​New Regional Director

Welcome to Linda Guidry as the newly elected regional director of the Southern Region. She replaces Paul Konschak who had served in that capacity for several years. Thank you, Paul for your dedicated service. And thank you to Linda for volunteering to work with the AWMA.

​2015 AWMA Nationals

Award	Handler	Dog
1st Place	Ivan Balabanov	Ebor Ot Vitosha
2nd  Place	Samantha Almeida	Lola Van het Dreiland
3rd Place	Benny Barmapov	Insane vd Berlex-Hoeve
4th Place	Susan Miller	Leo vom Rheurdter Land
5th Place	Steve Gregalunas	Quade ot Vitosha
High Protection	Ivan Balabanov	Ebor Ot Vitosha
High Obedience	Ivan Balabanov	Ebor Ot Vitosha
High Tracking	Ivan Balabanov	Ebor Ot Vitosha
High in Trial	Ivan Balabanov	Ebor Ot Vitosha
High Female Handler	Samantha Almeida	Lola Van het Dreiland
High IPO1	Matt Zellers	Yukee DeMeaux
Helper's Choice	Samantha Almeida	Lola Van het Dreiland
Sportsmanship Award	Jill Lyden	n/a

​2015 Mondioring World Cup

While we are on a roll supporting the USMRA, our fellow AWDF member club, here's another really exciting development. The AWMA is also working with the USMRA to send a full team to the FMBB in 2016.
United States Mondioring Association has selected the team that will represent the United States at the World Cup in Vendenheim, France October 1 - 4, 2015. This is the first time that USMRA has hosted a full team, made up of one dog at Mondioring 1, one dog at Mondioring 2, and five plus and alternate at Mondioring 3. This team is authorized by the AWDF, and a representative is sent to the international FCI Sub Committee meeting. Help us follow this team, as it is the most competitive team we have sent to date. Updates will be posted on this group. 
MR 1 
Terrill Isbell — Petronas OT Vitosha (Vader)
MR 2 
Patty Phillips — I'Winston du Loups du Soleil (Winston)
MR 3
Maya Conrad — Moonquest's Zorro del Sol y Noche (Zorro)
Marie Skello — Fuel de Competitor (Fuel)
Shawn Reed — I'Repo du Loups du Soliel (Repo)
David Broderick — Idole du Loups du Soliel (Idole)
Al Vinjamur — Halycon de Loups du Soliel (Haly)
Alternate for MR 3
Paul Anthony — Finnegan des Ombres Valereaux (Finn)

​Mondioring officially an FCI international sport!

Some good news for dogsports! Mondioring now officially recognized by the FCI as an international sport.
On June 24 the Mondioring FCI Sub-committee received the official information that the Mondioring is completely recognized as a International discipline. This recognition has been sought for many years, and is the result of a great deal of hard work by many, including President CU/FCI M. F. Jansen.
Congrats to everyone who made this happen.

​Help for Apprentice Judges

The AWMA has received a generous donation that will allow us to support our judges program. Here are the things that we are now able to do. If you have been thinking about becoming an apprentice judge but are concerned about costs, this should help at least a little, and we would welcome your application to become a judge. We can now also support AWMA clubs that use AWMA judges, again in the interest of growing our own judging program. Contact us if you have questions!
1. Reimbursement of the $100 UScA fee for AWMA apprentice judges to apprentice under a UScA judge, contingent upon submission of the apprenticeship report to the AWMA DOJ.
2. Reimbursement of $100 in expenses (documented) to apprentice at a trial contingent upon submission of the apprenticeship report to the AWMA DOJ.
3. Payment of $100 to any AWMA club that uses an AWMA judge for their event, payable upon submission of a completed trial report to the AWMA secretary.

​2015 AWMA FMBB WC Team

photo by Tim Karchnak

​Club / Klub:  American Working Malinois Association (AWMA) 
Teamleader: Jaroslav Labík & Shari Lipski 
   
USA-01Ivan Balabanov
MAL/M Ebor ot Vitosha 
   
USA-02 Bridget Carlsen
MAL/F Moolah ot Vitosha 
   
USA-03 Gregory Doud
MAL/M Austin 1:44 ot Vitosha  
   
USA-04James Honda
MAL/M E'Tienne del Fuego Interno 
   
USA-05Julie Atchison
MAL/M Brando du Loups du Soleil  
   
USA-06Ludovic Teurbane
MAL/M Cronos Teurbane 
   
USA-07/SEverhard Ernsting
MAL/F Chilli Airport Hannover 
   
USA-08/SCynthia Wiley
MAL/M Callaway Cam ot Vitosha

​AWDF Championship

Congratulations to the following AWMA members for their achievements at the AWDF Championship. For a small organization we do incredibly well. You all deserve our appreciation for representing the breed and the organization.
AWMA – High Team

• Waine Singleton – back half helper, IPO 3
• Anne Rammelsberg and Atiko – High IPO 1 and High Tracking
• Ivan Balabanov and Ebor – HIT, High HOT, High Protection, High Malinois
• Bridget Carlson and Moolah – 2nd place, High Obedience, High Female Dog
• Julie Atchison and Brando – 3rd place
• Kimberly Yeager and Luger – Helper’s Choice
• John Petitti and Darth – 6th place

​New Club

Created by James Honda and Benny Barmapov and donated to support sport dog organizations in the USA. Proceeds from the purchase of this AWMA version of the calendar will benefit the AWMA. Show your support for AWMA and your love of working dogs!

Host the 2015 Championships

Call for bids to host the AWMA National IPO Championship. Bids should contain as much information as possible, including dates, location, and available help/support. The contract for the host club can be found here: http://www.workingmalinois.org/…/awma_nationals_host_club_a…. Bids are due on February 15, 2015 and can be sent to the AWMA secretary or president. Electronic submissions are preferred.

​Sacramento Schutzhund Club

Welcome to the newest AWMA club - the Sacramento Schutzhund Club in California.

Updated declaration materials for the 2015 FMBB IPO and agility teams are available on the AWMA website at the bottom of the policies and procedures page or on the forms page. Note the deadline for receipt of the declarations is February 1, 2015.