English Springer Spaniel Field Trials
2020 ENGLISH SPRINGER SPANIEL NATIONAL OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP
CLARKSTON, UTAH | NOVEMBER 17, 2020 TO CONCLUSION | ENTRY FEE $250.00| 2 POINTS AND 2019 DOGS ACCEPTED DUE TO COVID
Running Order / Callbacks / Placements
PLACEMENTS
1st: NFC FC AFC Rockey’s Solo “Solo”
O: Chuck Cloninger
H: Jason Givens
2nd: FC AFC Indian Spring’s Free Spirit “Spirit”
O: Barbara Schaefer
H: : Dan Lussen
3rd: Whisky Rivers Shot N Guinness “Guinness”
O: Sharon Pilgrim
H:Todd Stelzer
4th: FC AFC Mad Russian’s Pedal To The Metal “Crash”
O/H: Ekaterina Brusko
CERTIFICATE OF MERITS
#14 Niles FC AFC Sunrise Mountain Knight MH
O: Roger Schenone
H: Cindy Goode Wilson
#21 Bruiser FC AFC Smith’s Lightning
O/H: Russell Smith
#27 Baron FC Bears Paw Baron
O: Sue Neville
H: Dan Murray
#39 Kai River Rock Mai Kai Dancer
O/H: Les Hegney
#42 Fibbs R-Quest’s Talltales
O: Carroll Smith
H: Ken Willis
#54 Boogie Hillcountry Johnny B. Goode
O: Chad Leonard
H: Amelia Baxter
#96 Poncho Metallak Mountain’s Caballero
Cloaked in Black
O: Jim Klix
H: Ralph Botti
Guns Award Sponsored by ESSFT.COM
4th: FC AFC Mad Russian’s Pedal To The Metal
“Crash”
O/H: Kat Brusko
2020 National Open Champion
NFC FC AFC Rockey’s Solo “Solo”
Sire: Tuckers Little Bo
Dam: All About Pepper of Lehi
Breeder: Jerry Larson
Owner: Chuck Cloninger
Handler: Jason Givens
Notes from the Trial and Catalog
DAILY UPDATES!
11/20/2020 Day 4 –
We have 21 dogs back to the 5th Series that will start at 9:00 AM Saturday morning.
Go 500 yards further on the road we were on today and the field will be on your left.
Good Luck Everyone!
Personnel
Thank you for volunteering!
PRESIDENT
GARY RIDDLE
FIELD TRIAL CHAIRMAN
ROBERT CHILD
FT SECRETARY AND TREASURER
MHARI PESCHEL
JUDGES
MIKE ELASSER
OHIO
MORGAN HAGLIN
MINNESOTA
Committee Members – Robert Child, Chairman; Gary Riddle, Mhari Peschel, Paula Fluckiger, Brent Bundell, Lynn Miller, Billy Akkouris, Mike Wallace and Jason Givens
Co-Gun Captains – Joshua Riddle and Bryan Child
Guns– Chip Bunker, George Akkouris, Mike Young, Dan Hale Jr., Gunther Boettcher, and Roger Thorne
Marshals – Barb Boettcher, Chief Marshal; Paula Fluckiger, Paula Mazurek, Mhari Peschel, and Judy Tatton
Bird Planter – Connie Ellis, Chair
Bird Steward – Darren Birchell, Chair
Catalog Advertising – Sue Myers, Chair
Fundraising, Clothing & Merchandise – Gary Fluckiger, Chair
Grounds –Brent Blundell, Chair
Raffle Acquisitions – Paula Fluckiger, Chair
Welcome Letter
Schedule
- Training: 9:00 a.m.
- Delegates Meeting (Riverwalk Conference Center): 4:00 p.m and Zoom
- Meet and Greet & Handler Bag Pick-up (River Walk Conference Center): 6:00 p.m.
- Trial Begins: 8:00 a.m
- Trial Continues: 8:00 a.m
- Trial Continues: 8:00 a.m.
- Trial Continues: 8:00 a.m.
- Awards will be given at the tent on the trial grounds at the conclusion of the trial
Maps to the Grounds
TBD – Need more information from the committee.
TBD – Need more information from the committee.
Grounds Report
ON THE LOOKOUT FOR MEAN SEEDS!
Delegates Meeting
Delegates Meeting (Riverwalk Conference Center): 4:00 p.m and Zoom
$75 per club
National Championship Open Stake $250.00
8:00 a.m. Tuesday, November 17, 2020
ENTER ONLINE AT WWW.HUNTSECRETARY.COMOR MAIL ADVANCE ENTRIES WITH CHECKS PAYABLE TO NESSFTA TO:
Mhari Peschel
National Open Field Trial Secretary
10220 WCR 1
Longmont, CO 80504
Note: If shipping via UPS or FedEx mark “No Signature Required”
ENTRIES WILL CLOSE WITH THE FIELD TRIAL SECRETARY AT:
1st Entries Close/Huntsecretary.com Close: Saturday, October 31, 2020 11:59:59 PM Eastern Time(ET).
2nd Close Friday, November 6, 2020 6 PM (MST)
Dogs must have been awarded two points since November 12, 2019 to qualify for entry. Dogs earning their qualifying points in a trial held between October 30, 2020 and November 6, 2020 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 6, 2020.
For those who qualify after that date, enter by contacting Mhari Peschel via email at [email protected] or [email protected] by 6:00 P.M. MST November 6, 2020.
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 OR, THIRD IN THE NATIONAL OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP STAKE FOR ENGLISH SPRINGER SPANIELS, OR WHICH DURING THE PERIOD FROM INSERT DATE UNTIL THE CLOSE OF ENTRIES FOR THIS STAKE HAS EITHER PLACED FIRST, SECOND OR EARNED THREE POINTS IN OPEN ALL-AGE STAKES AT A.K.C. LICENSED OR MEMBER FIELD TRIALS.
Lodging
La Quinta Inn and Suites
853 S. Hwy 89/91, Logan UT
Phone # is 435-752-0707 and ask for the ESS NOC group
Event Sponsors
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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
