Hunt Test date will be June 20-22, 2008 and will include a Field Trial Qualifying Test which will begin at 9:00 A.M. Saturday morning. ~

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        Mid-Illinois Retriever Club Home Page
        Trial Results
        Future Trial Dates
        Annual Trophy Awards
        Photo Gallery Album Cover
        Spring Licensed Trial Cover Letter•pdf
        Fall Licensed Trial Cover Letter•pdf
        Spring Hunt Test Cover Letter•pdf
        Licensed Field Trial and Hunt Test Map•pdf
        *NEW* "For Sale" from Members

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    Club Information

The Mid-Illinois Retriever Club is dedicated to conservation, good sportsmanship, and better retrievers.

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    Club History

In 1966 the Mid-Illinois Retriever Club became the successor to the Wee-Ma-Tuk Retriever Club, which was founded in 1959. While the membership is widespread in Central Illinois, most members have come for the Peoria-Pekin-Canton area. The club began holding informal AKC sanctioned trials and in 1964 held its first licensed trial. In these field trials, dogs compete against each other.

The Mid-Illinois Retriever Club has become not only a training ground for hunting retrievers, but a developer of nationally recognized field trial dogs. The club has accounted for its share of Field Champions and qualifiers for National Championship Stakes. Out of a total of 82 retrievers that qualified for the National Championship Stake in 1985, four were from the Mid-Illinois Retriever Club. This trend continues to date. The informal one-day sanctioned trials were the backbone of the Mid-Illinois Retriever Club. The stakes consisted of Open, Qualifying, Derby, Shooting Dog, and Puppy.

In 1987, the club held its first AKC Hunting Test in which dogs perform against a standard instead of against each other. In hunting tests, dogs perform under conditions that simulate as nearly as possible, those met in a true hunting situation. In AKC licensed Hunting Tests, a permanent record is maintained by the AKC of dogs that achieve qualifying scores. Hunt test titles that can be earned are Junior Hunter, Senior Hunter, and Master Hunter.

In Field Trials, titles of Field Champion and Amateur Field Champion, and in Hunting Tests, Junior, Senior, and Master Hunter Certificates are prized by working retriever owners. Pursuit of these titles provides many hours of pleasure, excitement, satisfaction, and most important, produces a better duck dog.

We invite your interest and inquiry.

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    Club Officers

President:				Roger Moon
Vice Pres.:				Bob Wright
Treasurer:				Jon Mazzuckelli
Secretary:				Doug Main

Board Members:

Matt Carver

Mike Judas

Don Welbourne

Stan Patterson

Field Trial Secretary:

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Hunt Test Secretary:

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    Favorite Links

        Working Retriever Central
        CERF Verification
        OFA Index Page
        Good Dog Info
        RFTEntry.com

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    Contact Information

Web address
www.midirc.com

Last revised: 5/13/08

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