2010 AWMA National Championship

[annecamper]

Things are gearing up for the 2010 National Championship, with competition to be held Oct. 29-31 in Lehigh Valley, PA. There are updates to the website (http://www.2010awmanationals.com/) so check them out. This promises to be an outstanding event for the handlers, dogs and spectators.

Jim Honda informed me today that he received his first entry; remember that entries close on Oct. 15. I hope to see many of you there!

Anne

[annecamper]

If you are planning to attend the event, the group discount at the host hotel will expire in a week on 01 Oct. Regular room rate is $90/night so we are getting a great deal with the group discount. You can cancel up to 8 days prior to arrival without penalty if you decide not to attend, so it is worth it to plan ahead.

Anne

[AronSchH3]

If you are planning on entering the event, get your memberships in ASAP! I will not be attending this year's event due to a pending litter of puppies due that week so I will not be able to handle memberships last minute as I have in previous years.

[annecamper]

The annual general board meeting will be held at 8 p.m. on the Friday of the event at the host hotel. Clubs, we need your delegate letters by tomorrow - you have received all the details from the secretary, Terry Miller. Please send them in, we need a quorum at the meeting to conduct business, including the elections.

Anne

[annecamper]

Hey all -

If you are planning to enter, please do so now rather than waiting to the last minute so that the host club can do some advance planning! And if at all possible, support them by staying at the host hotel. If there are enough rooms booked, the hotel will give complementary room(s) to the helpers, which saves everyone some money. I'll also put in another request that you consider sponsoring a trophy.

This is a huge amount of work for a host club, so whatever you can to support them and the AWMA will be sincerely appreciated.

Anne

[annecamper]

As per the information on the championship website, all entries must be postmarked by Oct. 15, which is this Friday. NO LATE ENTRIES WILL BE ACCCEPTED so please get your forms sent in ASAP.

Anne

[annecamper]

Best of luck to all the competitors! It should be a great competition.

And as an FYI, everyone is welcome to attend the general board meeting and your input would be appreciated. Voting privileges are limited to club delegates and board members, but the meeting is open. Please stop in at 8 p.m. at the host hotel.

See you all in Pennsylvania.

Anne

[reedman222]

Where are the scores? DVG has posted some of theirs already with more contestants

[Danny]

http://www.2010awmanationals.com/results.html

[AronSchH3]

Congratulations to John Soares and Vion for winning 1st place at the Malinois Nationals in some pretty tight competition!! All the scores have been posted ... looks like it was a successful competition!

[sch3dana]

Hi All,

I just got back from the Nationals today. The trial was well run and we all owe thanks to Jim Honda and his club for putting it on. There were some great dogs and training shown off at this event. The performances that stick out in my mind are:

Marina and Simba in obedience - they are beautiful to watch
Benny and Master in protection - clearly a very good dog
Henry and Izzy in protection - wow, tons of power

Anyone else who was there have some others to mention?

[AronSchH3]

Thanks to Anne Camper for getting photos uploaded to the website...
http://workingmalinois.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=1&Itemid=1

[annecamper]

Cindy Noland was the event photographer. The website for her photos is http://www.nolanddogart.com/AWMA10. There are some fantastic images there, take a look!

Anne

[annecamper]

Video and photos for the event are now available at http://www.2010awmavideo@gmail.com and http://www.cindy@nolanddogart.com, respectively. Enjoy!!

Anne