Great Day at the Rocky Mountain NSTRA Regional. Official Results:

1st Raelynn handled by Dave Dowers

2ND Reese handled by Dustin Nelson

3Rd Sven handled by Andy Taylor

4th Neon handled Gerry Woelfel

We had 3 Amateur dogs in the Final 6, including our Regional Champion.

Congratulations to all and thank you to all Members and our volunteers.

What a great turn out for the 2018-2019 Rocky Mountain Regional.

Congratulations to Andy Taylor and David Dowers for winning the first round (only 10 braces so 1st only worth 2 points, and 2nd worth 1pt)

Congratulations to David Dowers for becoming the “Regional Winner” with Raelynn. 1st runner up Dustin Nelson and Phoebe, 2nd Runner Up Andy Taylor with Sven and 3rd runner up Gerry Woelfel with Neon.

Congratulations to Mark Pace Sr. with Starr, Amanda-Diel N Randy Tangeman with Dexter, and Chris Cooperrider with Chance for being in a three way tie for the 2018-2019 High Point Champion.

Special thanks to Cheryl Highman, Alan Highman, Jim Graver and his wife for putting on this trial. Also thank you to Kit Brown for keeping everyone organized, we greatly appreciate it.

Thank you everyone far and wide for coming. We look forward to seeing you all at our fall trials beginning August 2nd, 3rd and 4th in Woodland Park, Colorado.

Day one of the regional trial:

1st Black Forest Star and Mark Pace
2nd Tenacious Urban Cowboy and Dustin Nelson
3rd God Father’s Pepper Gun Jett and Kurt Lang

Regional Winners:

Winner: Black Forest Libby
1st Runner-up: Black Forest Sam
2nd Runner-up: Black Forest Chance
3rd Runner-up: Steel Fork Baymax
4th Runner-up: Tenacious Urban Cowboy

More photos from the trial:


If you have more photos of the trial you would like to share please email them to info@rockymtnnstra.com.

Update Aug 19, 2018:

Mike Jepson has passed away. Our thoughts and prayers are with his loved ones. We will always remember the tremendous contribution Mike made to NSTRA and our members. He was a true friend and a great man. Mike was known for his excellent dogs and handling style. For those of us who had a chance to spend even a moment with Mike, we will always know just how special he was.

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To all,

Many of you know Mike Jepson with the Big Sky Region from Montana. He has been a regular at many of our trials over the years and has also judged our Region Elimination. He has been suffering with an illness over the past year and has now entered hospice care to help Mike and his family. Please send your prayers to Mike and his family.

More from the trial.

Trial May 5-6, 2018

Start Time: 7:30am

Click to view draw.

Location: Woodland Park Directions and map of trial grounds

Chairman: Mark Pace Sr
pacerjan@aol.com
719-502-7831 Cell
719-495-6766 Hm

Entry: $50.00

Lunch will be Jimmy Johns. Those wishing to order lunch at the trial can make an order each morning at the table in the gallery. Please note you will need to pay up front (cash) for your lunch to be ordered.

Overnight dry camping is permitted at the trial grounds. Please have bark collars on your dogs and no fires if you are camping. No vehicle traffic from the camping site to the trial parking/gallery (see map). Use the roads along the boundaries of the trial grounds for access.

Thanks for supporting the trial, be safe and have fun.

Our first spring trial is just around the corner. Contact Chris Cooperrider for entries.

Start Time: 8:00am

Click to view draw.

Directions and map of trial grounds

Judging Seminar February 10, 2018 Training Day February 11, 2018

See the Trial Schedule for more information on upcoming trials.

Please note that the seminar and training day are in two different locations. These events are open to everyone.

Judging Seminar Location: Bens’s Brick Oven Pizza: 101 East Bison Highway, Hudson, Colorado
Start time: 10:00 am

Instructors: Mark Pace and Kevin Creeden
Point of Contact: Chris Cooperrider

cooperriderchris@aol.com
719-659-7361
This is a free event.

Our Next Training Day/Mock Trial is
February 11, 2018.

ENTER YOUR DOGS BY CLICKING HERE

$25 per run (multiple runs may be available)

Location: Dowers’ property; click for directions and a map
Start time: 10:00 am

Bring your own lunch.

General Format:

• Electronic collars may be used (Neck, flank, or both)
• 3 birds will be planted per dog, 6 birds for a two dog brace.
• Max time in field per dog/run 30 min
• Handler may pull their dog at any time
• After your dog has moved three birds the handler should work on backing, field handling or leash their dog and exit the field.
• Dogs may run solo or with a brace mate. Max of 2 dogs per field.
• Handlers won’t run back to back. Handlers may run their dogs together if they choose to. However the default draw will opt to have a handler’s dogs not run against each other.
• We will do a draw 2 days before the event.

Location: Hudson Trial Grounds

Start Time: 10:00am

Training Day/Mock Trial Draw

When entering the trial grounds please enter on the south side near the old homestead. Do not go up the drive to the other parking area. We will be using the south west section of the property. Remember to bring water for your dogs. We will not be setting up water tubs, however the Temerpature high is expect to be 57 degrees (F)

General Format:

• Electronic collars may be used (Neck, flank, or both)
• 3 birds will be planted per dog, 6 birds for a two dog brace.
• Max time in field per dog/run 30 min
• Handler may pull their dog at any time
• After your dog has moved three birds the handler should work on backing, field handling or leash their dog and exit the field.
• Dogs may run solo or with a brace mate. Max of 2 dogs per field.
• Handlers won’t run back to back. Handlers may run their dogs together if they choose to. However the default draw will opt to have a handler’s dogs not run against each other.
• We will do a draw 2 days before the event.

A note from RM NSTRA Club President: Chris Cooperrider:

Hello all,

We have had a number of members who have shown interest in having a training day/mock trial day once a month throughout the winter. We are still working on the details, but basically it will be just set up as a mock trial scenario where handler’s will be able to train their dogs in a trial setting or individually if they choose. Handler’s will be able to choose if they want to run their dogs with or without a collar, individually or they can be braced against another dog with an experience level of their choosing. Handlers can run additional braces for just the cost of the birds and time permitting.

We will plan on doing something for lunch like brats/burgers, etc as well.
Our first training day will be Saturday October 28th at 10:00 am at Rocky Mountain Sporting Dog Club grounds in Hudson, Colorado. Everyone is invited and we encourage anyone who is interested in training/trialing to come out and join us.

Future Dates of Training Days are:

• November 18
• December 2
• January 13
• February 17

 

Pikes Peak Trial August 11 / 12 / 13 -2017

Here are some photos from the trial. Please feel free to send us your photos too!

 

 

Click the day to view the trial results:

Friday
Saturday
Sunday

Hello all, thank you to all who have entered this year’s Pike’s Peak trial. As most of you are aware, the trial filled in less than 15 minutes, which is incredible! Sorry for the delay in getting the draws finished but they are finally drawn and available on the NSTRA website.

We will be using the same fields as we did last year and the directions can be found on our here . There will not be any camping available at the fields but there are several campgrounds in the area within 5-15 minutes of the trial grounds. We have had an abundance of rain in the past month which has made for some nice cover in the fields.

Forecast as of 8/6/17

Start times will be at 0730 each day. We will work around the occasional thunderstorms which have been showing up in the afternoons. Lunch will be available each day at the fields. The landowner has approved us to be on the fields Thursday afternoon but please remember no birds planted in the fields after 3pm on Thursday.

Thanks to everyone for coming and supporting our trial and a special thanks to those who have volunteered and agreed to help with judging, marshaling, scoring, setting the fields, and with meals. If you have any questions please feel free to call me at 719-659-7361. Thanks again, Chris

This year we will continue the Pikes Peak Trial High Point award. The rules for 2017 Pikes Peak Trial-High Point Award will be as follows:

1. Points will be awarded to each dogs first three runs. If a dog only has 2 runs during the trial then their 3rd score will be entered as a zero.

 

1. In an effort to reward consistency, points will be awarded to each dog according to where they finished in each field they ran.
   Example: 1st place=32 points, 2nd place=31 points, 3rd place=30 points, down to 32nd place=1 point.

Rocky Mountain Regional Trial May 5-6, 2017

View Draw

Start Time: 8:00
The 2016/2017 Regional Elimination Trial and side trial are May 6-7, 2017. The 2016/2017 Regional Elimination Trial and side trial will be held at the north fields at Steel Fork Pheasants in Rush, CO on May 6/7. The trial will start at 0800. Our judges will be Mike Jepsen from Big Sky Region and Jason Norton who is the Mid North Region President. Our bird handler will be Hanna Jepsen who has planted numerous Regional trials. Our side trial judges will be Dave Dowers and Ron Horn. The side trial will be in the west field -the current B Field (42 acres) the Regional field ( 48acres) will be east of the current A Field. By doing this, the Regional field will have virgin cover and we will have a full 40 acre field between the Regional and side trial to prevent bird fly over and interference from outside dogs. We did get permission from NSTRA 1st Vice President Mikeal Mulberry to chip draw the side trial to avoid conflicting braces. I am planning on drawing the side trial on Friday May 5th at the clubhouse. The Regional entry fee will be $100.00 and the side trial brace will be $45.00.

We will move to the clubhouse at the end of the trial on Saturday to hold our annual membership meeting, election, and dinner. Dinner will be available after the meeting and we are planning on prime rib made by Rhonda and Rod. The cost of the dinner will be $20.00/person. We will also have a raffle to raise money for the region and to help offset the cost of the Regional. If you are able to bring something to donate for the raffle that would be appreciated.