Three PB triallists on NI leaderboard

A109 Light Utility Helicopter flight with mayor Gisborne City from the air in November 2023.

THREE dog triallists from this region were on the leaderboard at the end of day one of the Tux North Island titles at Mangamingi near Eltham in Taranaki.

Gisborne triallist Annie Flood and her dog Scott were in the top seven in the short head and yard.

Laurence Rau and Hunt (Gisborne) and Brendon Bishop and Pepsi (Wairoa) were among the leaders in the straight hunt.

Sheena Martin and Bribe (Wairoa) featured at the lunchtime call yesterday in the short head and yard but dropped out of the top seven in the afternoon.

Gisborne’s Allen Irwin and Charlie were in the top seven in the straight hunt for a while but dropped out as other runs were completed.

“Yesterday was a great start to the championships, with great weather,” a trials spokeswoman said.

The Poverty Bay dog trial centre is being represented by more than a dozen competitors.

The championships continue to Friday.