Club and Licensed Field Trials and Hunting Retriever Events

The MVHC sponsors several events throughout the year. There are club trials, licensed trials, club hunt tests, and licensed hunt tests.

The club trials are usually held on the second Sunday of the month during February, March, and April. Dogs compete in levels of competition based on their age and their ability. The club offers Open, Qualifying, Derby, Puppy and Hunter stakes at its club trials, providing enough dogs are present to run them. Dogs placing in these events accumulate points toward the annual award for the High Point Dog in each level, which is awarded at the Annual Awards Banquet.

The club holds two licensed field trials each year: one at the beginning of May and the other near the end of September. Points accumulated by placing in licensed events count toward the AKC Field Trial Champion (FC) and Amateur Field Trial Champion (AFC) titles. Our licensed events bring in competitors from around the country and are quite competitive.

The club holds two licensed Hunting Reriever Test each year: one at the beginning of June and the other near the end of August. Dogs competing in this event earn qualifying scores toward their Junior Hunter (JH), Senior Hunter (SH), and Master Hunter (MH) titles.

2010 Events

Next Club Event is March 14th 2010 (Field Trial format, with a puppy and hunters stake)

Club Trials, all held on Sundays, at the grounds at 8:00 am:

February 7 (Field Trial format, with a puppy and hunters stake) -CANCELLED-
March 14 (Field Trial format, with a puppy and hunters stake)
April 11 (Field Trial format, with a puppy and hunters stake)
July 11 (Family Fun Day, Super Singles) Starts at 8:30 AM.

Licensed Retriever Field Trials:

May 7-9 Entry Express
September 24-26 Entry Express

Licensed Hunting Retriever Test:

June 11-12 Entry Express
June 13 Entry Express
August 20-21 Entry Express
August 22 Entry Express

NO MOWING:
There should be NO mowing between May 1st and June 6th. VERY important for Sandbur control.

Recap of events by date:
February 6: Annual meeting at Farmer Brown's in Waterloo @ 6:00 pm. -COMPLETED-
February 7: Club Trial -CANCELLED-
March 1: Dues are due
March 14: Club trial and locks are changed
April 11: Club trial, 8:00 am
May 4 - 6: No training on grounds due to upcoming FT
May 7 - 9: Spring FT
June 8 - 10 No training on grounds due to upcoming HT
June 11 - 13: Spring HT
July 11: Family fun day and super singles, 8:30 am
August 17 - 19: No training on grounds due to upcoming HT
August 20 - 22: Fall HT
September 21 - 23: No training on grounds due to upcoming FT
September 24 - 26: Fall FT