The Great Western Flat-Coated Retriever Club (GWFCRC) is a specialty breed club serving the Western United States. The club includes members in California, Arizona, Nevada, Oregon and Washington.

We hold an annual hunt test in May.

We are in the process of planning a WC/WCX for Fall 2007.

Next year we will celebrate our club’s 20^th  year anniversary, and we have plans for a huge blowout hunt test.

Website:  www.gwfcrc.org

Field Contact:

Ed Ferner, FCRSA Field Committee member, Escondido, CA –  edfcrman@sbcglobal.net

Northwest Flat-Coated Retriever Club

 Website:  www.nwfcrc.org

Additional Contacts:

Darrell Borchardt, Houston, TX – dwb@hal-pc.org

Frances Powrie, Dallas, TX – franpowrie@comcast.net

Angela James, Fort Collins, CO – ajamese@yahoo.com 

FCRSA Field Committee member

Judy Teskey,Ladysmith, BC, Canada – jkteskey@telus.net

Mary Young, Lexington, TX – Youngmwf@aol.com

Don Freeman,  Louisville, CO – donfcr@aol.com, 303-489-3975

Karen Peterson,Durango, CO. (summer home, July – Aug. ) –
kfpsardou@yahoo.com, 970-259-3888

NORTHEAST FLAT-COATED RETRIEVER CLUB

The Northeast Flat-Coated Retriever Club is dedicated to working our dogs in the field. Our club has active members pursuing Trials, Hunt Tests, and good old fashioned bird hunting.  We believe that for our dogs, field work is the most central expression of the Flat-Coat’s uniqueness.

We are most fortunate to have a select group of Field Trialers, the renown Field Goddesses (Bunny, Becky, Margot, Priscilla, and Sally), who along with Mitch Brown (our lone lab Field God)  work tirelessly to train dogs and handlers for success at tests and trials. They give their advice, time, encouragement, and access to their land to raise the level of working Flat-Coats. We can’t thank them enough, but we do try to thank them by continuing to work our dogs in field.

Typically we offer 8-12 club field training sessions and a seminar each year. Many club members assist with our numerous field events. From the Field Goddesses to hunters to pet owners who just like to have their dogs retrieve a few bumpers, the NEFCRC membership works together to get as many Flat-Coats as possible active in field. The best part of these events is, of course, that we always have a blast. In fact, only the dogs have a better time than we do.

Annually we offer a WC/X test, and we will also host a bumper scurry for pups, dogs, and veterans, (10 September, 2007).  Nearly annually we celebrate field with our Fun Field Day, a bumper event that tests dogs from puppy to very advanced levels. The stakes are named for both people and dogs that have made Flat-Coat history.

Website:  www.NEFCRC.org

Field Contacts:

Lori Nevins, Chair of NEFCRC Field Committee, lenevins@comcast.net, or 978.731.9992.

FCRSA Field Committee members

Priscilla Johnson,Nottingham, NH – priscillabob@hotmail.com (put something about FCRs in subject heading), 603-490-5855 (cell),  603- 895 2640 (NH home),  239-261-4863 (FL winter home, very far south with no access to training, but happy to take calls)

Becky Whitmeyer, Deerfield, NH – rwhitmeyer@peoplepc.com

Bunny Millikin, Andover, MA – BMillikin@aol.com

Sally Bridges, Methuen, MA – skywalkfcr@aol.com

Margot Brown, Old Chatham, NY 76015.2213@compuserve.com

Our geographic area covers Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Delaware, Maryland, and Connecticut.    

We have a number of members active in field.   Though we don't yet have set dates for field activities this year,

info on club related events will be posted to our club website.

Website:  www.mafcrc.org

Field Contact:  Valerie Bernhardt, 570-296-7820

Midwest Waterways Flat-Coated Retriever Club
includes Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan, although we also have a member in KY.

Contacts:

Kate Barton,  FiresideFCR@verizon.net; 

Dan Wegner,  neverlandfcr@juno.com

Website:  www.MWFCRC.org

Field Contacts & FCRSA Field Committee members:

Leslie Phillips, Hilliard, OH – LCPhillips@aol.com

Dan Wegner, Freeland, MI – neverlandfcr@juno.com   

The Flat-Coated Retriever Club of Illinois, founded in 2003, is predominantly composed of members from the state of Illinois, but we welcome members from Wisconsin and other states.  The title of our newsletter, Tailfeathers, reflects our commitment to working our dogs in the field.   Many members compete in the field at various levels, in both AKC and UKC Hunt Test Programs and in AKC Field Trials.  Within the club itself are several training groups who meet regularly with the goal of advancing their dogs in the field arena.

We host an annual WC/WCX test in conjunction with a fun day preceding the test.  Last year, we sponsored a field training workshop open to all retriever breeds.  Recently, we held a shot flyer day with 18 handlers, 26 dogs and 3 "rounds" of retrieves meant to warm up our dogs for the Spring hunt tests and trials.  The dogs may have stayed warm running out for the ducks, but an unusual cold snap kept the humans shivering for the duration, though we do hope to make this an annual event.  Many members have joined a hunt club as a group, which provides wonderful opportunities for water work on three ponds.  A number of our members use their Flat Coats as hunting companions each Fall in the pursuit of pheasants and ducks.   We encourage everyone in our area to join us in the field, and make FCRCI their regional home club.   

Website:  www.fcrci.org

Field Contacts:

Doris Ehret, FCRSA Field Committee co-chair, Yorkville, IL – dorehret@sbcglobal.net, 630-553-1283

Karen Peterson, FCRSA Field Committee member, Oak Park, IL – kfpsardou@yahoo.com,  708-848-8498>

Our club’s field-related energies this year are directed towards the three days of Specialty field events.  
In the past, we have held club fun field days, puppy runs in conjunction with our WC/X test, 
field training days, WC/X tests.  We have also had a 2 day seminar put on by Mitch White.

 As a club under the FCRSA umbrella, part of our purpose statement is to encourage the idea of 
dual purpose Flat-Coats and to "do all in our power to bring their natural abilities to perfection..."

Field Contacts & FCRSA Field Committee members:

Dave Bunde, Hampton, MN – dbunde@fredlaw.com

Katie Bruesewitz, Zumbro Falls, MN – bruesewitz@kmwb.net

Biz Reed, Minnetrista, MN – Bizndogs2@cs.com

ADDITIONAL MIDWESTERN FIELD CONTACTS

Mary Jo Gallagher, FCRSA Field Committee co-chair, Wichita, KS – mjmgallagher@cox.net

Eileen Gevers, FCRSA Field Committee member, Dixon, IA – Eileen.gevers@rsmi.com

Mitch White, FCRSA Field Committee member, Frazeysburg, OH – gamekpr@earthlink.net

Capital Region Flat-Coated Retriever Club

2007 Field Schedule:

November 2007 – WC/WCX test

In the past, we have also held Fun Singles Days, with steady, unsteady,
and puppy stakes, and introductory field training specifically for newbies.    

Website: www.crfcrc.org

Field Contacts:

Janet Ciarico, FCRSA Field Committee member,
Knoxville, MD – riversongfcr@comcast.net

Judy Gladson,  Accokeek, MD – VictoryRet@aol.com

The Southern Skies Flat-Coated Retriever Club holds fun/field training days for beginners through advanced at several locations around Florida throughout the year.   We have held them in Southeast Florida -Okeechobee,  Central Florida- Orlando,  Northeast Florida - Jacksonville, and Tampa Florida.   

Check our web site at http://www.southernskiesfcrc.org/ssfcrcevents.html for upcoming events. 

This year’s WC/WCX Test was on March 10, 2007 at Golden Oaks Ranch, in Montverde Fl.  We had a great turn out, and wonderful weather.   Six of 11 WCX entries and seven of 24 WC entries were Flat-Coats, and we had one Curly entered in a WCQ. 

Due to the heat, the field season in Florida runs September through March each year.   We are very fortunate to have many active clubs in our state that hold both AKC tests and UKC tests and monthly training days.

We always welcome and encourage beginners!  Field work is fun and your dog will love it!  We can help you get started and help find training buddies in your area.

Website:  www.southernskiesfcrc.org

Field Contacts:

Kathi Leonhardt - magicdeion@aol.com

Pam Hind, Dover, FL –  phind@aol.com

Alison Schultz, St. Cloud, FL  – alschult@mail.ucf.edu

GEORGIA FIELD CONTACT: