The American Whippet Club Award of Versatility Requirements

AWC Versatility Award Requirements

The AWC Versatility Awards are for whippets owned by AWC members.

There are four different awards:

CAVX	Champion Award of Versatility Excellent
AVX	Award of Versatility Excellent
CAV	Champion Award of Versatility
AV	Award of Versatility

Though not related the the Versatility Awards, the rules and premium for the Second Annual Versatility Competition are posted in PDF format below. Entries are now open.

Versatility Competition Rules

You may download and print out a PDF formatted version of the application.

Versatility Award Application

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This graph shows the number of awards each year by type.

AV Award Chart

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The requirements for the AV / CAV are:

A minimum of 10 points must be earned
3 points must come from Obedience
1 point must come from Coursing OR Racing
Points must come from at least three different groups (excluding Miscellaneous and Rally)
You may use only ONE achievement in each category (except Miscellaneous)
A maximum of 2 points can come from Miscellaneous
A maximum of 5 points can come from a single sport or related group of sports. For example, Rally and obedience are related sports.

The CAV will be awarded to bench champions who have completed all the requirements for an AV.

The requirements for the AVX / CAVX are:

An Award of Versatility (the AV or CAV may be applied for at the same time as the AVX or CAVX with the same achievements used to qualify for both awards.)
A minimum of 15 points must be earned
3 points must come from either Coursing OR Racing
At least one point must come from Agility, Tracking, or Flyball
At least one category must have a minimum of 4 points
Points must come from at least 4 different groups (excluding Miscellaneous and Rally)
You may use only ONE achievement in each category (except Miscellaneous)
A maximum of 3 points can come from Miscellaneous
A maximum of 7 points can come a single or related group of sports. For example, Rally and obedience are related sports.

The CAVX will be awarded to bench champions who have completed all the requirements for an AVX.

If a dog is deceased at the time of application, the owner has until the end of the calendar year FOLLOWING the year of death to complete and submit the application.

Point values for each event and title

Events/Titles	5	4	3	2	1

Agility
AKC	MACH	MX	AX	OA	NA
UKC	UGRACH	UACHX	UACH	UAG2	UAG1
USDAA	ADCH	MAD	AAD or MSA	AD or ASA	SSA
NADAC	S-NATCH	NATCH	EAC	OAC	NAC
CPE	C-ATE	C-ATCH	CL4-R	CL3-R	CL2-R

Equivalent preferred, veteran, performance, and enthusiast titles will be considered at the same values shown above. CPE Specialist titles will be considered one level below.

Conformation
AKC	Top Twenty	Ch	10 pts and 2 majors	5 pts and major	5 singles

Coursing
Lure Coursing ASFA	LCM3	LCM	FCh	50 pts and 1st	10 points
Lure Coursing AKC	LCX	FC	6 pts with one major	5 points	SC
NOFCA NACA	CM/CC NACC/NACM	100+ points no kill credits	50 points	25 points	1-25 points

Flyball
	FMCH and above	FMX	FM	FDCH	FDX

Obedience
AKC	UD and higher	CDX	CD
UKC	UUD/UOCH	UCDX	UCD

Note: A CD is required for any versatility title.

AKC Rally
				RE	RA

Racing
CWA	SRA	ARX	7 Ch. points		TRP
NAWRA	SRCh	RCh	7 Ch. points	SRM	SR
NOTRA	SORC	ORC	7 Ch. points	OTRM	OTR
WRA	WRChX	WRCh	7 Ch. points	CRX	CR

Tracking
	VST	TDX	TD

Miscellaneous

All Miscellaneous items are worth one point. More than 1 achievement can be selected from DIFFERENT numbered items. 2 points maximum can be applied to the AV/CAV, 3 points maximum can be applied to the AVX/CAVX.

1.	AWC Triathlon or Versatility Competition Winner
2.	Best in Show (BIS), Specialty Best In Show (SBIS), or National SBIS, NSBOS, NSAOM or Specialty Hound Group Winner
3.	AKC or ASFA Best in Field
4.	Race Meet Winner
5.	High in Trial Obedience
6.	Registered Therapy Animal (20 hours service)

John Heffernan, 99 North Hill Drive, Conway, MA 01341
American Whippet Club Versatility Chairman

Last update:3/12/2009