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CCRCA Obedience Trophy Rules

  1. Nature of the Award
    1. The CCRCA Obedience Trophy shall be awarded to the Curly-Coated Retriever who has the highest average Regular Obedience Qualifying score in AKC Obedience, with no less than three scores.
    2. From Trials between January 1st and December 31st.
    3. The Classes considered for this award are Novice A/B, Open A/B, Utility A/B.

  2. Eligibility
    1. Any Curly-Coated Retriever belonging to any CCRCA member, in good standing with the CCRCA & AKC is eligible to win this prize.
    2. A Curly-Coated Retriever is eligible to repeat as a winner.
    3. The Rotating Trophies Committee shall seek to verify all reported accomplishments, and in doing so, may ask the owner or any others deemed appropriate for evidence verifying the reported accomplishments.
    4. CCRCA members may also submit their dog’s obedience accomplishments to the Rotating Trophy Chairperson for consideration.

  3. Ownership
    1. The trophy is owned by the CCRCA.
    2. The trophy must be returned in good condition, at the CCRCA’s expense to the Rotating Trophy chair when asked, well before the next year’s CCRCA National Specialty.

  4. Specifications
    1. The CCRCA Obedience Trophy will be engraved with the winning Curly-Coated Retrievers AKC Registered name with AKC and CCRCA titles.
    2. A keeper plaque will be given to the owner of the winning Curly-Coated Retriever with the following text: CCRCA Obedience Trophy, Year won, dogs AKC registered name with titles and honorifics as specified by the dog’s owner and average score.
    3. All expenses for the trophy and keeper plaque (shipping & engraving) are covered by the CCRCA.
    4. If any additional plaques are requested. All costs will be at the expense of the winner. Requesting additional plaques need to be done at the time that the engraving specifications are determined.

  5. Points
  6. OTCH  
    Obedience Trial Champion 200 points
    Obedience Master Title 150 points
    High In Trial (HIT) 100 points
    High Combined (Open & Utility) 75 points
    Utility Dog  
    Utility Dog Excellent title (UDX) 50 points
    Utility title (UD) 25 points
       Placements  
        First 20 points
        Second 15 points
        Third 10 points
        Fourth 5 points
    Companion Dog Excellent  
    Companion Dog Excellent title(CDX) 20 points
       Placements  
        First 15 points
        Second 10 points
        Third 5 points
        Fourth 2.5 points