2023 Canadian National Master Hunt Test Banquet

Saturday, August 19th, 2023. Banquet tent - Saskatoon Retriever Club grounds, near Bradwell, Saskatchewan. 

What a wonderful way to kick off the event! The evening was hosted by Event Chair and Saskatoon Retriever Club (SRC) member Jeff Morari who was accompanied by the musical stylings of Rhonda Morari. After an opportunity for guests and handlers to visit and have some drinks Jeff Morari duck called our judges Peter Ferin, Bill Marshall and John Kuepferling and the Head Marshal John McDonald. After some introductions and a song dedicated to late SRC member Paddy Thompson dinner was catered and served by SRC members. After dessert there were speeches, the drawing of the starting dog and the distribution of handlers bibs and welcome bags.

Day 1 - Monday August 21st. Land Series, caravan leaves Saskatoon Retriever Clubhouse at 0730.  Starting dog for Series 1 is Dog 11. 

Good luck to all teams!

Pictures of banquet to follow. 

2023 Canadian National Master Hunt Test AGM

The Annual General Meeting was held under the banquet tent at headquarters at 11AM on August 20th, 2023. 

About 20 people including the board of the Canadian National Master Club were in attendance. Main topics of

discussion included:

• The rewording of bylaws to clarify the rotation of judge nominations between regions within a zone

• A report from the 2022 National event from Laura Brunet of the Club du Chien Rapporteur

• A setup report from the 2023 Head Marshal John McDonald of the Saskatoon Retriever Club

• 2024 National Master will take place Charlottetown, just outside of P.E.I. during the 3 rd week of August and have judges Jill Chalmers, Geoff Plouffe and Tracey Griffin from Zone 2, 3 and 4 respectively

• 2025 National Master will take place in British Columbia likely at Swamp Dog Farm

• 2025 Executive Nominations were announced, and in 2024 Tracey Griffin will move to Past President and Dewayne Hay will move to President

• It was proposed to have a more defined protocol for liaising between the host club and the official sponsors this spurred a lot of thoughtful discussion regarding a different way forward for sponsorships

• Meeting was adjourned.

Callbacks

Thanks to Sue Taylor for checking all female dogs. All female dogs were cleared to run in the 2023 National Master Hunt Test.