English Springer Spaniel Field Trials
2019 ENGLISH SPRINGER SPANIEL NATIONAL OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP
PRETTY PRAIRIE, KANSAS | THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2019 TO CONCLUSION | QUALIFICATION IS 2 POINTS| ENTRY FEE $ 235.00
Running Order / Callbacks / Placements
PLACEMENTS
1st: #117 NFC FC AFC CAFC Coals Creek Practically Perfect “Pip”
O/H: Michael Elsasser
2nd: #63 Harvest Moon’s Upland Explorer “Scout”
O: John Alstad
H: Dan Murray
3rd: #105 FC AFC Cedar Lane Mr. Knibbs JH MH “Knibbs”
O: Todd and Kathy Allen
H: Clay Earl
4th: #68 FC Pheasant Feathers Cutting Edge of Marymont “Saber”
O: Robert Montler
H: Jim Keller
CERTIFICATE OF MERITS
#2 FC Strong’s River Ranch Kate “Kate”
O: Lee Swearingen
H: David Jones
#17 FC Blackbrier’s Belle Pepper “Belle”
O/H: Dan Murray
#21 Mtmyst Come About “Tack”
O: Paula Mazurek
H: Jason Givens
#25 NAFC AFC FTCH AFTCH Pheasant Feathers Jaxx of Tazzman “Jaxx”
O: Frank Wiseman
H: Clay Earl
#60 NFC NAFC NFTCH NAFTCH Blackriver’s Tanner “Tanner”
O/H: Jeffrey Miller
#106 FC AFC Pheasant Feather Marymont’s Elizabeth Keen “Lizzie”
O: Robert Montler
H: Jim Keller
Guns Award Sponsored by ESSFT.COM
3rd: #105 FC AFC Cedar Lane Mr. Knibbs JH MH “Knibbs”
O: Todd and Kathy Allen
H: Clay Earl
2019 National Open Champion
NFC FC AFC CAFC Coals Creek Practically Perfect “Pip”
Sire: Hillside Hickory Sir Winston
Dam: Hillside Hickory Dakota
Breeder: Miss Anna Liegel
Owner/Handler: Michael Elsasser
Notes from the Trial and Catalog
DAILY UPDATES!
11/24 – Received the 5th Series callbacks. Start Monday morning at 8:00 am. New grounds by Herron Road and Maple Grove.
Personnel
Thank you for volunteering!
PRESIDENT
DON BRAMWELL
FIELD TRIAL CHAIRMAN
RICK SHIVELY
FT SECRETARY AND TREASURER
MHARI PESCHEL
JUDGES
DAN LUSSEN
STAATSBURG NEW YORK
GARY RIDDLE
MENDEN, UTAH
Committee Members – Steve Beyer, Jeff Books, David Jones, Jim Keller, Morgan Haglin, Paul McGagh, and Lynn Miller
Co-Gun Captains – Bob Iversen and Bob Davis
Guns– George Akkouris, Steve Krueger, Alex Stewart, Kevin Stewart, Byron Swanson, and Mike Young
Marshals – Pat Bramwell(Head Marshal), Barb Boettcher, Cathy Iversen, Jeanne Nabity, Mhari Peschel, and Gail Reynolds
Bird Planter – Jim DeFreece
Game Steward – Steve Seltzer
Catalog Advertising – Sue Myers
Fundraising, Clothing & Merchandise – Cristy Joy
Welcome Letter
Schedule
- 9:00 AM Training
- 4:00 PM Delegates Meeting at the Hotel
- 6:00 PM Purina Welcome Party
- 8:30 AM Trial Begins
- 6:00 PM Cocktail Party
- 7:00 PM Banquet at Dennis Lesh Gym at Pratt Community College
- 8:30 AM Trial Continues
- Dinner on your own
- 8:30 AM Trial Continues
- Dinner on your own
- 8:30 AM Trial Continues
- Dinner on your own
- 8:30 AM Trial Continues if necessary
Maps to the Grounds
From Pratt go East on US 400/54 about 30 miles to K-11
Go North on K-11, about 12 miles to Parallel Road
Go East on Parallel Road to Partridge Road, about 6 miles.
Go South on Partridge Rd 2/3 of a mile to grounds.. The training grounds are on the east side. The 1st & 2nd are on the west side of Partridge. Training will start at 9:00 am.
From Pratt go East on US 400/54 about 30 miles to K-11
Go North on K-11, about 12 miles to Parallel Road
Go East on Parallel Road to Partridge Road, about 6 miles.
Go South on Partridge Rd ½ mile to grounds
From Pratt go East on US 400/54 about 44 miles to K-14/100th Ave Exit
North on K-14 to Pretty Prairie Road, about 7.5 miles
East on Pretty Prairie Road to Sand Creek Rd, 2 miles
North on Sand Creek Rd to Grounds, ½ mile
From Pratt go East on US 400/54 about 30 miles to K-11
North on K-11 to NW 50th St, about 5 miles
East on NW 50th St to NE 40th Ave, about 8 miles to grounds.
Note: NE40th Ave becomes Herren Ave
Grounds Report
ON THE LOOKOUT FOR MEAN SEEDS!
Delegates Meeting
Holiday Inn Express in Pratt, Kansas on November 20, 2019 at 4 pm.
$75 per club
National Championship Open Stake $235.00
8:00 a.m. November 21, 2019
ENTER ONLINE AT WWW.HUNTSECRETARY.COM OR MAIL ADVANCE ENTRIES WITH CHECKS PAYABLE TO NESSFTA TO:
Mhari Peschel, National Open Field Trial Secretary
10220 WCR 1, Longmont, CO 80504
Phone and Fax (303) 682-1141
Note: If shipping via UPS or FedEx mark “No Signature Required”
ENTRIES WILL CLOSE WITH THE FIELD TRIAL SECRETARY AT:
Monday, November 4, 2019. Second closing date for late qualifiers: Monday, November 11, 2019.
Dogs must have been awarded two points since December 1, 2018 to qualify for entry. Dogs earning their qualifying points in a trial held between November 4,2019 and November 11, 2019 will be allowed to enter the trial only if their entry is received by e-mail no later than 6 p.m. MST on November 11, 2019. The entries should be sent by e-mail to [email protected] or [email protected] . The running order may be adjusted at this time to accommodate the late entries. Payment for these entries must be received prior to the start of the trial
THIS FIELD TRIAL IS HELD UNDER RULES AND PROCEDURES OF THE AMERICAN KENNEL CLUB.
OPEN TO ANY ENGLISH SPRINGER SPANIEL SIX MONTHS OF AGE OR OVER WHICH HAS EVER PLACED FIRST IN THE NATIONAL OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP STAKE FOR ENGLISH SPRINGER SPANIELS, OR WHICH IN THE PRECEDING YEAR PLACED SECOND, THIRD OR FOURTH IN THE NATIONAL OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP STAKE FOR ENGLISH SPRINGER SPANIELS, OR WHICH DURING THE PERIOD FROM DECEMBER 1, 2018 UNTIL THE CLOSE OF ENTRIES FOR THIS STAKE HAS EITHER PLACED FIRST, SECOND OR THIRD OR EARNED TWO POINTS IN OPEN ALL-AGE STAKES AT A.K.C. LICENSED OR MEMBER FIELD TRIALS.
Lodging
Holiday Inn Express & Suites
1903 Pauline Place, Pratt , KS 67124
620-508-6350
Event Sponsors
SMILE!
Donna Fletcher
I am very excited to welcome everyone to Pretty Prairie Kansas!
I will be taking the majority of the individual portraits on Thurs 11/21 and Friday 11/22, however, I will be on grounds through conclusion, making sure everyone gets the opportunity for a beautiful portrait.
Individual Portraits and Candid Field Shots will be available on https://donnafletcherphotos.smugmug.com/. This is in addition to your complementary 5×7 entry portrait.
Safe Travels and See Ya on the Kansas Prairie!
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Judges Biographies
Jerry Barrett
My involvement in Springer Spaniel field trials began 25 years ago when I set out...
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Todd Stelzer
I was born and raised in Cadott, WI. A small little town in Central Wisconsin,...
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NOC AWARDS
TO THE WINNER:
- The title of “National Springer Spaniel Field Champion”
- The title of “Field Champion”
- The Field and Stream Sterling Silver Challenge Trophy
- The Sterling silver Prescott Challenge Trophy
- The Trophy for Permanent Possession
- The Sterling Silver Saighton’s Sizzler Challenge Trophy donated by John M. Olin.
- The Evelyn Monte Memorial Trophy presented by the Ladies Spaniel Field Trial Club of Greater Newark and Friends of Evelyn Monte to the First Place Dog and Owner. This is a perpetual trophy to be awarded annually at the National Open Championship.
- The Talbot Radcliffe Sterling Silver Cup. A perpetual trophy to be awarded annually to the breeder of the winning dog.
- Special AKC Rosette with Medals
FOR SECOND, THIRD AND FOURTH PLACE WINNERS:
- Trophies for permanent possession
- Special AKC Rosettes with Medals
FOR THE BEST PERFORMANCE BY A DOG HANDLED BY AN AMATEUR, PROVIDED THE DOG COMPLETES ALL SERIES OF THE TRIAL:
- Special AKC Rosette with Medal
- The Heather Challenge Trophy awarded to the best amateur handler. To win the amateur must have placed first, second, third or fourth or received a certificate of merit. The Dansmirth Trophy was retired in 2011 by John Hall handling the same dog, Heather. In 2016 Jeff Miller retired the Heather Trophy and redonated it as a perpetual trophy.
The William E. & Patricia K. Lane Memorial Trophy (silver) presented by the Southern Michigan Springer Spaniel Training Club, Inc., is to be awarded to the best amateur handler in the National Championship. To qualify the amateur handler must place first, second, third, fourth or be awarded a certificate of merit. This is to be a perpetual trophy with no permanent possession. Each year the name of the winning handler and a date awarded is to be engraved on the reverse side of the trophy, is to remain in his or her custody for one year, to then be returned for presentation the following year at the National Championship.
Gunner’s Trophy for the dog, in the judgement of the guns, “the dog they would most like to hunt over”. Donated by ESSFT.COM