The 2021 English Springer Spaniel National Open Championship
Pretty Prairie, Kansas | November 30, 2021 to conclusion| Entry Fee $265.00| 2 Points
President
Steve Seltzer
Field Trial Chairman
Chad Betts
FT Secretary and Treasurer
Mhari Peschel
Judges
Bill Cosgrove
Lebanon, Ohio
Ralph Botti
Blairstown, New Jersey
Quick Links
Accommodations
Awards and Trophies
Catalog Advertising
Clothing, Flags and Merchandise
Delegates Meeting
Personnel
Photographer
Schedule of Events
Sponsors
National Hosting Rotation
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2021 NOC Kansas placements
STAKES, SCHEDULE AND ENTRY FEES
National Championship Open Stake $265.00
8:00 a.m. Tuesday, November 30, 2020
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
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: 6:00 PM MST Friday, November 12, 2021.
2nd Close 6:00 PM MST on November 19, 2021.
Dogs must have been awarded two points since November 06, 2020 to qualify for entry. Dogs earning their qualifying points in a trial held between November 12, 2021 and November 19, 2021 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 19, 2021. 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.
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.
DRAWING WILL TAKE PLACE AT:
10220 WCR 1, Longmont, CO 80504 at 6:00 P.M. (MST), Friday November 12, 2021*
Running Order/Call Backs
Letter to Qualifiers
2021 NOC Welcome Letter
Agronomist Report
2021 NOC Agronomy ReportThis 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 6, 2020 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
Personnel
Thank you for Volunteering!
Committee Members - Amelia Baxter, Jeff Brooks, Gary Davis, Jim Keller, Tom Nabity, Mhari Peschel, Steve Seltzer, and Franz Valkenberg
Gun Captains - Rick Halvorsen and Wayne Tisue
Guns - Cowan Clayton, Roger Thorne, Danny Hale Jr., Will Pick, Brandon Rogers and Chip Bunker
Marshals - Pat Bramwell Head Marshall, Gail Reynolds, Steve Hoostal, and Mhari Peschel
Awards & Trophies - Robert Clayton, Chair
Bird Steward - Ray Hankins
Bird Planter - Danielle Hendrickson
Catalog Advertising - Sue Myers, Chair
Fundraising, Clothing, and Merchandise - Cristy Joy and Jeanne Nabity
Grounds - Chad Betts & Steve Seltzer, Co-Chairs
Hospitality - Steve Seltzer, Chair
Raffle Acquisitions - Cristy Joy, Chair
Schedule of Events & Maps
Places to Go and Things to Do!
Monday, November 29th
9:00 AM Training - Birds are $15.00 each.
4:00 PM Delegates Meeting at Hotel
6:00 PM Purina Welcome Reception
Tuesday, November 30th
8:00 AM Trial Begins
6:00 PM Cocktail Part at the Sandhills Event Center
4601 North Plum, Hutchinson, Kansas 67502
7:00 PM Banquet at Sandhills Event Center
4601 North Plum, Hutchinson, Kansas 67502
Wednesday, December 1st
8:00 AM Trial Continues / Dinner on your own
Thursday, December 2nd
8:00 AM Trial Continues / Dinner on your own
Friday, December 3rd
8:00 AM Trial Continues / Dinner on your own
Saturday, December 4th
8:00 AM Trial Continues if necessary
Directions to Training Field – Follow map to grounds then go approximately one-quarter mile south on Partridge Rd to field entrance on east side of road.
Map - Hotel to Banquet
Map to Banquet Site PDFMap - Hotel to Grounds - All Land Series
Note: Training November 29th. Birds are $15.00 each.
Hotel to Grounds PDF
Map - Grounds to Water Series
Grounds to Water PDF
Accommodations & RV Parks
Host Hotel
Comfort Inn & Suites
1601 Super Plaza Avenue, Hutchinson, KS, 67501, US
Other Accommodations
In Hutchinson
Holiday Inn Express 620-259-8656
Days Inn 620-708-4459
Hampton Inn 620-665-9800
Super 8 620-663-7822
Fairfield Inn 620-259-8787
In South Hutchinson
Rodeway Inn 620-663-4444
Where to park the RV
In Hutchinson
Kansas State Fairgrounds
$30.00 / night self pay – full hookups – pull through
In Pretty Prairie Area
Cheney State Park
For reservations call 316-542-3664
Available sites are numbers 95 – 115 in the Smarsh Creek Area
These sites have electricity and water available.
These sites are also available on a walk-in basis but to reserve one call the number above.
Awards and Trophies
National Open Championship Stake
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
Delegates Meeting
Club Dues $75
2021 NOC Kansas Preliminary Agenda
Notice to Clubs of Meeting with Delegate form 2021
Draft Minutes 2020 NOC
Treasurers Report 2020 NOC
FINAL 2021 NOC Reports
2021 NOC Treasurers Report Final Post Event2021 NOC Delegates Mtg Minutes Draft
Catalog Advertising
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Advertising Order Form 2021
Clothing, Flags and Merchandise
Support the Nationals!
NOC 2021 Clothing
NOC 2021 Order Form
Photographer
Smile!
Donna Fletcher will be the 2021 NOC Photographer!
CLICK HERE to see Donna's pictures!
Sponsors
Thank YOU for YOUR support!
UTV Policy and Rentals
Contact Duke Rentals in Wichita, KS at 316-883-3600.
11/8/2021: UTV Policy Change
We are amending the policy for UTV use for the 2021 NOC to allow those with fewer than 4 dogs entered to use their personal UTV to bring their dogs to the line and to pick them up after running.
We do still ask that once the dog is either brought out or picked up, the UTV shall return to the parking are and not continue as a part of the gallery. This will require that the UTV have a driver separate from the handler.
As stated in the original UTV policy, those handlers who have entered 4 or more dogs may use their personal UTV’s to shuttle their dogs. However, we also request that once your dog has run, you return your shuttle to the parking as soon as possible to reduce the number of machines following in the gallery.
Area Attractions
Kansas Cosmosphere and Hall of Space
Featuring the largest combined collection of U.S. and Russian space artifacts in the world and telling the comprehensive story of mankind’s race to space unlike anywhere else on Earth.
Home to Liberty Bell & and Appolo 13 Command Module
Museum and Imax Theater
Tickets on-line or in-person
STRATACA – Underground Salt Museum
Tank an elevator journey 600 feet into the ground to a mined out area of an active salt mine and experience the history of salt mining and its equipment. What goes into the mine stays in the mine. This mine is also home to Underground Vaults and Storage, an underground records storage area that stores documents, films, etc for many national and international companies including original films from the good ol days of Hollywood.
Reservations recommended
For tickets, call 620-662-1425