New FC !!!
Greenville Coffey "Coffey"
O: Rick Cichon, H: Bill Boeckman

New AFC !!!
Harvest Moon's Lon Mayu Run "Matty"
O/H: Kevin Dresow

New AFC !!!
Harvest Moon's Cookie "Cookie"
O/H: Kevin Dresow

New FC !!!
Bridgewaters Minnesota T "Sota"
O: Jayne Reinhart & Tracie Wilson, H: Morgan Haglin

New AFC !!!
Suthron Glen's Sparky "Sparky" O/H: Kevin Rutherford

New AFC!!!
Bridgewater's Sandpiper of BRS "Piper"
O: Randy & Mary Manore, H: Randy Manore
New FC!!!
Fallenwings Cool Hand Cole "Cole"
O: Jason Ladd, H: Bill Boeckman

(To see all recent clubmember placements go to the Field Trials page.)

 

Minnesota Heartland English Springer Spaniel Club

Winter Business Meeting - Sunday, February 18, 2018
Lake Front Bar & Grill, Le Center, MN

 Sign-in of Members, Collecting Annual Dues, and Establishment of a Quorum

Members present: Bill & Betty Boeckman, Dennis DuErr, Joe Eischen, Pat Gilligan, Dean Koehler, Karen Larson, Randy Manore, Dick & Joanie Nichols, Rick Paquin, Rich Ree, Mark Rysavy, Terry Sworsky, Tony Sworsky, Mark Victor

Approval of Agenda

OLD BUSINESS:
Secretary’s Report – Dean Koehler: There were no additions or corrections to the Summer 2017 minutes.

Treasurer’s Report – Karen Larson: Our current balance stands at $9487.59, which is as good a financial shape as the club has been in in quite some time.

2017 Fall Field Trial Report (Randy Manore, Chair): The three day trial (2 Opens, 1 Amateur, 1 Puppy, 1 Water Test) went very well and managed to have an excellent positive balance of $3607 due to the extra Open and Water Test receipts, plus having all judges drive to the trial rather than fly.

National Amateur Championship Delegate’s Report: No Heartland club member was present at the Nat’l Amateur, so the club designated Connie Kieckhefer as our voting delegate. Next year’s National Amateur Championship will be held at Deer Creek Lodge in Ohio starting November 15^th. The qualification is 2 points, and the entry fee will be $250.

The Board of Governors recommended that the NAC and NOC delegations increase the number of trials judged in order to qualify to be on the national judge selection ballots. A motion was passed by the NAC delegates that to increase the qualification to 12 trials (24 All-Age Stakes). To count, they must US Springer trials only (Canadian and Cocker trials do not count).

National Open Championship Delegate’s Report (Mark Rysavy): Next year’s Nat’l Open Championship will be held in Cambridge, MD starting December 10th. The judges are Mark Haglin and Casey Butz. The qualification is 3 points, and the entry fee will be $235.

The Board of Governors recommended that the NAC and NOC delegations increase the number of trials judged in order to qualify to be on the national judge selection ballots. The 12 trials (24 All-Age Stakes) are to be US Springer trials only (Canadian and Cocker trials do not count). This motion was passed by the NOC delegates.

Other Old Business – NAC and NOC rotations – Proposals have been voted on at the NOC and NAC to realign the rotations of the national championship trials (NOC and NAC) so that the Rocky Mountain Interclub doesn’t host nationals in consecutive years. This change has not yet been finalized.

NEW BUSINESS:

MHESSC Spring 2018 Field Trial Report (Bill Boeckman, Chair):
Dates:  April 7-8, 2018            Grounds: ?
All-Age Judges: Kevin Dresow & Tom Nabity           
FT Secretary: Dick Nichols
Bird Planter: Mark Hoekstra  
Head Marshal: Lori Koehler   
Gun Captains: Pat Gilligan & Dennis DuErr

MHESSC Fall 2018 Field Trial Report (Rick Paquin, Chair):
Dates:  October 6-7, 2018      Grounds: ?
All-Age Judges: Chad Betts & undetermined
Bird Planter:                            Head Marshal:              
Gun Captains: Pat Gilligan & Dennis DuErr

Other Club FT Reports:

St. Croix Spring 2018 FT update
Dates: April 12-13       Grounds: Princeton area
All-Age Judges: John Hall & Paul Johannes 

MESSC Spring 2018 FT update
Dates: April 14-15       Chair: Dave Huth
All-Age Judges: Clay Earl & David Sanford
Puppy Judges: Dennis DuErr & Mark Victor

NMESSC Spring 2018 FT Update
Dates: April 21-22       Grounds: Hunts Point
All-Age Judges: Todd Agnew & Peter Renwick
Puppy Judges: Dave Huth & Dan Murray

2017 National Open Championship Summary (Bill Boeckman, NOC FT Chair & Dean Koehler, 2017 NOC President) Bill and Dean thanked everyone for pitching in and making the NOC near Austin a huge success. We received a lot of compliments on the trial, and it is due to the efforts of our club members that things ran so smoothly.

Nominating Committee Report - nomination of 2018 Officers & 2018 FT Chairs
(Bill Boeckman, Tony Sworsky & Mark Victor)
President – Dean Koehler                                         
Vice President – Randy Manore
Secretary – Dean Koehler                                         
Treasurer – Karen Larson
Spring 2019 FT Chair – Terry Sworsky                     
Fall 2019 FT Chair – Ken Hanson

Election of 2018 Officers & 2019 FT Chairs
It was moved, seconded, and passed that the slate presented by the nominating committee be accepted.

New Memberships – No prospective new members were presented.

New Championships – Awards will be made and presented to owners of two new champions for 2017:

AFC Vinny owned by Terry Sworsky, and FC Ella owned by Rick Paquin.

Adjournment
It was moved, seconded, and passed that the meeting be adjourned.

Minutes prepared by Dean Koehler, MHESSC Secretary & President