Saturday, November 12, 2005 |
Saturday is dedicated to addressing the running of the stake - present and future. Meetings begin early in the morning with the National Board and various committee meetings. Worker and contestant packets were distributed at the Jamison Inn while the Merchandise Committee offered NRC clothing and other articles at a civic building across town.
At 2 pm, the Retriever Advisory Committee was called to order by Nelson Sills. A brief review of the proceedings follow - (Complete info will be published in the January RFTN issue):
Nelson announced that the entire Performance Department of AKC was present and introduced each of them , then called on Bill Speck to announce a new policy AKC had inplemented for retriever trials. It was a much easier method of starting new clubs by having a mentor club sponsor a probationary new club event the first year. It would eliminate the old "A" restriction. Championship points would apply at the new trial.
Pete Simonds then addressed the ongoing problem of large trials and how to alleviate them. Recommended were: additional trials, rule changes to allow clubs to hold a third trial per year, a change of territorial restrictions between trial giving clubs from 350 to 200 miles, and an optional Friday start for Amateur stakes.
Also, the Junior handler stake acceptance, permission to hold a Master hunt test and Qualifying at the same trial and the prohibiting of mechanical decoys were included. These recommendations would be sent to each club for a vote shortly after the National stake.
After, the Professional trainers role in the sport was discussed, especially their advantage of having multiple entries and the lenghty wait for some pros who are running multiple stake and are late to appear. Should anything be done to "level the playing field for amateurs? A lively discourse followed with a number of suggestions presented. They ranged from pros employing 2 trucks, one for the major stakes and another for the minor events, to a plea for the PRTA to put on 5 or 6 trials per year to keep the sponsoring Clubs from "burning out".
Pete Simonds also noted that bird dog trials schedule a running time for each dog and if the handler is not present at that time, the dog is dropped. Perhaps that was a possibility.
With that the meeting adjourned at 3:05 p.m.
After a short intermission, The National Retriever Club Annual meeting was called to order in the same hall. After the formalities of accepting the financial statement and the minutes, Tony Snow thanked all the sponsors and presented them with a plaque in recognition of their contributions. He then announced the 2006 NRC Officers. They were: President, Judy Powers,V. Pres., Kirk Naisbit, Secretary/Treas. Tony Snow. Dr. Wm Goldstein, Mike Kammerer and Lee Jolley .
Co Marshal Joe McNinch then held a box full of numbers for someone to draw the starting number from. Anna Mock, daughter of Cara and Felix drew number 7 , Mr. T's Maxus Of Oz, LM owned by J and S Tonko and handled by Dave Rorem.
After,Bill Totten announced the recipients of the PRTA land improvement grants.They were: Western Montana, The Phoenix /Southern California consortium and the Manitoba Gun Dog Assn.
Lee Jolley, 2006 Chairman presented some particulars on the event. It would be held at the August Busch Wildlife area in Weldon Spring, MO. He also announced that a number of improvements that had been made since 4 years ago. Judges would be: Robin Gulvin, Linda Harger and Craig Stonesifer.
The starting rotation would be 7-27-47 and 67, Test would be a double and a blind at the Cooper Black Trial Grounds. Test dog a 6:45, running dog about 7 a.m.
There was a bit of a glitch in the running order so it was announced that dog 3 would follow number 5 and dog 74 followed 68. When Danny Farmer mentioned he had dog 1 and 80, Dog 80 was moved to run after number 75
All were invited to the Pre National Cocktail party at 6:30 at the Cheraw Park clubhouse and at 4:50 the meeting adjourned.
At 2 pm, the Retriever Advisory Committee was called to order by Nelson Sills. A brief review of the proceedings follow - (Complete info will be published in the January RFTN issue):
Nelson announced that the entire Performance Department of AKC was present and introduced each of them , then called on Bill Speck to announce a new policy AKC had inplemented for retriever trials. It was a much easier method of starting new clubs by having a mentor club sponsor a probationary new club event the first year. It would eliminate the old "A" restriction. Championship points would apply at the new trial.
Pete Simonds then addressed the ongoing problem of large trials and how to alleviate them. Recommended were: additional trials, rule changes to allow clubs to hold a third trial per year, a change of territorial restrictions between trial giving clubs from 350 to 200 miles, and an optional Friday start for Amateur stakes.
Also, the Junior handler stake acceptance, permission to hold a Master hunt test and Qualifying at the same trial and the prohibiting of mechanical decoys were included. These recommendations would be sent to each club for a vote shortly after the National stake.
After, the Professional trainers role in the sport was discussed, especially their advantage of having multiple entries and the lenghty wait for some pros who are running multiple stake and are late to appear. Should anything be done to "level the playing field for amateurs? A lively discourse followed with a number of suggestions presented. They ranged from pros employing 2 trucks, one for the major stakes and another for the minor events, to a plea for the PRTA to put on 5 or 6 trials per year to keep the sponsoring Clubs from "burning out".
Pete Simonds also noted that bird dog trials schedule a running time for each dog and if the handler is not present at that time, the dog is dropped. Perhaps that was a possibility.
With that the meeting adjourned at 3:05 p.m.
After a short intermission, The National Retriever Club Annual meeting was called to order in the same hall. After the formalities of accepting the financial statement and the minutes, Tony Snow thanked all the sponsors and presented them with a plaque in recognition of their contributions. He then announced the 2006 NRC Officers. They were: President, Judy Powers,V. Pres., Kirk Naisbit, Secretary/Treas. Tony Snow. Dr. Wm Goldstein, Mike Kammerer and Lee Jolley .
Co Marshal Joe McNinch then held a box full of numbers for someone to draw the starting number from. Anna Mock, daughter of Cara and Felix drew number 7 , Mr. T's Maxus Of Oz, LM owned by J and S Tonko and handled by Dave Rorem.
After,Bill Totten announced the recipients of the PRTA land improvement grants.They were: Western Montana, The Phoenix /Southern California consortium and the Manitoba Gun Dog Assn.
Lee Jolley, 2006 Chairman presented some particulars on the event. It would be held at the August Busch Wildlife area in Weldon Spring, MO. He also announced that a number of improvements that had been made since 4 years ago. Judges would be: Robin Gulvin, Linda Harger and Craig Stonesifer.
The starting rotation would be 7-27-47 and 67, Test would be a double and a blind at the Cooper Black Trial Grounds. Test dog a 6:45, running dog about 7 a.m.
There was a bit of a glitch in the running order so it was announced that dog 3 would follow number 5 and dog 74 followed 68. When Danny Farmer mentioned he had dog 1 and 80, Dog 80 was moved to run after number 75
All were invited to the Pre National Cocktail party at 6:30 at the Cheraw Park clubhouse and at 4:50 the meeting adjourned.
Roy Pelton (L) and Dave Rorem
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Chris Chantland and Judy Powers
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