The Countrymans Weekly Gundog Trainer of the year awarded at the CLA Gamefair
Billy Steel Junior, of Broadlaw Gundogs, Lowther Hills, South Lanarkshire, recieves this years Keith Erlandson Memorial Trophy for Gundog Trainer of the Year from the Duke of Rutland at this years CLA Gamefair with Tracy Allen, the general manager of the Countrymans Weekly who sponsored the award.
Billy is a professional gundog trainer who is an A panel retriever judge and has judged the IGL Retriever Championships in 2002. He has made up seven Field Trial Champions; FTCh Linksview Jet, FTCh Kenue Cedar, FTCh Bracken of Berrybrae, FTCh Broadlaw Eva, FTCh Broadlaw Damsen, FTCh Broadlaw Jake, and FTCh Hillus Clyde. He bred four Field Trial Champions and won the IGL Retriever Championship in 1996 with FTCh Linksview Jet and again in 2000 with FTCh Bracken of Berrybrae.