McRae’s luck
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Scouts give thanks The Wanaka Scout Group had a trip to the Routeburn Track at the weekend, courtesy of the Graeme and Olive West Trust. “We received a generous grant
Viv Milsom History repeated last week, when Wanaka national dog trialist, Don McRae (pictured) missed out by 0.2 points on getting into the final seven in the straight huntaway event. Twenty years ago, when the national dog trials were last held in Wanaka, his father Ian McRae with his dog Horse missed out by 0.1 on getting into the
final seven in the zigzag huntaway event. “Like me, he came 8th,” Don said. Don and his wife Vicki hosted the national dog trials last week at Alpha Burn Station in Glendhu Bay. “With 300 competitors and around 545 dogs, we had the highest number of entries at a New Zealand championship, and with the fine weather the sheep went well and the points were very
of $15,000 from the trust and used some of it to buy cookers,” said scout leader Matt Dyer. “That means we can now do lightweight tramping.”
PHOTO: supplied
Pictured on the tramp are (from left) Ashleigh Cram, Caitlin Roberts, Rory Irwin, Ryan Summerell, Ben Roberts, Jack Jury and Christopher Wood.
high. I was very pleased with Tag, my huntaway, but we missed the cut by 0.2,” Don said. The two other local trialists who qualified for the national competition but did not make it through to the finals were Don’s son Duncan who had “one good and one notso-good run” with his huntaway Roo, and PL Anderson who competed with his heading dog Chap. photo: viv milsom
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