English Springer Spaniel Field Trials
2023 ENGLISH SPRINGER SPANIEL NATIONAL OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP
CHILLICOTHE, OHIO | NOVEMBER 16, 2023 TO CONCLUSION | ENTRY FEE $300.00| 2 POINTS
Running Order / Callbacks / Placements
PLACEMENTS
1st: #44Â FC Crosswinds Watch This “Chance”
O: Cheryl Spearling
H:Todd Agnew
2nd: #70 FC AFC Cattails Lovesick Blues “Hank”
O/H: Amelia Greene
3rd: #53 FC Crosswinds Shimmering Grace “Gracie”
O: Stavros Akkouris
H:Billy Akkouris
4th: #16 FC AFC Cattails Stella Artois MH “Stella”
O/H: Amelia Greene
CERTIFICATE OF MERITS
#9 Bean Sidhe’s Shimmering Vaw Wow “Vaw Wow”
O: Vasilios AkkourisÂ
H: Billy Akkouris
#19 FC Windrifts What a Lulu MHÂ “Lulu”
 O/H: Chad Betts
#25 FC Whisky Rivers Maverick “Maverick”
O/H: Todd Stelzer
#35 2xNFC FC AFC Rockey’s Solo “Solo”
O: Chuck Cloninger
H: Jason Givens
#73 FC AFC Pheasant Feathers Precious Pearl “June”
O: Joel & Ann TheisenÂ
H: Jim Keller
#74 Craney Hill Down Goes Frasier’s Humongous Arse “Frasier”
O: Jeffrey Keller
H: Todd Agnew
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3rd: #53 FC Crosswinds Shimmering Grace “Gracie”
O: Stavros Akkouris
H:Billy Akkouris
2023 National Open Champion
NFC Crosswinds Watch This “CHANCE”
Sire: FC Craney Hill Dalmore Dudley
Dam: Bayview Willow Pro
Breeder: Kevin J. Battistoni
Owner: Cheryl Spearling
Handler: Todd Agnew
Notes from the Trial
DAILY UPDATES!
11/18: Water Series and 4th Series are now complete. 5th Series tomorrow!
11/17: Continuing 2nd series with dogs 31 and 36. Upper 50’s, cloudy overcast day. When we complete the 2nd series we will move to the 3rd and 4th Series grounds. The plan is to finish the 3rd today.
11/16: Completed 1st series and rolled into the 2nd series. Started the day cool with frost and the heat rose to the lower 70’s, sunny, no clouds and a small breeze. Cover was good the roosters and hens were strong flyers. Stopped at 4:18 PM
Personnel
Thank you for volunteering!
PRESIDENT
BILL COSGROVE
FIELD TRIAL CO-CHAIRMEN
MARK BROOKSHIRE AND MIKE ELSASSER
FT SECRETARY AND TREASURER
MHARI PESCHEL
JUDGES
KEVIN MARTINEAU
MINNESTOA
ROBERT CLAYTON
TEXAS
Committee Members – Mark Brookshire and Mike Elsasser, Co-Chairman; Chad Betts, Ralph Botti, Ed Haughn, Mhari Peschel, Mike Pollack, and Dan Tuttle.Â
Co-Gun Captains – George Akkouris and Steve Collins
Guns– Mike Young, Marshall Lussen, Chip Bunker, Brandon Rogers, Pete Zuleger and Bob Fink
Marshals –  Amie Pollock, Head Marshal, Roxanne Fegley, Wendy Kozal, and Sabine Wallet
Bird Planter – Bill Alcorn
Bird Steward – Bill Alcorn
Catalog Advertising – Cammie Barrow
Fundraising, Clothing & Merchandise – Raffle tickets for sale for a Berretta 687 Silver pigeon shot gun. Tickets are 1 @ $20, 3 @ $50, 6 @ $100
Hospitality – TBD – Need more information from the committee.
Grounds – TBD – Need more information from the committee.
Raffle Acquisitions – TBD – Need more information from the committee.
Welcome Letter
Schedule
As of August 6th, 2023 – Subject to Change
- Training starts at 10:00 AM at 4464 Higby Road, Chillicothe, OH 45601
- NOC Delegates Meeting at 4:00 PM – Quality Inn
- Purina Cocktail Welcome Party at 6:30 PM – Quality Inn
- Banquet at 6:30 PM –Â Quality Inn
- Raffle tickets for sale for a Beretta 687 Silver pigeon shotgun. Tickets are 1 @ $20, 3 @ $50, 6 @ $100
Maps to the Grounds
- Training and start of the trial will be at: 4464 Higby Road, Chillicothe, OH 45601.
Will be at: 4464 Higby Road, Chillicothe, OH 45601.
TBD – Need more information from the committee.
TBD – Need more information from the committee.
Grounds Report
ON THE LOOKOUT FOR MEAN SEEDS!
Delegates Meeting
Wednesday, November 15, 2023, at 4:00 p.m. at the Quality Inn, 20 N. Plaza Blvd., Chillicothe, OH 45601.
$75 per club
National Championship Open Stake $300.00
8:00 a.m. Thursday, November 16, 2023
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ENTRIES WILL CLOSE WITH THE FIELD TRIAL SECRETARY AT:
1st Entries will close Sunday October 29, 2023 at 11:59:59 Eastern Time.
2nd Close November 5, 2023 at 6:00 P.M Mountain Standard Time(MST)
Dogs must have been awarded two points since November 7, 2022 to qualify for entry. Dogs earning their qualifying points in a trial held between October 30, 2023 and November 5, 2023 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 5, 2023. The entries should be sent by e-mail to [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 NOVEMBER 7, 2022 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
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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
