WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE FOR ATTENDING THE FIELD TRIALS HELD AT TAR RIVER IN 2015 ALL THE HELP FROM THE HUNTERS AND THE SPONSERS. WE ARE GOING TO BE STARTING A TAR RIVER WINNERS PROGRAM FOR 2016 CALLED "THE CREEDMOOR CROWN." WE ARE EXTREMELY EXCITED TO BE BRINGING THIS AND HOPE IT WILL GIVE BOTH THE COMPETITORS AND THE SPONSORS SOME MUCH NEEDED RECOGNITION.
THE BREAKDOWN IS FAIRLY SIMPLE. FOR EVERY HUNT HELD AT TAR RIVER, THERE WILL BE A POINTS SYSTEM IN PLACE. EVERY HOUND THAT PLACES FIRST THROUGH TENTH, REGARDLESS OF DERBY, ALL AGE, ONE DAY OR THREE DAY WILL RECEIVE A SET NUMBER OF POINTS. THOSE POINTS ARE ASSIGNED TO THAT SPECIFIC HOUND THAT PLACED AND AT THE END OF 2016 AT THE LAST HUNT HELD AT TAR RIVER, THE FINAL TABULATIONS WILL BE MADE AND THE TOP TEN IN EACH CLASS WILL BE REWARDED FOR THEIR EFFORTS.
THE CATEGORIES RECOGNIZED WILL BE TOP ONE-DAY HOUND, TOP DERBY TWO-DAY HOUND, A TOP ALL AGE THREE DAY HOUND AND TOP KENNEL. TO CLARIFY, ALL ONE DAY HOUNDS THAT PLACE WILL RECEIVE ONE DAY POINT STANDINGS REGARDLESS OF AGE, DERBY OR ALL AGE. THE POINTS WILL BE TABULATED REGARDLESS OF RULES, NATIONAL, MASTERS OR AFHA, SPEED & DRIVE, HGA OR GRAND TOTAL POINTS.
POINTS ARE ACCUMULATED ON A SIMPLE CALCULATING BASIS AS FOLLOWS:
1ST PLACE = 10 POINTS
2ND PLACE = 9 POINTS
3RD PLACE = 8 POINTS AND SO ON THROUGH 10TH PLACE
THE KENNELS WILL ACRUE POINTS BY OWNERSHIP OF HOUNDS THAT HAVE BEEN PLACED IN 2016 REGARDLESS OF CLASS. PLEASE NO BORROWING OF HOUNDS, TRANSFER OF HOUNDS WILL HAVE TO BE VERIFIED AS POINTS WILL BE AWARDED TO PROVEN OWNER AT THE TIME THE POINTS WERE EARNED.
WE WILL ANNOUNCE AWARDS SHORTLY. WE HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH SEVERAL MAJOR SPONSORS AND AS STATED, WE FEEL THIS WILL BE A WONDERFUL WAY TO AWARD HUNTERS, HOUNDS AND RECOGNIZE THE TREMENDOUS SUPPORT OF OUR SPONSORS AND DONORS.
WE HOPE TO SEE YOU AT TAR RIVER PRESERVE IN 2016. PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS SITE, THE TAR RIVER WEBSITE AT TARRIVERPRESERVE@WEEBLY.COM AND TAR RIVER PRESERVE ON FACEBOOK FOR MORE EXCITING UPDATES. UNTIL THEN, BEST OF LUCK IN YOUR REMAINING 2015 HUNTING ENDEAVORS AND MERRY CHRISTMAS.