108th Running of the Nat'l Championship
February 2007
Drawing: February 10,2007 at 7:00 p.m.
in Bryan Hall on the Ames Plantation
Running: Scheduled to commence on Monday, February 12,
2007 at 8:00 a.m. at the traditional Morning Breakaway across
Buford Ellington Road from the Field Trial Stables
The drawing for the 108th
running of the National Championship, for all-age pointing bird
dogs, will be Saturday, February 10, 2007, at 7:00 p.m. in Bryan
Hall, on Ames Plantation. The National Field Trial Champion
Association, Inc. (NFTCA) sponsors the National Championship
each year. The first brace of the 2007 National Championship is
scheduled for Monday, February 12, 2007 at 8:00 a.m., at the
morning breakaway site, across Ellington Road, from the field
trial stables.
Approximately 40 dogs will compete for the National title. Dogs
are drawn on Saturday night for bracemate and order-of-running
only. One brace of dogs will run in the morning while a second
brace is scheduled for the afternoon. Weather in February can be
fickle at times and the Plantation usually catches up on their
winter rainfall during the 2 weeks of the Championship. Only in
extreme case of inclement weather will the trial be delayed
which has happened often during the last 4 years. Judges for the
trial will be: Charles F. Bryan from Collierville, Tennessee;
Bobby McAlexander from Holly Springs, Mississippi, and Douglas
Vaughn from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The reporter for the trial
will be Bernard Matthys from Chicago, Illinois.
Come see the Championship in person and/or you can follow all of
the action on this website beginning with the order of running
which will be posted on Saturday night, February 10th by 10:00
p.m. A brief synopsis of each brace, with action photos, will be
on the website at the end of each day’s running.