2016 SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND WOODCOCK CHAMPIONSHIP

From left, judges Tim Cavanaugh and Bill Bonnetti, John Stolgitis with Champion Chasehill Baby Bella, scout Mike Spotts with Runnerup Champion Rockland Ridge McGraw, and Robert Ecker. 

CHASEHILL BABY BELLA 

NAMED WINNER

 AT 2016 

SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND 

WOODCOCK CHAMPIONSHIP

RUNNERUP

IS ROCKLAND RIDGE

McGRAW

EXETER, RI -- Topping a field of 44 dogs in the 2016 running of the Southern New England Woodcock Championship, was Chasehill Baby Bella, a pointer female handled by John Stolgitis. Runnerup was Rockland Ridge McGraw, a setter female owned by Gary Chlapaty, scouted by Mike Spotts, and handled by Robert Ecker. 

The event ran for three days through the woodcock cover at Arcadia Management Area. Birdwork was said to have been plentiful. 

Judges for the event were Tim Cavanaugh of East Hampton, Conn., and Bill Bonnetti of Marstons Mills, Mass. 

Photos by JIM HATHAWAY

2016 Southern New England Woodcock Championship

2016 SOUTHERN

NEW ENGLAND

WOODCOCK 

CHAMPIONSHIP

RUNNING ORDER

EXETER, RI -- Forty-four dogs have been drawn for the 2016 Southern New England Woodcock Championship, which starts Friday, March 18, at Arcadia Management Area. The companion Derby Classic, which was to be held on Thursday, March 17, was cancelled due to lack of entries.

The championship course is Barber Farm, Pinetop Cemetery, Bridge, and will rotate in that order. Participants will meet at the check station daily on Route 165, leaving there at 7 a.m. 

Running order: 
1-1 Sunrise Star ESM Ecker
1-2 Daddy's Little Boy Butch PM Stolgitis
2-1 Chasehill Baby Bella PF Stolgitis
2-2 Celtic's First Strike ISF Ecker
3-1 Snuff Mill Atalanta ESF Dellinger
3-2 Richfield Almond Joy PF Stolgitis
4-1 Islander ESM Ecker
4-2 Why Not Whitney PF Forest
5-1 Cover Charge Search Engine PM Ecker
5-2 Ruff Grouse Lilly ESF Christopher
6-1 Sunkhaze True Blue PF Flewelling
6-2 Upper Ammonoosuc Sadie ESF Ecker
7-1 Spitfire ESF Spotts
7-2 Moss Meadow Doc ESM Moss
8-1 Bud of Piney Wood PM Ecker
8-2 Chasehill Ben Franklin PM Flewelling
9-1 Chasehill Haley PF Stolgitis
9-2 Fox Cobble Zeva PF Whigham
10-1 Woodcock Haven Stella PF Ogilvie
10-2 Snuff Mill Bailey ESF Dellinger
11-1 Frick N Coco ESF Ecker
11-2 Dewsweeper PF Straub
12-1 Rockland Ridge McGraw ESF Ecker
12-2 Chasehill Little Thudd PM Stolgitis
13-1 Bear River Partridgeberry PF Stolgitis
13-2 Call Me Maggie ESF Ecker
14-1 Guardian PM Flewelling
14-2 Michtner's Rock N Rye ESM Specht
15-1 Moss Meadow Traveller ESM Moss
15-2 Why Not Adam PF Stolgitis
16-1 Celtic's Signature ISF Ecker
16-2 Hoppy's Bullbreak Icehawk PM Stolgitis
17-1 Full Throttle ESF Spotts
17-2 Grouse Hill Belle PF Stolgitis
18-1 Wildwood Boone ESM Ecker
18-2 One Bad Winter PF Unsworth
19-1 Grouse Hill Dixie PF Stolgitis
19-2 Mitchner's Pepper Ghost ESM Specht
20-1 Victor's Golden Girl ESF Forsyth
20-2 Caird's Little Macy PF Little
21-1 Wizard's Ploughman's Poet ESM Hathaway
21-2 Fox Cobble Jack PM Whigham
22-1 Miss Penn Star ESF Ecker
22-2 South Bound Strech PM Olfson

PASSAGES: CHRIS LUMBRA

Chris Lumbra, enjoying some down time with his Paws Inn Play charges.

PASSAGES:

FUNERAL SATURDAY, MARCH 12, FOR CHRIS LUMBRA, 22,

SON OF FIELD TRIALER

BOB LEACH

Chris Lumbra, 22, of Marlborough, Conn., son of field trialer Bob Leach, died today (Monday, March 7, 2016) after a year-long battle with a rare type of cancer known as non-Hodgkins Burkitts lymphoma, at the Smilow Cancer Center in New Haven, Conn.

Among their many dogs, Chris and his dad, Bob, co-owned Little Madness, a pointer female that won third place in the 2009 National Walking Shooting Dog Futurity.

Chris worked for several years for fellow field trialer Dave O'Brien at Dave's doggie day care facility, Paws Inn Play, in Marlborough, Conn. Dave said, "Chris was an outstanding young  man. We will miss him very much. Words cannot express my feelings and sorrow."

Chris was born in Meriden on Nov. 25, 1993, and is survived by his mother, Susan Lumbra Fontoura and her husband, Jorge, of Wallingford; and his father Robert C. Leach and his wife, Tracy, of Marlborough. 

Chris was a graduate of Windham Tech in Willimantic, where he was enrolled in the electrical department and had been employed as an arborist until his illness. 

Calling hours at the Wallingford Funeral Home, 809 North Main St. Ext., Wallingford, Conn., will be held Friday, March 11, 2016, from 4 to 8 p.m. A funeral service will be held Saturday, March 12, 2016, at 10 a.m. at the Wallingford Funeral Home. Burial will be in St. John's Cemetery in Wallingford. In lieu of flowers, gifts in memory of Chris may be sent to The Sisters' Project, PO Box 1643, Wallingford, Conn. 06492, which supports local residents who are battling cancer, or Smilow Cancer Center Closer To Free, PO Box 1849, New Haven, Conn. 06508.

Chris with Millie, at Paws Inn Play, 2011.

Southern New England Woodcock Championship

Setter Club Trial Easter Weekend

SETTER CLUB

 OF NEW ENGLAND 

TO HOLD SPRING

 WALKING FIELD TRIAL

The Setter Club of New England will hold its spring walking field trial on Easter weekend, March 25-27, at Crane Wildlife Management Area in Falmouth, Mass.

Drawing will be held TUESDAY, MARCH 22.

For those unfamiliar with Crane, pull in at Parking Area #1. Entrance will be marked on Route 151.

For more information, go to the Setter Club's Facebook page, or Google Setter Club of New England.