The AGM will be held via Zoom on Sunday, January 30 @ 6:00pm. Members please check your email for notice link and agenda.
A reminder you 2022 membership must be paid in order for you to have a vote. Please send $25 etransfer to viretreiverclub@gmail.com or mail check to the Treasurer, Bill Pearson. Contact Bill for mailing address treasurer@viretrieverclub.ca
With the fall licensed trial being held at Swallowfield we need all hands on deck to help get the grounds ship shape. There is a clean up day scheduled on Saturday, September 11, where there will be some hired help but we need as many bodies as possible to do the yeoman’s work of grooming so that judges have the best possible grounds to work with and safe for our dogs. Please consider lending a hand even for an hour or two, as every little bit helps. Bring your own tools – rakes, hand pruners, brush cutters, whatever you have for hand to hand combat to tackle the never ending mass of blackberry and other invasive species. You can also help by contributing to the Swallowfield Labour Fund which pays for the hired help.
CKC is behind on approving judging panels however have given permission to publish the premium with the caveat that it is pending approval and may be subject to change.
Picnic Trial August 8, 2021 Results
Thank you to judge Ian Montgomery and everyone who helped on the day.
OPEN – 5 Dogs entered
1st WALTER Kyle Sawayama
2nd BRANT Lynne Johnson
QUAL – 4 Dogs entered
1st RIVER Bryan Kemper
2nd CASH Wes Place
Picnic Trial July 11, 2021
Judge Hope Roberts
OPEN – 8 Dogs entered
1st ROZIE Daniel Shnitka
2nd ZIGGY Daniel Shnitka
3rd BUDDY Ted Haughton
4th GIBSON Jim Swanson
QUAL – 4 Dogs entered
1st CASE Bill Pearson handled by Linda Page
Junior – 1 Dog entered
1st TESS Lorne Parker
Covid has delayed many supply chains but at long last the plaque for Michael Stevenson has arrived.
With the May 25 announcement by the Provincial Government, VIRC is pleased to be able to resume holding picnic trials! Some restrictions still apply and all attendees are required to abide by the PHO in place as well as follow the Field Trial Protocols. Please click on this link and read the Covid plan before attending any event.
The next picnic trial is scheduled for May 30 at Swallowfield. See you there!
The website calendar has been updated for the 2021 picnic trials, training days at Swallowfield, and licensed trials. Check the calendar here https://viretrieverclub.ca/calendar-of-events/
VIRC recognized John Caldwell as its 2020 Honorary member! For decades John has contributed to retriever field trials and the Vancouver Island Retriever Club as a competitor, breeder, and holding multiple positions on the Club executive. John earned many Field Trial Championships on his dogs, most notable Firwoodhill’s Dynamo (Dino), who retired with 251 (corrected from 104) AA points, and was a field trial champion as a two-year-old. Legend has it, Dino won 7 consecutive trials! Congratulations & thank you John👏
Congratulations to the BC Association of Retriever Trial Clubs hi-point dogs for 2020. These are the top dogs with the most accumulated points in BC trials. Open – Dave Douglas & Georgia, Qualifying-Jim Swanson & Gibson, and Junior- Rod Spence & Oscar.
