2018 May June

Affiliate News
ASC of British Columbia (Founded 1988)
Anthea Young Miller, Affiliate Representative, k9s.4ever@shaw.
ca
Greeting from British Columbia, Canada!
Wow ! How much fun can you have? 2017 – what a great year!
We are a small club of approximately 30 members and currently
have one trial weekend a year where we offer Agility, Obedience
and Rally Obedience. (2018 will be adding Conformation to our
lineup.) On we grow! It is so wonderful to see more people actually
finding the joy in participating with their dogs in various events
and trying new dog sports.
Our Educational Event Topic in 2017 was ASCA Tracking!
18 people attended with their Australian Shepherds or “wanna be”
Aussies! LOL.
Bring on 2018 and all the wonderful adventures it holds!
Cheers!
ASC of Michigan
Sunday Miles, Affiliate Reprepresentative, countrywoods@
voyager.net
Hello from the ASC of Michigan. We are midway into our
show season by the time you will be seeing this. The ASCMI hosts
several Fun Show Weekends each year featuring 2 Conformation, 2
Rally & Obedience trials per day as well as at least 1 or 2 “Small”
Stock Trials usually Ducks but this year we may be going to offer
both Sheep & Ducks/Geese. Club Members Robbie & Corey
Norman open their home to folks thru out the year for weekend
work place for people to come train their dogs as well as they have
a two-day clinic.
Our show schedule has an April show weekend a one-day
conformation show only during the UKC Premier in mid June, then
comes the Mega Memorial Day show next to the Apple Blossom
Cluster. We do an Awesome July 4th show (the weekend prior) then
comes the Beautiful Labor day Show and October brings us to the
Super Halloween Show complete with Cook-offs, Decorating and
Costume Fun.
ASCMI is known as the “Fun” Club, Ya’ll Come join us to see
for yourself, most shows boast Majors ...
Look forward to seeing you at one of our fun events. Always
great camping, too!
Australian Shepherd Versatility Association (ASVA)
Elke Philippy, Affiliate Representative, indiana-aussie@web.de
Greetings from the Australian Shepherd Versatility Association
(ASVA) in Germany. We had a very nice ASCA year in 2017 with
some nice events and are looking forward to the same fun in 2018!
In 2017 we were able to host an agility weekend (2 trials) in March
with wonderful Michael Black. Our ASVA Mega Event in May
included an agility trial, as well as one rally and obedience trial each
and 3 conformation shows with junior showmanship, with our great
judges Peggy Meersman (we were honored to invite her to her very
first agility judging assignment), Leah Swatko, Denise Creelman
and Leslie Creelman Sosa. A rally (two trials) and obedience
(one trial) weekend was hosted with fantastic Guenter Geisel in
September. And for the first time our club hosted additionally a
3 conformation shows with junior showmanship weekend in the
south of Germany with amazing Ron Moden, Heather Braddock
and Leah Swatko and also with a nice raffle and generous donors
in favor of ASHGI.
Following our general meeting in November we organized a
seminar to judicial subjects for breeders and stud owners with a
reputable attorney specialized around breeding issues.
Also 2018 did already begin pretty sporty with our first
agility weekend (2 trials) with adorable Sherry Butler in February.
And there are already some other dates fixed as our next ASVA
Mega Event (3 conformation shows with junior showmanship
and one rally and obedience trial each) in April, a rally and
obedience weekend in September and again a conformation/junior
showmanship weekend in December.
We want to thank you all those amazing judges that followed
our invitations and made our events a big success, the members
that served and do serve the club board, as well as all the club
members, friendly clubs and all other helping hands, sponsors and
vendors that made our events run smooth and successful. This is
so much appreciated as this is not to shoulder by only a couple of
board members – thanks folks!!!
Please safe our club dates and/or sign up for our newsletter on
www.asvaev.net.
Colorado ASA
Libby Stibley, Affiliate Representative, lstibley@comcast.net
Hello from colorful Colorado. CASA was busy in 2017 and
expects to be even busier in 2018. CASA hosted a number of
conformation shows, rally, obedience and stock trials/clinics in
2017, and our club members have been actively competing in all
disciplines. We expect our members to continue their endeavors in
2018 and will be hosting a number of events to keep them busy.
In 2018, we are hosting several Agility Trials: April 27-29,
July 20-22, August 3 -5 and October 26-28. We will once again be
combining our efforts with the other Colorado clubs at the Colorado
Memorial Classic, where we will have 3 Obedience Trials, 3 Rally
Trials, 3 Agility Trials, 4 Stock Trials and 6 Conformation Shows,
at the Elbert County Fairgrounds in Kiowa. This should be a great
weekend, with plenty of fun to be had by all. This year, CASA
will be hosting its very first Ranch Trial in conjunction with its
Rocky Mountain Roundup Stock Trial, August 2-5, Followed by
an Obedience/Rally Trial and 3 Conformation shows, August 11
-12 and its final Conformation Show of the year on October 27. If
you would like to join us this year, all information can be found
on the CASA website, www.coloaussies.org.
Finally, we are excited to co-host the 2018 ASCA National
Specialty with ASC of Texas and Hill Country ASC at the beautiful
Island Grove Park in Greeley, CO, September 21-29, 2018. You
can find further details and sponsorship information on the CASA
website or the Nationals’ website at www.asca2018.com. You can
also find information on the 2018 ASCA Nationals Facebook page.
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