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Nominations for USBCHA District Directors opens June 20th 2024 and must be submitted by July 31st 2024. To nominate someone for a Director position, you must be a General or Life member in good standing, from the same district as the person you are nominating, and have obtained the agreement of the nominee to stand…
The judges for the 2024 National Sheepdog Finals have been finalized. We are honored to be able to announce that the judges for this year’s Finals at Belle Grove will be: Mark Elliott – EnglandMichael Davidson – EnglandKevin Evans – WalesNorman Close – United States Alternates:Peter Gonnet – CanadaSergio Perello – England The judges for…
Minutes from the 01-09-24 Board of Directors meeting are available here.(updated 1/17/24).
It is time to nominate judges for the 2024 National Sheepdog Finals at Belle Grove in Middleton VA Sept 30th – October 6th 2024 and the National Cattledog Finals October 10th – October 13th in Ellston IA. We need four judges for the Sheepdog Finals and two judges for the Cattledog Finals. Please get permission from…
Marianna Schreeder is stepping down as USBCHA Treasurer after many years of service. As a result the Association is looking for someone interested in taking on the Treasurer’s role. In view of the work involved the Board of Directors has approved an annual stipend of $8000 for the role. The roles and responsibilities of the…
The minutes from the 2023 Annual General Meeting, including the Annual Financial Report are available here
It’s time to vote for your district Directors for 2023. If you are a current member in who has run in a sanctioned trial in the past two years you are eligible to vote. Ballots can be found here. For those nominees who submitted bios, their bios can be found here. District 10 members, you…
It’s time to nominate members for open Board of Directors positions. Since there was no District 10 representative nominated last year, we will elect two Directors for District 10 this year, one to a two-year term and one to a three-year term. Please make sure you check with nominees and get their consent before nominating…
Nominations for judges for the National Finals close February 28th so if you’d like to nominate someone, fill out the nomination form here or email Linda at secretary@usbcha.com A list of nominees to date is here.
The USBCHA Board of Directors met on Tuesday Jan 17th 2023. Among the highlights of the meeting were: decision to allocate $16,000 to the USA and Canadian World Trial Team in the amount of $1000 to each dog being entered (10 Team USA, 1 Team USA Young Handler, Team Canada). Other fundraising efforts by Team…
