CHERI OMNUS, BCCA AGILITY CHAIR
"My name is Cheri Omnus and I got my first taste of agility back in 1996 when the Bearded Collie Club of the Golden West, in preparation for the 1997 National Specialty, invited us to an intro to agility seminar with Tammy Domico. We were living in Southern California, and Tom and I decided to make a trip of it, going to the Wine Country, but the weekend was about agility. Murray, my fi rst Beardie, seemed to like it, but after the class on Saturday, he got to play with all the other Beardies; I think he liked that better. That seminar stuck with me but I could not fi nd any training facilities close to our home. Agility was still so new.
In 1997, Tom and I moved to New Jersey when, with the help of Joanne Williamson, I found a training facility. Both Murray and Miller went to class. I really got hooked on agility. Miller went on to have a long career and retired in 2005. McKay was my fi rst MACH dog and is retired now. Marco just fi nished his MACH in August at the age of 4 and we’re excited to see what happens next. He is my first Beardie to qualify for AKC Nationals in 2015.
I’ve been a member of the BCCA since 1996. I’ve also been a member of the Garden State Bearded Collie Clan and a member of Gateway Agility Club in the St. Louis area. I’ve been an agility trial chair several times. In 2013 I had the privilege of chairing the National Specialty Agility trial. What a day it was! I got to meet so many club members and their wonderful Beardies. It’s a day I will never forget."
COMMITTEE ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Since September of 2000 we implemented the BCCA Trophy for over-all accomplishment in AKC Agility, the Diehard Trophy (sponsored by the Beardie Agility Diehards and designed by Chet Jezierski), and the Jumpers with Weaves Trophy in honor of Mirage (sponsored by Beth White and designed by John Stanbridge). In 2004 we decided to make BCCA MACH ribbons available at all of our National Specialties. Karen Barratt designed and donated the ribbons for this. In 2006 we awarded the Veteran Preferred Trophy (sponsored by Carl and Kay Widell). In 2010 we revamped the scoring system for all of our existing awards. We worked closely with our entire Agility Committee, especially Joanne Williamson on the point systems for these awards, which have been approved by the BCCA Board. In 2015 Lori Weinberg proposed the Lightning Award in honor of Rocky to honor the fastest Beardie of the year
Thank you to those continuing on the Agility Committee for 2016-2017. We have 13 members, drawn from across the United States. All of the committee's members have extensive experience in the sport, having titled multiple Beardies and earning many agility Championships and even Masters in Versatility.
Cheri Omnus of O'Fallon MO, Agility Chair beginning 2014
Karen Barratt of Galveston TX, Agility Co-Chair from 2000 through 2004
Jack Buhite of Santa Clara CA, former NCBCF President (Skyedance)
Carol Carlsen of Oxford, MI (Wynsum)
Ann Chandoha of Marble Falls TX
Jeff Ipser of Auburn OH, AKC Agility Judge,former BCCA Treasurer (Wigglesworth)
Linda Porter of Hagerstown MD (Tweeddale)
Sharon Prassa of Sacramento CA, NCBCF President and former BCCA Board Member
Lori Weinberg of Edwardsville IL
David Williamson of Pearland TX, Agility Co-Chair from 2010 through 2014, former BCCA Secretary
Current BCCA Agility Chair beginning 2014
McKay and Marco - Versatility Excellent
McKay - MACH - 2 July 2011
Marco - MACH - 17 August 2014/MACH2 - 15 November 2015MILLER-Angelfire Shooting Star MX MXJ MXP AJP EAC NJC TN-N
MURRAY-Springhills Star Dreamer NA NAJ NAP NJP
MCKAY-CH MACH Lakewood's Shining Star RN MXB MJC NF PD2 PS2 PK3 PJ2 PG1 NAC NJC WV-N HIC CGC VX
MARCO-CH MACH2 Lakewood Born To Be A Star RN MXS MJG AD SSA SJ CA HIC CGC VX
BCCA Agility Co-Chair 2000 - 2004
Jet - Denia Award for 2000
Jet - High in Trial at National Specialty - 2002 in Standard
Jet - First MACH5 - 27 August 2005Miller - Versatility Excellent
Miller - MACH9- 16 October 2014
Miller -- TQX - 29 January 2011
Miller - Top Agility Beardie 2011 - 20" Winner at AKC/ Eukanuba Invitationals 2011
BOO!-Ch O'Duinnin Picabo Streak MX MXJ AD OAC OJC NGC HIC ROMAX
BUDWEISER-Ch/MACH2 O'Duinnin HMT A Bud for Boo MXC MJS2 ROMAX
JET-MACH5 O'Duinnin HMT Sonic Boom MXG2 MJC2 AAD EAC EJC OGC
MILLER-CH MACH9 Colquhoun's No Time To Relax RN MXG3 MJB4 MXF MFB TQX T2B NAC HIC CGC VX ROMAX
PACKER-Afterdark Estrella Six Pack AX MXJ MJB NF CGC CL1
HAWK-Alistair's Eye Of A Hawk At Big Lake OA OAJ
Spice - Versatility Excellent
Spice - MACH - 1 October 2006 - PACH - 20 May 2012
SPICE-MACH PACH Spindrift Risa Hot Stuff CD RA MXB MJS MXPB MJP4 MJPB PAX AAD ASA AJ AS AR NAC EJC NGC WV-O TN-O CL3 CL4-FHS CGC VX
STIX-Spindrift's Stix 'n Stones RN MX MXJ MJB OF AAD ASA CL3 CL4-FH CGC
LEXUS RN MX MXJ EAC EAC EJC OGC PD1, (Standard Schnauzer)
SAGE AX OAJ OAC OJC OGC (Standard Schnauzer)
TASIA-CH Abear Von KB's Fantasia NA (Standard Schnauzer)
ZIVA (Pumi)
Jack Buhite of Santa Clara CA (Skyedance)
Member of BCCA Agility Committee since 2000
Former NCBCF President, responsible for AKC licensing
Libby Myers-Buhite of Santa Clara CA (Skyedance)
BCCA Agility Co-Chair from 2000 through 2014
Member of BCCA Agility Committee since February 1997
Founder of Beardie Agility Diehards (BAD) in February 1997
NCBCF Agility Chair since 1997 and Treasurer since 2005
Libby Myers-Buhite As a member of the Agility Committee since February of 1997, I have been in contact with most of you and have enjoyed hearing your stories and publishing your statistics. After conversations with many of you, I founded the Beardie Agility Diehards (BAD) in April of 1997. With Karen Norteman's help we started a website called "We're BAD," which is home to 643 Agility Beardies, and initiated a Beardie Agility List so that we can communicate with one another about training tips and trial successes. Our organization is well known in the Agility world and many wish that their breed clubs had such a fabulous, award-winning, fun-filled website and the sense of community that we enjoy. In July of 2000 I was asked by Rosemary Schroeder to be the BCCA Acting Agility Chair and in September I accepted the appointment as your BCCA Agility Co-Chair. I was also the Agility Chair for the Northern California Bearded Collie Fanciers, where our 70 Agility Beardies earned 1234 Agility titles, including 26 Championship titles (17 AKC MACHs, 1 PACH, 2 USDAA ADCHs, 2 NADAC-NATCH/VERS-NATCH, and 4 CPE C-ATCHs). We have held fourteen Regional Specialty Agility trials since 2001 and twelve weekends of all-breed AKC trials. Together Jack and I have trained five agility Beardies: Skye, Caper, Ceilidh, SkyeLark, and Frolic. Skye, Caper, Ceilidh, and SkyeLark are Versatility Excellent Beardies and Caper won eight Highs in Trial both at the Nationals and the NCBCF Regionals.Skyedance, Caper, Ceilidh, and Skyelark - Versatility Excellent
Caper-Top BAD Beardie and top NADAC Beardie- 2006
NATCH-2/19/06 / Vers-NATCH-5/26/07 / C-ATCH-5/21/06 / C-ATCH2-1/06/08Ceilidh-Several NCBCF Highs in Trial
C-ATCH-2/21/15*SKYEDANCE-CH Melita Skyedance PT MX MXJ MJB NJP AAD JM RM EAC EAC-V O-EJC OGC TN-N HCT HIC CGC VX ROMAX
*CAPRICE-Melita Winter Caprice HIC CGC
*CAPER-CH Vers-NATCH C-ATCH2 Skyedance Lord A-Leaping RAE PT AX MXJ AXP MJP2 OFP PD3 PS3 PJ3 AR AG AS S-EJC S-TN-E S-WV-E HP-N ChST ChJU ChJP ChCL ChSN ChWC ChFH HCT HIC CGC VX
CEILIDH-UCI Int BA CH C-ATCH O'Duinnin Celebration Ale RE PT AX MXJ MJB MJP2 MJPB XF T2B2 T2BP3 AAD ASA AG RM PRM JM PJCH-Bronze SCH-Bronze PKCH ChSN ChJU ChFH ChWC ChCL TN-N HCT HIC CGC TDI VX
SKYELARK-UCI Int JuCH Skyedance A Lark Ascending BN RE HT MX MXJ MJS NAP NJP OF NFP T2B AAD ASA JM RM AG SCH-Bronze CL3 CL4-FHS HIC CGC TDI VX ROMA
FROLIC-CH IntCH Skyedance Happy As A Lark BN RA PT AXJ XF AG AS SJ SR CL1-H CL2-FS HIC CA BCAT CGC VX
PERCUSSION-Skyedance I've Got No Strings On Me NA NAJ NAP NJP CL2-R TBAD HIC CGC - Sarah and Doug Halsey
Carol Carlsen of Oxford, MI (Wynsum)
Shiloh, Ivy Sue, Lacey, Dickens, Shayne-Versatility Excellent
SHELBY-AM/CAN CH Achates Full Carat HIC CGC ROM ROMO ROMAX
CODY-Fox Lane's Ruff & Ready CD OA NAJ
SHILOH-CH Fox Lane's Victory In Blue CD AX AXJ NAC VX ROMAX
DUGAN-AM/CAN CH Fox Lane's Wynsum Wiley Won RN AX OAJ
IVY SUE-AM/CAN CH Fox Lane's Zany Treasure CD RN MX MXJ OAC OAC-V NJC NJC-V TN-N ROM VX ROMAX
LACEY-AM/CAN CH Wynsum Alluring Dreamweaver RN AX AXJ NAP NJP PS1 PK1 VX ROMAX
DICKENS-AM/CAN CH Wynsum Braveheart Of Mine RN AX AXJ VX ROMAX
HALEY-CH Wynsum Charming Reflection AX AXJ
SHAYNE-AM/CAN CH Wynsum Diamonds Are Forever RN AX AXJ OAC NJC NGC VX ROMAX
LEXUS-CH Wynsum Final Fantasy OA MXJ NF SG SJ OJC TN-N
JUSTIN-Wynsum Just Cause ROMAX
DELANEY-CH Wynsum Keep On Dreaming AX OAJ ROMAX
AVERY-CH Wynsum Keepsake Treasure OA NAJ
IVY ROSE-Wynsum Listen To My Heart ROMA
WAGNER-CH Wynsum Make My Day AX AXJ SPS ROMAX
PEYTON-CH Wynsum Only In My Heart
WHIM-CH Wynsum Promise Of Treasure
BLISS-CH Wynsum Sweeter Than Wine
OZZIE-CH Wynsum To Know Him Is To Love Him OA AXJ-Epperson
RORY-CH Wynsum Quick Step In Style Forever
WESLEY-GCH Wynsum Trump Paw
PIPPIN-CH Wynsum Untamed Heart NA NAJ NF
Ann Chandoha of Marble Falls TX
STOLI-CH O'Duinnin Andy Gabel Stolaway OA OAJ NAC NJC HIC CGC
ARBI-CH MACH O'Duinnin HMT Rhythm 'N Booze MXG MJC AXP MJP OAC OJC NGC CGC
DRU-CH MACH4 Colquhoun's First Draw MXG2 MJG2 MXF NAC HIC CGC
RAZZ--CH Estrella's Only Razzmatazz MX MXB MXJ MJS OF
RAERAE-Alistair's Rae Of Sunshine At Big Lake
AX AXJ CL1-RFH
Andrea and Debby Hobe of Alpharetta GA (AllAround)
Colby and Brie - Versatility Excellent
BARKLEY-Arcadia-Wildwood Mr. Blue MX MXJ MJB AD AS SJ SG SR OAC EJC NGC TN-N CGC
PARKER-Wigglesworth Must Be Fate
COLBY-MACH3 O'Duinnin Blacker N Coal RN PT MXC MJS2 NF AD SSA SJ SS SG TN-N CGC TDI HIC VX
BRIE-CH MACH Estrella There's A Breeze AllAround HT MXS MJS HIC VX
FERGUS-CH AllAround First Edition CGC HIC
Jeff Ipser of Auburn OH (Wigglesworth)
AKC Agility Judge,former BCCA Treasurer
Jax, Lizzee, and Zoom - Versatility Excellent
Jax:
High in Trial at National Specialty - 2004 in Standard
Winner of the Denia Award for 2002
MACH3 - 4.28.07Zoom:
Top AKC/BCCA Beardie for 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010
AKC/Eukanuba Invitationals 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
Denia Award for 2005
Diehard Trophy for 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
Overall Jumpers Trophy for 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
MACH14- 5.11.12
TQX - 6.05.09Rezoom:
Denia Award for 2013
Overall Jumpers with Weaves-2013
MACH3-10.05.14BARNEE-CH Windfiddler's Best Of Times ROMAX
MAYZEE-CH Wigglesworth Full Throttle MX MXB MXJ MJB
JOKER-CH Wigglesworth Jokers Wild ROMA
LIBBEE-CH Wigglesworth Make No Mistake AX AXJ NAP ROMAX-
KAILEY-CH MACH2 Wigglesworth No Way Out MXG MJC MXF T2B
LIZZEE-CH Wigglesworth Oh Look at That RN PT MX AXJ AXP AJP CGC ROMAX VX
JAX-CH MACH3 Wigglesworth Out On A Limb RN MXC MJB2 MXP MJP PS1 CGC ROMAX VX
CH Wigglesworth Sassy Sally ROMAX
CH Wigglesworth Show Stopper
POOH-CH Wigglesworth Starburst ROMA
ZEE-CH Wigglesworth Stay Out Of My Way AX AXJ
REZOOM-CH MACH3 Wigglesworth Super Smooth Operator MXC MJC AXP AJP XF T2B
ZOOM-CH MACH14 Wigglesworth Super Sonic CD RN MXC4 MJS5 NAP NJP MXF MFS TQX PS1 PD1 PG1 PK1 PJ1 CGC VX ROMAX
Linda Porter of Hagerstown MD (Tweeddale)
Bailey
Denia Award 2004
MACH2 12/07/07
AKC Nationals 2005, 2006, 2007 / Invitationals 2006,2007Mika
Denia Award 2007
MACH 7 11/15/14
TQX - 10/02/10
AKC/Eukanuba Invitationals 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012BAILEY-CH MACH2 Oakengates Irish Cream MXC MJS2 AXP MJP OF AAD ASA AJ AS SR SG O-NAC O-OJC O-NCC TN-E S-WV-N O-TG-N NVA ROMA
TOBY-CH Tweeddale's Day Dream Believer OA NAJ TN-O CGC
MIKA-MACH7 ADCH Fox Lane's Mika At Tweeddale MXS3 MJS3 MXF TQX T2B SACH-Bronze JCH RCH SCH TM-Bronze NAC
TORI-Tweeddale's Black Magic Woman AX AXJ XF SG SR CGC, S.T.A.R PUPPY
ACE-CH Moonstone Get Out Of My Way
RAYA (border collie)-Wren's Wise Guardian, S.T.A.R PUPPY
Sharon Prassa of Sacramento CA
NCBCF President and former BCCA Board Member
Annie and Ry - Versatility Excellent / Zoot - Versatility Masters 2010
ANNIE-Moonsong Klassical Legacy CDX HS HTS-1-s MX MXJ PD2 EAC EJC NGC CGC VX
AMOS-Moonsong's Scottish Bobbie CGC
ZOOT-DC Britannia Zoots Me Fine RE HXAs HSAd HTD-I HRD-II HTADIII-s OA AXJ OF AD NAC NJC NGC TN-N CL3-RF HIC CGC TDI MV
RY-GCH CH IntCH Pentangle Rock'n Ryland P RN TDX HSAs HIAs HXAs OA OAJ NJP OF TDI CGC VX
Lori Weinberg of Edwardsville IL
Rocky - MACH - 26 July 2009
Rocky - PACH - 12 April 2012
Blade - MACH - 19 February 2012/ MACH2 - 28 September 2012/ MACH3 - 25 May 2013/ MACH4 - 1 August 2014/ MACH5 - 9 September 2015
Blade -Winner of the Lightening Award for 2015
CHILLY-CH Arcadia's Thrills N' Chills CD OA OAJ NAP NJP CGC
ROCKY-MACH PACH Chaniam Creag MXS MJG MXP3 MXPB MJP7 MJPS PAX XF PG1 PJ1 PR1 HIC CGC
BLADE-MACH5 Cameron's On The Cutting Edge MXB2 MJC2 OF T2B2
BOLT-Cameron Lightnin Strikes Twice MX MXJ
David Williamson of Pearland TX
BCCA Agility Co-Chair 2010 - 2014
Former BCCA Corresponding Secretary
David Williamson was our BCCA Co-Chair from 2010 to 2014. David has a lot of experience with Agility, having put a MACH2 on Harley and being the first to earn a PAX and the MXP6 MJP7. Harley won the Veteran trophy several years running. Now for a few words from David: "Wow! I’ve got a tough act to follow... Joanne is a powerhouse go-getter who loves data, information, and numbers (retired career scientist) and once shared with me the spreadsheet she created and still uses to keep our agility statistics. I was in awe then, and now find myself very thankful she made the decision to continue maintaining said spreadsheet --- I shudder to think about my job description including the continuance of that file! A sincere thank you, Joanne, for such a vast quantity of work. Now... my first task as co-chair will be to grab a piece of fruit, go sit under the shade tree, and generate ideas for our agility doggies so that I don’t come off looking like a slacker. As I said before, I’ve got a tough act to follow!"Harley:
Preferred Veteran Trophy 2006, 2007, and 2008
MACH2 - 24 April 2005
First Beardie PAX and PACH - 3 February 2007HARLEY-MACH2 PACH Harley of St. John MXS MJG MXPS MXP6 MJPS MJP7 PAX EAC EJC
DARBY-Oh Duinnin Oh Dancin' Darby OA MXJ NF NJP NJC
MURRAY-Wynsum Holdin' On To A Dream AX AXJ NAP NJP NAC NJC
MCGUFFEY-Wynsum Right Stuff! NA NAJ OF NJC TN-N
MULDOON
Joanne Williamson of Boxboro MA (Balgrae)
BCCA Agility Co-Chair 2004 - 2010
BCCA Agility Committee 1997 - present (one year off as BCCA President)
Tracks AKC legs and titles for BCCA Award
AKC Rally Judge
Former BCCA President
Joanne Williamson rejoined the Agility Committee in 2011 after serving for a year as BCCA President. She has been working with the Agility Committee since 1997, keeping track of all of the AKC legs and titles earned by our Beardies. Joanne was Co-Chair of the Agility Committee from 2004-2010. She has been instrumental in working out the point systems for all of our BCCA Awards. Joanne has trained seven Agility Beardies, Corey, Sean, Rob, Beau, Belle, Flash, and Jack. Sean holds the distinction of being the first Beardie to earn the AKC championship, the MACH. Flash has earned his MACH as well. Six are Versatility Excellent Beardies and Flash has his Master Versatility. Sean, Rob, and Belle have taken Highs in Trial at our BCCA Nationals. Sean won the Denia Award for 1998, the Diehard Trophy for 1999 and 2000, and the Jumpers Trophy for 1999 and 2000. He also held the distinction of being "top AKC Beardie" in 1999 and 2000. Since 2009 Joanne has chaired BCCA agility trial fundraisers in Amhurst NH and raised thousands for the Specialty Fund!Sean - Denia Award for 1998
Sean - Diehard Trophy for 1999 and 2000
Sean - Jumpers With Weaves Trophy for 1999 and 2000
Sean - Top BAD Beardie for 2001
Sean - First Beardie MACH - 16 June 2001
Flash - MACH - 22 March 2009 / PACH - 16 March 2013 / PACH2 - 23 February 2014COREY-BIS Am Can Bda CH Parcana Lord Corwin CDX OA NAJ HIC ROMA VX
SEAN-CH MACH Balgrae's Sean Mackay CD HS JHDs STDs MXG MJG NAC NJC VX
LILY-CH Britannia Sweet Black Angel NA HIC HCTs
ROB-CH Balgrae's Rob Ruadh CD RAE HT JHDs MX MXJ AD EAC EJC EGC TN-N TG-N WV-N NVA VX
BELLE-CH Britannia Belle of the Ball RN PT OA OAJ NF NJC TN-O VX
BEAU-Britannia Beau Brummel RE PT MX MXB MXJ MJS OAP AJP XF EAC EJC EGC TN-E WV-O TG-O OVA VX
FLASH-CH MACH PACH2 Britannia Flashback CD RAE HSAds HSBd HIAds HXAs HXAdM MXS MJG MXP6 MXPS MJP8 MJPG PAX2 MXF MFP5 MFPS TQXP T2BP MV
JACK-DC Pentangle's Captain Jack BN RAE HSAds HSBd HIAds HIBd HXAdM HXBdM MX MXJ MXF T2B MV
DAZZLE-Balderdash Bedazzled At Balgrae
AKC/UKC Agility Judge Beth Canner of Seminole FL - (Bay Breeze)
First BCCA Agility Chair from 1996 through 1999 and agility committee 1996 - 2010
Beth Canner was our first Agility Chair. Her health has placed too many limitations on her to continue on the committee, though she will judge now and again for UKC. We owe Beth a debt of gratitude. I am sure that much of the progress in Beardie agility is due to her. Did you know that the VERY FIRST AKC specialty agility trial was the Florida trial which she organized in 1996. When I mention her name, the AKC says "yes" to our annual Fun Runs started by Beth, without making us wait the three hours which the rules demand. We are so grateful to Beth for all she has done, including establishing our first BCCA Awards: the Denia, the Sunshine, the Standard Certificates, and the Ryan Awards for JWW, named after her Ryan, the first agility titled Beardie.
BCCA Agility Chair from 1999 to 2000 and agility committee 1996 - 2000
Jerry Bergen of White River Jct VT
CKC Agility Judge Leslie Dawson-North of Langdon, Alberta (Aceilidh)
Charles Gibson of New Caledonia MI
Antoinette Krafcheck of Mishawaka IN (Charmant)
Michele Ritter of Saylorsburg PA (Britannia)
BCCA Agility Awards - 2014
BCCA Agility Awards - 2013
BCCA Agility Awards - 2012
BCCA Agility Awards - 2011
BCCA Agility Awards - 2010
BCCA Agility Awards - 2009
BCCA Agility Awards - 2008
BCCA Agility Awards - 2007
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BCCA Agility Awards - 2004
BCCA Agility Awards - 2003
BCCA Agility Awards - 2002
BCCA Agility Awards - 2001
BCCA Agility Awards - 2000
BCCA Agility Awards - 1999
BCCA Agility Awards - 1998
BCCA Agility Awards - 1997
BCCA Agility Awards - 1996
BAD Awards 1999
BAD Awards 2000
BAD Awards 2001
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BAD Awards 2003
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BAD Awards 2006
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