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2013 National Amateur Retriever Championship Coverage

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This year’s National Amateur will be held in Mondovi, Wisconsin from June 16 - June 22. The National Amateur Retriever Club and Retriever News are pleased to bring this blog to you each day. Some reporting will take place before the event begins as we will arrive a few days early a to attend meetings, etc. The Retriever News will again provide up to the minute coverage through www.TheRetrieverNews.com Here is the link to the blog: http://2013narcblog.theretrievernews.com/

This year’s Team will consist of Tina Styan, Tera Lanczak and Gwen Jones. We encourage the followers of the blog, both at the event and online around the country to participate by adding their own comments to the posts and sending us materials or suggestions of what they would like to see. Photos and suggestions can be sent directly to TStyan@TheRetrieverNews.com

A couple of additional comments…the rolling terrain of the test sites may impact the speed at which we post the blog online. We have set some plans in motion to alleviate that as much as possible, but we would ask that you bear with us, knowing these logistics are sometimes out of out control. We expect more followers than ever to be on location and the internet usage of smart phones and tablets also affects our upload speed. This year, 2013 NARC Gear will only be available online, so if you want to check out the NARC store, it is at www.RetrieverOutfitter.com

Here is a link to the test sites so you can get an impression of the lay of the land: http://www.theretrievernews.com/RNews/Documents/TEST-SITES_2013.pdf

Please know that your volunteer reporters work to bring you bird-by-bird reports. We have specific directives to report only the trial logistics, the weather and the very general issues involving performance where it is non-judgmental. In no instance will the reporters be critical of any dog or handler performance. We support the judges as only they hold "the book" as they assess the cumulative work of each dog -- so please do not expect to hear gallery talk or specific analysis relating to performance.

Thank you and enjoy the coverage of the 2013 National Amateur Retriever Championship.
 
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Dog 32 will start the 1st Series! Good luck to all competitors! :)

FYI I know of two scratches : 66 & 110 (update your pick ems!)
 
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Congratulations to Arnie Erwin on being selected as the 2014 NARC President

Next year's National Amateur will be held in Roseburg Oregon, a beautiful venue

the judges will be Steve O'Connell (Eastern Time Zone ) Dennis Bath (Central ) and John Pampy (Mountain)..Congratulations gentlemen on your assignment

looks like there will be a change in The RAC (Retriever Advisory Committee) with the retirements of Nelson Sills, Robert Kennon Jr, and Bill Daley...Thank you gentlemen for all that you have given to the retriever game for the last couple of decades

the criteria for how RAC members are selected are as follows

1. They should be a 40+ point judge
2. They should have 20+ years of Field Trial Experience
3. They must have titled a dog
4. They must currently be an active handler

They will also initiate term limits of eight years..
 
#7 ·
good coverage so far !! Nice job!!
 
#13 ·
How many dogs does Mark Medford have in this? Is there a record number of dogs entered by one owner/handler?
 
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He has 6 and yes it is probably a record, no AT&T cell service anywhere near the grounds, Verizon people have good service, a very nice opening test which they should finish today with 121 dogs.
 
#19 ·
On the left, below Archives is a word Older< - click on that and it takes you back
 
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There is little to no Internet/cell service and slow when there is a signal and I am not tech savvy just on site with no AT&T cellphone service
 
#24 ·
Hard to believe that close to 20% of the best retrievers in the country handled (or switched) on a little ol' double :p
 
#26 ·
Just a double;-). Most of those that handled were in the first 50 or so dogs. Seems that after the sun came up and around (according to reports) that short retired became more doable. But it sure was giving the early dogs the business.

One dog handled on both birds.

Quite a few had big hunts.

Sounds like the end of the blind was no walk in the park either.
 
#28 ·
Find something with NEEM (herbal) in it-works amazingly well, and you can put it on the dogs, too.
 
#29 ·
I think this may be the first time that the double with a blind first has been done in a National. Usually this test is done in big weekend trials. I guess it works for big Nationals too.
 
#30 ·
The BLOG isn't up to date, I'm guessing they're having technical difficulties. However, the callbacks list shows a number of pick-ups in a row after about 25 dogs had run. Wondering if the wind changed or the judges decided they weren't going to accept something like a dog that broke down in the area of flyer and had to be handled back to the long retired or something else. Anybody have any idea what is happening?
 
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The BLOG isn't up to date, I'm guessing they're having technical difficulties. However, the callbacks list shows a number of pick-ups in a row after about 25 dogs had run. Wondering if the wind changed or the judges decided they weren't going to accept something like a dog that broke down in the area of flyer and had to be handled back to the long retired or something else. Anybody have any idea what is happening?
The wind changed
 
#36 ·
Well its been done now, along with series 3&4, dont know if that particular sequence has ever happened in the first four series of the National....either way I expect to see some similar type tests coming to your local field trial this summer and fall
 
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