Any Club registered as an Obedience Society pursuant to Dog Obedience Regulations may compete for this trophy.
Teams
A Team shall comprise 3 handlers and dogs, competing in each of 3 different tests.
Note: A test split because of entry numbers will be deemed to be the same test for the purpose of entry eligibility. ie a team cannot contain dogs from Novice 1 and Novice 2 or from Test A 1 and Test A 2.
Teams to be notified to the Obedience Tests Manager prior to the commencement of (Obedience) judging on the first day of the Assembly. No dog or handler may compete in more than one team. Every dog and handler entered must compete in every exercise in each test for which it is nominated for the team. If a dog is withdrawn from any part of the test, the whole of the team is disqualified.
Calculation of Points
Points will be allocated to each handler according to their placing in the nominated test. i.e. First - 1 point, second - 2 points, etc.
The points gained for each of the three handlers are added to form a team total.
The winning team is the team with the lowest total points.
In the event of a tie, the team with the highest overall percentage of total points in each test will be declared the winner.
