2010 National Championship
The drawing for the 111th running of the
National Championship, for all-age pointing bird dogs, will be
Saturday, February 6, 2010, 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 on the
historic field trial grounds of the Ames Plantation. The first
brace of the 2010 National Championship is scheduled for Monday,
February 8, 2010 at 8:00 a.m., at the morning breakaway site,
across Ellington Road, from the field trial stables.
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 several 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 Brad Harter from Athens, Ohio.
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 6th 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.