National Championship Open Stake $275.00
8:00 a.m. Monday, November 15, 2020

ENTER ONLINE AT WWW.HUNTSECRETARY.COM OR MAIL ADVANCE ENTRIES WITH CHECKS PAYABLE TO HUNT SECRETARY TO:

Hunt Secretary LLC
708 CR 3140
Crockett, TX 75835

Note:  Include $8.00 per entry if mailing in entries. Also, if shipping via UPS or FedEx mark “No Signature Required”.

ENTRIES WILL CLOSE WITH THE FIELD TRIAL SECRETARY AT:
1st Entries Close: Thursday, October 28, 2021 11:59:59 PM Eastern Time (ET) on Hunt Secretary.com
2nd Close  Thursday, November 4, 2021 11:59:59 PM Eastern Time (ET) on Hunt Secretary

Dogs earning their qualifying points in a trial held between October 28th, 2021 (inclusive), and November 4th, 2021 (inclusive), will be allowed to enter the trial ONLY if the entry is submitted via Hunt Secretary no later than midnight on November 4th, 2021. Points awarded between October 28th (inclusive) and November 4th, 2021 (inclusive), will be included in the high point calculations.

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:
Drawings will take place at the Event Secretary’s Address at 12:00 PM (Noon) on November 5, 2021.

Running Order/Call Backs 

Letter to Qualifiers

Personnel
Thank you for Volunteering!

Committee Members – Tim Edwards, Chairman;  Gary Wilson Co- Field Chair, Roger Schenone Co-Field Chair,  Elaine O’Keefe Secretary, Mike Nolan, Ted Lagala, Bill Cosgrove, Barb Boettcher, Cindy Goode-Wilson, Bill Boeckman, Cristy Joy, Skip Smith and Peter Renwick.

Gun Captain – Bob Ryan

Guns – Marshall Lussen, Trent Bosse, Chip Bunker, Dan Lussen, Kevin Reinhart, George Akkouris, Donny Pyle, and Mike Young

Marshals – Deb Olszewski Head Marshall   Marshal Team:  Lisa Pyle, Sabine Wallet, Janie Haworth, and Deanna Keller

Awards & Trophies – TBD – Need more information from the committee.., Chair

Bird Steward – TBD – Need more information from the committee. Chair

Bird Planter – TBD – Need more information from the committee., Chair

Catalog Advertising – Sue Myers, Chair

Fundraising, Clothing, and Merchandise – Mike Nolan for Sponsorships and Flags

Grounds – Gary Wilson Co- Field Chair, Roger Schenone Co-Field Chair

Hospitality – Ted Lagala,  Chair

Raffle Acquisitions – Mike Nolan, Chair

Schedule of Events & Maps Places to Go and Things to Do!

Schedule of Events

Sunday, November 14^th

Training 10am-2pm

Delegates Registration & Handler bag pick-up 3pm-4pm

Delegates Meeting 4pm-5:30pm

Parent Club Meeting 5:30pm-6pm

Welcome Reception 6pm-7:30pm

Raffles

Calcutta following reception

Monday, November 15^th

Caravan to Grounds 6:30am

Trial begins 8:00am

Social Hour 6:00-7:00pm

Banquet & Parent Club High Point Awards 7:00pm

Raffles and Silent Auctions

Tuesday, November 16th

National Amateur Continues 8:00am

Breakfast and Dinner on your own.

Cocktail Party given by Eastern Interclub 6pm-7pm

Wednesday, November 17^th

National Amateur Continues 8:00am

Breakfast and Dinner on your own

Thursday, November 18^th

National Amateur Continues (if needed)

Breakfast and Dinner on your own

Friday, November 19^th

National Amateur Continues (if needed)

Breakfast and Dinner on your own

Awards presentation at conclusion of trial at the headquarters hotel. Time TBD.

Map to Training, 1st & 2nd Series Grounds

5 Land Series and 1 Water Series

Training Day-2275 Rhodes Road, Alpine, NY (New grounds as of 11/8)

1^st and 2^nd series – 2722 Thunder Road, Gillet, PA 16925

3^rd and 4th series – Ahouse South, Dean Road, Lodi, NY 14860

5^th series – TBD – National Forest area

Water Series-Smith Memorial Park, Smith Park Rd., Hector, NY

Maps will be posted and available at the headquarters hotel.

Pheasants for Land and Water Series.

11/3/2021: An important message to all entrants for the 2021 National Amateur Championship

Changes to the rotation of the grounds: The trial committee has decided to change the currently advertised grounds rotation as follows:

1^st and 2^nd series – 2722 Thunder Road, Gillet, PA 16925

3^rd and 4th series – Ahouse South, Dean Road, Lodi, NY 14860

5^th series – TBD – National Forest area

Water Series – Smith Memorial Park, Smith Park Rd., Hector, NY

Having evaluated the current state of the grounds the committee feels that the use of the grounds in PA are most suitable to run the first two series. They are good consistent cover, provide long courses and vehicles are permitted. We encourage you to bring your ranger/ATV and be willing to give a ride to other handlers and their dogs.

Because of the mild winter the cover on the forestry land is much more challenging and better suited to the later series.

The consequence of this is that the Monday/Tuesday morning caravans will take approx. 1 hour to the grounds in a southerly direction from the headquarters hotel. This in turn will mean that entrants who are staying closer to the forestry land will need to allow extra time.

All maps and navigation instructions are being updated to reflect these changes.

Grounds Report
On the Lookout for Mean Seeds!

Accommodations
Host Hotel

 Watkins Glen Harbor Hotel

16 North Franklin Street

Watkins Glen, NY 14891

(607) 535-6116

Ask for the NAC Rate of $109.00 per night.

https://www.watkinsglenharborhotel.com/

Awards and Trophies
National Open Championship Stake

To the Winner:

• The title of “National Amateur English Springer Spaniel Field Champion”
• The title of “Amateur Field Champion”
• The English Springer Spaniel Field Trial Association National Amateur Challenge Trophy
• Trophy for Permanent Possession
• NFC/NAFC/CNFC Saighton’s Scud National Amateur Challenge Trophy. To be retired by three wins by the same amateur handler.
• The Talbot Radcliffe, Esquire Challenge Trophy. A perpetual trophy to be awarded annually to the breeder of the winning dog.
• Standard A.K.C. Rosette

For Second, Third and Fourth Place Winners:

• Trophies for permanent possession
• Special AKC Rosettes with Medals

To the National Amateur High Point Dog:

• Parent Club Award to National Amateur High Point Dog sponsored by Pro-Plan Performance

Other Trophies

• Don Cande Memorial Trophy for Best Looking Bitch
• Gunners’ Award 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

CLICK HERE For Microsoft Word version of the 2021 NAC Dues and Delegates letter and form

Catalog Advertising
Support the Nationals!

Clothing and Merchandise Support the Nationals!

 CLICK HERE TO SEE MERCHANDISE TO ORDER!

Photographer
Smile!

Mark Geebert – Photography by Geeb

Congratulations for qualifying for the National Amateur Championship. As
part of your entry you are entitled to a 5×7 portrait of your qualified
dog.

I will start portrait sittings starting on training day and
completing by mid-afternoon of the second day of the trial. I’m usually
located some where close to the beginning of the course.

Getting the portrait done on Training day (even if you are not participating in the training) is a lot less stressful. My general recommendations for
getting the best portrait:

– Get the portrait done before running your dog
– Check your dogs appearance. Remove eye goop, burrs, etc…

Additional portraits or special photos can be done for a fee.

Cheers,

Mark Gebert (aka Geeb)
Photography by Geeb

Sponsors
Thank YOU for YOUR support!

UTV/ Shuttle Information

Where to park the RV

TBD – Need more information from the committee.

Sources of RV rentals

TBD – Need more information from the committee.

ATV rentals

TBD – Need more information from the committee.