Remember back to May 1998 when the national club held its specialty in Brenham, TX?
We want to acknowledge some big achievements for Katy Postrozny and Jaime:

CH Savvy’s Cosmic Castaway CD JH MX WCX  “Jaime”, owned by Katy Postrozny, was inducted into the Flatcoat Hall of Fame. She was also given a special recognition
certificate as the 2nd flatcoat to have earned her MX (Master Agility) title!

CH Darktarn Neptune’s Raven, “Raven”, owned by M.Butsavage & J Brumley, finished
his Ch Mem Day weekend. Raven was only out 4 weekends & finished his Championship with 4 majors just past his first birthday!

CH Quillquest Peter Pan, “Sam”, owned by George and Saralee Boteler and handled by Linda Reynolds took 2nd place in his 7-9  Veteran Sweeps class under breeder judge Maureen Kolasa, and followed  that with another 2nd place in Veterans 7-9 under English judge Peter Johnson.

Allegro’s Free Man in Paris WC, “Beau,” owned by Linda and Mark Reynolds and handled by Linda, got his first major at the CRFCRC Spring Supported entry, going Best of Winners for 3 points at the Virginia Kennel Club show on April 9.

He also earned his WC title at the Mid-Atlantic Flat-Coated Retriever Club’s WC/WCX test on May 7,  and again in Kentucky at the FCRSA National Specialty. Also at the Specialty, Beau earned a 4th place in the Unsteady Singles B stake.

CH Twin Oaks T.K.O “Tyson”, owned by Kathi and Lee Leonhardt, became a new
champion at the Independence Cluster in West Friendship, Maryland with a 3
point major, handled by Jack Secrest. 

• Tyson had just won BOW at the Mountaineer KC show June 30th for 2 points. He was handled by Kathi Leonhardt’s sister, Terri Howser, who was showing for her very first time!
• Also, Hallbent Most Happy Fella, “Jordan”, owned by Kathi and shown by Jack Seacrest,
  won his very first point at the Annapolis show. 

“Boomer” CH Bertschire’s Flash Point WC had a fantastic FCRSA Specialty. In the breed ring, she placed second in Open under Judge Houston Clark. Boomer also earned her WC and was awarded a JAM in Unsteady Singles B.

At the Southern MD KC show on July 1st under Judge Lisa Weiss, Boomer took BOB and finished!

Boomer is owned and handled by Jeanne Lin and supported by Bernie Strozeski. Thanks to all the Capital Region members who were at Specialty and the So MD Dog Shows and rooted everyone on!.

“Zu”, Ch Victory’s Bravo Zulu CD JH AX AXJ WCX, placed third in his Excellent A JWW class on April 11th, finishing his AXJ title. He earned two more qualifying legs on April 12th and 14th, one in JWW, one in Standard. Zu is owned by Chris and Kate Hutchinson, trained and handled by Kate.

“Wags”, AM/CAN CH Quillquest Wendy’s Wagtail AM SH WCX CAN SH WCI qualified for her WCX 2 times in Canada ,once in Calgary following the Specialty , and then again last week-end in Maxville [near Ottawa.]

Ubi qualified at the same tests obtaining her WCI title in Calgary and Ottawa. She is now CH SR Quillquest Xuberance AM CAN CDX JH AM WC CAN WCI

Both dogs are owned, bred and handled by Gillian Impey.

“Reggae”, Ch SR TLC & Shalyn’s Rhythm O’ the Island *CD* CGC, owned/trained by Sherri Lilley, earned her first Novice B Standard Preferred agility leg with second place and a score of 95 at the Hampton Roads Training Club in Gloucester, VA on April 6, 2003.

Reggae also completed her CD obedience title in three consecutive shows at the Hampton Roads obedience trial on April 27, The Flat Coated Ret Nat’l Specialty in Carlisle, PA on May 14, and Va Beach Kennel Club on May 24 with second place in Novice B. She also made the cuts at the Flat Coated Nat’l Specialty in the Best of Breed class.

“Risa”, Ch Rainbow Autumn’s First Frost SH CDX WCX CGC *Can WCX*, handled by Janet, earned her Canadian WCI and WCX titles at the Flat-Coated Retirever Society of Canada’s National Specialty. At the Specialty, Risa ran 3 tests (WCI, WCX and MH) over 2 days and did a super job! She went out on the 3rd series of the Master Hunter test . . . the *10th* series in 2 days proved to be too many (whew!), but we were very, very proud of her work!! Risa is owned, trained, handled and loved by Janet and Cary Ciarico.

11/24  CH Skyelark Gunpowder O’Hytimes CD JH WC “Gunner”, owned by Richard Street and Lynn Sutton, became a finished champion and completed his Companion Dog title in the same day at Upper Marlboro.