DOGS VICTORIA Present the
AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL RETRIEVING TRIAL CHAMPIONSHIP FOR GUNDOGS
Proudly Sponsored by: Victorian Field & Game Association & Royal Canin
FRIDAY 20th September To SUNDAY 22nd. September 2013
Venue: Sale, Victoria
Judges: Mr. Jim Hargreaves (Vic) & Mr. Gareth Tawton (Vic)
Trial Manager Mr. Peter Eley O.A.M.
Entries close Friday August 23rd. 2013
TRIAL SECRETARY: Mrs. M. Hall Ph: (03) 97332275
Mobile Contact: 0417 164 611
ENTRY FEES: $60.00 Cheques to be made payable to: VICTORIAN CANINE ASSOCIATION
ENTRIES: To be sent to Trial Secretary:
Mrs. MARGARET HALL. 6 Chisholm Court, NORTH CROYDON, Vic. 3136 Ph: (03) 97332275
NO LATE ENTRIES SHALL BE ACCEPTED
Evidence of eligibility to compete in a Championship must be supplied for all non titled entries.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT For acknowledgement of receipt of entry and maps to trial site, please enclose stamped, self-addressed envelope.
VET INSPECTION: 7.00 AM STARTING TIME: 8.00 AM
VENUE: Sale Area.
DRAW: A public draw to determine the running order will be made held at the National Dinner on Wednesday 18th September2013 at the Greyhound Racing Club
TROPHIES: Trophies and Sashes will be presented for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, & 5th places. Specialist trophies will also be presented.
A full trophy list will be printed in the catalogue.
QUALIFICATIONS: Championship Stake is a Stake confined to Gundogs that have been placed first in a Restricted Stake or first, second or third in an All Age Stake or have the title All Age Retrieving Dog (AARD).
National Championship Stake shall consist of not less than eight (8) Runs with at least seventeen (17) items of game to be retrieved. At least two (2) Blind Find Retrieves are to be included and a dog must be tested for steadiness from behind a Hide on at least two (2) occasions.
CATERING: Lunch will be available on all days of the trial at nominal cost.
CONDITIONS OF ENTRY:
• Competitors are reminded that under Victorian State Law you must carry a shooters licence at all times whilst handling a gun. If interstate competitors are covered by a Corporate Licence then they need to have a copy with them and carried at the trial.
• Trial venues are private property and must NOT BE REVISITED at any time after the Trial.
• Bitches in Oestrum will not be permitted to compete, but may be on the property but not in the vicinity of the Trial Site or area of the runs.
• ALL DOGS on trial site must be on a lead at all times (except when competing or being exercised), the lead must be held in the hand or the dog tethered.
• All non-competing dogs must be vetted and left in the designated area; they CANNOT be in the gallery.
• At a National Retrieving Trial Championship the only Rules that shall apply are the Rules for the Conduct of Retrieving Trials for Gundogs, as approved by the ANKC (effective 01.01.2011)
• The Committee reserves the right to contract a reserve judge if necessary.
• No member of a Judge’s household (ie any person who resides at the same address) shall enter or handle a dog in any stake at which the judge officiates.
• No person shall exhibit or handle under a Judge, if that person has handled any dog owned or part owned, leased or part leased by such Judge within a period of 12 months prior to such event or exhibition
• Competitors are reminded that under the ANKC rule No 8 (k) all types of Game as listed in the rules may be used in the course of this trial.
PROTESTS: A protest committee will be appointed to deal with any official, written protests received during the trial. Any protest must be in writing on the day of the trail and include the reason for the protest and also be accompanied by $100.00. If a protest is upheld the money will be refunded.
For any information about the trial or accommodation in the area please refer to the National site
http://vnrc2013.weebly.com Or contact the Trial Secretary at Ntlrettrial2013@hotmail.com
A list of State Championship and National dinners and other entertainment is included and competitors are required to fill in the form and return it with payment and their trial entries.
All cheques to be made payable to Victorian Canine Association.