Andrew Farley Training Day

LOCATION:  Heathfield, East Sussex (full details and directions will be given when your booking is confirmed)

DATE:  Sunday 31st August 2025

TIME:  9.30 am to 3.30 pm (with a short break for lunch - please bring lunch with you and please arrive in plenty of time)

TRAINER:  Andrew Farley, Warrenby Gundogs

TRAINING FEE:  £45 for members and £55 for non members

APPLICATIONS CLOSE:  10 days prior to the training date, however spaces booked will be taken on a first come, first served basis.

TRAINING: 

Your trainer is HPR Specialist Andrew Farley. Andrew has been successful in captaining the HPR Home International team to winning the 2024 and 2025 competition at the Game Fair. He has trained gundogs for more years than he cares to remember, and in that time he has owned and trained retrievers, spaniels and HPRs.

Andrew currently competes with HPRs and still owns and trains retrievers and spaniels. After lockdown, and many years of competing himself, he needed a new challenge so he starting judging HPR Field Trials. He has also trained many other people to compete in Field Trials and enjoys sharing his knowledge and watching his trainees grow in confidence and ability with their dogs.

DETAILS OF THE TRAINING DAY: 

The day will be held at a wonderful venue set in 1,000 acres, with a tea room, toilet facilities, somewhere to sit and have lunch, different grounds, jumps and lakes, a place which covers all gundog work.

The training will be for a maximum of six dogs and will be most suitable for beginner/novice. The day will cover the basics, heel work, sit, stays, recall and moving on to retrieving with seen retrieves, split retrieves, blind retrieves and water retrieves (weather & ability dependent).

Details of what to bring and the location of the training will be sent through to you once your booking is confirmed.

BOOKING YOUR PLACE: 

Please use the booking link: https://bit.ly/KGCGB-31-8-25 - PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU CHECK YOUR JUNK/SPAM FOLDER FOR A RETURN RECEIPT.

In the case of over subscription priority will be given to members of the Korthals Griffon Club GB then non members with a Korthals Griffon and then to HPRs.

• Upon notification of acceptance to the training day, you will be asked to pay the fee by bank transfer (details will be given at the time).

• If oversubscribed there will be a reserved list held.

• If anyone has to cancel at short notice for a genuine reason, we will endeavour to fill your place from the reserve list.  If we can't fill your place at short notice,  then the training fee will be forfeit.

PLEASE NOTE

• Bitches in season will not be allowed on the ground

• Neither the Korthals Griffon Club or the hosts of this training will accept any liability for any accident, damage, illness or injury to dogs, owners, handlers and spectators or any other person or property whatsoever.

If you have any queries, please email:  events.kgcgb@gmail.com.