National Amateur Retriever Championship Blog


2022 National Amateur Retriever Championship Blog

Saturday, June 25, 2022

10th Series Recap

Saturday, June 25, 2022

10th Series – Water Triple with a Flyer and Two Retired

15 Dogs Started this Series

Test Dogs started out this series at 11:19 am, beginning with "Maci" and then "Henry" was up next at 11:50 am. With that, handlers got a preview of what they could expect for the 10th series. There was a short delay after the test dogs ran to adjust the test before we began.

Our first running dog was #53 AFC Razor's Buckshot, “Shooter,” LM, with handler Larry Vaske. They officially started the 10th series running at 12:44 pm!

The weather this afternoon as we began this series was in the low 80's but heated up into the 90's! We had a slight breeze from the NNE, and sunny skies.

Here is how things turned out for the 10th Series…
No-Bird / Re-Run (8): 5 – 16 – 28 – 33  – 43 – 48 – 56  – 66 
3 No-Bird / Re-Run (1): 28
Handles (6): 5 – 12 – 28 – 43 – 61 – 66
Double Handles (4): 16 – 21 – 52 – 53
Pick-Ups (1): 56
Scratches (0):
Injuries (0):

Our last running dog this afternoon to finish the 10th Series was dog #28 FC-AFC Buster Posey MH, “Buster,” LM, with handler Steve Kompf. They came to the line at 5:07 pm and completed the test. 

This test and the 2022 National Amateur was then officially in the books at 5:14 pm. 

15 dogs were sent from the line in this series, taking a total of 4 hour and 30 minutes. There were several delays throughout this test, but it took on average of about 12-15 minutes per dog to run this test.

Congratulations to All! The Finalists and the Winner will be announced momentarily!