2023 National Open Championship (NOC) – Chillcothe, Ohio

President
Bill Cosgrove

Field Trial Co-Chairmen
Mark Brookshire and Mike Elsasser

FT Secretary and Treasurer
Mhari Peschel

Judges
Kevin Martineau

Minnesota

Robert Clayton

Texas

Quick Links

Accommodations

Awards and Trophies

Catalog Advertising

Clothing and Merchandise

Delegates Meeting

Personnel

Photographer

Schedule of Events

Sponsors

National Hosting Rotation

2023 Mid-East

2024 East

2025 West

2026 Rocky Mountain

2027  Mid-West

National Championship Open Stake $300.00
8:00 a.m. Thursday, November 16, 2023

ENTER ONLINE AT WWW.HUNTSECRETARY.COM

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.

Running Order/Call Backs 

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

Letter to Qualifiers

Committee Members - Mark Brookshire and Mike Elsasser, Co-Chairmen; Chad Betts, Ralph Botti, Ed Haughn, Mhari Peschel, Mike Pollack, and Dan Tuttle.

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

Awards & Trophies - TBD - Need more information from the committee.

Bird Steward -  Bill Alcorn

Bird Planter -  Bill Alcorn

Catalog Advertising - Cammie Barrow

Fundraising, Clothing, and Merchandise - Raffle tickets for sale for a Berretta 687 Silver pigeon shot gun.    Tickets are 1 @ $20,  3 @$50, 6 @$100

Grounds - TBD - Need more information from the committee.

Hospitality - TBD - Need more information from the committee.

Raffle Acquisitions - TBD - Need more information from the committee., Chair

Wednesday, November 15th 

• 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

Thursday, November 16th

• Banquet at 6:30 PM -  Quality Inn
• Raffle tickets for sale for a Beretta 687 Silver pigeon shotgun.    Tickets are 1 @ $20,  3 @$50, 6 @$100

Map to Training, 1st & 2nd Series Grounds

• Training and start of the trial will be at: 4464 Higby Road, Chillicothe, OH 45601.

Quality Inn, 20 N. Plaza Blvd., Chillicothe, OH 45601.

Here are the other 3 hotels that are in the “sisterhood” (their words , not mine):

Christopher Inn

30 North Plaza Blvd.

Chillicothe, OH 45601

(740)774-6835

Hampton Inn

100 North plaza Blvd

Chillicothe, OH 45601

(740)773-1616

Fairfield INN

300 North Plaza Blvd

Chillicothe, OH 45601

(740)771-9090

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