Clubs can hold the Amateur any time during the weekend. In the case of the Mid-Pacific & Northwest last year, the Amateur judges either wanted to watch or participate in the Regular so we had to have the Amateur first. Nancy did a beautiful job judging the Mid-Pacific, gave all the entries plenty of ring time & gave them all a good look. I had start times for both the Amateur & the Regular in the judging program. She and the ring stewards kept everything moving & was done in the allotted time. Joannie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cynthia Flautt" <caretti1@xxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, March 04, 2011 9:02 AM Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Futurities and Amateurs Why not put the Am fut the day before, after the specialty show? Would be like having a match after the show. Cyndi Flautt Sent from my iPhone On Mar 4, 2011, at 10:43 AM, GStiefferm@xxxxxxx wrote: > I agree Zoe, it did take forever to get the Amateurs judged. Two > amateurs > we had, it was their first dog shows, they were parked a long distance > away, and I chose to wait on them. You know every one has to learn > the ropes. > The other problem was two professional handlers did not get the > dogs to > ringside on time for amateurs to show them. I believe we started > at 9:00 > a.m. We also had one of the largest Am. entries, no not a lot, but > still a > nice entry, and I am sorry you had a 15 hour drive home, but that is > dog > shows. By the way those amateurs we waited on are still showing > gsd's. One > locally and joined our club. Sometime we have to sacrifice a little > but in the > end it is worth it. > > Gail > ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2011. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================