Northeast Beagle Gundog Federation
STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES, CONSISTANCY AND RUNNING
RULES
These standard operating procedures outline the operations of the Northeast Beagle
Gundog Federation. They may be changed by a 2/3 majority vote of delegates and the
Board of Directors. These procedures stand separately from the Constitution and Bylaws.
Procedure 1:
Beagle Advisory Committee (BAC) is sponsored by the American Kennel Club to advise
the voting delegates of AKC on matters pertaining to beagle field trials. The Federation is
accorded a seat on the BAC and AKC selects one of those three persons. The BAC
nominees shall be selected each year at the annual meeting by the Federation delegates
and those names forwarded to the Performance Events Division of AKC by the
Federation President. The selected BAC delegate shall represent the Federation’s position
on relevant issues and follow the direction of the Federation in casting votes or proposing
rule changes.
Procedure 2:
AKC SPO National Championship accords the Federation judging positions each year
depending on the rotation of judging allotments among participating Federations and
Associations. Judges to represent the Federation will be selected by ballot by the
delegates at the annual meeting. In case of refusal or failure to attend, the Federation
president shall coordinate replacement (s) with the Board of Directors. The AKC
National Championship Committee oversees the event and accords the Federation Two
(2) delegates. The Federation president, with approval from the Board of Directors, is
responsible to select the two delegates to the AKC SPO National Championship Trial
Committee. The delegates are members of the Field Trial committee and will be required
to serve in that capacity.
Procedure 3;
Consistency Awards
(A)The NEBGF will sponsor a Consistency award in four classes in three divisions:
• Division 1 – Champions
o 13” & 15” Males
o 13” & 15” Females
• Division 2 – All-Age
o 13” & 15” Males
o 13” & 15” Females
• Division 3 – Derbies
o 13” & 15” Males
o 13” & 15” Females
(B) Consistency trial must be posted on the NEBGF website at least 30 days prior to the
start of the event. Clubs should make the effort to post their years trials before
January 1st.
(C) The federation’s member clubs will be divided into geographical regions, North,
Central and South. Winners of each division and class from each region will be
awarded a prize.
(D) A member club may hold one Consistency trial in a calendar year for the three
divisions. A Consistency trial may be a AKC licensed or AKC Sanctioned.
(E) A derby can earn points in a sanctioned derby trial, a sanctioned all-age trial, a
licensed trial or a Champions trial, if it has earned the title.
(F) A registered non-titled hound may earn points in a AKC licensed trial or a AKC
sanctioned trial. A hound that has titled in a calendar year, may continue to earn
points in the non-titled division for that calendar year.
(G) A Champion or Grand Champion titled hound may earn points in a AKC licensed
Champion’s trial or a AKC sanction All-age trial.
(H) A hound may earn points in more than one region, but the points only go towards that
region’s award. A hound winning more than one region will have that region added to
the plaque.
(I) The NEBGF Championship trial will be added to the point total of the Region of the
owner’s choice.
(J) Points will be awarded by a 5-4-3-2-1 scale, first through fifth.
(K) A minimum of six hounds is required for an all-age class.
(L) A minimum of three hounds is required for a derby class.
(M) Classes should be combined to achieve the minimum for the class.
(N) If classes are combined by sex, hounds will receive the points for class that their
winner’s pack measurement dictates.
(O) In the case of a tie in the standings the winner is determined by tie breakers
a. the hound with highest place in the NEBGF Championship
b. The hound that has more places in events
(P) A Sire of the year award will go to the Sire of the most placing hounds throughout the
three divisions. One point per hound. A Plaque is awarded.
(Q) A Dam of the year award will go to the Dam of the most placing hounds throughout
the three divisions. One point per hound. A plaque is awarded.
Procedure 4
Member clubs will be divided by regions.
A. North Region- Bay State, Berkshire, Cape Cod, East Hampton, Eastern Connecticut, Little
Rhody, New England, Oak Hill, Paskamansett, Salmon Falls River, Tri County, Thorton
B. Central Region- Blue Ridge, Broome County, Cayuga Lake, Corning, Enchanted
Mountain, Fort Plain, Glendale, Java Village, Lycoming, Pioneer, Presque Isle, Southern
New York, Tunkhannock, West Branch
C. South Region- Bald Eagle, Beechton, Charlotte Hall, Eldred, Elizabethtown, Harrisburg,
Jacobus, Lebanon County, Monroe, Northern Lancaster, Pucketos, Rayburn, Shamokin,
Southern Prince George’s County, Swatara, Towanda, York & Adams
Northeast Beagle Gundog Federation