The BCSA Obedience Top 20 Invitational will be held on Friday, October 20, 2006, followed by two AKC obedience trails on Saturday and Sunday.  The 2006 Obedience Invitational is open to those teams who have earned the honor to compete for the "BCSA Obedience Team of the Year".  Special thanks go to Lynn Currie for her hard work on this project and to judge Janet Lewis.

For each of the divisions -- Novice, Open, Utility and Combined -- the eligibility requirements are as follows:

1. Open to all Border Collies.

2. All teams who have either a UDX or an OTCH title are invited to compete in the Combined division where they will perform all the exercises from the AKC Open and Utility classes.

3. For Novice, Open and Utility, invitations will be issued according to rankings on the BCSA Obedience Scoreboard per the 2005 year end stats. Teams are eligible in the division they are ranked. Invitations will be sent by May 1, 2006, via email if available. The top 20 ranked teams in each division will be invited as long as they have not achieved a higher title than the division in which they are ranked in 2005. (i.e. teams that rank top 20 in the Novice division but have their CDX by the end of 2005 must rank top 20 in Open in order to receive an invitation or meet eligibility requirements as per number 4 below.) Because the invitations are based on the team’s achievement for the prior year, invited teams may choose to compete on the level of their invitation, or they may move up to a higher division. (See number 4 below for move up eligibility requirements.)

4. If you are a non-ranked team or for those teams who wish to move-up to a higher division, you must submit either 5 scores of 193 or better OR 3 scores of 195 or better. These scores must be earned in the highest division from which the dog holds an AKC title. Cut off for the earning of these scores is Friday, September 15, 2006.

5. Dogs in the Novice, Open and Utility divisions will perform all the exercises from their respective class.

6. Placement ribbons will be given to the top four scoring teams in each division

7. High scoring team of the event will win the 'BCSA Obedience Team of the Year' honors.

ENTRY INFORMATION:

• Entry Form

• Qualifying Date: 9/15/06

• Closing Date: 9/30/06, 5 pm CDT or when judging limits are reached according to AKC rules.

• Fee:   $10 Novice/Open/Utility | $15 Combined

• Mail/Info: Send entry form and check payable to BCSA to:
  Kat Ferruzza - 2323 County Road 900N - El Paso, IL, 61738-1763 - 309.527.5373

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