CCRCA Agility Trophy Rules
- Nature of the Award
- The CCRCA Agility trophy shall be awarded to the curly-coated retriever that receives the most points from qualifying runs and placements from recognized agility events (see section 4, Event Description) in the previous year.
- The trophy will be awarded at the annual specialty of the CCRCA.
- Eligibility
- Any curly-coated retriever belonging to any full or non-voting CCRCA member is eligible to win this prize.
- A curly-coated retriever is eligible to repeat as a winner, but only accomplishments in the appropriate calendar year shall be used to determine each year’s winner.
- Points
- The Curly-Coated Retriever earning the highest number of points during the calendar year will be the winner. Points will be awarded according to the following schedule:
- Points will be assembled from the official AKC and CKC records by the Agility Trophy Chairperson or a record keeper to be designated by the CCRCA. CCRCA members may also submit their dog’s agility accomplishments to the Agility Trophy Chairperson or a designated record keeper for consideration. The Chair shall seek to verify all reported accomplishments and in doing so may ask the owner for evidence verifying the reported accomplishments.
- Ownership
- The trophy is owned by the CCRCA.
- The trophy must be returned to the CCRCA trophy chairperson in good condition at least 4 weeks prior to the CCRCA specialty.
- A keeper trophy will be given to the owner of the winning curly-coated retriever.
Qualifying legs | ||
AKC Novice Regular (NA) and JWW (NAJ) (max 6) | 8 points/leg | |
AKC Open Regular (OA) and JWW (OAJ) (max 6) | 16 points/leg | |
AKC Excellent Regular (AX) and JWW (AXJ) (no max) | 24 points/leg | |
AKC Master Regular (MX) and JWW (MXJ) (no max) | 24 points/leg | |
CKC Novice (max 6) | 8 points/leg | |
CKC Intermediate (max 6) | 16 points/leg | |
CKC Excellent (max 6) | 24 points/leg | |
CKC Master (max 6) | 24 points/leg | |
Placements | ||
First | 8 points | |
Second | 6 points | |
Third | 4 points | |
Fourth | 2 points | |
AKC MACH point (each) | 1 point |
For a preferred run in AKC agility trials, count ½ the number of assigned points for the corresponding normal run and/or placement. There is no preferred class in the CKC. (Preferred legs/titles have a P after the letters, such as NAP.)