Winner
No. 12  Windlestone Trophy - currently 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. 

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Our grateful thanks to the talented photographers who have provided the images for this website.