Ron presented the info for this new club at the Association of Michigan Field Trial Clubs annual summer meeting on July 20. The club was heartily accepted into the fold. US Complete has also accepted us. The Michigan Association will now add a yearly Walking Shooting Dog, Walking Derby & Walking Puppy of the Year award. The Kalamazoo Field Trial Club, The Southwest Michigan Field Trial Club and the Grand Valley Field Trial Club all run walking events at Ionia, Highland & Allegan. (If I left off a club that runs walking events I apologize.) With this new club we now have enough walking events (less Coverdog which has a yearly awards) to have Dog of the Year awards. As stated we are still working out the details for the club, By Laws, dates, etc. As of this writing we are targeting a mid March spring trial and a mid September Fall trial (prior to the bird opener.) We will not overlap the Gladwin Cover trials and we will attempt to not overlap with other similar trial formats. We are shooting to have our first trial next March, 2009. We plan to hold Open events for certain and Amateur events if time and entries allow. More to follow as this Club evolves. All are welcome to come on board and work to get this club up and running. We need seed money to get started and as stated in the above we are putting together membership levels to do this. All input and help will be accepted with open arms and open minds.Thanks
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