72. FC-AFC ROUGH CREEK'S LIBERTY BELL, "Bella" LF, Mark Medford

FC-AFC ROUGH CREEK'S LIBERTY BELL, "Bella"
Black Lab Female, 10/25/2009
AFC Coolwater's Ready To Go ex Windy K's Flying Juicy Lucy
Breeders: Michael & Denise Kerr
Owners: Mark & Suzanne Medford, Memphis, TN
Handler: Mark Medford - Amateur

Open Stats: 32 Career Points and 4 Career Wins

NRC Qualifier: 2016, 2017, 2018

Amateur Stats: 19.5 Career Points and 2 Career Wins 

NARC Qualifier: 2017, 2018(F)

Came to the line at 11:06 am.

Flyer - Bella went across the the field into the stubble hunting left to right covering the area thoroughly and then got to her rooster pheasant flyer. 

Short Retired - She crossed the field and went into the cover then turned left into the trees and came out on the bird.

Middle Retired - She crossed the cover strips to the tree line then moved left and missed her bird. Bella then went down to the gap and came back through the timber to get her duck.

Long Retired - She angled across the cover and skimmed to the right of the holding blind for the middle retired to continue across the gap and she went straight to her bird.

 

72. FC-AFC ROUGH CREEK'S LIBERTY BELL, "Bella" LF, Mark Medford

FC-AFC ROUGH CREEK'S LIBERTY BELL, "Bella"
Labrador female, 10/25/09
Owners: Mark & Suzanne Medford
Breeders: Michael & Denise Kerr
Lifetime Open Points: 32
Lifetime Open 1st Placement: 4

Came to the line at 2:17 pm.

Flyer - Right to it!

Middle Retired - Bella went out across the road and angled the field to get to her swam across the pond. She ran to the tree line just right of the bird where the guns stood. A quick turn left and she got it!

Long Retired - She crossed the road and squared the exit of the pond. She pushed left into the corn field adjusting her line to the fall area and then to the bird.

Rerun - 72. FC-AFC ROUGH CREEK'S LIBERTY BELL, "Bella" LF, Mark Medford

Bella and Mark had their rerun at 10:10 am.

Right Flyer - Bella went out to the fall area then to her bird.

Left Flyer - She went down the area between the flyer guns and the short tree line. She turned into the cover just past the guns and worked her way to the fall area and to her bird.

Long Retired - She found where the guns stood. Bella made a loop right but missed the bird. She reentered the cover and got it the second time.

Short Retired - She went wide right going down the field but quickly turned left into the fall area and on her bird.

Nobird - 72. FC-AFC ROUGH CREEK'S LIBERTY BELL, "Bella" LF, Mark Medford

"Bella" and Mark came to the line and received a rerun. This team will be placed back 5 spots to run their test in the 6th spot back.

72. FC-AFC ROUGH CREEK'S LIBERTY BELL, "Bella" LF, Mark Medford

"Bella" and Mark came to the line at 12:45 pm

Blind – A quick handle through the slot and L followed by a R cast to enter the water – a R back and she maneuvers through the first pool nearly to the point  – L back with a cast onto the point – 2 L casts off and she's nearly across the 2nd pond, one back cast in the water and she is up to her bird.

72. FC-AFC ROUGH CREEK'S LIBERTY BELL, "Bella" LF, Mark Medford

FC-AFC ROUGH CREEK'S LIBERTY BELL, "Bella" 

Blind - 3:31 pm - Bella's initial line put her past the brush on the left side, down the hill short before owner handler Mark Medford had to blow his first whistle by the blind. Two more came to get Bella through the slot with an additional three to put her on her bird.

72. FC-AFC ROUGH CREEK'S LIBERTY BELL, "Bella" LF, Mark Medford

FC-AFC ROUGH CREEK'S LIBERTY BELL, "Bella" LF, 
owner / handler Mark Medford

Came to the line at 3:27 pm.

Flyer - Very long bird, came in right of the area of the fall, took a few turns and got it.

Middle Retired - Came in by the blind, straight into the cover and got her bird.

Left Retired - Straight into the cover and got her bird.

Right Retired - Great line to this bird!

72. FC-AFC ROUGH CREEK'S LIBERTY BELL, "Bella" LF, Mark Medford

Bella and Mark came to the line at for their 4th Series.

Flyer - Very good flyer.

Middle - Bella went across the dam and drove the hillside arriving behind the gunners. She made a gentle turn left to get around the guns and to her bird.

Left - Threaded her way through the hay bales, a swim across the pond and up and out to her bird.

72. FC-AFC ROUGH CREEK'S LIBERTY BELL, "Bella" LF, Mark Medford

Bella came to the line at 3:27 pm.

Water - Five whistles to the water and five more through the water to the blind.

Land - One whistle by the first bale, three more by the last bale for a controlled line and to the bird.

Rerun - 72. FC-AFC ROUGH CREEK'S LIBERTY BELL, "Bella" LF, Mark Medford

72. FC-AFC ROUGH CREEK'S LIBERTY BELL, "Bella" LF, 

owners Mark & Suzanne Medford

"Bella" with handler Mark Medford came to the line to run their first test of the 2018 National Retriever Club Championship at 8:07 am.

Flyer - Bella went down through the corn and stubble straight to her bird.

Long - She went through the cover an took the water on the right side of the line to the fall area. Going on the right side of the trees, she went through to the left side and worked her way back to her bird.

No Bird - 72. FC-AFC ROUGH CREEK'S LIBERTY BELL, "Bella" LF, Mark Medford

72. FC-AFC ROUGH CREEK'S LIBERTY BELL, "Bella" LF, 

owners Mark & Suzanne Medford

"Bella" with handler Mark Medford came to the line to run their first test of the 2018 National Retriever Club Championship and received a no bird. They will go back 5 spots and have their rerun in the 6th spot.