National Retriever Club of Canada
The National Retriever Club of Canada (NRCC) website is your source for Canadian Retriever Field Trial and Hunt Test information. Visit often for the most up-to-date Field Trial and Hunt Test Schedules, Results, and Activities that could impact you.
The National Retriever Club of Canada has member clubs across Canada. It is through these clubs that a National Retriever Championship and a National Amateur Retriever Championship is hosted each year. These events are held under the Canadian Kennel Club Field Trial Rules and Regulations. Throughout the year, member clubs host their own Licensed Field Trials and/or Hunt Test Stakes.
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Announcements
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- Congratulations to new FTCH AFTCH Black Diamond's Misty Isles Piper, owned and handled by James McDowall.
- Congratulations to double header winner Shirley Greener, who won both Amateur All Age Stakes with FTCH AFTCH L and L’s Cowboy Up at the Ottawa Retriever Club field trial in Merrickville, Ontario, June 15-16.
- Congratulations to Double Header winner FTCH Runnin's Lady Known as Lou, handled by Colin McNicol of Windy River Retrievers and owned byJudy Wilson. Lou won both Opens at the Rocky Mountain Sporting Dog Club field trial held June 14 & 16.
- Please use the new Field Trial Results form when reporting trial results. This form replaces the old Field Trial Results form and the Certificate of Dogs Qualified for National Stakes. Once completed, Field Trial Secretaries should email results to webmaster@nrcc-canada.com and huntersbest@ns.sympatico.ca . These results are used to post trial results on the NRCC website, compile National and National Amateur Qualifiers Lists, confirm entry eligibility, and generate email and mailing lists used to send qualifiers National information packages. It is important that contestants complete their CKC entry forms correctly, including email addresses and complete mailing addresses so that Field Trial Secretaries can submit this information on the Field Trial Results form. Your cooperation improves communication and ensures accurate information reaches NRCC statistician.
- Field Trial and Hunt Test Schedules are updated regularly. Check back often for changes and Premium Lists.
Special Announcement
FAY ALLAN
JUNE 5, 1938 to JUNE 5, 2013
(Recollection courtesy of Betty Goodwin)
Fay Allan was a long time member of the B. C. Gun Dog Club. She gave countless hours and contributed greatly to the vibrant trial giving club it once was and was instrumental in keeping 'B. C. Gun' an entity these past years as many of the long time, faithful members have succumbed to age.
The B.C.G.D.C. is the second oldest trial giving club in North America, second only to a club on the East coast of the USA, who preceded the B.C.trial by just a few months. B.C. Gun's first trial was held in 1936.
Fay has worked passionately for over 35 years as a member of B.C. Gun. Lawrie Allan introduced her to retrievers, Trials and all the colorful individuals who make up the owners, trainers, and supporters of the sport, when they started dating in the late 70's. She integrated quickly into the sport and became a dependable, practical and organized worker for the club. She was a 'package' deal and brought with her, sons, Russ, Chris and Brad, potential throwers who were hired, conscripted, or Shanghaied (depending on viewpoint
Fay was elected to the Club's treasurer's position in 1982/83 and held that position, uninterrupted, until her death. She was a formidable guardian of the vault and fearlessly questioned and argued against expenditures she felt were frivolous or unnecessary. Fay was always her own person, opinionated, and outspoken. She talked with everyone and anyone,knew their names, their history within or without the club and most often a bit of personal history as well. Her closest friends were Trialers. She never ran a dog, (couldn't blow a whistle to save her soul) but until Lawrie's passing she was there to watch her favorites and talk to other supporters watching theirs. She and Lawrie traveled around B.C and Alberta with their young dogs, enjoying the camaraderie and the hospitality of other clubs.
Fay was special----she was a loyal, tireless champion of BCGDC's activities, putting hours of work into picnic trials, turkey shoots and two Licensed Trials each year. All the while she was fighting ever increasing joint pain and mobility issues of severe arthritis. She never whined or complained----she just did it! She could have been the inspiration for the NIKE ad; 'Just Do It'. Fay took on the jobs of looking after ribbon ordering, judges' gifts, prizes/trophies as well as making lunches, judges' dinner arrangements and accommodation needs. She trudged the dykes of Pitt Meadows on Trial weekends until physically, she no longer could.
It is not hard to see why Fay was so special! Together Lawrie and Fay were passionate about the dogs and their breeding's, the Trials, the people, the B. C. Gun Dog Club in particular and about keeping the sport alive in general. Lawrie, the quiet one, often said, "Fay and I are a good Team. I make thebullets and Fay fires them."
In memory of Fay and Lawrie and to honour their commitment to the sport and the B.C. GUN DOG CLUB, there will be a gathering of the B.C. Gun Dog Club members past, present and lifetime, at the Logan Lake Trial. Time and place to be agreed upon.
Key Dates
- Club membership fees due March 31, 2013 The Annual Club Membership Renewal & Club Executive form can be found under Official Section - Downloadable Forms.
- July 1-6, 2013 National Amateur Retriever Championship, Morrin, Alberta
Entries close June 18, 2013
- September 23-28, 2013 National Retriever Chanpionship, Brighton, Ontario
September 10, 2013
