The Mid-Florida Golden Retriever Club will hold its February general meeting on Saturday, Feb. 18, in Lakeland, Fla., after Goldens show during the Sun N’ Fun Strawberry Cluster.
Goldens are scheduled to show in Ring 8 at 10 a.m. so the MFGRC meeting will start at approximately 11:30 a.m. at a location to be determined.
The Lakeland show is held at the Sun N’ Fun facility, located at 4175 Medulla Road, at the southwest corner of the Lakeland Linder Regional Airport. Car parking will be $5.00.
Reminder that the Mid-Florida Golden Retriever Club will hold its first general meeting of the year on Saturday, January 21, at the Brooksville all-breed show. Goldens show at 12:30 p.m. in Ring 9 and our meeting will be held after that at approximately 2:30 p.m.
The MFGRC’s annual “Fun Match” will be held on Saturday, March 11, at the home of Ann Rowe in Sorrento, Fla. The match will include obedience and rally for ALL BREEDS and conformation for Goldens. More details and entry premium will be available soon.
The MFGRC is tentatively adding a new event to the calendar – a Fun Tracking Day and general meeting on Sunday, April 2. This would give members the opportunity to let their Goldens try Tracking in a fun, no-pressure setting.
At the request of several of our members, the Mid-Florida Golden Retriever Club will hold a CCA on June 3, at the Citrus County Dog Club in Crystal River, Fla. More details to come soon.
A reminder to MFGRC members – if you haven’t sent in your dues to renew your membership for 2017, please do so as soon as possible. Please include your mailing address, email address and phone number so we can keep our roster updated. Dues should be mailed to club treasurer Dee Thibodeaux, 36752 Nashua Blvd., Sorrento, FL 32776.
Dear MFGRC Members,
On January 1, 2017, the Officers and Board of Directors unanimously voted to place a bid with the GRCA to host the 2020 Golden Retriever National Specialty. This was mostly in part from all the positive responses we received from the General Membership. In order for the club to proceed with this bid we first must select a General Chair person or Co-Chairs to lead this endeavor. We are seeking applicants for MFGRC members, who are also members of the GRCA to fulfill this position. If you are interested in becoming the 2020 National General Chair or Co-Chair, please respond in writing to Andy Hall (MFGRC Secretary – andyhall58@hotmail.com) and include a brief resume about yourself. Some of the recommended GRCA General Chair requirements are listed in the GRCA National Specialty Handbook on page 24. It is imperative that we act on this very soon. The Officers and Board Of Directors will select the National Specialty General Chair and announce it to the membership by March 1st, 2017.
Thank you,
John Blair
President MFGRC
The Mid-Florida Golden Retriever Club will hold its first general meeting of 2017 on Saturday, Jan. 21, at the all-breed show in Brooksville, Fla. The meeting will be held after Goldens show (approximate time TBA after the judging schedule is released).
The MFGRC’s Spring Hunt Test will be held Feb. 11-12 at Golden Oak Ranch in Monteverde, Fla. Entry and volunteer details will be posted soon.
The MFGRC’s annual “Fun Match” will be held on Saturday, March 11, at the home of Ann Rowe in Sorrento, Fla. The match will include obedience and rally for all breeds and conformation for Goldens. More details and entry premium will be available soon.
| MFGRC Officers | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| President | John Blair | jazziesgold@att.net | 321-773-3476 |
| Vice President | Ann Rowe | magikgldn1@aol.com | 352-735-3565 |
| Secretary | Andy Hall | andyhall58@hotmail.com | 321-402-3365 |
| Treasurer | Dee Thibodeaux | deejohn@me.com | 970-396-6121 |
| Board Members | |||
| Anney Doucette | jpgrigold@aol.com | 352-262-1874 | |
| Pat Kopco | baddogs@tampabay.rr.com | 813-441-4858 | |
| Betty Lambert | blambert18@cfl.rr.com | 407-301-4084 | |
| Ted Misilo | tedmisilo@gmail.com | 321-951-3113 | |
| Mike Orloff | baddogs@tampabay.rr.com | 305-343-3315 | |
| Kristin Sipus | kjsipus@aol.com | 352-229-1575 | |
| Michele Throm | michelethrom@yahoo.com | 407-923-2731 | |
To Mid Florida Golden Retriever Club Members
We’re turning our general membership meeting at the Ocala show on Saturday, November 19, into a pot luck lunch and social, so we hope to have the largest turnout of club members we’ve had this year.
We’d especially love to see some of the members from the northern areas of our “territory” at this meeting since it’s our closest meeting to you this year.
Our primary point of discussion at the meeting will be led by John Blair (who has been nominated to be club president in 2017) and it’s to get input from members on the possibility of our club making a bid to host the Golden Retriever Club of America National Specialty in 2020.
As to the pot luck lunch, please bring whatever you’d like, whether it’s sandwich meats and bread, chips, potato salad, sodas and water – all contributions are welcomed. There’s plenty of room on the property so we’ll find a nice shady spot to set up tables for our lunch. Everyone should bring their own chairs and we could use a couple of tables too (please email andyhall58 at hotmail dot com if you can bring a table)..
Our lunch and meeting will be held AFTER Goldens show – the judging program has Goldens scheduled for 12:45 p.m. in Ring 1, so it’ll probably be around 2:15 p.m. or so.
The Ocala Dog Show Grounds location is easy to find – for those who use GPS devices, the address is 10205 NW Gainesville Rd, Ocala, FL 34482.
Driving Directions:
From I-75 take exit 358 EAST which is State Road. 326. Go 1 mile to the traffic light and turn LEFT onto 25A then NORTH for approximately 2.3 miles. The show grounds will be on the RIGHT, with THE GREATER OCALA DOG CLUB sign.
From the East, take Hwy 40 to State Road 326 and turn RIGHT for 10.4 miles. At N.W. Gainesville Road (25A traffic light) turn right. Show Grounds are 2.4 miles on the right with THE GREATER OCALA DOG CLUB sign.
See you Saturday!