National Lure Coursing Club

SEGC has added a fourth weekend to its 2009 lure coursing calendar to offer more opportunities to those who like to test their dogs on big fields and long galloping course plans. On December 19 and 20 we will return to beautiful
Chattahoochee Hills Farm near Fairburn, Georgia, just south of Atlanta. In keeping with our new tradition of offering a variety of running and scoring formats, we will hold an ASFA trial on Saturday and a NLCC trial on Sunday.
So,if you're tired of the "same old, same old," come experience the difference
with SEGC:

* A different running and scoring format each day -- scored braces on Saturday,and the greater objectivity afforded by brace elimination with point tally scoring in the NLCC meeting on Sunday;

* A new and different big field at Chattahoochee Hills Farm;

*DRAG lure each day -- greater safety for our dogs + more lively lure action =better sport;

*On Sunday at the NLCC trial, cash prizes for the winners of the unified Open stake, a bottle of bubbly for the runners-up, and ribbons and dog toys for all placements;

*On Sunday at the NLCC meeting, your dog can compete for Grand Field Champion, the toughest title in
lure coursing -- based on winning percentage, the gold standard of performance
evaluation;

*Run for the new perpetual trophy, the Christmas Cup, on Sunday, open to all BOB winners from the ASFA trial and all Open stakes winners from the NLCC meeting;

*As at all NLCC meetings, Silken Windhounds, lurchers and longdogs are welcome and enjoy full eligibility

* The fabulous SEGC amenities and field lunches, fundraisers for Southeastern Greyhound Adoption;

* Judges will be Linda Garwacki and Todd Birchfield.

   The NLCC event program for Sunday can be found in the Documents section of the Web site.
   The NLCC program and the ASFA premium list can also be found at the SEGC Web site, www.greyhoundadoption.org, and at www.toddbirchfield.com
We hope you'll join us for two great days of sport !

     The program for the lure meeting hosted by CHASE on Nov. 21 at Old Mill Farm in Cartersville, GA is now available in the NLCC Documents section.

     One revision: Due to an ASFA policy, we will be required to hold the NLCC meeting at the conclusion of the ASFA trial. The NLCC inspection will begin immediately after the ASFA trial awards ceremony, and the first brace will go to slips immediately upon the completion of the draw.

     We hope you'll enjoy us for an afternoon of good sport !

   Fall is just around the corner, and that means great cool weather for lure coursing ! So far four meetings are scheduled:

Sunday, October 25 -- SEGC hosts the 13th running of the Fullerton Cup. All eligible breeds and crosses. Bear Creek Farm, Moreland, Georgia. Our judge for this meeting comes to us from England -- Waterloo Cup Slipper Arron Atmore !

Saturday and Sunday, November 21 and 22 -- The Coursing Hound Association of the Southeast (CHASE) hosts two NLCC meetings alongside ASFA trials. All eligible breeds and crosses. Old Mill Farm, Cartersville, Georgia

 Sunday, December, 20 -- SEGC hosts the inaugural running of the Christmas Cup. All eligible breeds and crosses. Chattahoochee Hills Farm, Fairburn, Georgia. We will be running on a new field at this picturesque 8000 acre fixture.

      Join us for big fields, cool weather, and the best of lure coursing sport ! Watch for additional meetings to be added.

As promised, we have tweaked the Running Rules just a bit based on the experience at the first lure meeting.

Here are the hightlights of the revisions:

(1) Rule 5(b) -- This makes it clear that owners may still enter an older dog in the Open stake (but not in both Open and Senior in the same meeting), and that the Seniors stake is an optional stake for all dogs of the eligible ages.

(2)Rule 6(c) -- This tweaks the assignment of byes, and provides that if during
the progression of the brackets a dog without a bye is withdrawn, then the dog
left in its assigned course runs against the dog that had been assigned a bye,
so as to reduce the number of byes as much as practicable. It also provides that
if a bye must be assigned after the draw, it goes to the dog which occupies the
lowest bracket in the stake (whether it's in the A Bracket or the B Bracket).

(3) Rule 7(b) -- makes clear that in the point tally scoring format, the 2 or 3
points to be awarded depends on whether the run-up is more or less than 100
yards -- 2 points if less than 100 yards, 3 points if more.

(4)Rule 10 -- This is a proposed new Rule 10, providing some guidelines for running an optional Best in Field competition.
It basically provides that host clubs have a lot of flexibility in how they structure the Best in Field competition, and it gives clubs the opportunity to see to it that dogs of similar speeds are run together
  The addition of this new Rule 10/Best in Field required the re-numbering of the rules coming after it.

(5) Rule 25 -- the Grand Field Champion title. We have
reinstated the original proposed numbers (25 meetings, 1st place 60% of the meetings OR 1st or 2nd place 75% of the meetings)by which dogs will earn the title.
     A paragraph (c)has been added to provide for an alternative way that a dog can put a win in his column toward earning the title. That paragraph provides that if a dog entered in Open has less than 4 of his breed entered at a particular meeting, but he goes on to win Best in Field over at least 3 other dogs running for it at that meeting, that Best in Field win will count as a 1st placement toward the requisite winning percentage.