Annual Agility Report - BCCA Agility Committee – 1 September 2014
Committee Co-Chairs:
Committee Members:
Board Liaison: Joanne Williamson
Goals for 2014-2015:
We will vote on a scoring method for the “Fastest Beardie,” the AKC FAST class, and the new Time 2 Beat. We will also look at the new Masters Bronze, Silver, Gold and Century titles and decide whether they have a place within the BCCA Agility Awards and Register of Merit programs. We will then write proposals and send them to the BCCA Board for approval this coming year.
Activities and Major Accomplishments:
A: BCCA Awards:
Joanne Williamson has done all of the statistics for the BCCA Awards and AKC annual reports since 1996.
B. Trials:
BCCA: The Bearded Collie Club of America holds an annual National Specialty agility trial. Jeff Ipser chairs annual BCCA all breed agility trials in the Midwest as BCCA fund-raisers. Joanne Williamson chairs annual BCCA all breed agility trials in the Northeast as BCCA fund-raisers.
Affiliate Clubs: Jack Buhite chaired the NCBCF’s 14th annual Regional Specialty agility trial. The National Capitol Bearded Collie Club, the Northwest Bearded Collie Club of Puget Sound, and the Northern California Bearded Collie Fanciers hold between seven and nine all-breed agility trials annually.
C. Publication:
The Agility Committee fosters the sport of dog agility through publication in the Bagpipes and the Beardie Bulletin. Milestones, explanations of new classes and rule changes, agility events, and tributes are published in the Bagpipes, as well as the annual report. All AKC Titles and BCCA Awards are published in the Bulletin, as well National Events and articles on the sport. The Beardie Agility Diehards (BAD) pay for all agility pages above the yearly allotment and for the publication of USDAA, NADAC, CPE, and UKC titles as well.Over the last seventeen years the Diehards have sponsored articles in all 68 issues of the Bulletin (232 pages) and contributed $19,285 toward publication.
D. Internet:
The BCCA website's Agility Section contains agility articles and a link to the Beardie Agility Diehard website (www.beardieagilitydiehards.org). The BAD website, started on New Year's Day 1998, has a large section devoted to BCCA Agility, listing the current BCCA Agility Committee, the complete list of BCCA Agility Award winners since 1996, the Register of Merit for Agility, the National Specialty results starting with the first trial in 1996, and the annual agility reports. There are also pdfs of all AKC Agility legs earned by our Beardies between January 1, 2012 and June 30, 2014. Regional Clubs' Agility Trials are featured as well. Currently there are 697 Agility Beardies on the BAD Website, including 644 at home and 53 abroad. Of these, 595 have earned legs and titles in the five United States and two Canadian dog agility organizations and 518 are BAD. The Beardie Agility Line, started in January of 2000, brings together the Agility Community from the USA and around the world to help those new to the sport, to discuss techniques, and to share agility successes and questions. Currently we have 287 members. Joanne Williamson publishes the BCCA’s year-end AKC Awards to the line so that they can be confirmed before being printed in the Bulletin. Libby Myers-Buhite publishes the USDAA, NADAC, CPE and UKC titles and standings.
Recently added to BAD Website:
Updated:
E. AKC Correspondence: None needed this year.
Statistical Information
American Kennel Club- January 1-December 31, 2013 - Report from Joanne Williamson:
145 Beardies earned a total of 3,148 legs in the Regular, Preferred, FAST and T2B classes in all breed and Specialty competition. 32 Beardies competed in the Preferred classes; 2013 marked the first year AKC has allowed dogs to start in Preferred at the level they had been competing in for the regular classes. 109 of these teams accounted for 236 total titles (92 Novice, 59 Open, 31 Excellent, 26 Masters, 14 Championships and 14 T2B). The agility entry at the 2013 National Specialty was the largest ever: nearly half the Beardies doing AKC agility in the country were entered for a total of 221 runs! One team competed at the 2013 AKC Invitational held in Orlando, FL in December. Fifteen teams qualified for 2014 AKC National Championships to be held in Harrisburg, PA in March, 2014; one team qualified for the Preferred Nationals competition.
American Kennel Club- AKC:
577 Beardies have earned legs since 1994. 28 are new since last year.
125 AKC Championships have been earned by 54 Beardies: 54 AKC Champions (MACH), of whom 4 also earned the PACH and 1 the PACH2, 23 MACH2s, 12 MACH3s, 7 MACH4s, 5 MACH5s, 4 MACH6s, 3 MACH7s, 3 MACH8s, 2 MACH9s, 2 MACH10s, 2 MACH11s, 1 MACH12, MACH13, and MACH14.
United States Dog Agility Association- USDAA:
144 Beardies have earned legs since 1992. 3 are new since last year.
9 Beardies have earned 10 USDAA Championships: 1 triple champion (ADCH-Bronze), 7 champions (ADCH), and 2 Performance Champions (PDCH).
North American Dog Agility Council- NADAC:
177 Beardies have earned legs since 1996. 3 are new since last year.
6 Beardies have earned 11 NADAC Championships: 6 NADAC Champions (NATCH), of whom 1 NADAC Versatility Championship (VersNATCH), 3 NATCH2s, and 1 NATCH3.
Canine Performance Events- CPE:
77 Beardies have earned legs since 2003. 3 are new since last year.
12 Beardies have earned 43 CPE Championships: 12 CPE Champions - 10 C-ATCHs, 2 CT-ATCHs, 1 CT-ATCH2s, 2 CS-ATCHs 5 C-ATCH2s, 3 C-ATCH3s, 3 C-ATCH4s, 2 C-ATCH5s, 2 C-ATCH6s, 1 C-ATCH12, 3 Champions Extraordinaire (C-ATE), of whom 1 C-ATE5
Commendations:
The BCCA Agility Committee congratulates 24 Beardies and 21 handlers who have earned 30 Agility Championships since last September. To date, SEVENTY-FOUR Beardies and FIFTY-TWO handlers have earned ONE HUNDRED NINETY-FIVE Agility Championships in six venues. Beardies have competed in agility since 1992.
American Kennel Club:
| MACH8 | Karen Barratt's Miller | Colquhoun's No Time To Relax | 13 December 2013 |
| MACH6 | Linda Porter's Mika | Foxlane's Mika At Tweedale | 17 November 2013 |
| MACH4 | Ann Chandoha's Dru | Colquhoun's First Draw | 28 September 2013 |
| MACH4 | Lori Weinberg's Blade | Camerons On The Cutting Edge | 1 August 2014 |
| MACH3 | Andrea Hobe's Colby | O'Duinnin Blacker N Coal | 25 October 2013 |
| MACH3 | Diane Lipman's Kailey | Wigglesworth No Way Out | 9 November 2013 |
| MACH2 | Heather Bradham's Boing | O'Duinnin Boing Boiing N Brown | 28 September 2013 |
| MACH2 | Larry Dalan's Pip | Wigglesworth Great Expectations | 30 March 2014 |
| MACH2 | Jeff Ipser's Rezoom | Wigglesworth Super Smooth Operator | 27 April 2014 |
| MACH2 | Bob Leverenz's Guinness | Wynsum Hard Habit To Break | 18 June 2014 |
| MACH | Richard Masley's Anna | Casanovas for American Beauty | 7 September 2013 |
| MACH | Jeff Ipser's Rezoom | Wigglesworth Super Smooth Operator | 15 September 2013 |
| MACH | Deborah Alexander's McKenzie | Wynsum Queen Of DiamondsN'TheRuff | 29 September 2013 |
| MACH | Tracy Corey's Snow | Ha'Penny Harwood Ode To Choi | 27 December 2013 |
| MACH | Jan Leverenz's Smitty | Wynsum Rhythm And Brews | 10 January 2014 |
| MACH | Carol Hegg's Maya | O'Duinnin Heart In Motion | 8 March 2014 |
| MACH | Kathy Tomlinson's Rhia | Wynsum Rhiannon In Flight | 4 April 2014 |
| MACH | Miranda Mulders' Kizzy | Colard Fly Me To The Moon | 19 April 2014 |
| MACH | Andrea Hobe's Brie | Estrella There's A Breeze AllAround | 22 April 2014 |
| MACH | Jill Scarborough's Shug | Cameron Sugarland Express | 24 May 2014 |
| MACH | Jill Scarborough's Perk | Cameron Mocha Expresso | 2 August 2014 |
| PACH2 | Joanne Williamson's Flash | Britannia Flashback | 23 February 2014 |
North American Dog Agility Council:
NATCH2 |
Nancy May's Farley | Kamelott's Wild Thing Farley | 1 June 2014 |
Canine Performance Events:
| C-ATE5 | Nancy May's Farley | Kamelott's Wild Thing Farley | 1 March 2014 |
| CATE | Bob Leverenz's Guinness | Wynsum Hard Habit To Break | 26 April 2014 |
| C-ATCH4 | Bobbie Raguse's Grif | Wynsum Perpetual Motion | 19 July 2014 |
| C-ATCH3 | Bobbie Raguse's Grif | Wynsum Perpetual Motion | 8 March 2014 |
| C-ATCH2 | Jan Leverenz's Smitty | Wynsum Rhythm And Brews | 27 September 2013 |
| CS-ATCH | Jan Leverenz's Hops | Wynsum Captivating Rhythm | 31 January 2014 |
| CS-ATCH | Nancy May's Farley | Kamelott's Wild Thing Farley | 27 April 2014 |
Thank you:
The Agility Committee thanks Joanne Williamson for 19 years of recording and analyzing AKC and BCCA statistics, Maryann Szalka for making the annual Award Certificates, the Beardie Agility Diehards for the Diehard Trophy, Emily Venator and Glenn Hamilton for the Denia Trophy, Beth White for the JWW Trophy in Honor of Mirage, Carl and Kay Widell for the Veteran Preferred Trophy in honor of Cagney, Beth Canner for her past support of the Sunshine and the Ryan Awards, Beth Canner and Gail Romine for the Relay Banner designed by Gretchen Blackburn, Karen Barratt for the Specialty MACH ribbons, and Karen Norteman for designing the BAD website. We thank Joanne Williamson and David Williamson for their agility columns this year. We also thank Lillian Esposito and Michele Ritter for doing such a fine job with agility publication in the Bulletin and Bagpipes. It has been a pleasure working with all of you!
Many thanks to those who have worked on making our 19th National Specialty Agility Day an event to remember, especially Sheila Franklin, trial chair, Andrea Hobe and Jenny Scheytt for handling the Fun Relay, Sonja Blanchard for organizing the worker’s raffle for the agility trial as well as the Ice Cream Social, to Beth Kortze for organizing the Rainbow Bridge Memorials, to Trudy Wisner for her Run Happy tshirts, and to all the others on the Specialty Committee, including Ruth Bryden, Claire Cifarelli, Linda Porter, Karen Sporny, and Patti Waddell.
Last updated 27 October 2014
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