REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
August 4th & 5th, 2023
August 4th & 5th, 2023
2023 Arizona Regional Champion
Cactus Patch's Buttercup "Butters" Owner Pat Schobinger
(Congratulations Butters, 1X NSTRA Champion)
Cactus Patch's Buttercup "Butters" Owner Pat Schobinger
(Congratulations Butters, 1X NSTRA Champion)
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2023 Arizona Regional First Runner Up
Ima Cactus Peach " Peach" Owner Bill Blose
Ima Cactus Peach " Peach" Owner Bill Blose
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2023 Regional 2nd Runner Up "Annie"
Owner Debbie Carnahan 
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2023 Regional 3rd Runner Up "Bailey"
Owner Randy Dombrowski 
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2023 Regional Top 6 Dogs and High Point Winner
Winner Buttercup, 2nd Peach, 3rd Annie, 4th Bailey, 5th JoJo, 6th Lucy
High Point Winner Chapo (left side) and High Point 1st Runner-Up JoJo (5th spot)
Winner Buttercup, 2nd Peach, 3rd Annie, 4th Bailey, 5th JoJo, 6th Lucy
High Point Winner Chapo (left side) and High Point 1st Runner-Up JoJo (5th spot)
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Friday Top 4 Qualifiers
1st Place Annie, Owner Debbie Carnahan, score 996.5 2nd Place Wren, Owner Mark Jalving, score 821 3rd Place Midge, Owner CJ Ver Maak, score 645 4th Place Lucy, Owner Jim Davies, score 641.5 |
2022 Arizona Regional Champion
Rebels Blanco Mosier "Mosier" Owner Brian Rebello
Rebels Blanco Mosier "Mosier" Owner Brian Rebello
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2022 Arizona Regional First Runner Up
Ponderosa's Louie "Louie" Owner Brad Christensen
Ponderosa's Louie "Louie" Owner Brad Christensen
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2022 Regional 2nd Runner Up "SHOT"
Owner Gene Kindred, handler Chad Matthews 
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2022 Regional 3rd Runner Up "BABE"
Owner Josh Meacham 
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Friday Top 4 Qualifiers
1st Place Chapo, Owner CJ Hamilton, score 858 2nd Place Mosier, Owner Brian Rebello, score 812.5 3rd Place Reb, Owner John Trout, score 719 4th Place Ace, Owner Bill Blose, score 709 |
Top 12 dogs advancing to 2nd day:
1st Chapo, owner CJ Hamilton; 2nd Mosier owner Brian Rebello; 3rd Reb owner John Trout; 4th Ace owner Bill Blose; 5th Goldie owner Bob Henson, 6th Molly owner Dave Sipe; 7th Louie owner Brad Christensen; 8th Babe owner Josh Meacham; 9th Cash owner Brian Rebello; 10th Shot (o) Gene Kindred (H) Chad Mathews; 11th Sidney (o) Shannon Haycraft (H) Chad Matthews; 12th Peach owner Bill Blose
1st Chapo, owner CJ Hamilton; 2nd Mosier owner Brian Rebello; 3rd Reb owner John Trout; 4th Ace owner Bill Blose; 5th Goldie owner Bob Henson, 6th Molly owner Dave Sipe; 7th Louie owner Brad Christensen; 8th Babe owner Josh Meacham; 9th Cash owner Brian Rebello; 10th Shot (o) Gene Kindred (H) Chad Mathews; 11th Sidney (o) Shannon Haycraft (H) Chad Matthews; 12th Peach owner Bill Blose
Regional Championship Trial July 23rd & 24th, 2021
Red Tank trial Grounds, Parks, Arizona
Red Tank trial Grounds, Parks, Arizona
2021 Arizona Regional Champion
Ima Cactus Peach "Peach" Owners Bill and Juanita Blose
Ima Cactus Peach "Peach" Owners Bill and Juanita Blose
2021 Arizona Regional Champion "Peach" and 1st Runner Up "Ace"
both owned by Bill and Juanita Blose
both owned by Bill and Juanita Blose
During a fabulous weekend of trialing for Bill Blose he faced a quandary in the final hour Regional championship run-off because he was the owner/handler of BOTH the top 2 dogs, Peach and Ace. Bill handled Ace while CJ Hamilton challenged him by handling Peach. In exciting final action Ace and Bill put up a 4-4 and a back BUT Peach and CJ topped Bill with a 5-5 and a back! Overall, Peach racked up 10 first place NSTRA points in 3 days by winning the Regional Qualifier trial on Friday, then winning the Regional Championship on Saturday and topping it off by winning the Day After trial on Sunday! Ace and Peach are littermates out of FLATLAND'S GEORGIA GATOR and FLATLAND'S IMA SNICKER TOO. To cap that off, Bill and Debbie Carnahan had teamed up to buy Peach in the Calcutta so Bill also won the Calcutta !
2021 Regional TOP FOUR DOGS
The Top Four Regional Championship dogs: Champion, Peach, owner Bill Blose. 1st Runner Up, Ace, owner Bill Blose. 2nd Runner Up, Ruby, Owners John Trout and Brian Rebello, handler John Trout. 3rd Runner Up, Reb, owner John Trout.
In another interesting twist to the championship trial not only were the top 2 dogs owned by the same person but the 3rd and fourth place dogs are owned and handled by the same person, John Trout! Ruby is a 13 year old 5x champion and Reb is a young 1x Champion.
In another interesting twist to the championship trial not only were the top 2 dogs owned by the same person but the 3rd and fourth place dogs are owned and handled by the same person, John Trout! Ruby is a 13 year old 5x champion and Reb is a young 1x Champion.
TOP 12 DOGS
The Regional top 12 qualifying dogs were: Ace, Bill Blose; Jett, Jim Schroeder; Hazel, CJ VerMaak; Arnold, Bob Henson; The Kidd, John Ruland; Ruby, John Trout; Sidney, (O) Gene Kindred - (H) Chad Matthews; Rebel, Brad Monell; Mosier, Brian Rebello; Peach, Bill Blose; Reb, John Trout; and Tessa, Marty Elliott.
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Regional Championship Trial March 6th & 7th, 2020
Maternity Wells Trial Grounds, Sonoita, Az.
Maternity Wells Trial Grounds, Sonoita, Az.
2020 Arizona Regional Champion
Trout's Rebel Pride "Reb" Owner John Trout, Jr.
Trout's Rebel Pride "Reb" Owner John Trout, Jr.
Saturday March 7th - Regional Winners
Champion - Reb & John Trout, 4 First Place Points
1st Runner Up - Dill Pickle & Marty Elliott, 3 First Place Points
2nd Runner Up - Lucy & CJ VerMaak, 2 First Place Points
3rd Runner Up - LB & Marty Elliott, 1 First Place Point
Champion - Reb & John Trout, 4 First Place Points
1st Runner Up - Dill Pickle & Marty Elliott, 3 First Place Points
2nd Runner Up - Lucy & CJ VerMaak, 2 First Place Points
3rd Runner Up - LB & Marty Elliott, 1 First Place Point
Friday March 6th - Top 6 Dogs (Round 3)
In Order of finish - 1st John Trout & Reb, 2nd Marty Elliott & Dill Pickle, 3rd CJ VerMaak & Lucy, 4th Marty Elliot & LB, 5th Brian Rebello & Wedo, 6th Sidney, Owner Shannon Haycraft- Handler Gene Kindred
In Order of finish - 1st John Trout & Reb, 2nd Marty Elliott & Dill Pickle, 3rd CJ VerMaak & Lucy, 4th Marty Elliot & LB, 5th Brian Rebello & Wedo, 6th Sidney, Owner Shannon Haycraft- Handler Gene Kindred
Friday March 6th - Top 12 Dogs Advancing to Day 2 (Round 2)
(From Left to Right) Ace - Bill Blose, JoJo - Debbie Carnahan, Hazel - CJ Vermaak, LB - Marty Elliott, Dill Pickle - Marty Elliott,
Reb - John Trout, Lucy - CJ Vermaak, Goldie - Bob Henson, Wedo - Brian Rebello, Garrett - David Hackman, Belle - Alan Churchwell (not in picture Sidney, Owner Shannon Haycraft, Handler Gene Kindred)
(From Left to Right) Ace - Bill Blose, JoJo - Debbie Carnahan, Hazel - CJ Vermaak, LB - Marty Elliott, Dill Pickle - Marty Elliott,
Reb - John Trout, Lucy - CJ Vermaak, Goldie - Bob Henson, Wedo - Brian Rebello, Garrett - David Hackman, Belle - Alan Churchwell (not in picture Sidney, Owner Shannon Haycraft, Handler Gene Kindred)
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Friday March 6th, 2020 Round 1 Elimination Trial Winners :
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1st Place, Ace, Owner Bill Blose, score 992
2nd Place, Garrett, Owner David Hackman, score 759 3rd Place, Wedo, Owner Brian Rebello, score 758.5 4th Place, LB, Owner Marty Elliott, score 645 |
2019 Arizona Regional Champion
Max, Owner Ginger Rogers, Handler Bob Henson
Max, Owner Ginger Rogers, Handler Bob Henson
Arizona Region 2019 Championship Top 6 Dogs
Champion - Max, Owner Ginger Rogers, Handler Bob Henson, score 946.25 (Final Hour Score) - 4 First Place Points
1st Runner Up, Garrett, Owner David Hackman, score 739.25675 (Final Hour Score) - 3 First Place Points
2nd Runner Up, Lucy, Owner CJ VerMaak, score 666.5 - 2 First Place Points
3rd Runner Up, Wedo, Owner Brian Rebello, score 560 - 1 First Place Point
5th Place, Jett, Owner Jim Schroeder, score 553.5
6th Place, Tessa, Owner Marty Elliott, score 514
Maternity Wells Trial Grounds, Sonoita, Az.
March 15th & 16th, 2019
Champion - Max, Owner Ginger Rogers, Handler Bob Henson, score 946.25 (Final Hour Score) - 4 First Place Points
1st Runner Up, Garrett, Owner David Hackman, score 739.25675 (Final Hour Score) - 3 First Place Points
2nd Runner Up, Lucy, Owner CJ VerMaak, score 666.5 - 2 First Place Points
3rd Runner Up, Wedo, Owner Brian Rebello, score 560 - 1 First Place Point
5th Place, Jett, Owner Jim Schroeder, score 553.5
6th Place, Tessa, Owner Marty Elliott, score 514
Maternity Wells Trial Grounds, Sonoita, Az.
March 15th & 16th, 2019
Top 12 Dogs
Friday Elimination Trial
Friday Elimination Trial
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Many thanks to our Regional Judges, Nance Ceccarelli and Paul McCawley !
Following the Saturday finals our annual business meeting was held. Debbie Carnahan, after 4 years as President, decided to step aside for a while and not run again for President. The election results were announced and our new President for 2019 - 2020 is Brian Rebello. Other Officers elected were CJ Hamilton as Vice President, Brian Carnahan as Secretary and Julia Camp was re-elected as Treasurer. Board members elected were Tina Cook, CJ VerMaak and Patrick Moore. Debbie Carnahan will serve as the 4th Board member as Past President.
Following the Saturday finals our annual business meeting was held. Debbie Carnahan, after 4 years as President, decided to step aside for a while and not run again for President. The election results were announced and our new President for 2019 - 2020 is Brian Rebello. Other Officers elected were CJ Hamilton as Vice President, Brian Carnahan as Secretary and Julia Camp was re-elected as Treasurer. Board members elected were Tina Cook, CJ VerMaak and Patrick Moore. Debbie Carnahan will serve as the 4th Board member as Past President.
2018 Arizona Regional Champion
Emma, Owner John Trout
Emma, Owner John Trout
Arizona Region 2018 Championship
Emma, Owner John Trout, score 1,013.75 (Final Hour Score) - 4 First Place Points (congratulations! 4 X Champion)
1st Runner Up, Rap, (O) Bob Henson, (H) Brian Rebello, score 675 (Final Hour Score) - 3 First Place Points
2nd Runner Up, Arnold, Owner Bob Henson, score 621 - 2 First Place Points
3rd Runner Up, Garrett, Owner Dave Hackman, score 561.5 - 1 First Place Point
5th Place, Max, (O)Ginger Rogers, (H) Bob Henson, score 434
6th Place, Sam (O) Ginger Rogers, (H) Bob Henson, score 195.5
Kendrick Park, Flagstaff, Az.
July 20-21, 2018
Emma, Owner John Trout, score 1,013.75 (Final Hour Score) - 4 First Place Points (congratulations! 4 X Champion)
1st Runner Up, Rap, (O) Bob Henson, (H) Brian Rebello, score 675 (Final Hour Score) - 3 First Place Points
2nd Runner Up, Arnold, Owner Bob Henson, score 621 - 2 First Place Points
3rd Runner Up, Garrett, Owner Dave Hackman, score 561.5 - 1 First Place Point
5th Place, Max, (O)Ginger Rogers, (H) Bob Henson, score 434
6th Place, Sam (O) Ginger Rogers, (H) Bob Henson, score 195.5
Kendrick Park, Flagstaff, Az.
July 20-21, 2018
Top 12 Dogs
Friday Elimination Trial
Friday Elimination Trial
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Friday July 20th, 2018 - "Regional Championship Trial, Day 1 Eliminations"
A Field, Kendrick Park Trial Grounds, Flagstaff, Az.
A Field, Kendrick Park Trial Grounds, Flagstaff, Az.
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1st Place, Ruby, Owner Brian Rebello, score 968
2nd Place, Sam, (O) Ginger Rogers (H) Bob Henson, score 850 3rd Place, Max, (O) Ginger Rogers (H) Bob Henson, score 849.5 4th Place, Jett, Owner Jim Schroeder, score 695.5 |
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2017 Regional Winner
Henson's Rapid Descent "Rap" Owner/Handler Bob Henson
Arizona Region 2017 Champion
Rap, Owner Bob Henson, score 772
Champion, Rap, Owner Bob Henson, score 772 (Final Hour Score)
1st Runner Up, Grimmy, Owner Rocco Petrocco, score 404 (Final Hour Score)
2nd Runner Up, Blaze, Owner Debbie Lipely, score 605
3rd Runner Up, Garrett, Owner Dave Hackman, score 562.5
5th Place, Gabby, Owner Randy Dombrowski, score 549
6th Place, Nic, Owner Tina Cook, score 376.5
Red Tank, Parks, Az.
May 19-20, 2017
Rap, Owner Bob Henson, score 772
Champion, Rap, Owner Bob Henson, score 772 (Final Hour Score)
1st Runner Up, Grimmy, Owner Rocco Petrocco, score 404 (Final Hour Score)
2nd Runner Up, Blaze, Owner Debbie Lipely, score 605
3rd Runner Up, Garrett, Owner Dave Hackman, score 562.5
5th Place, Gabby, Owner Randy Dombrowski, score 549
6th Place, Nic, Owner Tina Cook, score 376.5
Red Tank, Parks, Az.
May 19-20, 2017
Friday May 19, 2017 - "Regional Championship Trial, Day 1 Eliminations"
A Field, Red Tank Trial Grounds, Parks, Az.
A Field, Red Tank Trial Grounds, Parks, Az.
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1st Place, Wyatt & Danny, Owner CJ Vermaak, score 795
2nd Place, Garrett, Owner Dave Hackman, score 738.5 3rd Place, Wedo, Owner Brian Rebello, score 715.5 4th Place, Lillie, Owner Bob Henson, score 700 |
2016 Regional Winner
3X NSTRA Champion Emma Owner/Handler John Trout, Jr.
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Arizona Region 2016 Champion
Emma, Owner John Trout, score 799.5
1st Runner Up, Ruby, Owner Brian Rebello, score 795.5
2nd Runner Up, Tessa, Owner Marty Elliott, score 554
3rd Runner Up, Wedo, Owner Brian Rebello, score 533
5th Place, Grimmy, Owner Rocco Petrocco score 522.5
6th Place, Shooter, Owner Jim Schroeder, score 496
Sonoita, Az Maternity Wells Trial Grounds
March 18 & 19, 2016
Emma, Owner John Trout, score 799.5
1st Runner Up, Ruby, Owner Brian Rebello, score 795.5
2nd Runner Up, Tessa, Owner Marty Elliott, score 554
3rd Runner Up, Wedo, Owner Brian Rebello, score 533
5th Place, Grimmy, Owner Rocco Petrocco score 522.5
6th Place, Shooter, Owner Jim Schroeder, score 496
Sonoita, Az Maternity Wells Trial Grounds
March 18 & 19, 2016
2016 Arizona Regional Trial and Day After Trial
March 18th and 19th Arizona held our Regional Elimination trial on the Empire Ranch near Sonoita, Az. On Sunday the 20th we ran a "Day After Double" open trial for the first trials of the new season. Unusually hot and dry weather conditions approaching 80 degrees prevailed all weekend even though a week before there was snow and two days after temps were back in the 70's.
All of the Arizona Region bird planting and judging is done on horseback since we cannot use ATV's on our Public land trial grounds. After dogs were in the blind for the very first run on day 1 our bird planter Julia, an extremely experienced rider, rode out on her horse and didn't even get one bird planted before the horse went wild and she was bucked off, slammed her shoulder on the ground and, we later learned, broke her collar bone! Julia is such a trooper, she stayed with our group all weekend after a short visit that evening to the emergency room. Meanwhile her husband, Patrick, immediately volunteered to plant the entire weekend so we could proceed, which meant he now couldn't run dogs on our Day After trial. Fantastic people, Julia and Patrick!
Anticipation was evident as the dogs made their runs, everyone hoping to make the first cut to get into the finals. Scores were so tight, at the end of the first day less than 20 points separated the last four dogs to make the cut. That evening we held our Calcutta bidding prior to the next days runs. Half the dogs making the cut are NSTRA champions, two of them 3X Champs, while the other half were all up-and-coming dogs on their way to becoming champions. Bidding was dramatic, and when our new High Point dog Emma came up, bidding rocketed up for this years High Point winner John Trout's Emma, even leading to an informal collaboration of folks who joined together to bid on her and they ended up winning the Calcutta! All told, the Calcutta brought in over $800, half of which went to our club.
The second day started out much less dramatically than the first and there was a happy, but intense, anticipation as the dogs made their runs for the second cut. The top 4 dogs were determined with John Trout's Emma dog and Brian Rebello's Ruby winning out to run the final hour. Emma and Ruby are litter mates, both 3X champions, out of John Trout's Rose Mary and Brian Rebello's Santan's Elhew Max. Both dogs worked their best in the final hour and each came in with a 4-4. Folks were holding their breath as the final scores were tallied and it was so close the scores were checked 3 more times before posting just to be sure. In the end Brian Rebello's Ruby scored 795.5 while Trout's Emma scored 799.5! John Trout and Emma topped off an impressive year, winning both the High Point competition AND the Regional Championship, a spectacular trialing season for John Trout and Emma. Besides our Region's usual High Point award John Trout was also presented with some "special awards" personally from Region President Debbie Carnahan, a box of dog biscuits for Emma and a "Johnny Walker" award for John Trout.
The other dogs claiming placements were an impressive young up-and-coming shorthair named Tessa Rose run by Marty Elliott who got second runner up and Brian Rebello's young dog, Wedo, claimed third runner up.
Arizona Regional Finals:
Champion: Emma, Owner John Trout (TROUT'S ELHEW EMMA, EP/F, Sire: SANTAN'S ELHEW MAX, Dam: TROUT'S ROSE MARY)
1st Runner Up, Ruby, Owner Brian Rebello (REBEL'S RAMBLIN RUBY, EP/F, Sire: SANTAN'S ELHEW MAX, Dam: TROUT'S ROSE MARY)
2nd Runner Up, Tessa, Owner Marty Elliott (TKO LITTLE TESSA ROSE, GSP/F, Sire: TKO MIGHTY SLICK TRICK, Dam: TKO SLY PRAIRIE DANCER JH)
3rd Runner Up, Wedo, Owner Brian Rebello (SANTAN'S LITTLE GUIDO, EP/M, Sire: SANTAN'S ELHEW MAX, Dam: CACTUS PATCHS FANCY PANTS)
Dogs that made the 2nd cut on Saturday were: 1st Place, Emma, Owner John Trout, 2nd Place, Ruby, Owner Brian Rebello, 3rd Place, Tessa, Owner Marty Elliott, 4th Place, Wedo, Owner Brian Rebello, 5th Place, Grimmy, Owner Rocco Petrocco, 6th Place, Shooter, Owner Jim Schroeder.
Dogs making the first cut on Friday were: 1st Place, Tessa - Owner Marty Elliott, 2nd Place, Wedo - Owner Brian Rebello, 3rd Place, 3x Champion Ruby - Owner Brian Rebello, 4th Place, Garrett - Owner Dave Hackman, 5th Rocky - Brad Christensen, 6th 1X Champion & 1X Past Regional Champion Yotie - Arlette Hennesey, 7th 3X Champion & 2016 High Point dog, Emma - John Trout, 8th 1X Champion JoJo - Brian Carnahan, 9th Shooter - Jim Schroeder, 10th 2X Champion & 1X Past Regional Champion Grimmy - Rocco Petrocco, 11th Buck - David Hackman, and 12th 1X Champion Ruby Tuby Teapot- Debbie Carnahan.
We would like to thank our GREAT judges for the Regional, "Diving" Paul McCawley from Idaho and Steve Crabb of Arizona for such a great job of judging on horseback, consistency in scoring and a truly fair test of all the dogs.
A raffle and silent auction was held with many nice items donated by region members and great items from sponsors such as Purina, Sportsman's Warehouse and Ponderosa Hotel Management, that helped our club substantially. Special thanks to Marty Elliott (over/under shotgun), Arlette Hennesey (Training collar, hunting vest), Debbie Caryl-Pardee (handmade NSTRA quilt), John Ruland (case of AA shotgun shells) and everyone else that donated for the club.
Our club also received a $500 donation from Dave Stevenson of Red Rock Feed Company for a catered dinner coordinated by our members David & Tina Cook, which allowed us to have an excellent barbeque dinner from Brushfire BBQ of Tucson, Az delivered to our remote location on the Empire ranch, over 40 miles from their restaurant in Tucson.
Our Region elections were held and Debbie Carnahan was unanimously re-elected President of our Region, Randy Caryl re-elected as VP, Debbie Caryl-Pardee re-elected as Secretary, our exceptional Treasurer Todd Zondlo re-elected for his numerous consecutive term, board members Brian Rebello and Brad Christensen re-elected to our Board and two new board members were elected, David Cook and Jim Schroeder.
A "Day After Double" open trial was run on the following day, Sunday, where we had a couple of young, brand new members run their dogs for the first time and post very respectable scores, Caleb Spanier getting a 307 with "Bella" and Kevin Nitti pulling off a 414 with "Calvin" and a 318 with "Charlie", we look forward to seeing them again at our future trials!
The "Day After Trial" winners were determined for Sunday A Field as:
1st Place, Sirius, Owner Marty Elliott, score 1,059.6 (SIRIUS BOYS BLACK, GSP/M, Sire: SIRIUS BLACK MOJO Dam: KJROX KIIONA MISS)
2nd Place, Lucy, Owner CJ Vermaak, score 812.1 (EMMA'S LUCY GOOSE, EP/F, Sire: PEACHES RIVER DAN Dam: TROUT'S ELHEW EMMA)
3rd Place, Paige, Owner Ray Taffora, score 810 (RAY'S FIRS PAIGE, ES/F, Sire: HAVELOK BLACK GOLD Dam: TAKOA MOUNTAIN NICQUEL)
4th Place, Reb, Owner John Trout, score 712 (TROUT'S REBEL PRIDE, EP/M, Sire: PEACHES RIVER DAN Dam: TROUT'S ELHEW EMMA)
And on Sunday B Field as:
1st Place, Garrett, Owner Dave Hackman, score 827.3 (LINDSEY'S LIL SMOKEN GARRETT, EP/M, Sire: MOONSHINES SLATE CREEK JOE, Dam: JO'S MAGIC MOLLY)
2nd Place, JoJo, Owner Brian Carnahan, score 806 (CARNAHAN'S SHE'S GOT THE MOJO JOJO, GSP/F, Sire: ROCKIN G'S WARHEAD, Dam: LLANO'S LELANI)
3rd Place, Levi, Owner Dave Hackman, score 721 (LINDSEY'S LIL MAGIC LEVI, Sire: BLACK MAGIC BUZZ, Dam: BLACK MAGIC LIZZIE)
4th Place, Shooter, Owner Jim Schroeder, score 671 (HOOTIES'S SHOOTER VON SCHROEDER, GSP/M, Sire: HIGHBALL FRANCISCO VON SCHROEDER, Dam: JAZZMIN RILEE VON SCHROEDER)
March 18th and 19th Arizona held our Regional Elimination trial on the Empire Ranch near Sonoita, Az. On Sunday the 20th we ran a "Day After Double" open trial for the first trials of the new season. Unusually hot and dry weather conditions approaching 80 degrees prevailed all weekend even though a week before there was snow and two days after temps were back in the 70's.
All of the Arizona Region bird planting and judging is done on horseback since we cannot use ATV's on our Public land trial grounds. After dogs were in the blind for the very first run on day 1 our bird planter Julia, an extremely experienced rider, rode out on her horse and didn't even get one bird planted before the horse went wild and she was bucked off, slammed her shoulder on the ground and, we later learned, broke her collar bone! Julia is such a trooper, she stayed with our group all weekend after a short visit that evening to the emergency room. Meanwhile her husband, Patrick, immediately volunteered to plant the entire weekend so we could proceed, which meant he now couldn't run dogs on our Day After trial. Fantastic people, Julia and Patrick!
Anticipation was evident as the dogs made their runs, everyone hoping to make the first cut to get into the finals. Scores were so tight, at the end of the first day less than 20 points separated the last four dogs to make the cut. That evening we held our Calcutta bidding prior to the next days runs. Half the dogs making the cut are NSTRA champions, two of them 3X Champs, while the other half were all up-and-coming dogs on their way to becoming champions. Bidding was dramatic, and when our new High Point dog Emma came up, bidding rocketed up for this years High Point winner John Trout's Emma, even leading to an informal collaboration of folks who joined together to bid on her and they ended up winning the Calcutta! All told, the Calcutta brought in over $800, half of which went to our club.
The second day started out much less dramatically than the first and there was a happy, but intense, anticipation as the dogs made their runs for the second cut. The top 4 dogs were determined with John Trout's Emma dog and Brian Rebello's Ruby winning out to run the final hour. Emma and Ruby are litter mates, both 3X champions, out of John Trout's Rose Mary and Brian Rebello's Santan's Elhew Max. Both dogs worked their best in the final hour and each came in with a 4-4. Folks were holding their breath as the final scores were tallied and it was so close the scores were checked 3 more times before posting just to be sure. In the end Brian Rebello's Ruby scored 795.5 while Trout's Emma scored 799.5! John Trout and Emma topped off an impressive year, winning both the High Point competition AND the Regional Championship, a spectacular trialing season for John Trout and Emma. Besides our Region's usual High Point award John Trout was also presented with some "special awards" personally from Region President Debbie Carnahan, a box of dog biscuits for Emma and a "Johnny Walker" award for John Trout.
The other dogs claiming placements were an impressive young up-and-coming shorthair named Tessa Rose run by Marty Elliott who got second runner up and Brian Rebello's young dog, Wedo, claimed third runner up.
Arizona Regional Finals:
Champion: Emma, Owner John Trout (TROUT'S ELHEW EMMA, EP/F, Sire: SANTAN'S ELHEW MAX, Dam: TROUT'S ROSE MARY)
1st Runner Up, Ruby, Owner Brian Rebello (REBEL'S RAMBLIN RUBY, EP/F, Sire: SANTAN'S ELHEW MAX, Dam: TROUT'S ROSE MARY)
2nd Runner Up, Tessa, Owner Marty Elliott (TKO LITTLE TESSA ROSE, GSP/F, Sire: TKO MIGHTY SLICK TRICK, Dam: TKO SLY PRAIRIE DANCER JH)
3rd Runner Up, Wedo, Owner Brian Rebello (SANTAN'S LITTLE GUIDO, EP/M, Sire: SANTAN'S ELHEW MAX, Dam: CACTUS PATCHS FANCY PANTS)
Dogs that made the 2nd cut on Saturday were: 1st Place, Emma, Owner John Trout, 2nd Place, Ruby, Owner Brian Rebello, 3rd Place, Tessa, Owner Marty Elliott, 4th Place, Wedo, Owner Brian Rebello, 5th Place, Grimmy, Owner Rocco Petrocco, 6th Place, Shooter, Owner Jim Schroeder.
Dogs making the first cut on Friday were: 1st Place, Tessa - Owner Marty Elliott, 2nd Place, Wedo - Owner Brian Rebello, 3rd Place, 3x Champion Ruby - Owner Brian Rebello, 4th Place, Garrett - Owner Dave Hackman, 5th Rocky - Brad Christensen, 6th 1X Champion & 1X Past Regional Champion Yotie - Arlette Hennesey, 7th 3X Champion & 2016 High Point dog, Emma - John Trout, 8th 1X Champion JoJo - Brian Carnahan, 9th Shooter - Jim Schroeder, 10th 2X Champion & 1X Past Regional Champion Grimmy - Rocco Petrocco, 11th Buck - David Hackman, and 12th 1X Champion Ruby Tuby Teapot- Debbie Carnahan.
We would like to thank our GREAT judges for the Regional, "Diving" Paul McCawley from Idaho and Steve Crabb of Arizona for such a great job of judging on horseback, consistency in scoring and a truly fair test of all the dogs.
A raffle and silent auction was held with many nice items donated by region members and great items from sponsors such as Purina, Sportsman's Warehouse and Ponderosa Hotel Management, that helped our club substantially. Special thanks to Marty Elliott (over/under shotgun), Arlette Hennesey (Training collar, hunting vest), Debbie Caryl-Pardee (handmade NSTRA quilt), John Ruland (case of AA shotgun shells) and everyone else that donated for the club.
Our club also received a $500 donation from Dave Stevenson of Red Rock Feed Company for a catered dinner coordinated by our members David & Tina Cook, which allowed us to have an excellent barbeque dinner from Brushfire BBQ of Tucson, Az delivered to our remote location on the Empire ranch, over 40 miles from their restaurant in Tucson.
Our Region elections were held and Debbie Carnahan was unanimously re-elected President of our Region, Randy Caryl re-elected as VP, Debbie Caryl-Pardee re-elected as Secretary, our exceptional Treasurer Todd Zondlo re-elected for his numerous consecutive term, board members Brian Rebello and Brad Christensen re-elected to our Board and two new board members were elected, David Cook and Jim Schroeder.
A "Day After Double" open trial was run on the following day, Sunday, where we had a couple of young, brand new members run their dogs for the first time and post very respectable scores, Caleb Spanier getting a 307 with "Bella" and Kevin Nitti pulling off a 414 with "Calvin" and a 318 with "Charlie", we look forward to seeing them again at our future trials!
The "Day After Trial" winners were determined for Sunday A Field as:
1st Place, Sirius, Owner Marty Elliott, score 1,059.6 (SIRIUS BOYS BLACK, GSP/M, Sire: SIRIUS BLACK MOJO Dam: KJROX KIIONA MISS)
2nd Place, Lucy, Owner CJ Vermaak, score 812.1 (EMMA'S LUCY GOOSE, EP/F, Sire: PEACHES RIVER DAN Dam: TROUT'S ELHEW EMMA)
3rd Place, Paige, Owner Ray Taffora, score 810 (RAY'S FIRS PAIGE, ES/F, Sire: HAVELOK BLACK GOLD Dam: TAKOA MOUNTAIN NICQUEL)
4th Place, Reb, Owner John Trout, score 712 (TROUT'S REBEL PRIDE, EP/M, Sire: PEACHES RIVER DAN Dam: TROUT'S ELHEW EMMA)
And on Sunday B Field as:
1st Place, Garrett, Owner Dave Hackman, score 827.3 (LINDSEY'S LIL SMOKEN GARRETT, EP/M, Sire: MOONSHINES SLATE CREEK JOE, Dam: JO'S MAGIC MOLLY)
2nd Place, JoJo, Owner Brian Carnahan, score 806 (CARNAHAN'S SHE'S GOT THE MOJO JOJO, GSP/F, Sire: ROCKIN G'S WARHEAD, Dam: LLANO'S LELANI)
3rd Place, Levi, Owner Dave Hackman, score 721 (LINDSEY'S LIL MAGIC LEVI, Sire: BLACK MAGIC BUZZ, Dam: BLACK MAGIC LIZZIE)
4th Place, Shooter, Owner Jim Schroeder, score 671 (HOOTIES'S SHOOTER VON SCHROEDER, GSP/M, Sire: HIGHBALL FRANCISCO VON SCHROEDER, Dam: JAZZMIN RILEE VON SCHROEDER)
(Regional Trials Eligibility Rules are listed at the bottom of this page)
2015 Regional Winner
1X NSTRA Champion Belle Owner/Handler Alan Churchwell
1st Belle (Alan Churchwell) - 2nd Ruby (Debbie Carnahan) - 3rd Wedo (Brian Rebello) - 4th Catfish (Bob Henson) - 5th Emma (John Trout) - 6th River (Jim Schroeder)
2014 Regional Winner
2x NSTRA Champion Zoro
Handled by Bob Henson
Arizona NSTRA concluded its 2013 trial season with the running of its regional trial May 2 and 3, 2014 in the mountains of Northern Arizona. 32 dogs and handlers competed. Mike Porter from Southern California and Kevin Creadon from the Rocky Mountain Region traveled to judge the trials. This year the conditions were tough. Friday shaped up to be hot with little to no wind at times. The winner of Fridays trial and qualification was Doc handled by Mike Kitchens. Second place was Prince handled by Bob Henson. Third place went to Yoti handled by Arlette Hennessey. The field of 32 dogs was narrowed down to 12 for Saturday’s continuation.
Saturday was a better day for scent conditions. Many birds were found in the first braces of the day, but only 6 dogs advanced to the third round of competition. Braces were drawn for the top 6 and the field was replanted. After all was said and done in this round, some placements were separated by only a ½ point. 5th Runner up was Sid handled by John Trout. 4th Runner up was Ruby handled by Debbie Carnahan. 3rd Runner up was Yoti handled by Arlette Hennessey. 2nd Runner up was Belle handled by Alan Churchwell. The championship run-off was narrowed down to Duke handled by Jeff Dixon and Zoro handled by Bob Henson. Both dogs ran the whole hour finding many birds, but Zoro was able to pull off the victory. Congratulations to Bob Henson and Zoro as this years’ Arizona NSTRA Regional Champion.
Another champion was also crowned this weekend in the Arizona region. Alan Churchwell and his drahthaar Belle clinched their 1st NSTRA championship after the elimination rounds of Saturday’s trial. Congratulations Alan and Belle.
After all of the trials were completed, our yearly awards banquet and business meeting were conducted. Entrants and families enjoyed barbecue and other tasty food that was provided by the region. Also new officers and board members were elected for the new trial season. We would like to thank everyone that supported our region and hope that the next year brings even more success!
5th Runner up was Sid handled by John Trout. 4th Runner up was Ruby handled by Debbie Carnahan. 3rd Runner up was Yoti handled by Arlette Hennessey. 2nd Runner up was Belle handled by Alan Churchwell. 1st Runner up was Duke handled by Jeff Dixon. 2014 Regional Champion Zoro handled by Bob Henson
Saturday was a better day for scent conditions. Many birds were found in the first braces of the day, but only 6 dogs advanced to the third round of competition. Braces were drawn for the top 6 and the field was replanted. After all was said and done in this round, some placements were separated by only a ½ point. 5th Runner up was Sid handled by John Trout. 4th Runner up was Ruby handled by Debbie Carnahan. 3rd Runner up was Yoti handled by Arlette Hennessey. 2nd Runner up was Belle handled by Alan Churchwell. The championship run-off was narrowed down to Duke handled by Jeff Dixon and Zoro handled by Bob Henson. Both dogs ran the whole hour finding many birds, but Zoro was able to pull off the victory. Congratulations to Bob Henson and Zoro as this years’ Arizona NSTRA Regional Champion.
Another champion was also crowned this weekend in the Arizona region. Alan Churchwell and his drahthaar Belle clinched their 1st NSTRA championship after the elimination rounds of Saturday’s trial. Congratulations Alan and Belle.
After all of the trials were completed, our yearly awards banquet and business meeting were conducted. Entrants and families enjoyed barbecue and other tasty food that was provided by the region. Also new officers and board members were elected for the new trial season. We would like to thank everyone that supported our region and hope that the next year brings even more success!
5th Runner up was Sid handled by John Trout. 4th Runner up was Ruby handled by Debbie Carnahan. 3rd Runner up was Yoti handled by Arlette Hennessey. 2nd Runner up was Belle handled by Alan Churchwell. 1st Runner up was Duke handled by Jeff Dixon. 2014 Regional Champion Zoro handled by Bob Henson
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2013 Regional Champion
2012 3rd Runner Up 1x NSTRA CH K Nine's Coyote Ugly 
Runner Ups
1st Max - Dave Hackman 2nd Grimmy - Rocco Petrocco 3rd Lucky - Bob Henson 4th Duke - Dave Hackman 5th Candy - Brad Christenson 2012 Regional Champion
Rocks Grim Reaper Mary Petrocco Owner/ Rocco Petrocco Handler 
1st R/U Fancy - C.J.
2nd R/U Butch - Ron Horn 3rd R/U K Nine's Coyote Ugly - Arlette Hennessey 2011 Regional Champion
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2008 Regional Champion
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The AZ Regional Trial is a two day elimination trial that determines the Arizona Region's champion dog for the year and to determine which Arizona Region dogs qualify to attend the National NSTRA DOG OF THE YEAR TRIAL.
NSTRA Rules for Regional Trial Elimination Eligibility:
a. Those (dogs) placing first, second or third and earning points for the placement (in an Arizona Region Trial), as in a full 24/32 dog
trial. In a trial that earns less than 3 points, only pointed placements count.
b. The current Regional Champion (last year’s winner) is automatically qualified for the next year’s
Regional Elimination trial regardless of point count. (BOD Oct 2013)
c. NSTRA Champions must run in their home region
d. Out of region dogs may participate as long as they have earned points within your region and
have not received points in their home region or attained Championship status.
i. Dogs that receive points in their home region must compete in their home Regional
Elimination.
e. Dogs may enter only ONE Regional Elimination trial per calendar year.
Contact the Region President or Regional Trial Chairman if you have questions about eligibility or to sign up for the AZ Regional trial.
The day after the Regional trial concludes there is a regular trial, usually a Double/Double, and it is the first trial of the new year and any NSTRA member may enter that trial. Contact the Regional Trial Chairman to sign up for this trial.
NSTRA Rules for Regional Trial Elimination Eligibility:
a. Those (dogs) placing first, second or third and earning points for the placement (in an Arizona Region Trial), as in a full 24/32 dog
trial. In a trial that earns less than 3 points, only pointed placements count.
b. The current Regional Champion (last year’s winner) is automatically qualified for the next year’s
Regional Elimination trial regardless of point count. (BOD Oct 2013)
c. NSTRA Champions must run in their home region
d. Out of region dogs may participate as long as they have earned points within your region and
have not received points in their home region or attained Championship status.
i. Dogs that receive points in their home region must compete in their home Regional
Elimination.
e. Dogs may enter only ONE Regional Elimination trial per calendar year.
Contact the Region President or Regional Trial Chairman if you have questions about eligibility or to sign up for the AZ Regional trial.
The day after the Regional trial concludes there is a regular trial, usually a Double/Double, and it is the first trial of the new year and any NSTRA member may enter that trial. Contact the Regional Trial Chairman to sign up for this trial.