8th Series

SERIES 8
Water Triple with an Honor 

We’ve made it to the 8th Series of the 2024 National Amateur Retriever Championship! We’ve moved to the east side of the Coutu property for a Water Triple with an Honor. 

The mat faces west, on the face of a hill overlooking a pond featuring several pieces of water. The field is dotted with trees and hay bales. 

Bird # 1 is a drake mallard, thrown right to left, landing 370 yards from the running mat. The line to this bird carries the dog down a hill, across a road and across an arrow channel. The dog must then push up across a wide land bridge before angling through the corner of a large pond. The gunners retire as soon as the dog is sent from the line. (we will refer to this bird as MR for Middle Retired)

Bird # 2 is a hen mallard, thrown right to left to an island. It lands 285 yards from the line. The line to this bird requires the dog to angle down the hill, across a channel, across a land bridge before negotiating a larger pond featuring flooded points with cover. The gunners retire as soon as the dog is sent from the line. (we will refer to this bird as LR for Left Retired Island)

Bird # 3 is a drake mallard flyer. The bird is shot from left to right, landing 170 yards from the line. To recover this bird, the dog will angle down a steep hill, across a channel before pushing up and angling across a hill. (we will refer to this bird as F for Flyer)

(NOTE: The flyer falls are blocked by a bushy tree, so we are unable to see part of this retrieve from our vantage point)

This test is taking approximately 10-12 minutes per dog.