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* Learn from the experts - Working Trial Management seminar - for Working Trial secretaries, trial  managers and committees - at the Kennel Club Building, Stoneleigh in November 2012 *

Working Trials are licensed by the Kennel Club and run by registered clubs and societies. Before running a Championship Working Trial, at which Working Trial Certificates (“tickets”) are given out,  the society must have applied to and been approved by the Kennel Club for Championship Status. 

Societies setting up and running trials need to address a number of main tasks:

• Nominate a Working Trial Manager and deputy
• Decide on a date, a venue and the stakes to be run. Most Societies run their trials in the same week in each year. To avoid date clashes, a list of trials can be obtained from cat@thekennelclub.org.uk, or by phoning 0870 606 6750 Ext 207.
• Provisionally book the intended trials base and seek outline permission from landowners for the land intended to be used.
• Obtain a licence: first apply in writing to the Kennel Club's Show Diary section for the desired competition date (use club headed stationery), ideally 18 months or more ahead of the trial date; once the date has been checked and agreed, a licence application will be issued to the club, which must be returned with the fee no later than 60 days before the date of the competition.
• Complete a Guarantors' declaration and return to the Kennel Club
• Confirm the land to be used with the landowners as far as possible
• Timetable the nosework and the control and agility rounds for each stake
• Identify suitably qualified and experienced judges for each stake
• (Judges should be invited in writing, and asked to accept in writing; the club should then confirm the appointment in writing to form a three-part contract, except in Championship PD and TD stakes where Kennel Club approval must be obtained first  - see the Judges Section for details)
• Prepare and distribute a schedule, using the appropriate Championship or Open Trial Specimen Schedule as a basis. Two copies of the Schedule must be sent to the Kennel Club – at least three months before the trial date for Championship Trials, and at least one month before for Open Trials
• Carry out a risk assessment and develop a safety plan to minimise risks
• Arrange adequate public liability insurance (the certificate must be displayed at the competition, with the Kennel Club licence)
• Prepare a catalogue for the trial including details of the guarantors and trial manager, trial base details and directions, details of competitors and their dogs, and judges for each stake.
• Conduct a draw for the order of working tracks, and notify all competitors by post of the draw and their report times
• Ensure copies of the Regulations, all entry forms, catalogues, the competition licence, insurance certificate, awards, equipment and an incident book are taken to the trial
• Within seven days of the end of the trial, send

                    -  a fully completed copy of the catalogue, with all awards marked
                    -  the judge’s certification

       to the Kennel Club.

Further information for Societies and Trials Managers:

• Working Trials Regulations
• Key dates for running a Working Trial
• Working Trials Judges' section
• Championship Working Trial Judges nomination form (PDF)
• Championship Working Trial – first-time Championship Judge's Questionnaire (PDF)
• Specimen Schedules and entry forms for Championship and Open Trials
• Dogs in hot cars risk assessment
• Working Trials  - Guarantors Declaration forms (PDF)
• Code of Practice for Objections and Appeals

Other Working Trials Pages:

• Running a Working Trials Society
• Judge's Section - Working Trials
• Working Trials – Q&A
• Working Trials Liaison Council

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