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Annual Awards
All Full Members are eligible for applying for the annual awards as described on this page. Submission forms will be printed in the Retriever Review in February and March, and they are due to Ron Morelos by April 1st. A version of the Annual Awards application is available here. As we did last year, this year’s annual awards will be presented after the completion of the Specialty Show, in conjunction with a wine and cheese judges’ reception. Below are the categories and rules covering eligibility.
Labrador Retriever Club of Southern California Annual Awards
1. ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: LRCSC will award
achievement pins to the owner of each Labrador
Retriever who earns an American and/or foreign Bench Championship, a Field Trial
Championship, an Obedience Trial Championship, Obedience title, a Hunting
Retriever title, an Agility title, or a Tracking title. The dogs’ owner must be
a LRCSC member.
2. OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: The LRCSC will
award the Labrador Retriever who completes the requirements in any on e oft the
following categories. The award is given once in the lifetime of the dog, and
the requirements do not have to be completed in the same calendar year. More
than one dog may receive this award each year. The dogs’ owner must be a LRCSC
member.
Category A. 1. AKC Bench Championship
2. Placement in an AKC Licensed Field Trial or a qualifying score in a Senior
Hunting Test
3. Companion Dog Excellent, Tracking Test title, or Open Agility title
Category B. 1. AKC Field Trial Championship or Master
Hunter title
2. Companion Dog Excellent, Tracking Test title, or Open Agility title
3. Major conformation points at an AKC licensed show
Category C. 1. Obedience Trial Championship, Tracking
Dog Excellent title, or MACH Agility title
2. Major conformation points at an AKC licensed show
3. Placement in an AKC Field Trial or qualifying score in a Senior Hunt Test
3. ALL AROUND LABRADOR RETRIEVER AWARD: The LRCSC will
award any Labrador Retriever who completes the requirements in any one of the
following categories. The requirements do not have to be completed in the same
calendar year. The dogs’ owner must be a LRCSC member.
Category A. 1. AKC Bench Championship
2. Companion Dog, Tracking title, or Novice Agility title
3. Working Certificate or qualifying score in a Junior Hunt Test
Category B. 1. Utility Dog, Tracking Dog Excellent title, or Excellent Agility
title
2. Working Certificate or qualifying score in a Junior Hunt Test
3. Conformation points at an AKC licensed show, under two (2) different judges
Category C. 1. Senior Hunt Test Title
2. Conformation points at an AKC licensed show, under two (2) different judges
3. Companion Dog, Tracking Test title, or Novice Agility title
LRCSC ANNUAL AWARDS
These are awarded competitively according to a
point system, which is based on the number of dogs defeated in the award
category. These points are verified, by the Awards Committee, using the AKC
Gazette. Major conformation wins will add points equal to the points in the
major. (For example, a 5 point major will add 5 points to the number of
Labradors defeated at that show) Minor points for wins in excess of those needed
(15) to complete a championship, may not be counted. For all the following
awards, the dogs’ owner must be a LRCSC member.
4. BRED BY EXHIBITOR – Awarded to the Labrador
Retriever defeating the greatest number of Labrador Retrievers as Best of Breed,
Best of Opposite Sex, Best of Winners, Winners Dog, and/or Winners Bitch from
the Bred by Exhibitor Class at an AKC licensed show or as LRCSC Futurity Best of
Breed or Best of Opposite Sex (breeder/owner handled).
5. TOP WINNING DOG – Awarded to the Labrador Retriever
dog, defeating the greatest number of Labrador Retrievers as Best of Breed
and/or Best of Opposite Sex at AKC licensed shows, totaled together.
6. TOP WINNING BITCH – Awarded to the Labrador
Retriever bitch defeating the greatest number of Labrador Retrievers as Best of
Breed and/or Best of Opposite Sex at AKC licensed shows, totaled together.
7. WINNERS DOG OF THE YEAR – Awarded to the
Labrador Retriever dog defeating the greatest number of Labrador Retrievers as
Best of Breed, Best of Opposite Sex, Best of Winners and Winners Dog from the
Winners Dog class at AKC licensed shows.
8. WINNERS BITCH OF THE YEAR – Awarded to the
Labrador Retriever bitch defeating the greatest number of Labrador Retrievers as
Best of Breed, Best of Opposite, Best of Winners and Winners Bitch from the
Winners Bitch class at AKC licensed shows.
9. BREEDER OF THE YEAR – Awarded to the breeder
of Labrador Retrievers defeating the greatest number of Labrador Retrievers as
Best of Breed, Best of Opposite Sex, Best of Winners, WinnersDog, Winners Bitch
at AKC licensed shows or as LRCSC Futurity Best of Breed and Best of Opposite
Sex. Dogs need not be owned by the breeder, but breeder must be a LRCSC member.
10. STUD DOG OF THE YEAR – Awarded to the Labrador
Retriever dog whose get defeats the greatest number of Labrador Retrievers as
Best of Breed, Best of Opposite Sex, Best of Winners, Winners Dog, Winners Bitch
at AKC licensed shows, or as LRCSC Futurity Best of Breed and Best of Opposite
Sex.
11. BROOD BITCH OF THE YEAR – Awarded to the Labrador
Retriever bitch whose get defeats the greatest number of Labrador Retrievers as
Best of Breed, Best of Opposite Sex, Best of Winners, Winners Dog, Winners Bitch
at AKC licensed shows, or as LRCSC Futurity Best of Breed and Best of Opposite
Sex.
12. AMATEUR HANDLER OF THE YEAR - Awarded to the
amateur handler/owner, seventeen (17) years of age or older, who defeats
the greatest number of Labrador Retrievers while handling Labrador Retrievers to
Best of Breed, Best of Opposite Sex, Best of Winners, Winners Dog, Winners Bitch
at AKC licensed shows, or as LRCSC Futurity Best of Breed and Best of Opposite
Sex. Amateur handler must be a LRCSC member and must be registered owner of the
dog being handled, but co-owners need not be LRCSC members.
13. TOP OBEDIENCE DOG OF THE YEAR - Awarded to the
Labrador Retriever with the highestaverage of any three (3) scores earned in any
AKC accepted classed at AKC licensed shows or trials.
14. BEST FIELD TRIAL DOG OF THE YEAR – Awarded to the
Labrador Retriever with the highest number of cumulative points earned in stakes
(Derby, Amateur, Open, Qualifying) at AKC licensed/sanctioned Field Trials or
Picnic Trials. Points for AKC Field Trials are: 15 for first, 12 for second, 9
for third, 6 for fourth, 3 for a JAM (Judge’s Award of Merit).Points for Picnic
Trials are: 5 for first, 3 for second, 1 for third and ½ for fourth. Once a dog
has earned licensed Field Trial points, he/she may no longer count Picnic Trial
points for that class.
15. BEST JUNIOR HANDLER – Awarded to the handler,
sixteen (16) years of age or under, who earns the highest number of cumulative
points in Junior Showmanship at AKC licensed shows. Junior handler’s family must
be LRCSC members.
RULES GOVERNING ELIGIBILTY
Please read these rules carefully before
applying for awards. They have been revised and some requirements and procedures
have been changed.
1. Unless otherwise specified, dogs’ owner must have been a (paid) member in
good standing of the LRCSC. The club’s fiscal year begins January 1 and
ends December 31 of each year. If a member joined the club (paid dues) during
the fiscal year, the dog’s wins or achievements will be recognized from the date
the Membership Application (including dues payment) was received by the
Membership Chairperson, or a LRCSC Officer.
2. The Awards Committee will verify the information given on the Awards
Application using official AKC publications. The Committee is not required to
search for additional information. The Committee will independently compute the
points for each award. Items marked with * are required, and an application will
not be accepted without this information. The AKC has “Number of Dogs Defeated”
reports available online at, www.akc.org. This
report will be the ONLY way to submit your win numbers and MUST be included with
each application. No applications will be accepted without this form attached,
NO EXCEPTIONS.
3. It is the responsibility of the dog’s owner and/or breeder to make a separate
written application(s) for each specificaward on or before April 1, 2011
(postmark date) by completing the form provided. The dog’s owner must submit
required information (*) on the application for each award separately. Please
attach the AKC “number of dogs defeated” form with each application.
4. Fill out a SEPARATE APPLICATION for each award for which you apply.
All perpetual awards won, must be returned to the Annual Awards Chairperson,
LRCSC Officer or Director, thirty (30) days prior to the years Awards Banquet.
Failing to do so, will result in ineligibility to compete in subsequent Annual
Awards competitions.
NOTE: Whenever you see the notation, “DOG’S OWNER MUST BE A LRCSC MEMBER”, it
means the actual registered owner of the dog must be a (PAID) member in good
standing of the LRCSC during the entire period of time that wins are being
counted.
These rules were voted on and accepted by the LRCSC Board of Directors at the
meeting of September 8, 2004.