Libby:
It seems that there are always lots of questions about the Denia award and so we thought some background information might be helpful. Please use the information to update descriptions that you may have on the BAD page or to respond to queries.
The award is named after CH Melville's Poetry In Motion HC OA VA, the first Bearded Collie to earn an AKC Agility title while competing at the first three AKC Sanctioned events in Texas and Minnesota in 1994. Denia is owned and handled by Emily Venator of Barrie, Ontario Canada. The trophy was donated by Emily Venator and Glenn Hamilton of Venham Bearded Collies, however, I do not have an ownership in Denia.
The award was devised to Reward Excellence in AKC Standard Agility Competition. The current games portion of the AKC program is not, nor was it ever envisioned to be, part of the competition for the Denia Award. Our goal was to foster interest in the whole sport of agility. Now that the games are here, we do not want the original spirit of the award compromised by including game's scores. For example, someone could enter only Jumpers with Weaves from Novice to MX level and never complete a contact obstacle yet do well in the trophy scoring. We believe that the games are the dessert for the agility meal; they are certainly not a meal unto themselves.
Competition for the award is only open to BCCA members and their Beardies. Again, we wanted to generate interest in the BCCA beyond the obvious scope of conformation. We believe that we have achieved that goal with the great number of Beardies competing for the trophy.
The scoring system was developed by Glenn Hamilton and Emily Venator, with approval by Beth Canner, BCCA Agility Chairperson, and the BCCA. This annual award is presented at the BCCA Awards Banquet. There is no provision for retirement of this award.
Points are earned for each titling leg of Novice, Open, Excellent, and MX. Additional legs earned after a title in Novice, Open and Excellent are not counted, however the next 10 Excellent legs earned after the Excellent title count towards the MX title at which point the dog has finished competing for this award.
Trophy points are earned on a sliding scale from 8 to 1 based on the success of the Beardie's qualifying leg. The scale is as you have listed on the BAD page.
The time period for competition is based on the publication of the AKC Awards Catalogue from April through the following year's March which is, in effect, the calendar year, but not always.
For example, if you compete in January of 98 and your leg is recorded in the March 98 publication, that leg will count for the 1997 award. Usually there is a three month delay between competition and publication, making the competition year roughly January through December.
We hope that summary helps clarify some of the questions that you have been fielding regarding the trophy.
As an interesting aside, the Canadian Kennel Club will be introducing an agility program in 1999. The rules are being published for comment in September, 1998 so our own Canadian program is very close!!!
Cheers!
Glenn Hamilton
Venham Bearded Collies
DENIA POINTS
100.00 --8 (100) 99.00-99.99 --7 (99) 97.50-98.99 --6 (98) 95.00-97.49 --5 (95-97) 92.50-94.99 --4 (93-94) 90.00-92.49 --3 (90-92) 87.50-89.99 --2 (88-89) 85.00-87.49 --1 (85-87)
Last updated 3 April 2006
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