The Southern Indoor Charity Dog Trial top finalists pause for a photograph at the Southern Field Field Days site, Waimumu, with Hospice Southland events co-ordinator Suzanne Prentice before the running of the final last month.
Dog trials committee chairman Mike Joyce said the event raised a record $20,000 for Hospice Southland.
‘‘It was great.
‘‘Hospice were absolutely over the moon.’’
Last year, $12,000 was raised.
The trials, which had been held since 2016, had raised more than $100,000 for charity in that time.
Usually items given by businesses were sold by silent auction, but this year the items were auctioned live, which made it easier to collect the money, he said.
The three-day event attracted 170 triallists from throughout the South Island.
The committee was grateful for the businesses who sponsored prizes and the volunteers who helped run the event, he said.
