FAMILY

• DEFINITION OF FAMILY :

"A family can be defined as a unit that provides love, support, and stability to its members. It is a family where each member feels valued, respected, and understood. An ideal family fosters a positive environment for growth, learning, and emotional well-being."

• DEFINITION OF NSTRA FAMILY:

"The true meaning of family goes beyond blood relations and legal definitions. It encompasses a group of individuals who provide unconditional love, support, and a sense of belonging, regardless of how they're connected."

I feel like this last weekend was the perfect example of what we all want and hope for in our passions, hobbies, and interests.  In our Utah Region of NSTRA we have created a NSTRA FAMILY and the relationships have gone far beyond just running our dogs.

• Eva Burrows once said "The love of a family is one of life's greatest blessings"

I think I can speak for everyone when I say that this last weekend at our "Best of the West" trial showed what a great NSTRA Family we have here in Utah and beyond, this has not just become another hobby for most of us, this has become our type of people, our friends, and our lifelong family.   Some of our greatest connections have come from this great group of people.  

Nothing but unconditional love for each and everyone of you, thanks for making this group such a great family! ♥️🙏

The countless hours of preparation and behind the scenes work that has to take place to put on an event of this magnitude does not go unnoticed.  We would like to take time to say a huge "THANK YOU" to everyone that helped in anyway.  We had so many wonderful people step up and help.  As we come away from such a successful trial I can't help but think of how proud we should all be to be apart of this Utah NSTRA Family.

We want to personally thank all of the following people for all they did to make this trial a success, they are as follows:

BIRDS

A huge THANK YOU to Bob Henson and Ginger Rogers for bringing the birds up from Arizona for us to use for the trial, thank you we appreciate it!

LUNCHES

Lee & Julie Jacobson & Family

Tracy & Darcy Neilson & Family

Mitch Johnson & Family

DONATIONS

Thank you to everyone that donated so many great items for our auction and raffle each day.

I am sure I will miss some mentions here as we are not certain of everything that was donated and who it was from, but here are a few:

Bret & Angie Wonnacott - with SFW (Guns and many other items)

Dennis Haggard - (Guns and other items)

Kelly Irons - with Maverik (Kennels, swag, GPS collars, drills, and much more)

Ernie Wakabayashi - (Golf Excursion)

Alan Rasmussen - with alanrasmussenartwork.com (several paintings)

Lance Hansen - with Extremedogfuel and Payment Cowboys (Dog Food, swag, and shells and other items)

Joel Cartwright - For being in charge of the raffle and auction

Thanks to anyone else I missed (I am sorry)!

-BEST OF THE WEST RESULTS-

TRIAL HIGHLIGHTS

Thank you again for all those that came out and supported our biggest trial of the year, it was a huge success and a lot of fun.  Thanks to all those that traveled from out of state to support our region, we are grateful for each of you and the help it provides to our region.  It is so exciting to see such great competition and great sportsmanship between everyone.  

We have one more trial in May and then our regional elimination the first week of June.  The season for our region is winding down, but it has been one of our most rewarding and successful seasons yet.  Again we cannot say "THANK YOU"  enough to all those that help in anyway, or just come out and support our region.

We truly have the greatest NSTRA family in the sport.

Looking forward already to seeing everyone at the next one!

Bye for now!