Wednesday, March 17, 2021

A Good Day Trialing in Georgia

NSTRA CH FlyBoy Ace's Bullseye (Shack)

 

2021 Georgia Region Championships

Hufstetler Farm, Bronwood, GA

March 13-14, 2021

 Members of the Georgia Region and their families gathered at Hufstetler Farm for the 2021 Georgia Elimination Pre-Trial, 2021 Georgia Elimination Championship, and Awards Ceremony. Members enjoyed a delicious BBQ supper and a presentation by Quail Forever representative, and NSTRA Sponsor, Kenny Barker before the Annual Meeting.

 Gerald recognized Tyler Clore who served as Vice President this year. CJ Pearson provided the financial report, and officers for 2021-22 were elected. Officers for 2021-2022 are President – Gerald Pannell, Vice President – Keith Howard, Treasurer – C.J. Pearson and Secretary – Brittni Pannell.

 2021 Regional Awards were presented to:

High Point Dog - PINEYWOODS SWEET AS HONEY – Owners Janice and Harold Hufstetler

High Point Female Dog - PINEYWOODS SWEET AS HONEY – Owners Janice and Harold Hufstetler

Most Improved Dog - BRYSON'S DIANA aka ANA – Owners Gerald and Bryson Pannell

The Scott Clark Award – Harold Hufstetler

Judge of the Year - Harold Hufstetler

Sportsman of the Year – C. J. Pearson

Rookie of the Year – A tie – Maggie Adams and Bryson Pannell

Junior Handlers were recognized and given personalized leads. Georgia Junior handlers are Kam Hill, Bryson Pannell, Madissyn David and Maggie Adams. Not present was Sarakate Pannell. 

Oldest and Youngest Handlers (Green Shirts) Bryson Pannel (12), Randy Schultz (70)


 The 2019-2020 NSTRA Georgia Region Board of Directors drafted a proposal for the establishment of and the requirements for induction of dogs into the Georgia Region Hall of Fame. The members of the Georgia Region approved the proposal of the Georgia Region Hall of Fame at the 2020 Georgia Region Annual Meeting. Nominations of dogs that meet the requirements are to be submitted by their owners to the Georgia Region Board of Directors. The first induction ceremony held at the 2021 Georgia Region Awards Banquet was an emotional event. Congratulations to the following dogs and their owners who were the First Inductees into the Georgia Region Hall of Fame.

 CEDAR HILL TOBY - Donald and Jared Roberts

CIRCLE R MISS ROLLING DICE - Donald and Jared Roberts

TOP GUN KING - Ricky Gunnyon

TOPGUN SHOTGUN - Ricky Gunnyon

POPCORN - Ricky Gunnyon

GET ER-DONE SKY - Ricky Gunnyon

SHE'S A SCOOTER - Keith Koon

TROOPER'S BOY TRIPP - Gerald Pannell and Jeff Keck 


All of us and Top 4: Shack/Schultz, Skeeter/Koon, Howard/Trim, Jane/Hiland

The PRE-TRIAL was held on Friday, March 12th. LOTS OF SUNSHINE and NO RAIN! Placements were earned by the following on

 Field A

1 BUCK'S CHANCE

2 PINEYWOODS SWEET AS HONEY

3 STURDY OAK FRANK

4 DD'S THE GEORGIA PEACH - TY

 Amateur Placements on Field A were earned by

1 PINEYWOODS FEARLESS RAY DONOVAN – RAYMOND

2 MOSSY CREEK'S READY TO RIDE - CLYDE

3 ABRACADABRA'S RUBY

4 SARKATE'S MOONSHINE – SHINE

 Field B:

1 T T'S SOUTHERN JANE

2 SNAKE ISLAND PICEN - BOGER

3 CHOESTOE VALLEY CHARLIE

4 FLYBOY NAVY BLUE – BLUE

 Amateur Placements on Field B were earned by

1 FLYBOY NAVY BLUE – BLUE

2 UNCLE DOBB'S FIDDLEN BEN

3 ABRACADABRA'S RUBY

4 SARKATE'S MOONSHINE – SHINE

 Round One.

On Saturday, March 13th, the field was cut from 34 to 16.   Bodie Ray served as Field Marshall. Ed Ford and Gene Pritchett were Judges and Noah Sheriff was the Bird Planter. There were 34 dogs in the trial that began at sunrise. 16 dogs continued to Sunday.

 1 DD'S THE GEORGIA PEACH aka TY/ Dan Miles

2 FLYBOY ACE'S BULL'S EYE aka SHACK/ Randy Schultz

3 CHOESTOE VALLEY CHARLIE/ Bill Pickard

4 BUCK'S THAT’S A FACT JACK/Ken Buck

(Yes, the top three were Brittanys!!!)

 

 Round Two.

After 8 morning braces the field of 16 was cut to 6. 

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Final 6 Kieth Howard/Trim, Charles Hiland/Jane,Keith Koon/Skeeter,Ken Buck/Chance,RandySchultz/Shack, Ricky Gunnyon/Tater

 Round Three

The semi-final was 3 braces which resulted in the following placements:

 1st.- Skeeter/ Keith Koon

2nd- Shack/ Randy Schultz

3rd - QUAIL VALLEY'S GOT TRIM/Jeff Keck, Handled by Keith Howard

4th - T T'S SOUTHERN JANE/ Charles Hiland

5th - BUCK'S CHANCE/ Ken Buck

6th - GETER DONE THUNDER/ Ricky Gunnyon 

Round Four 

The top two dogs ran in the final hour.  The final scores differed by 17.5 points.  It was a real nail-biter for those that hung around.

 2nd place went to SHE'S SKEETER GEORGE – SKEETER owned by Keith Koon and Keith Howard and handled by Keith Koon. 


Trophy Presentation by Gerald Pannel (President) to Randy Schultz

 1st place and 2021 Georgia Region Champion - FLYBOY ACE'S BULL'S EYE – SHACK owned and handled by Randy Schultz.

Keith Koon congratulating Randy Schultz