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Feb20
You are invited to Rossco's Rooster Resort.
Trial Chairman Dave Sullivan is looking to recruit some additional entries for his trial at Rossco’s Rooster Resort on March 31/April 1. He has openings for a couple amateur dogs on Saturday and open dogs for both days. He wanted us to pass along that he has reserved spots at the on-site housing for judges and bird planters. There are also around five bunks available on-site to rent for $10 a head and additional low cost (~$25) overnight housing across the street available. Please contact Dave a.s.a.p. to reserve your spot. Thanks.
Feb14
New Gallery added from Crosswind Kennels Trial.
A new gallery was added to the Image Gallery Page from last weekend's trial at Crosswind Kennels.
Feb7
UKC Rule Change Ballot in current NSTRA Magazine.
A rule change has been proposed to include the agreement with teh United Kennel Club (UKC) to acquire the NSTRA dog registry.
In case you have not yet heard, the United Kennel Club has proposed an affiliation with NSTRA to acquire the NSTRA Registry. This will give NSTRA members the opportunity to have their dog's championship titles documented in the UKC registry. Any dog currently registered with NSTRA will be issued a UKC registration at no charge. Those dogs registered with UKC will have their NSTRA accomplishments recorded. This new agreement has been brought before the NSTRA Board of Directors and they have overwhelmingly accepted this proposal. In order to be able to launch this program in a timely fashion, NSTRA needs to be able to change the rule book to reflect the change in the registry. For more information on the UKC, you can visit their website HERE.
Please look in your magazine on pages 7 and 8 and vote today. After completing your ballot, please send it to NSTRA, 203 N. Mill Street, Plainfield, IN, 46168. Ballots must be received in the office by March 16, 2012 in order to be counted. As always, the Michigan Region strives for 100% participation for all national votes.
Please contact a regional or national officer if you have specific questions.
Jan30
Training Birds Available.
Michigan Member Joel Williams asked we let everyone know that he has training birds available for a price of $2.50 each. He can bring the birds to the trial at Crosswind Kennels on February 11/12 for anyone who is interested. You can contact Joel directly by email HERE to make arrangements.
Jan27
IMPORTANT! Judging Seminar to be held MARCH 17
There will be a judging seminar at Scott Townsends on March 17th following the trial please email Mike Cherry on your attendance so he has a head count for this seminar, all judges that have expiring cards need to attend this seminar as well as those that want to become judges.
You can contact Mike by email HERE.
Jan27
Date/Venue for Regional Elimination Trial Announced!
The Michigan regional is going to be in May at the Gladwin trial grounds, the dates are May 26th and 27th please send your completed entries to John (click to email) or mail your entries in to John his address is 745 Wright St. Jonesville, Mi. 49250.
Click HERE to download the entry form.
PLEASE EMAIL OR SEND ENTRY FORMS WITH ALL INFORMATION FILLED IN IT IS PERTINENT THAT ALL INFORMATION IS FILLED IN DUE TO THE REGIONAL PAPERWORK THAT IS INVOLVED IT IS A GREAT HELP TO HAVE ALL THE REGISTRATION INFORMATION IE: FULL NAME, CALL NAME, REGISTRATION #, DATE OF BIRTH, SIRE AND DAM. The reason for this is on the regional paper work every dog entered in the regional has to have this information sent into the national office with all this information, not just the top 6 dogs, every dog entered needs to have this information sent into the national office for a regional. All members if you have a dog qualified please enter the regional, amateur dogs as well.
Jan19
A Bye Dog Drawing will be held!
This weekends trial has a bye spot open for each day. If you have a dog to run, please contact Scott Townsend ASAP and get put in for the draw for these spots. You can contact him at (734) 755-0888.
Jan18
Bird Banding Rule Change Defeated!
The National vote is in on the proposed rule change that would allow individual grounds decide to band birds if appropriate and it has been defeated. 61% of the votes received were opposed to the rule change. As a result, banding birds in adjacent fields continues to be against NSTRA rules.
Jan17
The Draw has Been Posted!
The draw for this weekend's season opener trial has been posted. Please check out the Draws Page for details. See you all there.
Dec25
Merry Christmas, Michigan Region!
Dec22
Spring Trial Schedule Updated.
The spring trial schedule has been updated on the Schedule Page. Please take a moment to check it out. The trials tend to fill up fast. Please note there are more trials at Rosco's Rooster Ranch. We also have new grounds... Crosswind Kennels.
Sign up soon. See you in the spring!
Dec24
Important Rule Change Vote: Bird Banding.
The National Board of Directors voted to send a rule change proposal to the membership for a vote. Your response must be received in the office by January 16, 2012 in order to be counted. The MI Region board would like to strongly encourage MI members to vote on this issue. Here is how the proposed rule would read:
Bird Banding
It will be at the trial chairman's discretion to tag birds with colored tags prior to each day's trial to clearly identify birds coming from one field or another. The intention to band birds will be clearly articulated to all entrants prior to the trial. Only birds pointed with the proper color tag will be counted for the given field tagged with that color tag. Any bird pointed which is not identifid with the proper color tag will not be scored. Identification of the bird as good or bad for the field is done by the judge when the retrieve is completed and the bird is given to the judge.
Application: For trial grounds where there are fields which share a fence line, it will help identify birds that cross from the adjacent field.
The ballot can be found on page 57 of the December 2011/January 2012 (164th Edition) of the NSTRA Bi-Monthly magazine. Please mail the completed ballot to NSTRA, 203 N. Mill Street, Plainfield, IN 46168. Please note: the deadline is for the ballot to be received, not postmarked, so please leave sufficient time for the ballot to be received. If you have questions about this rule or the voting process, please contact a regional board member or call/email the National Office.
The MI Region would like to see 100% participation on all national votes. Thank you.
Dec22
Spring Trial Schedule Updated.
The spring trial schedule has been updated on the Schedule Page. Please take a moment to check it out. The trials tend to fill up fast. Please note there are more trials at Rosco's Rooster Ranch. We also have new grounds... Crosswind Kennels.
Sign up soon. See you in the spring!
Dec13
Ohio Trial on February 4th/5th?
Rex Messner of the Ohio Region is Chairing a trial on February 4th and 5th at their Fin Feather Fur trial grounds. The trial is currently a double/single (two day single). Rex would like to invite Michigan Region members and encourage us to participate in the trial and if there was enough interest (soon enough interest!), he would move the trial to the Columbia grounds and make it a doube/double.
Please contact Rex Messner ASAP if you have interest in attending this trial.
You can contact Rex by email HERE.
*** Correction 12/18/11 *** The Columbia Game Club grounds are located at 237 US 224, Sullivan, OH 44880.
If you are interested, don't delay, email Rex today!
Nov23
Thank you from Nick and Sue Miller.
Nick asked for the following note to be posted:
Dear Michigan NSTRA Region,
Thank you for your participating for the past 17 plus years.
It's been a pleasure.
Also thank you for the nice party and gift.
Susan and I wish you all a Merry Christmas.
Nick and Susan
Nov8
Farewell to Mil-Run Farms Trial Grounds.
NSTRA members that have had the pleasure of trialing at Mil-Run Farms in Coldwater, Michigan: The trial on November 19th & 20th will be the last trial held at this location. Please join us Saturday after the trial on November 19th, 7 p.m. at LoTequilas, in Coldwater for an opportunity to share good times and thank Nick and Sue Miller for their many years of service to the Michigan Region. Even if you are not able to trial this weekend please come and join us all for dinner and a good time. The resturant is located at 32 Railroad St, Coldwater, MI 49036.
Nov8
Amateur cancelled on Nov 20th.
Amateur braces have been cancelled at the Mil-Run Farm trials the weekend of November 19/20, 2011. Due to daylight considerations (the days are now just too darn short), there will not be enough time to hold both Open and Amateur trials that day. Anyone who was entered in Amateur can enter the Open, simply contact trial chairman, Nick Miller... but do so soon to make sure you get in.
Nov8
Fund Raiser Success.
On behalf of the region, I would like to thank Chris and Kathy Ritter for putting in some serious effort to make the Sept 24/25 fundraiser trial up in Gladwin a success. The trial raised $1447.81 for the region. We would also like to express a BIG thank-you to the judges/bird planters and everyone who donated their ATV's and time to put this trial on.
Nov7
Very Sad Announcement.
It is with great sorrow we announce the passing of one of our own. Michigan Region member Curt McInnis suffered a fatal heart attack approximately two weeks ago. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family.
Oct26
2011 Dog of the Year Day 1 Update.
Day one of qualifing is over and Todd Craven/Maverick, Scooby/Eric Griffiths and Scott Townsend with Zach have qualified for Friday. Great Job guys. Good luck to those running tomorrow!
Sept29
Draw for the 2011 Dog of the Year is Posted.
The Draw for the 2011 Dog of the Year has been posted on the National website. We thought a little more information would be nice. Some interesting facts about the field in the National Trail:
- 86 of the 192 dogs have NO Open Championships
- 7 have 10+ Open Championships
- 4 have no Open points at all
- the average number of Open Championships for all dogs entered is 1.88
- the average number of Open points for entered dogs is 42.86.
Click here to download a .pdf with the draw with additional information. This draw is unofficial.
Sept27
Results from Cedar Creek Ranch have been added.
Results have been added to the Results Page and all appropriate updates have been done. Congratulations to the dogs/handlers who placed. This was another successful Regional Fundraiser, which will help us pay for the Regionals next spring. Thank you to all the judges/bird handlers/atv owners who donated their time and/or equipment. A very special thank you to trial chairman Chris Ritter and his wife Kathy for putting in the time to pull off a successful event, even with some last minute challenges. Great Job.
The regionals are shaping up to be big next spring with more than the usual number of dogs qualifying so far.
Sept11
More Dog Photos Added to the Gallery.
More photos have been added to the image gallery after another successful trial at Mil-Run Farm. Thank you Nick and Sue Miller for all you do.
