KENNEL CLUB AND CFTS REGULATIONS

1.         All Field Trials will be run under Kennel Club Rules and all dogs must be registered at the Kennel Club.

2.         The Society reserves the right to refuse entries.

3.         Should circumstances so dictate, the Society, in consultation with the judges may alter the arrangements as necessary.  Such changes and the circumstances surrounding them will be reported to the Kennel Club at the earliest opportunity.

4.         No modifications will be made to this schedule except by permission of the Kennel Club followed by advertisement in appropriate journals if time permits before closing date of entries.

5.         The Society accepts no responsibility for injury, loss or damage to persons or property however occasioned.

CONDITIONS OF ENTRY

1.         Stakes are open to all, but members will have preference in the draw.

2.         Nominations for all stakes at Field Trial Meetings must be applied for on an entry form provided by the Society and entry fees must be in the hands of the FT Secretary prior to the commencement of the trial.

3.         Entries are to be decided by ballot, which will form the order of running.  The draw will take place in public at least 10 days prior to the trial.

4.         Definition - Retrievers:

a.         A Novice Stake is for dogs who have NOT won a first, second, third or fourth in a 24 dog Open stake or first, second or third award in a 12 dog Open stake or a first award in an All Aged or Novice Stake.

b.        An Open stake is for dogs which have won first, second, third or fourth award in a 24 dog Open stake or a first, second or third award in a 12 dog Open stake or a First award in an All Aged or Novice Stake.

c.         All Aged Stake – preference in the draw will be given to dogs with a Field Trial Award including CoM.

5.         Definition – Spaniels

a.         A Novice Stake is for dogs who have NOT won a first, second, third or fourth in a 24 dog Open stake or first, second or third award in a 12 dog Open stake or a first award in an All Aged or Novice Stake.

b.        An Open stake is for dogs which have won a First, Second or third in an Open Stake or a First in an All-Aged or Novice Stake.  To qualify for preference in the draw in a Open Spaniel Stake, the dog must have gained the appropriate places in a Stake open to its breed.

6.         Please note there is a penalty of £20 if cups and boxes are not returned in time to be presented at the trial.  All trophies must be engraved before being returned.

7.         Membership Subscription is £8.00 per annum due on 1st January each year – please check that your membership is up to date.

8.         Please send a SEPARATE cheque for each entry, plus a SAE for each result of the draw – or preferably provide an email address.

9.         Entries should be sent to Mrs Fiona Joint.  Please note, if you send your entry to any other committee member IT WILL NOT BE DEEMED AS A RUN.

10.      Substitution of dogs will be allowed up to 5pm two days prior to the trial subject to consultation with the FT Secretary, providing it is eligible for that stake and that a completed entry form and fee are in the hands of the secretary before the commencement of the Trial. 

11.      No entry fees will be charged for discarded entries up to SEVEN days prior to the Trial, but anyone cancelling after this time will forfeit the whole of the fee unless a veterinary certificate is produced.  This includes immediate reserves who have not told the secretary that they are unable to run.

12.      Applicants who do not provide an e-mail address or enclose a self-sealing, stamped, addressed envelope WILL NOT BE INCLUDED in the draw and will not receive a copy of the draw.

13.      Reserves will be notified by telephone in draw order.  If contact cannot be made the offer will be passed to the next on the list.

14.      Entries will be accepted by email providing a cheque is received prior to the commencement of the trial.  Entries will NOT be taken over the telephone.

15.      Competitors are reminded of the importance of accuracy on entry forms, all illegible entry forms will be excluded from the draw.

16.      Any competitor not present at the meet when the Chief Steward announces the trial has commenced will forfeit their place to the reserve

17.      Dogs in Open and Novice Stakes will be expected to retrieve fur and feather.

18.      No dog will be discarded for hard mouth unless all judges have examined the damaged game.

19.      Any Bitch in season or any dog suffering from hysteria must be removed from the Trial.

20.      The Committee shall be empowered to abandon or postpone the Trial as they find necessary.  In the event of abandonment all entry fees will be returned.

21.      Should any case arise at a Field Trial meeting not provided for in the foregoing rules, the members of the Committee present shall adjudicate and their decision shall be acted upon.

22.      Any objections to a dog must be made in writing within seven days of the trial.  £35 must be deposited.  The objector will forfeit this deposit if his or her claim is found to be frivolous and overruled.