BCCA Awards for 2014

Joanne Williamson and Libby Myers-Buhite

Diehard Trophy - Overall Excellence in AKC Agility, both in Standard and Jumpers with Weaves

Designed by Chet Jezierski

Sponsored by the Beardie Agility Diehards

"The Diehard Agility Trophy is established to honor the highest scoring bearded collie in Excellent level agility. The trophy features an original Chet Jezierski color drawing of beardies doing agility and is imbedded in acrylic and mounted on a walnut base. Plaques attached to the base allow the names of the winners to be permanently engraved. Designed by Chet Jezierski, it is offered and financed by freewill donations from the beardie agility community. Legs earned in Excellent A and B Standard, and Excellent A and B Jumper’s With Weaves (JWW) will be counted. To be eligible for this award, a beardie must earn at least three qualifying scores of 100 in Excellent Standard and JWW.

The scoring system is:
Each clean run will be awarded 1 point for every full second under Standard Course Time (SCT) In addition, each Double Q (QQ) (qualifying in both Standard and JWW on the same day) will be awarded an additional 10 points.
Points will be totaled for each individual qualifying leg and QQ, and then added together to determine the dog’s total score.
If a tie in points occurs, the beardie with the highest average yards per second (YPS calculated to 0.01 seconds) in Standard and JWW will be considered the winner. For Standard: YPS [course length in yards/(dog’s time on course – 5]
For JWW: YPS [Course length in yards/dog’s time on course]
YPS will be calculated for each individual qualifying leg and the average value determined for Standard and JWW. These two averages will then be added and the dog having the highest YPS will be declared the winner. If, after carrying out this procedure, the dogs remained tied, both will listed as the winners for that year."

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51 teams were eligible for the Diehard Award in 2014

The Winner is MACH 3 Wigglesworth Super Smooth Operator MXG MJC AXP AJP XF T2B (ReZoom)

owned by Jeff and Sharon Ipser of Auburn, OH.

CH MACH3 Wigglesworth Super Smooth Operator MXG MJC AXP AJP XF T2B (ReZoom), owned by Jeff and Sharon Ipser of Auburn, OH, and handled by Jeff, is the winner of both the Diehard and Overall Jumpers Awards.  They also topped the rankings in both Masters Standard and Masters JWW.   Jeff and ReZoom earned 1,496 MACH points, 46 QQs, 56 Masters Standard and 58 Masters JWW legs in 2014 along with their MACH2 and MACH3 titles.   They qualified for both the 2014 AKC Invitational and the 2015 AKC National Agility Championship. 

The Top Fifteen are as follows:

The Denia Award for Standard Agility

Designed by Patricia White Cunningham

Sponsored by Glenn Hamilton and Emily Venator

"An annual agility competition trophy, donated by Glenn Hamilton and Emily Venator in the name of the first bearded collie to obtain an AKC Agility title, Am/Can CH Melville’s Poetry in Motion TT HIC NA CGC ADC FbDCH, is awarded annually to the bearded collie achieving the highest point total by earning titles in the standard agility classes through the MX. Only legs leading to titles will be counted.

The scoring will be based on the following sliding scale:

If a tie occurs in point total, the tie breaking mechanism will be to calculate the average yps (yps = course yardage/(dog's time - 5) ) for each dog's individual legs and calculate the average of these to 0.01seconds. The winner will be the dog with the higher yps average. If the dogs remained tied after this procedure has been carried out, both will be listed as winners of the award for that year." 05/11, 08/95-19

74 Teams were Eligible for the Denia Award in 2014

The winner is CH Estrella’s Orion The Dark Hunter AX AXJ XF CGC (Ryan)

owned by Jennifer Phillips of Austin, TX. 

The Top Fifteen are as follows:

High in Jumpers with Weaves Trophy, in Honor of Mirage

Designed by John Stanbridge

Sponsored by Beth White in honor of Mirage, the first winner

"The Mirage Trophy for High in Jumpers With Weaves is awarded to the bearded collie with the most outstanding performance in JWW. This trophy, featuring a metal statue of Mirage performing the weave poles on a walnut base, was proposed and financed by Beth White and designed by John Stanbridge. Each year’s winner will receive a statue donated by Beth White. The base will remain in the possession of the BCCA.

To be eligible for this award, a beardie must earn at least 6 qualifying scores of 100 at any level of JWW (Novice, Open, or Excellent.)In Novice, Open, and Excellent A; only clean runs leading to titles will be counted. In Excellent B, all legs will be counted.

The following scoring system is to be followed: A beardie will receive 5 points for each clean run and 1 point for each full second under Standard Course Time (SCT). If a tie in points occurs, the tie will be broken by calculating YPS for each of the tied dogs’ individual legs and the results averaged. The winner is the beardie with the highest YPS. If, after this procedure is carried out, the average YPS for each of the tied dogs is the same, all will be declared winners of that year’s award." 04/01-02, 09/01-02, 02/11-02

48 Teams were Eligible for the High in Jumpers Trophy in 2014

The winner is MACH 3 Wigglesworth Super Smooth Operator MXG MJC AXP AJP XF T2B (ReZoom)

owned by Jeff and Sharon Ipser of Auburn, OH. 

The Top Fifteen are as follows:

The Preferred Veteran Trophy

Sponsored by Carl and Kay Widell

"The Preferred Agility Veteran Award is sponsored by Carl Widell in memory of Cagney, the first beardie to earn Preferred Excellent agility titles. This award will go to the top veteran dog, seven years of age or older, during the entire competition year, for performance in both Standard Agility and Jumpers with Weaves. (To be eligible for this award in 2014, the dog had to be born in 2006 or before.) Only legs toward titles will be considered. The trophy is a rectangular plaque with a large metal plate on the left side that is laser-inscribed with the words “Bearded Collie Club of America” “Preferred Agility Veteran of the Year” topped by a stop-action image of Cagney exiting the weave poles. On the right side of the plaque are metal plates for inscribing the winners’ names and years.

The scoring will be based on the following sliding scale:

If a tie in points occurs, the beardie with the highest average YPS (calculated to 0.01 seconds) for all Standard + JWW legs earned will be the winner. For Standard legs, YPS = STD course length/(time on course - 5). For JWW legs, YPS = STD course length/time on course." 05/06-01

36 Beardies earned Preferred Legs. 25 Teams were eligible for the Veterans Trophy in 2014

The winner is GCH CH Brynmar’s My Love RN MX AXJ MXP5 MXPS MJP5 MJPS PAX NF (Brodie)

owned by BJ Walker of Boulder, CO.     

The Top 10 Teams are as follows:

Standard Agility for 2014

"An annual award certificate is established for the top bearded collie in each level of Standard agility. In Novice A, Novice B, Open, and Excellent A (now called "Excellent"), legs leading to titles will be scored, no matter the year in which they were earned. In these levels, a beardie will be eligible for the Standard award only in the year in which the title is earned. For beardies competing in Excellent B (now called "Masters"), all legs earned during the current year will be scored and there is no requirement for a title to be earned in order to be eligible for the Excellent B ("Masters") Standard award.

Scoring:
Novice A - Excellent: The scores of the three legs leading to the title will be summed and the beardie with the highest total score will be the winner. If a tie in score occurs, YPS will be calculated (to 0.01 seconds) for each of the three title legs and the results averaged. The winner is the beardie with the highest average YPS. If a tie remains after this calculation, all those tied will be declared the winners of the award for that year.

Masters: A beardie accrues 5 points for each leg earned during the calendar year and one point for each full second under SCT. Ties in score will be broken by the YPS calculation specified above." 05/99-03

"The winner of the Novice A standard certificate will also be the Sunshine Award winner, honoring the top Novice A beardie and handler." 05/99-02

13 Eligible

15 Eligible

The winner is Nonesuch Sands Of Time AX AXJ NF (Divot)

Sue Jamison of Nevis, MN and co-owned by Cheryl Poliak.

14 elilgible

The winner is Lil’Clove A League Of His Own HT NA OAJ (Dugan)

owned by Trudy Wisner of Staten Island, NY.

The Sunshine Award for Novice A Standard

sponsored by the Bearded Collie Club of Central Florida

Figured the same as the Standard Awards

7 Eligible

This award honors the top Beardie earning a title in Novice A Standard.  The scores of the three legs leading to the title are summed; ties are broken by calculating the average YPS traveled in earning the three legs.

The winner is Moonstone Heart Breaker NA

owned by Merilynn Bergstresser of Fairfax Station, VA.

Jumpers with Weaves - The Ryan Awards-2014

Jumpers with Weaves Plaques are awarded to the top bearded collies in each level of JWW. These awards were established by Beth Canner in memory of Ryan, CH Jande Hellava Knight CD HIC AGI PUP, the first beardie to obtain any type of agility title, and are sustained by an anonymous member of the Beardie agility community. In Novice A, Novice B, Open, and Excellent, legs leading to titles will be scored, no matter the year in which they were earned. In these classes, a beardie will be eligible for a JWW award only in the year in which the title is earned. For beardies competing in Masters, all legs earned during the current year will be scored and there is no requirement for a title to be earned in order to be eligible for the Excellent B JWW award.

Scoring:
Novice A – Excellent: The scores of the three legs leading to the title will be summed and the beardie with the highest total score will be the winner. If a tie in score occurs, YPS will be calculated (to 0.01 seconds) for each of the three title legs and the results averaged. The winner will be the beardie with the highest average YPS. If a tie remains after this calculation, all those tied will be declared the winners of the award for that year.

Masters: A beardie will earn five points for each leg earned during the calendar year and one point for each full second under SCT. Ties in score will be broken by the YPS procedure specified above." 05/99-03

These are the Top 24 Teams

These are the Top x Teams

18 Eligible

The winner is CH Pentangle’s Special Agent CD RA HSAs OA NAJ OF CGC (Kensi)

owned by Elizabeth Scorzelli of Shreveport, LA.

These are the Top x Teams

Competition in FAST was initiated on January 1, 2007. In order to qualify, a team must accumulate a certain number of points (50 for Novice, 55 for Open, 60 for Excellent) and successfully complete a distance challenge in a fixed amount of time (for 20" dogs, 32 seconds are allowed; preferred competitors get 3 additional seconds).; Each obstacle on the course is assigned a point value. The maximum number of points possible is 80; no one attained a perfect score in 2007. Beardies have proved to be quite adept at this fast paced and challenging game of strategy. The number of FAST titles decreased (76 in 2007, the first year of FAST competition vs 51 in 2008).

For each class the average scores have been tabulated; for Excellent B only, the number of legs earned is indicated. The BCCA Agility committee is considering adding FAST awards to the agility program.

14 earned Titles between 1 January and 31 December 2013

Time 2 Beat (T2B), initiated on 1 July 2011, is a combination course of Standard and Jumpers With Weaves. While dogs of any skill level (i.e., novice, open, excellent) are allowed to compete in T2B, to be successful you will need to demonstrate an advanced level of skills.

To earn a T2B title a dog will need 15 Qs and one hundred points. Points are awarded as follows: The first place dog will earn 10 points. All other qualifying dogs with a time that is within 10% of the time of the first place dog will receive 9 points. If a qualifying dog’s time is within 20% of the fastest time (the Time To Beat) they will earn 8 points, and so on all the way down to 90%.

Preferred Classes

2014 was a great year for Beardies in AKC agility by almost any measure. 157 Beardies earned a total of 3,092 legs in the Regular, Preferred, FAST and T2B classes in all breed and Specialty competition; 38 Beardies competed in the Preferred classes.  112 of these teams accounted for 299 total titles (68 Novice, 39 Open, 32 Excellent, 119 Masters, 27 Championships, 13 T2B and 1 TQX).  Three teams completed two MACHs within the competition year: Lawrence Dalan and MACH2-3 Pip (Wigglesworth Great Expectations), Jeff Ipser and MACH2-3 ReZoom (Wigglesworth Super Smooth Operator) and Janice Leverenz and MACH1-2 Smitty (Wynsum Rhythm And Brews).  Karen Barrat and Miller (Colquhoun’s No Time To Relax) finished their MACH9 in 2014.  The entry of 80 Beardies for 207 runs at the 2014 National Specialty agility trial in Lewisberry, PA was the largest to date.  Four teams competed at the 2014 AKC Invitational held in Orlando, FL in December; Lawrence Dalan and Pip made the finals in the 20” class.  A record 19 teams (27% of all the Beardies who earned MACH points in 2014!) qualified for 2015 AKC National Championships to be held in Reno, NV in March, 2015.

AKC Agility Awards for Beardies

AKC recognizes the top point winner in each breed in the Regular and Preferred Masters classes with an award certificate.  A point is given for each full second under SCT in standard and JWW; 10 points are added to the total for each QQ.

The Regular class winner is Wigglesworth Super Smooth Operator (ReZoom) owned by Jeff & Sharon Ipser of Auburn, OH.  ReZoom earned 1,496 MACH points and 46 QQs in 2014 for a total of 1,956 points.

The Preferred class winner is Brandmar Come Fly With Me (Sterling) owned by Karen Reed of Wichita Falls, TX.     Sterling earned 432 PACH points and 18 QQs for a total of 612 points.

Congratulations to the qualifiers for the 2015 AKC National Agility Championships!

The 2015 AKC National Agility Championships will be held March 27-29, 2015 at the Reno-Sparks Livestock Event Center in Reno, Nevada. To enter a dog must have earned at least 4 QQs (qualify in standard and JWW on the same day 4 times), 20 qualifying legs in standard and JWW (which can include the QQ legs), and 500 MACH points (1 MACH point = 1 full second under standard course time) between December 1, 2013 and November 30, 2014. 

19 Beardie teams met this high standard and are eligible to enter:

Congratulations to all these talented teams on making the cut and good luck to those who decide to make the trip to Reno.

Midyear AKC/Eukanuba National Championship Invitational Standings 2014

The point accumulation year for the AKC Invitational Agility championships runs from July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015. We are now halfway through this period. Points are earned for each full second under standard course time (SCT) in Masters Standard and JWW; 10 points are added for each QQ. In July 2015, the top five Beardies in the rankings will be invited to compete at the Invitational which will be held in Orlando, FL in December, 2015. The ranking below includes results from events through December 31, 2014.

MACH/PACH Points earned during 2014

MACH9

Miller (CH Colquhoun's No Time To Relax) -- Karen Barratt -- 16 October 2014

MACH7

Fox Lane's Mika At Twe Edd Ale (Mika) -- Linda Porter -- 15 November 2014

MACH4

Blade (Camerons On The Cutting Edge) -- Lori Weinberg - 1 August 2014

Kailey (CH Wigglesworth No Way Out) -- Diane Lipman -- 29 September 2014

MACH3

Roxie (Roxie) -- Claire Cifarelli -- 3 August 2014

Rezoom (CH Wigglesworth Super Smooth Operator) -- Jeff Ipser -- 5 October 2014

Pip (Wigglesworth Great Expectations) -- Larry Dalan - 30 November 2014

MACH2

Pip (Wigglesworth Great Expectations) -- Larry Dalan - 30 March 2014

Rezoom (CH Wigglesworth Super Smooth Operator) -- Jeff Ipser -- 27 April 2014

Guinness (CH Wynsum Hard Habit To Break) -- Bob Leverenz -- 18 June 2014

Morgan (CH Wynsum Many Splendored Thing) -- Glenn Alexander -- 30 August 2014

Smitty (CH Wynsum Rhythm And Brews) -- Jan Leverenz -- 30 August 2014

Mckenzie (CH Wynsum Queen Of Diamonds N' The Ruff) -- Debbie Alexander -- 15 November 2014

MACH

Smitty (CH Wynsum Rhythm And Brews) -- Jan Leverenz -- 10 January 2014

Maya (O'Duinnin Heart In Motion) -- Carol Hegg -- 8 March 2014

Rhia (CH Wynsum Rhiannon In Flight) -- Kathy Tomlinson -- 4 April 2014

Kizzy (CH Colard Fly Me To The Moon) -- Miranda Mulders -- 19 April 2014

Brie (CH Estrella There's A Breeze AllAround) -- Andrea Hobe -- 22 April 2014

Shug (Cameron Sugarland Express) -- Jill Scarborough -- 24 May 2014

Perk (Cameron Mocha Expresso) -- Jill Scarborough -- 2 August 2014

Marco (CH Lakewood Born To Be A Star) -- Cheri Omnus -- 17 August 2014

Poppet (CH Lil'Clove Hello Poppet) -- Trudy Wisner -- 9 November 2014

B-Buster (Lil'Clove Poppet's First Moppet) -- Claire Cifarelli - 29 November 2014

PACH2

Flash (CH MACH Britannia Flashback) -- Joanne Williamson -- 23 February 2014

PACH

Sterling (CH Brandmar Come Fly With Me) -- Karen Reed -- 14 November 2014

Register of Merit for Agility 2014

The Register of Merit for Agility (ROMA) is given to dams with two or more offspring who have earned three or more AKC Agility titles and to sires with two or more get who have earned five or more AKC Agility titles.  The Register of Merit for Agility Excellent (ROMAX) is given to dams with two or more offspring who have earned ten or more AKC Agility titles and to sires with two or more get who have earned fifteen or more AKC Agility titles.  Either regular titles or preferred titles may be counted toward the Register of Merit Agility, whichever titles are higher, but they may not be added together.  Currently only Standard and JWW titles are counted.

ROMAX Sires

CH Diotima Sea Eagle - 4/26/14
Brenda Wantland and Diane Banks’ William

CH Nonesuch H'Air Jordan RN - 7/27/14
Cheryl Poliak’s Jordan

ROMAX Dams

CH Cameron Springhills Im Hillary PT - 7/19/14
Pat Palozzola’s Hillary

CH MACH Wynsum Many Splendored Thing RN PT MXG MJC MXF MFB TQX T2B2 - 10/18/14
Glenn Alexander and Carol Carlsen’s Morgan

ROMA Sires

CH Artisan Steppenwolf RN HT - 5/31/14
Nancy Reich’s Cather

GCH CH Briarpatch Look At That CD RE HT AX AXJ MXP MJP - 9/29/14 
Lucy Campbell-Gracie’s Igor

CH Daybar's All Schook Up - 9/12/14
Bev and Dana Barton’s Fizz

GCH CH Highlander He Shoots He Scores RA HT OA AXJ NF - 5/10/14
Molly McNamara’s Stanley

CH Papaw Tailwind One Hot Chilli Dog - 11/30/14
P. Anne Bloom, Leslie Papa and Keitha Smith’s Chilli

CH Pentangle's Sam-I-Am - 3/23/14
Elizabeth Titus’ Sam

ROMA Dams

CH Pentangle's Synchronicity RA HSAds HSBd HIAds HXAd - 1/23/14
Debra Thomas’ Tess

CH Tamevalley Navajo West Wind - 12/28/14
Linda Aronson’s It’sMe

CH Wildwood Arcadia Devil'n'disguise RN - 11/30/14
Cyndi Cerjan and Terri Stepankow’s Dusty

Wyndmist Glory Girl - 12/27/14
Ed and Cyndie Reinheimer’s Gloria

Wynsum Listen To My Heart - 11/8/14
Carol Carlsen’s Ivy Rose

CH MACH Wynsum Many Splendored Thing RN PT MXG MJC MXF MFB TQX T2B2- 6/07/14
Glenn Alexander and Carol Carlsen’s Morgan

Last updated 24 February 2016

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