Day 1 - Saturday, June 19, 2021 – Series 1st & 2nd Series
Our first running dog #89 FC-AFC Abby’s Physician Of Antioch, "Luke" with owner handler Dan Hurst started the 63rd running of the 2021 National Amateur Retriever Club Championship at 6:59 am!
Our weather started in the 60’s and reached in the upper 70’s. We had a slight breeze throughout the day ranging from 8-11 mph coming from the northwest. All in all, it was a great day to be in the field with our beloved retrievers!
It was announced at the annual meeting the night before gun changes would happen every 25 dogs. Here is when they happened…
1st Gun Change – after dog #112 at 9:41 am with the next running dog #113 coming to the line.
2nd Gun Change – after dog #136 at 12:00 pm with the next running dog #137 coming to the line at 12:23 pm.
3rd Gun Change – after dog #10 at 3:14 pm with the next running dog #11 coming to the line at 3:24 pm. Dog #11 received a no bird so dog #12 was the next running dog to come to the line at 3:25 pm.
4th Gun Change – after dog #29 at 5:30 pm with the next running dog should have been #30 “Mully” but he retired earlier this morning so our next running dog #31 came to the line at 5:34 pm.
Here are the way things turned out for the 1st day…
No Bird / Re-Run (8): 95 – 109 – 126 – 146 – 7 – 11 – 28 – 29
No Bird and did not get to Re-Run (1): 43
Handles (5): 148 – 1 – 20 – 39 – 40
Pick Up (1): 90
Injury (1): 124
Retired - #30
Our last running dog for the day was #43 that came to the line at 7:16 pm. She had a fly away and the day was called by the judges at 7:27 pm. 104 dogs send from line in this series in, taking 12 hours and 28 minutes which averages to be just over 7 minutes per dog.
Day Two – Sunday, June 20, 2021 – Series 1st & 2nd Series
Our test dog Annie came to the line at 6:30 am for our 2nd day of the 1st & 2nd series. Our first running dog of the day #44 R&A'S Tap Dancer, "Katie" with owner handler Rip Shively start the second day at 7:00 am.
We had 1 gun change after #68 completed its test at 9:35 am and then started back up again with dog #69 at 9:43 am.
Here is how the 2nd day turned out of this series…
No Bird / Re-Runs (4): 56 – 71 – 72 – 79
Re-Run (1): #43 carried over from yesterday.
Pick Up (4): 62 – 75 – 80 – 87
We completed the 2nd day of this series with dog #88 at 11:53 am. We had a total of 4 hours 53 minutes competing dogs with an average of 6.6 minutes per the last 44 dogs.
