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Result: NGSPA Region 5 Championships

Location: Pickneyville, Illinois

Post Date: May 9, 2023

Submitted By: Diane Rakers Coppens

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NGSPA Region 5 Open Shooting Dog Championship Winners (back, from left): Rodney Albin (judge), Chris Young, Brandon Blum (judge), Kirk Loftin, and Dr. Robert Reynolds. (Front): Abraham Macke with Llano's Game On Greta and Sherri Tangsrud with Uodibar's Robbi Jo.

The Championships began March 11 at Pyramid State Park near Pinckneyville, Ill. We want to thank Purina for their continued support of this trial. Shout out to Greg Blair, Terry Trzcinski, Karl Gunzer, Alan Davidson, and Jim Morehouse. Jim is also a generous supplier of SportDOG collars for our champions. Dogs Unlimited and Alan Davidson are wonderful supporters of this trial. We want to thank Diane Rakers for lunches, paperwork, clean up, picking up where we need help, and staying on us to get our write-up turned in. A trial doesn't happen without volunteers to drive the dog wagon, plant birds, and make trips into town. Hoping we don't forget anyone, Dan DiMambro, Mike Patrick, Diane Rakers, and Peter Coppens. We had a couple of new faces, Josh Nieman and Ab Macke, who also worked to help this trial be a success. We would also like to thank our participants this year. We love having faithful participants and also new faces.

Thank you, judges. Thank you to the President of Region 5, Peter Coppens. Without his love and dedication to this sport, there would not be a Region 5 Championship. Finally, thank you to Brad, the site superintendent, Henry, Mike, and Jason for all you do to make sure our trial runs successfully. The scribe was Peter Coppens, with the help of the judges.

Open Shooting Dog Championship
The series began with the Shooting Dog Championship. Brandon Blum and Rodney Albin capably judged it. The judges were presented with 12 braces of quality dogs to watch. Thank you to the handlers, Josh Nieman, Mr. and Mrs. Dan DiMambro (April Raber), Jay Wade, Kirk Loftin, and Sherri Tangsrud.

The judges announced Llano's Game On Greta, owned by Chad Inderman and handled by Josh Nieman, as the champion. Greta had finds at 12, 21, 37, and 52 and a nonproductive at 35. She was perfect on her style before and after the flush. Greta ran a powerful shooting dog race. She was always forward and handled kindly. Her very nice powerful moves are what earned her the champion title.

Uodibar's Robbi Jo, owned and scouted by Sheri Tangsrud and handled by Kirk Loftin, was the runner-up. Robbi had finds at 2, 28, and 46. She also handled kindly and had a powerful run. All manners were in order on her birds. Both of these dogs were rewarded for their superior effort. Congratulations.
Pinckneyville, Ill., March 11
Judges: Rodney Albin and Brandon Blum
NGSPA REGION 5 OPEN SHOOTING DOG CHAMPIONSHIP [One-Hour Heats] - 20 German Shorthairs
Winner--LLANO'S GAME ON GREAT, 1679141, female, by Llano's Game On Dude-H K Angie's Slick Image. Chad Inderman, owner; Josh Nieman, handler.
Runner-Up--UODIBAR'S ROBBI JO, 1662507, female, by Uodibar's Against All Odds-B D K's Sin City Casino. Sherri Tangsrud, owner; Kirk Loftin, handler.

Open All-Age Championship
We started the All-Age on Tuesday, March 14. Chris Young and John Schoonover capably judged it. Big thank you to you both for filling these judging spots. Six braces were drawn.
Chicoree's Riden High Trixie is owned by Rondal Alexander and handled by Dan DiMambro. She ran in brace No. 7, impressing the judges with her consistency and forward run. Trixie had several finds with impeccable style and all manners in order. She worked in conjunction with her handler and had a strong finish. With all these elements, Trixie was named our champion this year.

Runner-up went to Cuttin Wild's Rebel Yell, owned by Mike Patrick and handled by Josh Nieman. Rebel was also a great contender in this stake. He came from brace No. 4. He was strong and forward with multiple finds. Rebel listened well to his handler and was stylish on his bird work. This performance is what earned him the runner-up champion title.

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NGSPA Region 5 Open All-Age Championship Winners (back, from left): Dan DiMambro, Chris Young (judge), John Schoonover (judge), Josh Nieman, and Abraham Macke. (Front): April Raber with Chicoree's Riden High Trixie and Mike Patrick with Cuttin Wild's Rebel Yell.

Judges: John Schoonover and Chris Young
NGSPA REGION 5 OPEN ALL-AGE CHAMPIONSHIP [One-Hour Heats] - 12 German Shorthairs
Winner--CHICOREE'S RIDEN HIGH TRIXIE, 1685125, female, by Riden High Rudy-Chicoree's Sparkle In Her Eye. Rondal Alexander, owner; Dan DiMambro, handler.
Runner-Up--CUTTIN WILD'S REBEL YELL, 1673649, male, by Slicks Cuttin Wild-C L K's Point Me The Way. Mike Patrick, owner; Josh Nieman, handler.

Amateur Shooting Dog Championship
Mary Sue Schalk and Peter Coppens judged the Amateur. We thank both of you for your time and expertise. We had 17 dogs and would like to thank all the amateurs who supported us.

Named champion was In Country's Hurricane Jane, owned by Dr. Robert Reynolds and Chris Young and handled by Chris. Jane broke away strong. She had her first find at 11 in the autumn olives on the hill. She had impeccable style. The birds were buried, and the dog was relocated. The handler finally raised the birds. All manners were in order. She had another find at 33, single in the cow pasture. The next find was at 50 in the autumn olives. She stayed solid as the handler flushed the bird. Jane's last find was at time below the dozer. Throughout the hour, this dog ran forward and held game with manners, thus garnering the title of Region 5 Amateur Shooting Dog Champion.

The runner-up was Uodibar's Robbi Jo, owned and scouted by Sherri Tangsrud and handled by Kirk Loftin. Robbi's first find was at 25. She then had a big, final find at 49 on the other side of the lake. Robbi Jo had a forward, strong ground race, and a big finish to the front. This performance garnered Robbi the runner-up title. Congratulations!

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NGSPA Region 5 Amateur Shooting Dog Championship Winners (back, from left): Peter Coppens (judge), Dr. Robert Reynolds, Mary Sue Schalk (judge), Kirk Loftin (judge), and Terry Trzcinski (Purina rep). (Front): Chris Young with In Country's Hurricane Jane and Sherri Tangsrud with Uodibar's Robbi Jo.

Judges: Peter Coppens and Mary Sue Schalk
NGSPA REGION 5 AMATEUR SHOOTING DOGCHAMPIONSHIP [One-Hour Heats] - 14 German Shorthairs
Winner--IN COUNTRY'S HURRICANE JANE, 1672744, female, by Hi N's Bodacious-Slaterock Mattie Clark. Dr. Robert Reynolds & Chris Young, owners; Chris Young, handler.
Runner-Up--UODIBAR'S ROBBI JO, 1662507, female, by Uodibar's Against All Odds-B D K's Sin City Casino. Sherri Tangsrud, owner; Kirk Loftin, handler.

NGSPA Region 5 Derby
The 2023 NGSPA Region 5 Derby was run on Wednesday, March 15, at the Denmark Unit of Pyramid State Park near Pinckneyville, Ill.

It was a sunny day with ideal conditions to run young dogs. The 14-dog competition was high in this stake, and many dogs that did not receive nods could have won in other derby stakes. Thank you to Dr. Robert Reynolds and Peter Coppens for their capable judging time. First place went to D K's Last Shot ("Colt"), owned by Donavan Kelly and handled by Josh Nieman.

Second place was awarded to Top Fuel's East Bound & Down ("Snowman"), owned by Courtney Campeau and Brian Lick and handled by Dan DiMambro.

Third place was earned by Cuttin Wild's American Beauty ("Brandi"), owned by Mike Patrick and handled by Josh Nieman.
Judges: Peter Coppens and Robert Reynolds
NGSPA REGION 5 DERBY - 13 German Shorthairs
1st--D K'S LAST SHOT, 1702797, male, by Lambourn's Slick Shot-Wind Dancer's Luci Leiu. Donavan Kelly, owner; Josh Nieman, handler.
2d--TOP FUEL'S EAST BOUND & DOWN, 1701889, male, by Evergreen's Jed-Top Fuel's Bail Jumper. Courtney Campeau & Brian Lick, owners; Dan DiMambro, handler.
3d--CUTTIN WILD'S AMERICAN BEAUTY, unreg., female, by Cuttin Wild's Rebel Yell-Uodibar's P S I Love You. Mike Patrick, owner; Josh Nieman, handler.

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NGSPA Region 5 Derby Winners (back, from left): Josh Nieman, Peter Coppens (judge), Andy Dynkiewicz, Dr. Rebert Reynolds (judge), and Dan DiMambro. (Front): Abraham Macke with D K's Last Shot, April Raber with Top Fuel's East Bound & Down, and Mike Patrick with Cuttin Wild's American Beauty.