AMERICAN BRACE
BEAGLING ASSOCIATION
Russ Arend
“TO PROTECT AND
PROMOTE TRADITIONAL BRACE BEAGLING”
February 22, 2010
Dear Member:
I
want to thank you for being a member of ABBA. With the help of traditional brace
beaglers, we have been able to accomplish many
things this past year.
We
submitted two grant requests to the National Beagle Club requesting Purina
funds. These requests resulted in ABBA receiving
$10,000 to distribute to the seven federation host clubs for rabbit habitat
programs.
Many beagle clubs have a need for
judges books. As a results, ABBA
has printed
and distributed 3000 judges books to
beagle clubs. If you need judges
books, see
Lynette Coil or me at the Federations.
The
derby classic that has been so successful in
to
derbies in some areas as well as an
early snow storm. We will try again
in 2010.
The
ABBA Participation Award Program, which recognizes beaglers who have
attended all seven
federations, resulted in ten beaglers receiving this award
certificate at the 2009 federations.
ABBA
is now totally responsible for the National Brace Beagling Breeders Hall
of Fame. This past year two beaglers, Wayne
Plemmons and Art Moskaluk, two
stud dogs, F.C. Bee Lick Legend and
F.C. J-Line Ezekiel, and six females, Big
Bark Bonnie B, Quarry Hills Casey,
Canadian Teardrop, Saltsprings Jolene,
Greytop Josie and Mark-A-Way Leggs,
were inducted into the NBBB Hall of Fame.
A
tremendous amount of time and effort has gone into the ABBA website.
Richard Butterworth, ABBA webmaster,
has done a great job. The website
actually has extensive data on all
aspects of our sport, including Hall of Fame
inductees, federation results, a
calendar of upcoming events, a list of all field
champions for the past eight years,
names and address of all 393 members,
plus much more.
We
have developed a very good relationship with the A.K.C. I talk to Mel Stewart
on a regular basis concerning issues
that involve our sport. One of the
major
problems involved an AKC delegate,
David Bagaley, who proposed ending our
sport. Mr. Bagaley is no longer an AKC
delegate.
In
the future we will be able to spend more time promoting our sport instead of
defending it. I hope you will renew your ABBA
membership.
If
you have any questions or suggestions, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Yours in Beagling,
Russ Arend
President