USBCHA NATIONAL & NURSERY FINALS, SEPTEMBER 19 – 26, 2004  STURGIS, SD 

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Location

The City of Sturgis, SD is located 30 miles NW of Rapid City, SD, just off of Interstate 90. 

Directions

From the East (I-90) (Rapid City, SD) 

In South Dakota drive west on I-90 to exit 32 (You are not in Sturgis), continue straight until right on Junction Ave (Highway 79) [1 mile appx.]. Drive out of town and take right into Fort Meade [2 miles]. Follow signs.

From the West (I-90) (Wyoming):  Driving East in South Dakota on I-90. Take exit 30 (You are now in Sturgis). Turn Left at light (Junction Ave/Highway 79). Drive out of town [appx 3 miles]. Turn right into Fort Meade and follow the signs.
From the South:  Entering Wyoming on I-25 Northbound.  At I-25 Exit 126, turn RIGHT onto Ramp (0.3 miles. Turn RIGHT (East) onto US-18 [US-20] (67.2 miles) 0:50.  Turn LEFT to stay on US-18 [US-20] (1.6 miles). Turn LEFT (North) onto US-18 [US-85] (73.6 miles). Keep STRAIGHT onto US-85 (122 miles).  Entering South Dakota:  Bear RIGHT (East) onto US-14 Alt [US-85] (38.0 miles)  Road name changes to SR-79 [Lazelle St].  From there you will be driving into the heart of Sturgis.. On to the finals location:. continue straight out of town (3 miles) Take right into Fort Meade and follow signs

Entry Deadline

August 1, 2004 - No entries postmarked after that date will be accepted.  Entry forms will be mailed mid June.  No refunds or filling of vacancies after September 1.

Nursery Finals 

Nursery Sept. 19, 20, 21.. Judges are Tom Lacy and Mike Neary.  Two go rounds, combined scores.  Thirty (30) high scoring runs will be taken back for second go-round.  Unregistered nursery dogs must show proof of age.  Contact Francis Raley f.raley@att.net for more information.  A dog is eligible for the Nursery Finals if its third birthday falls on or after July 1 of the year in which that  Nursery Final is held. [Any dog born on or after July 1, 2001 is eligible for the 2004 Nursery Finals.]

Open Finals 

Charles Arch and Glen Jones (Glenamun) will judge first go round of Open beginning (time permitting) on Tuesday. afternoon the  21^st.  Saturday semi finals Tom and Mike will judge.  Sunday (top 17) Double Lift Finals, (clean slate).  Charles and Glen will be judging .  
Sheep:  Rambouillet x Targhee cross.

Open Course

First go round there will be a shed.  Outrun should not normally exceed 450 yards.  Top 40 of the first go round will run back for the semi finals on Saturday  The outrun should not normally exceed 500 yards.  A marked shed (not called by the judge), pen and a marked single (called by the high point getting judge) - (There be five sheep, two ribboned, any two ribboned sheep to be shed and any ribboned sheep to be singled).  That 17 dogs go through to the double lift Finals, clean slate 

Premiums

Open Premiums 2004 - $ 26,800.00. $9,400 to the first go-round, $5,400 to seconded go-round $12,000 to top 17.   Nursery Premiums - 2004 - total of $9,000.00 to top 20, combined scores.   ABCA will award the first go-round of Nursery.

ABCA
membership 

Must be a 2004 member of American Border Collie Association to compete in the National Finals.  You may check with Patty Roger  601-928-7551 or email American Border Collie Assoc. abca@datasync.com.  ABCA is a major sponsor of The National Finals.

Once again Pete Carmichael will be hosting a practice field at Ross Lamphere’s Campground starting Friday September 17^th through the end of the finals. The practice field is a mile east of the trial field & it will have 2 different kinds of fields.  To schedule your working time please call Heidi @ 605-865-3392 (home) until September 15^th and 605-848-0757 (cell) after September 15^th.  We will be scheduling practice times starting at 7:30AM until around 6PM daily.  (To allow the sheep to graze & feed)  
We hope to see you there!!

Meetings  

USBCHA Annual Membership meeting & banquet Thursday, Sept. 23rd.   Board of Directors meeting Wednesday Sept. 22^nd.

Vendor Applications 

Jo Woodbury , email joleo@vcn.com   or 307-684-0219.  Jo is chairperson of the local committee.

RV Parking 

Ross Lamphere's RV park is the official "host" RV Park.  They  also have cabins there.  Lamphere’s RV park, which is quite large with big shade trees and full hookups and about a mile from the Finals field, will also host one of the practice fields There is a hard surface parking area for campers at the trial site, but in case of emergency will need to move when wet/raining, RV Camp Grounds are very close to trial site.. RVs can move to the trial field on Saturday, September 18.   Find RV parking at http://www.sturgissheepdogfinals.com/.

Joint Trial Committee 

USBCHA/ABCA Trial Committee:  Bud Boudreau, Chairperson, Leo Woodbury, Jim Swift, Joni Swanke, Gary Westbrook, Pete Carmichael, Scott Glen, Gene Litton,

Motels

Days Inn #605-347-3027,  Philtown Best Western #605-347-3604,  Star-Lite #605-347-2506, Super 8 #605-347-4447.  Other super Motels may be found at  www.sturgis-sd.org.

Airport/Airlines

You will need to fly in Rapid Regional Airport, Rapid City, SD (605) 394-4195.  The airport if about 35 miles east of Sturgis.  Northwest Airlines,  800-225-2525 non-stop service to/from Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota.  United Express/Sky West:  800-241-6522  Non stop service to/from Denver, Co.  Sky West Delta Connection Delta:  800-221-1212, non stop service to/from Salt Lake City, Ut.

SHEEP NURSERY AGE RULE CLARIFICATION:   SECTION 31: USBCHA NURSERY RULES
1. A dog is eligible for the Nursery Finals if its third birthday falls on or after July 1 of the year in which that Nursery Final is held.  Any dog born on or after July 1, 2001 is eligible for the 2004 Finals.