Designed by Chet Jezierski
Sponsored by the Beardie Agility Diehards
The BCCA honors the top agility teams at each competition level (Novice/Open/Excellent/Masters) in both regular Standard and Jumpers With Weaves (JWW) and Veteran Beardies competing in the Preferred classes. At least one owner of each Beardie must be a BCCA member to be eligible for these awards.
"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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37 teams were eligible for the Diehard Award in 2017
The winner is CH MACH3 Wigglesworth Pride And Prejudice MXG PAD MJC PJD NAP NJP MFB TQX NFP T2B3 (Bing)
owned and handled by Lawrence Dalan of University City, MO and co-owned by Sharon Ipser.
The Diehard Award is supported by BAD.
The Top Five are as follows:
Lawrence Dalan | Bing | Wigglesworth Pride and Prejudice | 2379 |
Lawrence Dalan | Pip | Wigglesworth Great Expectations | 1728 |
Jeff Ipser | ReZoom | Wigglesworth Super Smooth Operator | 1612 |
Jennifer Phillips | Ryan | Estrella's Orion The Dark Hunter | 1519 |
Jan Leverenz | Smitty | Wynsum Rhythm And Brews | 1511 |
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:
Qualifying Score | Point Value |
100 | 8 |
99 | 7 |
98 | 6 |
95-97 | 5 |
93-94 | 4 |
90-92 | 3 |
88-89 | 2 |
85-87 | 1 |
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
50 Teams were Eligible for the Denia Award in 2017
The winner is CH Highlander Carry On Bravely MX MXJ XF T2B (Claymore)
owned and handled by Joseph Root of Clyde, NC and co-owned by Beth Tilson
The Denia award was initially sponsored by Emily Venator in memory of Denia, the first Beardie to earn an AKC agility title.
The Top Seven are as follows:
Joseph Root and Beth Tilson | Claymore | Highlander Carry On Bravely | 80 |
Jan Burgan, Linda J Porter & David Burgan | Tartan | Tweeddale's Magic Tartan Of Brooknoll | 56 |
Kathy Tomlinson, Carol J Carlsen, Chase Koetter & Charlotte Seaton | Gracie | Wynsum Victory Through Grace | 48 |
John Youngblood | Razzle Bella | Shadowfax's Lone Star Belle | 40 |
Carol Carlsen | Lyric | Wynsum You Rock My World | 37 |
Sheila Franklin | Benson | Lil'Clove Benny And The Jets | 34 |
Deborah Alexander | Ross | Tweeddale's Black As The Ace Of Spades | 32 |
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
36 Teams were Eligible for the High in Jumpers Trophy in 2017
The winner is CH MACH3 Wigglesworth Pride And Prejudice MXG PAD MJC PJD NAP NJP MFB TQX NFP T2B3 (Bing)
owned and handled by Lawrence Dalan of University City, MO and co-owned by Sharon Ipser.
The Overall JWW award is supported by Beth White, in honor of Mirage, the first winner.
The Top Five are as follows:
Lawrence Dalan | Bing | Wigglesworth Pride and Prejudice | 1136 |
Lori Weinberg | Blade | Camerons On The Cutting Edge | 790 |
Lawrence Dalan | Pip | Wigglesworth Great Expectations | 757 |
Jennifer Phillips | Ryan | Estrella's Orion The Dark Hunter | 706 |
Jeff Ipser | ReZoom | Wigglesworth Super Smooth Operator | 649 |
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 2015, the dog had to be born in 2007 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:
Qualifying Score | Point Value |
100 | 8 |
99 | 7 |
98 | 6 |
95-97 | 5 |
93-94 | 4 |
90-92 | 3 |
88-89 | 2 |
85-87 | 1 |
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
44 Beardies earned Preferred Legs. 20 Teams were eligible for the Veterans Trophy in 2017
The winner is for the second straight year is
CH PACH3 Brandmar Come Fly With Me RA MX MXJ MXP11 MXPC MJP12 MJPB2 PAX4 OF OFP T2BP (Sterling)
owned and handled by Karen Reed of Wichita Falls, TX.
The Top 3 Teamsin 2017 are as follows:
Vet Points |
DOB |
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Karen Reed | Brandmar Come Fly With Me | 472 | 2008 | |
Deborah Alexander & Carol Carlsen | Wynsum Queen Of Diamonds N’ The Ruff | 384 | 2008 | |
Tracy Corey | Snow |
Ha'Penny Harwood Ode To Choi | 368 |
2007 |
The Lightning Award
Sponsored by Lori Weinberg
The Lightning Award recognizes speed in AKC agility at the Masters’ level, for the fastest legs in Standard Masters or Masters Preferred and JWW Masters or Masters Preferred, during the year. Preferred scores must be for a Veteran, age seven or over. The award is sponsored by Lori Weinberg to honor Rocky, MACH PACH Chaniam Creag MXS MJG MXP3 MXPB MJP7 MJPS PAX XF. The custom steel award features a shadow figure of a Bearded Collie stretched over a jump. Yards per second will be used for scoring purposes. The five fastest legs for each dog in Masters Standard and JWW (regular or preferred) are selected. The high and low values of these five legs are dropped and the remaining three values are averaged. The averages for Standard and JWW are added to get the dog’s total score. The dog with the highest total score is the winner. In the case of a tie, multiple trophies will be given. This award was approved by the Board in December of 2015.
41 Teams were Eligible for the Lightning Award in 2017
The winner is Shadowfax's Lone Star Belle MX MXJ NF TKA (Razzles)
owned and handled by John Youngblood of Suwanee, GA
John Youngblood | Razzle Bella | Shadowfax’s Lone Star Belle | 12.18 |
Lori Weinberg | Blade | Camerons On The Cutting Edge | 11.29 |
Jeff Ipser | ReZoom | Wigglesworth Super Smooth Operator | 11.07 |
Lawrence Dalan | Pip | Wigglesworth Pride And Prejudice | 10.87 |
Lori Weinberg | Bolt | Cameron Lightnin Strikes Twice | 10.83 |
"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
Masters Standard Agility 44 Eligible
The winner is CH MACH3 Wigglesworth Pride And Prejudice MXG PAD MJC PJD NAP NJP MFB TQX NFP T2B3 (Bing)
owned by Lawrence Dalan of University City, MO and co-owned by Sharon Ipser
Points |
YPS |
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Lawrence Dalan | Bing | Wigglesworth Pride and Prejudice | 1428 | 4.79 |
Lawrence Dalan | Pip | Wigglesworth Great Expectations | 1136 | 4.14 |
Jan Leverenz | Smitty | Wynsum Rhythm And Brews | 1105 | 4.10 |
Jeff Ipser | ReZoom | Wigglesworth Super Smooth Operator | 1068 | 4.76 |
Jennifer Phillips | Ryan | Estrella's Orion The Dark Hunter | 968 | 4.29 |
Excellent Standard Agility
9 Eligible
The winner is Tweeddale's Magic Tartan Of Brooknoll AX AXJ OF (Tartan)
owned by Jan & David Burgan of Clear Spring, MD, co-owned by Linda Porter
Score |
YPS |
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Jan Burgan, Linda J Porter & David Burgan | Tartan | Tweeddale's Magic Tartan Of Brooknoll | 300 |
4.92 |
Glenn Alexander | Alex | Alistair Wynsum Buster Brown The Man About Town | 300 | 4.83 |
Brenda Brumbaugh | Zoey | Wigglesworth Serendipity | 300 | 4.46 |
Open Standard Agility
6 Eligible
The winner is Balderdash Taylored In Vermont CD BN RE HSAds HIAd OA OAJ NF CGC (Taylor)
owned by Sonja Blanchard of Woodstock, VT
Score |
YPS |
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Sonja Blanchard | Taylor | Balderdash Taylored In Vermont | 295 | 3.76 |
Brenda and Gregory Wantland | Sophie | Manortonway Magical Moment | 295 | 2.68 |
Kim Krueger | Frapper | Risa Caramel Frappuchino | 290 | 3.56 |
Novice B Standard Agility
11 Eligible
The winner is CH Pentangle's Liz She Is HSAds HSBd HIAds HIBd HXAd NA (Liz)
owned by Terry Manganiello of Paola, KS
Score |
YPS |
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Terry Manganiello | Liz | Pentangle's Liz She Is | 300 |
4.48 |
Deborah Alexander | Ross | Tweeddale's Black As The Ace Of Spades | 300 |
3.58 |
Sheila Franklin | Benson | Lil'Clove Benny And The Jets | 295 |
4.30 |
Initiated by the Bearded Collie Club of Central Florida
Figured the same as the Standard AwardsSunshine Award (5 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.
Score |
YPS |
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Lynne Corn | Oboe | Runningmtn Hairloom Rise Up Shepherd | 300 | 2.80 |
Michel Rannou | Betty | Estrella's Pretty Betty Quick | 290 | 3.52 |
Jill and John Parsons | Allaround It's A Wonderfu Life | 290 | 2.93 |
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
52 Eligible
The winner is CH MACH3 Wigglesworth Pride And Prejudice MXG PAD MJC PJD NAP NJP MFB TQX NFP T2B (Bing)
owned by Lawrence Dalan of University City, MO and co-owned by Sharon Ipser
The Top Seven are:
Points |
YPS |
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Lawrence Dalan | Bing | Wigglesworth Pride and Prejudice | 1136 | 5.18 |
Lori Weinberg | Blade | Camerons On The Cutting Edge | 790 | 5.52 |
Lawrence Dalan | Pip | Wigglesworth Great Expectations | 757 | 4.60 |
Jennifer Phillips | Ryan | Estrella's Orion The Dark Hunter | 706 | 4.73 |
Jeff Ipser | ReZoom | Wigglesworth Super Smooth Operator | 649 | 5.13 |
Lori Weinberg | Bolt | Cameron Lightnin Strikes Twice | 606 | 5.33 |
Jan Leverenz | Smitty | Wynsum Rhythm And Brews | 581 | 4.44 |
5 Eligible
The winner is Tweeddale's Magic Tartan Of Brooknoll AX AXJ OF (Tartan)
owned by Jan & David Burgan of Clear Spring, MD and co-owned by Linda Porter
The Top Three are:
Score |
YPS |
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Jan & David Burgan & Linda Porter | Tartan | Tweeddale's Magic Tartan Of Brooknoll | 300 | 5.66 |
Moonstone Get Out Of My Way | 300 | 5.26 | ||
Kathryn Zeschin, Michele Ritter & Kirsten Andreassend | Keller | Britannia Sebring Happy Days | 300 | 4.92 |
Open JWW
7 Eligible
The winner is Tweeddale's Magic Tartan Of Brooknoll AX AXJ OF (Tartan)
owned by Jan & David Burgan of Clear Spring, MD and co-owned by Linda Porter
The Top Three are:
14 Eligible
The winner is Estrella's One Crazy Summer RN NA NAJ NF CA DN(Soleil)
owned by Jennifer Scheytt of Kalamazoo, MI
The Top Three are:
Score |
YPS |
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Jennifer Scheytt | Soleil | Estrella’s One Crazy Summer | 300 | 4.86 |
Cathy Cox and Llinda Porter | Letty | Tweeddale’s Let Freedom Ring | 295 | 5.48 |
Carol Hegg | Blue | Winsomoor Secret For Success | 295 | 5.22 |
3 Eligible
The winner is Estrella's Pretty Betty Quick NA NAJ
owned by Michel Rannou of Ste-Luce, Quebec, Canada.
The Top Three are:
Score |
YPS |
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Michel Rannou | Betty | Estrella's Pretty Betty Quick | 300 | 4.32 |
Jill and John Parsons | Allaround It's A Wonderfu Life | 295 | 4.85 | |
Lisa Werkhaven | Stewart | Brook Lane’s Happily Hitch | 286 | 2.65 |
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
02/25/17 |
Ryan | Jennifer W Phillips-TX | CH MACH2 ADCH | Estrella's Orion The Dark Hunter MXG MJG MFB TQX T2B CGC |
07/08/17 |
Bing | Lawrence Dalan & Sharon Ipser-MO | CH MACH2 | Wigglesworth Pride And Prejudice MXS MJG NAP NJP MFB TQX NFP T2B2 |
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%.
11.25.17 |
Patsy Sullivan | Time 2 Beat | Aberdeen's Dancing Queen |
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5.27.17 |
Joseph E Root and Beth Tilson | Time 2 Beat | CH | Highlander Carry On Bravely |
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12.10.17 |
Elizabeth Scorzelli | Time 2 Beat | CH | Pentangle's Special Agent |
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6.0417 |
Kathy Tomlinson,Carol Carlsen, Chase Koetter, Charlotte Seaton | Time 2 Beat | CH | Wynsum Victory Through Grace |
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8.05.17 |
Karen J Reed | Time 2 Beat 2 | Brandmar Jenuwin Unforgettable Fire |
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4.13.17 |
Lawrence Dalan and Sharon Ipser | Time 2 Beat 2 | CH MACH2 | Wigglesworth Pride And Prejudice |
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9.02.17 |
Lawrence Dalan and Sharon Ipser | Time 2 Beat 3 | CH MACH3 | Wigglesworth Pride And Prejudice |
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1.13.17 |
Deborah Alexander and Carol J Carlsen | Time 2 Beat 4 | CH MACH5 | Wynsum Queen Of Diamonds N' The Ruff |
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3.04.17 |
Janice Leverenz and Carol J Carlsen | Time 2 Beat 5 | CH MACH5 | Wynsum Rhythm And Brews |
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5.26.17 |
Lawrence Dalan | Time 2 Beat 7 | CH MACH7 | Wigglesworth Great Expectations |
141 Beardies earned a total of 2,918 legs in the Regular, Preferred, FAST, T2B and Premier classes in all breed and Specialty competition; 97 competed in the Regular classes with 39 in Preferred and 5 in both. 106 of these teams accounted for 297 total titles (100 standard; 108 JWW; 20 CH; 4 PAX; 41 FAST; 12 T2B; 2 TQX; 4 Premier; 6 ACT). Four teams each completed two MACHs within the competition year: Lawrence Dalan with both MACH7/8 Pip (Wigglesworth Great Expectations) and MACH2/3 Bing (Wigglesworth Pride And Prejudice), Jeff Ipser with MACH 7/8 Rezoom (Wigglesworth Super Smooth Operator), and Janice Leverenz with MACH6/7 Smitty (Wynsum Rhythm And Brews). Six teams competed at the AKC Invitational held in Orlando, FL in December 2017. Lori Weinberg and Blade (Camerons On The Cutting Edge) were the top scoring Beardie team for the second straight year and made the finals in the 20” class. 15 Teams qualified for 2018 AKC National Championships held in Reno, NV in March 2018. 2017 was the third year of competition in the Premier classes and saw the completion of the first Beardie titles. Lawrence Dalan and Bing had the honor of earning the first Premier title when they completed their PJD in July. Jan Leverenz and Smitty were not far behind, earning the first PAD at the end of August. Larry and Bing then became the first to finish both Premier titles in November when they also earned their PAD.
March 23-25, 2018 at the Reno-Sparks Livestock Event Center in Reno, NV
To enter a dog must have earned at least 7 QQs (qualifying in standard and JWW on the same day 7 times) and 550 MACH/Premier points (1 MACH point = 1 full second under standard course time; each Premier Q = 25 points) between December 1, 2016 and November 30, 2017. Premier Standard/JWW legs, not necessarily earned on the same day, may be used to replace up to 3 of the requirement for 7 QQs. 15 Beardie teams have met this high standard and are eligible to enter.
10 Beardie teams qualified to compete in the Regular classes at Nationals:
Lawrence Dalan | Bing | Wigglesworth Pride And Predjudice |
Lawrence Dalan | Pip | Wigglesworth Great Expectations |
Jeff Ipser | ReZoom | Wigglesworth Super Smooth Operator |
Sue Jamison | Divot | Nonesuch Sands Of Time |
Janice Leverenz | Smitty | Wynsum Rhythm And Brews |
Jennifer Phillips | Ryan | Estrella’s Orion The Dark Huntre |
Joe Root | Claymore | Highlander Carry On Bravely |
Betty Jo Walker | Bryn | Brynmar’s Simply Irresistible |
Lori Weinberg | Blade | Camerons On The Cutting Edge |
Lori Weinberg | Bolt | Cameron Lightnin’ Strikes Twice |
Debbie Alexander | McKenzie | Wynsum Queen Of Diamonds N’ The Ruff |
Suzi Beddoe | Emma | Headlines’ Upcoming News |
Tracy Corey | Snow | Ha’Penny Harwood Ode To Choi |
Karen Reed | Sterling | Brandmar Come Fly With Me |
Trudy Wisner | Poppet | Lil’ Clove Hello Poppet |
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The AKC National Agility Championship is a prestigious event where the top qualifying agility teams in the nation compete each year to be crowned “National Champions”. What an extraordinary event to attend and watch, let alone in which to compete! The National Agility Championship, or NAC, is held each March. The venue rotates between Reno, NV, Tulsa, OK and Perry, GA, giving qualified dog teams the opportunity to compete at the National trial near home every three years.
In 2018, to qualify you had to compete at the Master Agility level and have completed the following requirements between Dec. 1, 2016 and Nov. 30, 2017:
During the previous year, Emma and I had narrowly missed qualifying for the NAC which showed me that we can compete at this level. In 2017, I wasn’t sure we would be able to qualify as we ended up taking six months off from agility while Emma whelped and raised puppies. When we started trialing again in September, she was running well, and we were able to get it done. I was thrilled! We were going to the Championship!! Just to qualify was a huge accomplishment. Only 15 Beardie teams qualified for the 2018 National: ten at the Standard jump heights and five in Preferred. Congratulations to all!
The four-day NAC was held at the Reno-Sparks Livestock Event Center in Nevada.
Thursday was set up and check-in day for most competitors. Walking into the Event Center and seeing all the rings, with the flags of all the states represented hung around the arena walls, is a sight I will always remember. Our crating location was determined by a lottery draw and we were lucky enough to be assigned premium crating in the Main Building. We found our spot and got set up. The magnitude of the experience began to seep in as I stood in line waiting to be officially checked in and receive our bar-coded tag for the weekend. With nearly 1,000 dogs competing in four different rings simultaneously, the bar-coded tag is your entry to play. I was hopeful that there would be other Beardie teams attending (where were you guys?) But we were the only one. We were determined to represent our breed as best we could! There were many vendor booths on the main arena platform, so we finished the day with a bit of shopping, knowing that for the next couple of days we would be totally focused on agility.
The next three days started bright and early at six a.m. with the course map distribution followed by the general walkthroughs of those courses. The height specific walkthroughs started at seven-thirty a.m. and was done in groups of about 50 competitors at a time. When all of the walkthroughs were finally done, the competition would start and each team ran according to their ‘running order number’, which could mean right away or four hours later! Finding a marker dog was hard – soooo many Border Collies – but we were an easy marker dog for others.
Friday started with the warm-up run, which gave us a chance to get accustomed to the rings and footing. The Premier Standard Sweepstakes course, judged by Susan Leitner, was in the afternoon and included all the challenges you would expect to see on a Premier course. It was a fun run and Emma was on her game. She did everything I asked of her. Unfortunately, that included going to the backside of a jump (rather than the face of it) right at the end of the run. Good dog, bad handler = NQ for Team Emma.
Saturday was the first official day of the championship rounds. As we came into the arena that morning, the electricity in the air was palpable! First up for us was our Jumpers with Weaves course. It was a nice, flowing course judged by Peter Liu. We ran near the end of the pack, giving us the opportunity to observe that many teams were getting an offcourse entry into the tunnel. When it was our turn to run, I was so careful handling that section of the course that I mishandled another part and we ended up with one deduction. Our Standard run was not until the afternoon, which gave me some time to quiet my nerves, so when we went back in the ring we were ready and able to put together our first clean run of the day with a good time!
Sunday, the last day of the trial, arrived too quickly. My goal for the day was to run for a personal record and to enjoy every minute of that last run together at Nationals. The Hybrid course looked fast and fun and was judged by Susan Stephon. We were near the top of the running order so we only had a short wait before entering the ring. In less than a minute, we were done and had achieved our second clean run ribbon for Team Emma! I was delighted we had done well and sad that it was all over.
The grand finale of the NAC is Sunday afternoon when they hold the challenger rounds and then the finals. The arena was full of spectators and the atmosphere charged! All the dog and handler teams who had made it to the final rounds were incredible and amazing to watch. World Team members down to weekend warriors were competing for the coveted final prize of National Champion. Those who ultimately won at each jump height were well deserving of the achievement and accolades. We left Reno proud of what we had accomplished at the National Agility Championship and inspired to try again in years to come!
Larry Dalan with Bing and Pip, Jennifer Phillips with Ryan, Lori Weinberg with Blade, Trudy Wisner with Poppet, Sharon Ipser with ReZoom
Larry Dalan and Bing (Wigglesworth Pride and Prejudice) have topped the 2016-2017 Invitational standings for Beardies competing in the regular classes at the Master level. Trudy Wisner and Poppet (Lil’ Clove Hello Poppet) earned the highest number of Invitational points for Beardies competing in the preferred Master classes. They, along with Larry’s other dog Pip, Jeff Ipser and Rezoom, Jennifer Phillips and Ryan, and Lori Weinberg and Blade, have received 1st round invitations to compete at the AKC Invitational Agility Championships to be held December 15-17, 2017 in Orlando, Florida. If any of them decline, the Beardies standing in the 5th-10th positions become eligible to receive invitations so that each breed may have a maximum of 6 representatives in the competition. Congratulations to all of these fine teams and the best of luck to those who decide to make the trip to Florida to compete.
Regular Classes (60 earned points)
MACHPoints QQs Total
Larry Dalan | Bing | Wigglesworth Pride And Prejudice | 1805 |
41 |
2215 |
Larry Dalan | Pip | Wigglesworth Great Expectations | 1528 |
42 |
1948 |
Jeff Ipser | ReZoom | Wigglesworth Super Smooth Operator | 1211 |
33 |
1541 |
Jennifer Phillips | Ryan | Estrella's Orion The Dark Hunter | 1117 |
33 |
1447 |
Lori Weinberg | Blade | Camerons On The Cutting Edge | 1133 |
24 |
1373 |
Wynsum Rhythm And Brews | 972 39 1362 |
Cameron Lightnin Strikes Twice | 994 17 1164 |
Nonesuch Sands Of Time | 790 15 940 |
Wynsum Queen Of Diamonds N' The Ruff | 692 22 912 |
Estrella Theres A Breeze Allaround | 672 20 872 |
Cameron Mocha Expresso | 553 14 693 |
Lil'Clove Poppet's First Moppet | 492 18 672 |
Brynmar's Simply Irresistible | 560 9 650 |
Wynsum Rhiannon In Flight | 559 8 639 |
Lanark's B Is For Bounce | 413 18 593 |
Estrella's Only Razzmatazz | 528 6 588 |
Brandmar Jenuwin Unforgettable Fire | 445 7 515 |
Wookiee Gang Ambermoon | 324 12 444 |
Lil'Clove Caol Ila | 318 9 408 |
Aberdeen's Dancing Queen | 293 8 373 |
Gemineye America's Heartthrob | 306 6 366 |
Lakewood Born To Be A Star | 287 7 357 |
Wynsum Victory Through Grace | 288 5 338 |
Shadowfax's Lone Star Belle | 301 3 331 |
Wigglesworth No Way Out | 221 8 301 |
PREFERRED CLASSES (21 earned points)
PACH Points QQs Total
Trudy Wisner | Poppet | Lil' Clove Hello Poppet | 725 |
14 |
865 |
Brandmar Come Fly With Me | 516 23 746 |
Ha'Penny Harwood Ode To Choi | 583 13 713 |
Moonstone Kick Start My Heart | 479 9 569 |
Casanova's For American Beauty | 441 12 561 |
Headline's Upcoming News | 401 10 501 |
O'Duinnin Heart In Motion | 339 8 419 |
O'Duinnin Born To Run | 270 8 350 |
Meadows' Emerald At Gemineye | 183 5 233 |
Cameron Sugarland Express | 188 3 218 |
Blade’s haul from the 2017 AKC Agility Invitational. 4 Clean rounds, Top Bearded Collie at 2017 Agility Invitational and a Finalist for 20”class (seeded #7). It is particularly thrilling to see that the cumulative times for the 4 rounds showed that Blade as #7 and the # 6 seed and the #5 seed where separated by only 0.53 seconds! That could have been easily made up in just one tight turn for us. I have to say we were right in the thick of things! Still on cloud nine!
What a trip to Orlando! Blade and I ran hard and gave it our all. True honor to make it into the Finals again competing against some really great teams. Just bad luck in the finals that Blade turned the wrong way on the jump before the DW. I hung back to prevent the back jump but couldn’t recover. I have to say that 2017 has been one tremendous year for the two of us.
Lori Weinberg and Blade
Trudy Wisner and Poppet
Caol Ila (MACH Lil'Clove Caol Ila) --Ruth and Neil Bryden -- 7.22.17
Szaffi (MACH Wookiee Gang Ambermoon) --Richard Masley -- 9.10.17
Razz (CH MACH2 Estrella's Only Razzmatazz) --Ann Chandoha -- 1.29.17
Bing (CH MACH2 Wigglesworth Pride And Prejudice) -- Lawrence Dalan -- 4.01.17
Kinsey (MACH2 Lanark's B Is For Bounce) -- Tracy Corey -- 4.09.17
Morgan (CH MACH3 Wynsum Many Splendored Thing) -- Glenn Alexander -- 2.18.17
Ryan (CH MACH3 Estrella's Orion The Dark Hunter) -- Jennifer Phillips -- 7.02.17
Bing (CH MACH3 Wigglesworth Pride And Prejudice) -- Lawrence Dalan -- 8.20.17
B-Buster (MACH3 Lil'Clove Poppet's First Moppet) -- Claire Cifarelli - 11.05.17
Kailey (CH MACH5 Wigglesworth No Way Out) -- Diane Lipman -- 10.01.17
Smitty (CH MACH6 Wynsum Rhythm And Brews) -- Jan Leverenz --6.02.17
Mckenzie (CH MACH6 Wynsum Queen Of Diamonds N' The Ruff) -- Debbie Alexander --6.23.17
Rezoom (CH MACH7 Wigglesworth Super Smooth Operator) -- Jeff Ipser -- 2.19.17
Pip (CH MACH7 Wigglesworth Great Expectations) -- Larry Dalan - 4.08.17
Smitty (CH MACH7 Wynsum Rhythm And Brews) -- Jan Leverenz --12.31.17
Rezoom (CH MACH8 Wigglesworth Super Smooth Operator) -- Jeff Ipser -- 8.13.17
Pip (CH MACH8 Wigglesworth Great Expectations) -- Larry Dalan - 8.26.17
Blade (MACH8 Camerons On The Cutting Edge) -- Lori Weinberg -- 9.30.17
Snow (MACH2 PACH Ha'Penny Harwood Ode To Choi ) -- Tracy Corey --12.16.17
Sterling (CH PACH3 Brandmar Come Fly With Me) -- Karen Reed -- 9.01.17
Smitty (CH MACH6 PDCH Wynsum Rhythm And Brews) -- Jan Leverenz --7.15.17
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 Aberdeen Always A Cool Cruiser (DJ) - 20
Tina Miller
Aberdeen's Dancing Queen | MXB MJB | Mackenzie | Patsy Sullivan | 10 |
Tweeddale's Magic Tartan Of Brooknoll | AX AXJ | Tartan | Jan and David Burgan and Linda Porter | 6 |
Tweeddale's This Magic Moment | NA NAJ | Summer | Terry Johnson and Linda Porter | 2 |
Blessing Braveheart | NA NAJ | Ethan | Christa, Linn and Charles Mcchancy | 2 |
CH Daybar's All Schook Up (Fizz) - 15
Bev and Dana Barton
Wigglesworth Flying Fish | AX AXJ | Rebel | Miriam Harthill and Diane Lipman | 6 |
Wigglesworth Little Miss Sunshine | MX MJB | Allie | Diane Lipman and Sharon Ipser | 9 |
CH Fivefields Reckless Abandon RA PT AX AXJ NAP NJP NF NFP (Brinian) - 16
Barbara Stone
Fivefields Chaotic Chemistry | NA NAJ | Enslow | Katherine Jo Gideon | 2 |
Fivefields Miss Blis | NAP NJP | Bliss | Sharon Domier and Shane Peters | 2 |
Headline's Flash Points | NA OAJ | Daphne | Nicole Kure Hill | 3 |
Surfsong's Celebration | NA NAJ | Guinness | Ray Salmon, Lori Fournier, Ann Rambaud | 2 |
Surfsong's Whimsica | OAP AJP | Wren | Lori Fournier, handled by Barbara Stone | 5 |
Surfsong's Windward | NAP NJP | Kobe | Catherine Mclaren and Lori Fournier | 2 |
GCHB CH Lakewood Forever Cool RN CGC (Dino) – 18 (ROMA and ROMAX both earned in 2017)
Julie Patzius
MACH2 Lakewood Born To Be A Star | MXG MJG | Marco | Tom and Cheri Omnus & Julie Patzius | 16 |
Lakewood Wish Upon A Stra | NAP NJP | Marlin | Cheri Omnus and Julie Patzius | 2 |
DC Pentangle's Captain Jack BN RAE HSAds HSBd HIAds HIBd HXAdM HXBdM MX MXJ MXF T2B (Jack) - 19
Joanne M Williamson
Allaround It's A Wonderful Life | NA NA | Bailey | Jill and John Parsons | 2 |
Allaround Our Lucky Penny | NA NAJ | Penny | Kevin and Suzanne O'Malley, Andrea Hobe | 1 |
Balderdash Bedazzled At Balgrae | NA NAJ | Dazzle | Joanne Marie Williamson | 6 |
Balderdash Cape Cod Daisy | AX AXJ | Daisy | Katherine Dupee | 6 |
Balderdash Taylored In Vermont | OA OAJ | Taylor | Sonja Blanchard | 4 |
CH MACH3 Wynsum Captivating Rhythm CDX RAE MXC MJS2 MXP MJP MXF THD (Hops) - 15
Janice Leverenz and Carol J Carlsen
Wynsum Victory Through Grace | MX MJB | Gracie | K Tomlinson, C Carlsen, C Koetter, C Seato | 9 |
Wynsum Vintage Brew On Tap | AXP AJP | Tapper | Janice Leverenz and Carol J Carlsen | 6 |
ROMAX Dams
CH Ha'Penny Harlow At Surfsong (Harlow) - 11
Lori Fournier and Ginger Youngdale
Surfsong's Celebration | NA NAJ | Guinness | Ray Salmon, Lori Fournier, Ann Rambaud | 2 |
Surfsong's Summer Promise | NA NAJ | Summer | Ray Salmon, Lori Fournier, Ann Rambaud | 2 |
Surfsong's Whimsical | OAP AJP | Wren | Lori Fournier, handled by Barbara Stone | 5 |
Surfsong's Windward | NAP NJP | Kobe | Catherine Mclaren and Lori Fournier | 2 |
CH Lil'Clove A League Of Her Own RN PT MX MXJ MJB NF (Dottie) - 14
Trudy Wisner
Lil'Clove Benny And The Jets | NA NAJ | Benson | Sheila Franklin | 2 |
Lil'Clove Loyal & Devoted Dobby | NA NAJ | Dobby | Claire Cifarelli | 2 |
Lil'Clove Nymphadora Tonks | NA NAJ | Tonks | Claire Cifarelli | 2 |
Lil'Clove Twist N Shout | OA OAJ | Cao Runn | Ruth and Neil Bryden | 4 |
Lil'Cloves Ruff n' Tumble | OA OAJ | Rugby | Trudy and Chelsea Wisner | 4 |
DC Lil'Clove True Grit VCD1 BN RAE TDX HSAds HSBd HIAds HIBd HXAdM MX MXJ XF CGC (Quincy) - 16
Sonja Blanchard
Balderdash Bedazzled At Balgrae |
AXP AJP |
Dazzle |
Joanne Marie Williamson |
6 |
Balderdash Cape Cod Daisy |
AX AXJ |
Daisy |
Katherine Dupee |
6 |
Balderdash Taylored In Vermont |
OA OAJ |
Taylor |
Sonja Blanchard |
4 |
Tweeddale's Black Magic Woman MX MXJ XF (Tori) – 13 (ROMA and ROMAX both earned in 2017)
Linda J Porter
Tweeddale's Black As The Ace Of Spades | NA NAJ | Ross | Deborah Alexander | 2 |
Tweeddale's Let Freedom Ring | NAJ | Letty | Cathy Cox and Linda Porter | 1 |
Tweeddale's Magic Tartan Of Brooknoll | AX AXJ | Tartan | Jan and David Burgan, Linda Porte | 6 |
Tweeddale's Meant To Be | NA NAJ | Gracie | Patti and Don Niver | 2 |
Tweeddale's This Magic Moment | NA NAJ | Summer | Terry Johnson and Linda Porter | 2 |
ROMA Sires
CH Brynmar's Take My Breath Away RN HT OA AXJ OF (Bentley) - 9
Linda Swain and Pat Hyde
Liberty's Cadbury Bunny | NAJ | Lilli Belle | Thomas and Kathleen Defino | 1 |
Shadowfax's Lone Star Belle | MX MXJ | Razzle Bella | John Youngblood | 8 |
CH Moonstone Get Out Of My Way BN RA PT FDC OA AXJ OF (Ace) -5
Linda J Porter, Sandy McDonald, and Casey Minner
Tweeddale's Black As The Ace Of Spades | NA NAJ | Ross | Deborah Alexander | 2 |
Tweeddale's Let Freedom Ring | NAJ | Letty | Cathy Cox and Linda Porter | 1 |
Tweeddale's Meant To Be | NA NAJ | Gracie | Patti Niver and Don Niver | 2 |
ROMA Dams
CH Dunnachie Don'T Get Me Started NA OAJ (Hilary) - 5
Kathleen Harold and Jackye Dunn
Dunnachie Eyes Like Maybeline | NAJ | Maybe | Deborah Pisarski , Kathleen Harold, Jackye Dunn | 1 |
Dunnachie Treasure Like Fyvie | OA OAJ | Fyvie | Kathleen Harold, Dawn Kinney, Jackye Dunn | 4 |
CH MACH3 Estrella Theres A Breeze Allaround HT MXC MJB2 NF (Brie) - 8
Andrea Hobe and Jennifer Scheytt
Allaround First Edition | AX OAJ | Fergus | Andrea Hobe | 5 |
Allaround It's A Wonderful Lif | NA NAJ | Bailey | Jill and John Parsons | 2 |
Allaround Our Lucky Penny | NAJ | Penny | Kevin and Suzanne O'Malley, Andrea Hobe | 1 |
CH MACH Estrella's Solamente Mia BN RN MXB MJS OF CA (Mia) - 4
Jennifer Scheytt
Estrella's One Crazy Sucmmer | NA NAJ | Soleil | Jennifer Scheytt | 2 |
Estrella's Pretty Betty Quick | NA NAJ | Betty | Michel Rannou | 2 |
CH Moonstone Kick Start My Heart RN PT AX MXJ MXP2 MXPB MJP3 MJPB NF OFP T2BP (Shebang) - 4
Sandy McDonald and Casey Minner
Moonstone Heart Breaker | OA NAJ | Peyton | Merilynn Bergstresser | 3 |
Moonstone Maize Love From The Start | NA | Maize | Candy Herrington and Elena Lennon | 1 |
CH Nonesuch Geta Risa Outa Ewe PT (Vash) - 5
Jana Dozet, Cheryl Poliak, and Pamela Harris
Risa Caramel Frappuccino | OA OAJ | Frapper | Kim Krueger DVM | 4 |
Risa Rocking The River | NAJ | River | Kim Krueger DVM | 1 |
DC Pentangle's If You Please HSAds HSBds HIAds HIBd HXAds (Kate) - 5
Debra Thomas DVM
Pentangle's All That Jazz | NAJ | Roxie | Wanda Packard | 1 |
Pentangle's Special Agent | OA OAJ | Kensi | Elizabeth Scorzelli | 4 |
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