Spring Assessment Test

26th April 2026
Held at Bottom Farm House, Oxon.
By kind permission of Mrs. C. Madeley

Our Spring Assessment Test for any variety spaniel (excluding ESS and Cockers) took place on Sunday 26th April 2026 at Bottom Farm House, Oxon. By kind permission of Mrs. C. Madeley.

Results of the WSSC Spring Working Assessment held Sunday 26th April 2026 at Checkendon, Oxon, by kind permission of Mrs. C. Madeley. With sincere thanks to our sponsors on the day Gilbertson & Page and to all competitors.

The weather was warm, with sunshine and a light breeze. Special Beginners and Puppy were both run in open ground, with Novice and Open run in crop. Our Judges Sue Connolly and Louise Judge had an entry of 31 plus 4 repeat entries.

The Club are delighted to announce that all 8 Minority Breed Working Spaniels were represented at this event too.

The results are as follows:

Our sincere thanks to our sponsors for the day for providing gifts and prizes for the participants. 

Images from the day – click to enlarge.

Autumn Assessment Test

28th September 2025
Held at Rickney’s Training Ground, Hertfordshire.
By kind permission of Andrew & Julie Wright.

Results from our Autumn Assessment Test for any variety spaniel (excluding ESS and Cockers) took place on Sunday 28th September 2025 at Rickney’s Training Ground, Hertfordshire. By kind permission of Andrew & Julie Wright. With sincere thanks to our sponsors on the day Gilbertson & Page and to all our competitors.

The weather started dry but rain moved in for the Novice and Open Classes.  Our two judges Lewis Cozens and Paul Shawyer drew a large entry of 32 runners principal winners are listed below Thanks must also go to the stewards and helpers on the day who enabled the day to run smoothly.

The results are as follows:

Our sincere thanks to our sponsors for the day for providing gifts and prizes for the participants. 

Images from the day – click to enlarge.

Photo credit and thanks to Craig Henderson.

Spring Assessment Test

12th April 2025
Held at Bottom Farm House, Oxon.
By kind permission of Mrs. C. Madeley

Our Spring Assessment Test for any variety spaniel (excluding ESS and Cockers) took place on Saturday 12th April 2025 at Bottom Farm House, Oxon. By kind permission of Mrs. C. Madeley.

Results of the WSSC Spring Working Assessment held Saturday 12th April at Checkendon, Oxon, by kind permission of Mrs. C. Madeley. With sincere thanks to our sponsors on the day Chudleys and Platunum Pet Food UK and to all competitors.

Weather was dry, warm and sunny, with a slight breeze for Judges Maaike Groot & Kevan Hawkes who drew an entry of 31 with 2 absentees. Ground conditions dry.

The results are as follows:

Our sincere thanks to our sponsors for the day for providing gifts and prizes for the participants. 

Images from the day – click to enlarge.

Autumn Assessment Test

29th September 2024
Held at Rickneys Training Ground.

Our Autumn Assessment Test for any variety spaniel (excluding ESS and Cockers) took place on Sunday 29th September 2024 at Rickneys Training Ground.

The Welsh Springer Spaniel Club held a Working Assessment Test on 29^th September 2024 at Rickney’s Training Ground.  The weather held for us during the day with spells of sunshine and no rain.  The ground conditions were good with plenty of variety of cover to test the dogs.

There was a good entry of Minority Breeds for our judges, Chris and Carol Page to judge.

The results are as follows:

Our sincere thanks to our sponsors for the day for providing gifts and prizes for the participants. 

Images from the day – click to enlarge.

Spring Assessment Test

20th April 2024
Held at Racomitrium Gundogs Training Ground, Peterborough.
By kind permission of Paul Gripton, Racomitrium Gundogs

Our Spring Assessment Test for any variety spaniel (excluding ESS and Cockers) took place on Saturday 20th April 2024 at Racomitrium Gundogs Training Ground, Peterborough, by kind permission of Paul Gripton, Racomitrium Gundogs.

We had a great day with 20 running overall. A lot of good dog work was observed with the Open Dogs put under demanding test conditions with a blind retrieve over a ditch.

The weather stayed dry with a biting, cold wind that swirled across the flat fenland.

Our grateful thanks to our hosts for allowing us to use their ground and to our judges Claire Knowles and Fiona Stevenson. Also, thank you to the generosity of our sponsors AK Gundog Accessories and Sneyds Wonderfeeds for providing prizes to the winners.

Finally thank you to the Working Sub-Committee and others who helped throughout the day, assembling tables and gazebos, topping up refreshments,  throwing dummies, selling raffle tickets and taking photographs of the day.

Congratulations to everyone who were placed and thank you to everyone for entering and having a go, particularly those who are new to gundog tests. 

We look forward to seeing you again at our Autumn Assessment Test in September.  Further details will be available soon.

Videos from the day – courtesy of Julie Frost

Main Winner Images – courtesy of Julie Frost

Candid Images – courtesy of Julie Frost

2023

Autumn Assessment Test

24th September 2023
Held at Rickney’s Training Ground

Our Spring Assessment Test for any variety spaniel (excluding ESS and Cockers) took place on Saturday 24^th September 2023 at Rickney’s Training Ground.

Finally thank you to the Working Sub-Committee and others who helped throughout the day, assembling tables and gazebos, topping up refreshments,  throwing dummies, selling raffle tickets and taking photographs of the day.

Congratulations to everyone who were placed and thank you to everyone for entering and having a go, particularly those who are new to gundog tests. 

We look forward to seeing you again 2024. Further details will be available soon.

April Assessment Test

22nd April 2023
Held at Bottom House Farm, Oxon.
By kind permission of Richard and Carol Madeley

Our Spring Assessment Test for any variety spaniel (excluding ESS and Cockers) took place on Saturday 22^ndApril 2023 at Bottom Farm House, Oxon, by kind permission of Richard and Carol Madeley.

We had a very good entry of 24 runners in tests ranging from Special Beginner to Open.  There was a good mix of spaniel breeds entered, which included Welsh Springers, Clumber Spaniels, Sussex Spaniels and Spanish Water Dogs.

The weather was kind to us with light cloud, no rain and a light breeze.

Our grateful thanks to our hosts for allowing us to use their grounds and adjacent land, and for providing refreshments throughout the day.  Thank you to our judges Rachel Griffin and Kat Edge who judged all of the tests.  Thank you to the generosity of our sponsor Gilbertson and Page for providing prizes to the winners.

Finally thank you to the Working Sub-Committee and others who helped throughout the day, assembling tables and gazebos, topping up refreshments,  throwing dummies, selling raffle tickets and taking photographs of the day.

Congratulations to everyone who were placed and thank you to everyone for entering and having a go, particularly those who are new to gundog tests. 

We look forward to seeing you again at our Autumn Assessment Test in September.  Further details will be available soon.

2022

No events held this year.

2021

No events held this year.

2020

No events held this year.

Results prior to 2020 can be located on our results archive page.