​Sportsmanship Award

The recipient of the 2014 Warren L. Jones Sportsmanship Award is Mohawk John Wiitanen. Mohawk has been a staunch supporter of the AWMA for many years. A few years ago he volunteered for and was responsible for the creation and sales of t-shirts and other apparel for the AWMA. He and Paula hosted a fabulous National Championship in Michigan with the best judges’ dinner ever that was home-made food at their home. He hosted the AWDF Championship with the largest entry ever. He helped set up the AWMA facebook page and makes routine contributions to it. He has also consistently had an AWMA member club that has held a trial every year. Whenever there has been something that needed to be done he’s stepped forward, even though he has not been an officer or committee member. He’s one of our most active and supportive club members and worthy of recognition. Congratulations, Mohawk!

​World Champions!

Congratulations to Fabian Robinson and Graubaer's Boker Bear for winning the 2014 FCI IPO Championship.

​Congratulations to the AWMA winners at the AWDF

The AWDF / FCI IPO team will be the 1st - 7th place winners from the 2014 AWDF IPO Championship. 6 & 7 as the alternates.
Congrats to our winners who will be representing the AWDF in Sweden!
1st - Fabian Robinson - Graubaer's Boker - 286
2nd - Ivan Balabanov - Ebor ot Vitosha- 285 
3rd - Phil Hoelcher - Callaway Cam ot Vitosha - 277 
4th - Julie Atchison - Brando du Loups du Soliel - 277 
5th - Pablo Varela - Garm vom Adlerauge - 276 
6th - Frans Slaman - Brongo fron Fighter - 274
7th - Mark Soccoccio - Ali vom Hofe Schumaker - 270
Further congratulations are in order:
Fabian and Bear, high tracking (98) and high Malinois. 
Ivan and Ebor, high protection (98) and high HOT 
Julie and Brando, high obedience (96) Helper's choice 
Hardy and Chilli High IPO2 
Fabian and Jaeger High team - AWMA

​2014 FMBB

Congratulations to team AWMA for your performance at the 2014 FMBB. There were three US IPO competitors in the top 20 - Ivan and Ebor (7th), John and Darth (13th) and Benny and Insane (14th). Mauno had an unfortunate injury and he and Chris could not complete the competition. Julie/Brando, Susan/Axa, and Phil/Cam - we were honored to have you there on the IPO team. Shari, as always, thanks for representing us in agility. You all represented us well and I am proud of your accomplishments. Check out our Facebook page for more photos!

​New Judge

Welcome to Kristiaan De Sweemer as our newest AWMA judge.

​2014 FMBB IPO Team

Congratulations to the 2014 FMBB IPO team! 
Selected by virtue of top placements at AWMA Championship:

• Julie Atchison/Brando du Loups du Soliel
• Benny Barmapov/Insane v.d. Berlex-Hoeve
• John Petitti/Darth Del Fuego Interno
• Ivan Balabanov/Ebor ot Vitosha

Selected on the point system:

• Chris Kutelis/Mecberger Hegel
• Susan Miller/Axa Prima Sudo

First alternate:

• Cynthia Wiley (handler Phil Hoelcher)/Callaway Cam ot Vitosha

Second alternate:

• Ludovic Terubane/Cronos Terubane

Third alternate:

• Ugne Schmitt-Sody/Stormvogel's Alya Joy

Fourth alternate:

• Fabian Robinson/Grubaer's Boker

FMBB Agility Team:

• Shari Lipski/Amara von der Eichenquelle (Malinois)
• Chris Libs/B'Rumba du Volant (Groenendal)