Winning Ways Current Year "Brook," SR Bertschire's Avalanche WC
CGC, owned by John and Sandy Bulger, handled by John, earned the title NAHRA Started
Retriever. CH SR Lyric's Kay CD JH WCX CGC TDI, "Katie", and Al Jenkins helped
maintain a perfect pass rate for flat-coated retrievers in this test. Katie was one
of three flat-coats running that day, and all passed. This is Katie's second leg
toward her WR title with NAHRA. A deceptive water double separated the qualifiers
from the rest of the pack, but flat-coats, having their own way of doing the marks, had
little trouble. November 2000 Am/Can Ch Char-Will's Midnight Walker CDX MX
MXJ WC CGC Can CD,
"Brodie", completed his MX which gives him enough points for the Hall of
Fame! Brodie is proudly owned and handled by Valerie Johns; congratulations to this
pair! Since the Specialty where she achieved her first CD leg,
Ubi completed the following: AM CD at Longshore/Sthport, Can CDX qualified 5 out of 6
shows in July and completed her Can JH the following week-end. She is now CH Quillquest
Xuberance CD JH WC CAN CDX JH WC, with one AM CDX leg at this time. Wags achieved her first Master leg at Syracuse! She is CH
Quillquest Wendy's Wagtail SH WC Can JH WCI. She also finished her Can SH
title in Sept at the Can Specialty. Wags was handled by Gillian for her SH title leg and
by Jill for her Master leg Winnie and Pip achieved their CD at the Springfield shows
in June, both qualifying 4 days out of 4. Both Winnie and Pip are veterans. (Pip being 10
1/2. Winnie is 8). Winnie is now AM/CAN CH Quillquest Phen's Born to Win JH CD WCX
Can JH WC. Pip is now CH Quillquest Lickety Split JH CD WC Can JH WC. Dart, Faloncliffe Dark Delight JH WC CAN JH WCI,
qualified for her WCI in Canada at the Specialty in Sept. Dina, CH Quillquest Dinamite WC,
achieved her WC at the PVGRC test in Sept. and also achieved the1st leg on her JH at Swamp
in Nov. Tar, AM/CAN CH ALMANZA WET or DRY at PRAIRIELIGHT WC
CAN WCI JH achieved his WC at the PVGRC test in Sept. Sparkle, Quillquest's Salute to Chrys WC,
achieved her WC at GSGRC in November at Collier's Mills. I think that's everyone! Good job, Gillian and
the waggle! "Piper",
Blazin's Enchanted Forest, won Best Puppy In Match under club member Judy
Delventhal! Later in the day Piper along with "Prue",
Blazin's Eternal Flame, won Best Litter In Match!!! These puppies were handled by
their proud Breeders and Owners, Dawn Buttion & Marty Archambeault. CH SR Lyric's Kay CD JH WCX CGC TDI, "Katie", with owner/trainer/handler Al Jenkins
achieved their first mid-level hunting test leg! The test was a Working Retriever
test (land double, water double, water blind, quarter, trail). While they did
struggle through the water blind, a qualifying score was earned. Two weeks prior
they earned their Started Brass Band award from NAHRA by completing four Started level
tests in one calendar year. They also qualified for the NAHRA regional invitational
for 2001. "Piper",
Blazin's Enchanted Forest, won Best In Match under Betsy Horn Humer!!! We are very
proud of Piper and will put her picture in the nice brass frame that she won. This
match did not separate puppies and adults so Piper had to act like a big dog! :) October 2000 back to Top Ch
Quillquest Band Plays On CGC TDI, "Bogey",
qualified to earn his AKC obedience CD title. Bogey is owned by Jane Brumley.
He was trained by Jane & daughter Karen, and he was handled by Dr.Karen
Brumley Pool. SR Aspengrove ADK Mr Prsonality CDX JH OA
NAJ Am/Can WC "Bailey", handled by
Cary, earned his open agility standard title (OA) this weekend, taking 1st place in his
class and running 13 seconds under course time! What a wonderful way to
finish!! Bailey is loved, owned, trained and handled by Cary and Janet
Ciarico. Congratulations to this talented team!! September 2000 back to Top CH Blazin's Carpe Diem CD JH WCX, "Dino", owned by Scott and Tina Borden, handled by
Dawn Buttion, won Best of Breed on Friday 9/29 . Dino also made the cut in very
competitive Best of Breed competition on Saturday 9/30 and Sunday 10/1 at the Wine Country
Circuit. Junior Hunter test Senior Hunter test Master Hunter test and new MH title: Working Certificate and new WC title Working Certificate Excellent and new WCX title:
The only qualifiers out of 17 dogs who ran were CRFCRC club members! SR Aheka Smoke In His Eyes CD JH WC CGC,
"Cinders "earned his NAHRA Started
Retriever title in four straight tests on two consecutive weekends. This also
earned him his NAHRA brass band. He picked up his first two legs Sept 16 & 17 at
the Hudson Highlands tests at the Stewart properties in Montgomery, New York and finished
the next weekend (Sept 23 & 24). Cinders is owned by Bill and Monica Stephens
and was handled by Bill CH SR U-CD U-AGI Blazin's Back O' The Moon CDX JH OA WC CGC,
"Cosmo", earned his first Agility Excellent
leg with a 95 and second place. Cosmo is owned by Melody Daniels, Dawn Buttion and
Marty Archambeault, handled by Melody. "Our baby
"Selkie", Tidalflats' Selkie, took a
Sporting Group III (over a respectable sporting entry). This was her
first time ever in the show ring and she did a great job for handler/momma Jane."
Ch Victory's Bravo Zulu JH OA OAJ WC, "Zu", owned by Chris and Kate Hutchinson, and handled
by Kate, earned his first Agility Excellent leg And he placed 1st in the
class, an CH Blazin's Cill Padraig JH NA WC, "Jesse", was owner handled by Beth Garland to
his first two NAHRA Started Legs CH SR U-CD U-AGI Blazin's Back O' The Moon CDX JH *OA*
WC CGC, "Cosmo", finished his Open Agility
title with a first place win -- and his 7th new title since Aug. 1999. Cosmo is owned by
Melody Daniels, Dawn Buttion and Marty Archambeault, trained and handled in agility by
Melody. Eiderdown Sam I Am CGC "Sam"
went BOW/BOB under Judge Mr. James White. 9/4 At the Raleigh KC show, Sam went WB/BOS
under Judge Mr. George Heitzman. Sam is owner handled by Vanessa Rhodes. We were thrilled to have the opportunity to attend the
Canadian Specialty this year and our dogs made it an extra special event for us! SR
Aspengrove ADK Mr Prsonality CDX JH NA NAJ WC **Can WC** CGC "Bailey" made his conformation debut in Canada,
showing in the veterans 7-8 class. We were so proud when Bailey took 2nd place in
his Sweepstakes class, and then took 2nd place in the regular veteran 7-8 male class as
well!!! (only to be beaten by his very handsome brother Am/Can Ch Aspengrove Petersfield
Micah JH WC NA owned by CRFCRC member Joyce Stewart). Bailey also participated in
the Parade of Veterans at the Specialty, and then topped his fun in the breed ring by
easily earning his Can WC title!! CH Darktarn Neptune's Raven,
"Raven" had the following BOB wins: August 2000 back to Top Eiderdown Sam I Am CGC, "Sam",
had a wonderful weekend! Sam took WB, BOW, and BOS under Judge Ms. Marjorie
Martorella on Saturday and WB, BOW, and BOS under Judge Mr. William Dwelly on
Sunday. Sam is owned and handled by Vanessa Rhodes. July 2000 back to Top Brumley Farm has a new Champion!
"Bogey" is now CH* Quillquest Band Plays On CGC TDI by winning
WD and BOW at the Spartanburg KC show for a 3 pt. major. Thanks to Gillian Impey
"Quillquest" for a great puppy. CH SR U-CD U-AGI Blazin's Back O' The Moon CDX JH NA WC CGC,
"Cosmo", qualified in Started both days.
There is no title at this level in UKC/HRC, but the 2 Started passes mean he
will only need 3 Seasoned passes instead of 4 for his Hunting Retriever (HR) title.
Cosmo is owned by Melody Daniels, Dawn Buttion and Marty Archambeault, and was handled by
Melody. CH Allegro's Free Man in Paris WC CGC, "Beau," owned by Mark and "We are very pleased to introduce our first home-bred
champion, *CH* Allegro's Free Man in Paris WC CGC. "Beau" picked up a 2nd and 3rd major to finish in
style going Winners Dog at the Northeastern Maryland KC show on July 7 and Best of
Winners at the National Capital KC show on July 9. We wish to acknowledge the unique
camaraderie of the Flat-Coat ring, and thank all of our good Flat-Coat friends for sharing
in the pleasure of our success!" Linda Reynolds CH Twin Oaks T.K.O "Tyson", owned
by Kathi and Lee Leonhardt, became a new SR CH Rainbow Autumn's First Frost JH WC
CGC "Risa", handled by Janet, CH Blazin's Carpe Diem CD JH WCX CGC "Dino", owned by Scott & Tina Borden and handled by Scott, won Best of Breed and Group 3 under
Dorothy Nickles. While this was not Dino's first group placement, it was a first for
Scott, who had not handled a dog in the show ring for over a year! June 2000
back to Top SR Aspengrove ADK Mr Prsonality CDX JH NA NAJ WC CGC, "Bailey", continued his SR Rainbow Autumn's First Frost JH WC CGC, "Risa", took time out from her amusing role as
"Conegirl", postponing picking up cones long enough to earn her first novice
standard leg! We hope she's setting a new trend of fewer cones and more legs to
come!! :-) Bailey and Risa are loved, owned, trained and handled by Cary and Janet
Ciarico. May 2000 back to Top "Hi everyone, Ch Darktarn Neptune's Raven, "Raven", had a
very good Memorial Day! Tupper qualified in WC and won third place out of about 40
Flat-Coats in Unsteady Singles A. She also qualified in the Open B and Versatility
obedience events. The following weekend Tupper went Winners Bitch and Best of
Opposite Sex to finish her AKC Championship at the Tidewater Kennel Club
show in Williamsburg, Virginia. Tupper was handled in breed at both the Specialty and at
Tidewater by Lori Pauley of Norfolk, Virginia. Ch.Blazin's Di-Namic Drake, CGC won BOB; Drake is
Owner-Handled by Diane Quillin Sam took 2nd place in his 7-9 Veteran Sweeps class
under breeder judge Maureen Kolasa, and followed that with another 2nd place in
Veterans 7-9 under English judge Peter Johnson. Allegro's Free Man in Paris WC, "Beau," owned by Linda and Mark Reynolds and handled
by Linda, got his first major at the CRFCRC Spring Supported entry, going Best of Winners
for 3 points at the Virginia Kennel Club show on April 9. He also earned his WC title at the Mid-Atlantic
Flat-Coated Retriever Club's WC/WCX test on May 7, and again in Kentucky at
the FCRSA National Specialty. Also at the Specialty, Beau earned a 4th
place in the Unsteady Singles B stake. Darktarn Grand Illusion WC, 'Magic', owned by Penny Geddes &
Mike Hinton, handled by Penny Allegro's Free Man in Paris WC, "Beau", owned by Mark and Linda Reynolds, handled by
Linda Quillquest Xenia Twister CDX JH OA AXJ WC,
"Tupper", owned by Monica Gorman and Kent Campbell, handled by Monica. Bertschire's Avalanche WC,
"Brook", owned by John and Sandy Bulger, handled by John. Congratulations to everyonel! CH Blazin's Dressed To Impress, " Berry", owned by Penny Leigh, Dale McElrath,
Dawn Buttion and Marty Archambeault, and handled by Penny, earned her first and second NAJ
legs and two 1st places in the Novice B 24" class. Berry ran 11 and 8 seconds under
time!!! April 2000 back to Top CH SR U-CD U-AGI Blazin's Back O' The Moon
CD JH NA WC CGC, "Cosmo", earned his first
two CDX legs in his first trials, both with 2nd place (189.5, 189). Also, on the afternoon
of 4/29, at the Chesapeake Dog Fanciers Show, Cosmo took Best of Breed;
and on the afternoon of 4/30, at the Tidewater Dog Performance Club UKC Agility
Trial in Gloucester, he finished his U-AGI title with a score of 199 and a time
of 44 seconds on a 71 second course. What a weekend! Cosmo is owned by Melody Daniels,
Dawn Buttion and Marty Archambeault, and handled by Melody. Quillquest Band Plays On CGC TDI "Bogey" was W/D
BOW for 2 points on 4/29 and again on 4/30. "Bogey" is owned by Jane
Brumley Ch Darktarn Neptune's Raven "Raven" was BOB @
Chesapeake Dog Fanciers on 4/30. He is owned by Marion Butsavage & Jane Brumley SR Aspengrove ADK Mr Prsonality CDX JH NAJ WC
CGC, "Bailey", owned and loved by Cary and
Janet Ciarico, and handled by Cary, sizzled on the agility course this weekend qualifying
both Saturday and Sunday to earned his NAJ title! Bailey earned his title in 3 straight
runs and placed each run -- 2nd, 4th, and 2nd in the 24" Novice A class! What a boy!!
CH SR U-CD Blazin's Back O' The Moon CD JH NA WC CGC, "Cosmo", owned by Melody Daniels, Dawn Buttion
and Marty Archambeault, and handled by Melody, earned his second OA leg with a score of 95
and 3rd place in the Open 24" class. We drove down for just the one class -- 8 hours
of travel for 65 seconds in the ring. Fun! CH Blazin's Dressed To Impress, " Berry", owned by Penny Leigh, Dale McElrath,
Dawn Buttion and Marty Archambeault, and handled by Dale, earned her first NA leg with a
perfect score and 1st place in the Novice B 24" class. Berry ran the 72 second course
in just 41 seconds, beating a couple of Border Collies along the way!!! SR Aspengrove ADK Mr Prsonality CDX JH WC CGC , "Bailey", proudly owned and loved by Cary and
Janet Ciarico, had a GREAT day! Bailey and Cary earned their first NAJ leg in the morning
with a clean run and a 2nd place ribbon! In the afternoon, Bailey was thrilled (as any FCR
would be!) to have the opporunity to run agility in the rain, and earned his second NA leg
and picked up another 2nd place ribbon!! Both Cary and Bailey finished the day with BIG
SMILES!! March 2000 back to Top CH SR U-CD Blazin's Back O' The Moon CD JH NA WC CGC, "Cosmo", owned by Melody Daniels, Dawn Buttion
and Marty Archambeault, and handled by Melody, finished his Novice Agility title with a
score of 95 and 2nd place in the Novice B 24" class!!! At the same trial, Cosmo
earned his first Novice Jumpers With Weaves leg, also with a score of 95. CH Blazin's Cill Padraig JH CGC, "Jesse", owned and handled by Beth Garland,
earned his 4th JH leg and the title!!! February 2000 back to Top CH Blazin's Doppelbock WC CGC, "Vita", owned by Scott and Tina Borden and
handled by Tina, won Best of Winners for 4 points to finish his championship. There
is no thrill like finishing a championship on your first dog!! Quillquest Band Plays On CGC, Bogey, owned by Jane Brumley
and handled by Faith Quade, won Best of Winners for a 4 point major. SR CH Lyric's Kay CD JH WCX CGC TDI, "Katie", won a 4 pt. major! Katie was
handled by Lori Pauly to Winner's Bitch (for 4 pts.) and by her owner Al Jenkins to
Best of Winners over the dog major. This was her last major to bring her up to 19
points and a new title! BIG Congratulations go to Katie, Lori, and to a faithful
owner, Al!!!!! CH Blazin's Dressed To Impress " Berry" , owned by Penny Leigh, Dale McElrath, Dawn Buttion & Marty
Archambeault and handled by Dale, won Winners Bitch and Best of Winners for a 5 point major to finish!!
Berry went on to win Best of Breed at the Lawrenceville KC show on Sunday!! January 2000 back to Top CH Victory's Attention On Deck CD SH AX OAJ WCX NAC NJC NGC
HOF, "AtEase", finished her CD to become
the first Victory FCRSA Hall of Fame Flat-Coat. AtEase is a fifth generation HOF dog on
both sides of her pedigree and will be joining her Mom, Aunt Ginnie and cousin Flyer in
the Ring of Honor in KY this May. AtEase is always owner trained and handled by Mark and
Judy Delventhal, Victory Retrievers. CH Blazin's Carpe Diem CD JH WCX CGC "Dino", owned by Scott & Tina Borden and handled by Dawn Buttion, won Best of Breed and Group 3 under
Karin Ashe. It was a good start to 2000!
December
2000
12/9/2000 At the NAHRA
Benefit Working Retriever Test at Pintail Point in Queenstown, Maryland:
11/25 - 11/26 At the W. Springfield, Ma. agility trial:
Gillian and Quillquest Kennel have a list of brags to share!
Gillian also handled the following dogs to new titles:
11/12 At the Mid Atlantic Flat-Coated Retriever Club
Fun Match in Flanders, New Jersey:
11/11/2000 At the Tidewater HRC test in Amelia, VA:
11/4/2000 At the Rock Creek KC All Breed
B-OB match in Gaithersburg, Maryland:
Dawn Buttion & Marty Archambeault, Blazin Kennels
10/28/2000 At the Portsmouth
Chesapeake Obedience Training Club trial on 10/28
10/14- 10/15 At the Williamsport Dog Training
Club agility trial, Williamsport, PA:
9/29 At the Finger Lakes Kennel Club
show, part of the Wine Country Circuit of dog shows in Romulus, NY:
9/23 - 9/24 At the PVGRC Hunt
tests in Cheltenham, Maryland, the following CRFCRC members
qualified. Congratulations to everyone!
9/23 - 9/24 At the Northern
Piedmont tests in Newville, Pennsylvania:
9/24 At the RDOC Agility trial
in Gloucester, VA:
9/23 At the Burlington County Sanctioned All Breed Match
in Lumberton, NJ:
Selkie is owned by Jane Borazcek and Cliff Williams.
9/17 at the Warrenton Kennel Club Agility Trial
added bonus to a perfect run!
9/16 - 9/17 in Weyers Cave, VA:
9/9-9/10 At the Greater Pittsburgh Golden Retriever Club Hunt
Tests at the Sagulla Hunting Preserve in Jackson Center, PA:
9/9 At the Catoctin Kennel Club agility trial in
Frederick, MD:
9/9 At the Myrtle Beach KC show:
9/1 - 9/4 At the Flat-Coated Retriever Society of Canada 2000
Specialty -- Burlington, Ontario Canada:
Little sister CH SR Rainbow Autumn's First Frost JH WC **Can WC** CGC
"Risa" also made us very proud by taking 3rd
place from the large and competitive Open Bitch-Black class at the Specialty under English
Judge Denise Jury!! Then Risa had fun in the field adding the Can WC title to her
accomplishments!!
Bailey and Risa are loved, owned, trained and handled by Cary and Janet Ciarico.
9/1 - 9/3 At the Furniture City KC
and Salisbury NC KC shows in North Carolina:
9/1 Fri. Furniture City KC - Greensboro NC
9/2 Sat. Furniture City KC - Greensboro NC
9/3 Sun. Salisbury NC KC- Raleigh NC
Raven is owned by Marion Butsavage & Jane Brumley; He is handled by Lori Pauley.
8/12 - 8/13 At the Carolina KC and
Greater Hickory KC shows in Greensboro, NC
8/5 At the
Southern Maryland Hunting Retriever Club (SMHRC) test at the Meinheart Property
in Cheltenham, MD:
the NAHRA SR title, having gone four for four in started tests. He and his buddy
Brook, (Bertshire's Avalanche, WC,CGC) went two for two in the two tests run today by the
Southern Maryland Hunting Retriever Club (SMHRC) at the Meinheart Property in Cheltenham,
MD. Both dogs got "nice job"s on all four series run.
Tanner and Brook are owned by John and Sandy Bulger and handled in field by the
Bionic man, John!
7/30 At the Spartanburg KC show in
Greenville, SC:
Other Brumley Farm FCR news:
CH Darktarn Neptune's Raven, "Raven" was BOB Fri 7/28
at Hendersonville KC -Greenville, SC, Sat 7/29 at Greenville
KC-Greenville, SC, and Sun 7/30 at Spartanburg KC-Greenville, SC. That is a total of
6 BOB wins in the last 2 week-ends of being shown in the breed ring! Raven is handled by
Lori Pauley, owned by M. Butsavage/J. Brumley.
7/24-7/25 at the UKC/Hunting Retriever Club tests
held by Tidewater Retriever Club, Varina, VA:
7/22 Central New York RC hunt test,
Baldwinsville, NY,
Beau and Linda are in the news again!
Linda Reynolds and handled by Linda, qualified in the JH test to earn
the 2nd leg toward his title. We're having fun now!
7/9 At the Independence Cluster weekend of shows in West
Friendship, Maryland, Linda Reynolds handled Beau to a new championship. Beau is
owned by Mark and Linda Reynolds.
At the Independence Cluster in West
Friendship, Maryland:
champion at the Independence Cluster in West Friendship, Maryland with a 3
point major, handled by Jack Secrest.
won his very first point at the Annapolis show.
7/9 At the National Capital KC Show in Friendship, Maryland:
finished her Championship Sunday, winning WB and taking her 4th major!
Risa is loved and owned by Cary and Janet Ciarico.
7/1 At the Mountaineer KC Show in Wayneburg, Pennsylvania:
6/17 - 6/18 At the Williamsport Dog Training Club Agility Trial
in Williamsport, PA:
agility streak by earning his first Open Standard leg, with a 2nd place ribbon!!
Bailey has made us very proud by placing on each of his qualifying agility runs to date,
including taking 1st place on his NA titling run at the Specialty! He loves
agility!
5/28 At the Plainfield Kennel Club show in
Freehold, NJ:
I just want to thank everyone who supported Simon (Ch. Rainbow's Autumn
Classic) at the Plainfield KC in Freehold, NJ on Sunday! What a thrill to
see him get Best of Breed at the Mid Atlantic FC club supported entry with
Brenda Phillips judging! I was very proud of our young boy.
Regards,
Erica Wallace and John Evenson"
5/27 - 5/30 At the Memorial Day cluster of shows in
Jamestown, VA:
BOB Sat 5/27 Tidewater Kennel Club, Inc
BOB Sun 5/28 Virginia Beach Kennel Club
BOB Mon 5/30 Langley Kennel Club
Raven is owned by M. Butsavage/J. Brumley and was handled by Lori Pauley.
5/27 Ch Quillquest Xenia Twister CDX JH OA
AXJ W, "Tupper", owned by Monica Gorman and Kent Campbell had a great time at the National
Specialty!
5/26 At the at the Gloucester Kennel Club of Va
show:
Read about the 2000 FCRSA National Specialty held
5/13 - 5/21.
CH Quillquest Peter Pan, "Sam", owned by George and Saralee
Boteler and handled by Linda Reynolds, came out of hiding for some big fun in
Kentucky at the National Specialty.
5/7/00 At the Mid-Atlantic Flat-Coated Retriever Club's WC/WCX
test in Glasgow, DE, the following club members and dogs earned their Working Certificate:
5/6/00 - 5/7/00 At the Winston-Salem Dog Training Club Agility
Trial in Mocksville, NC
4/29-30/00 At the Hampton Roads Obed. Training Club trials
in Chesapeake, VA
4/29/00 - 4/30/00 At the Chesapeake Dog Fanciers
show:
4/29/00 - 4/20/99 At the Krusin' Kanines Agility Trial
in Perkasie, PA
4/22/00 At the Durham Kennel Club Agility Trial in
Durham, NC
4/22/00 At the Durham Kennel Club Agility Trial in
Durham, NC
4/15/00 At the Hampton Roads Obedience Training Club Agility
Trial in Gloucester, VA
Gent is owned by Gail & Rob Wilson
4/2/00 At the Blue Ridge Dog Training Club Agility Trial
in Berryville, VA
3/18/00 At the Danville Kennel Club Agility Trial in
Ringold, VA
3/04/00 At the Carolina Retriever Association hunt
test in Fort Mill, SC
2/20/00 At the Maryland KC show in Baltimore,
MD
2/20/00 At the Greenville KC show in Greenville, SC
2/19/00 At the Spartanburg KC show in South
Carolina:
2/5/00 At the Conyers KC of GA show in Altanta, GA:
1/29/00 At the Richmond
Dog Obedience Club show in Richmond, VA
1/29/00 At the Wallkill KC show in
Middletown, NY