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SportDOG Brand® Championship Series



SportDOG Brand® has partnered with the Professional Kennel Club (PKC) to host an exciting new coonhound competition, the SportDOG Brand Championship Series.  The series consists of sixteen events to be held at eight locations between October 2010 and April 2011, culminating with the championship event April 15-16, 2011, in Puryear, Tennessee.

“We’re excited about this new series and hope it turns into an annual event,” said Roger Dale Carnegie, owner and operator of the PKC. “SportDOG Brand has been good to our members and we like their products. From membership to management, we really appreciate their support.”

At each qualifying location, SportDOG Brand is providing an added purse of $2,000 to the customary payouts awarded by the PKC. In addition, the company is adding $5,000 total in awards to the 1st through 4th place finishers in the championship.

“PKC members put our products to the test on a daily basis and offer us a lot of great feedback to help us develop products and continue to expand our offerings,” said Lance Tracy, SportDOG Brand Director. “This is a terrific organization to partner with and we expect to see some outstanding performances as these dogs vie for a place in the Championship.”

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Rules and Regulations


Professional Kennel Club, LLC (PKC) will conduct a series of sixteen (16) $50 Open Events at eight (8) sites mutually agreed upon by PKC and SportDOG. The events will be held on Friday and Saturday nights. The added purse of $1,000 per night will be provided by SportDOG.

The Final Four from each of these events, a total of sixty-four (64) dogs, will be invited to the PKC SportDOG Series Championship to be held in Puryear, TN April 15-26, 2011.

Should any dog reach the Final Four in more than one (1) of the qualifying events, the dog with the next best score from the respective qualifying hunt will be awarded the berth in the championship. Should there be any additional ties; the ties shall be broken by the PKC Open Event Tie-Breaking Procedure outlined on Page 45 of the 2008-2011 PKC Rules and Policies Manual (Blue Book).

The field of sixty-four (64) dogs will compete in sixteen (16) four-dog casts early on Friday night under PKC open Event rules. Each cast will be assigned an additional voting member for tie-breaking purposes.  Those sixteen (16) cast winner will advance to a late round Friday night and will compete under PKC Open Event rules with a non-hunting judge that will serve as an additional voting member of the cast. Those four (4) cast winners will compete on Saturday night under PKC Pro Event rules for the title of PKC SportDOG Series Champion.

A banquet will be hosted by SportDOG for the sixty-four (64) championship qualifiers on Friday prior to the first round of the Championship Elimination Series. Qualifiers will be notified of the date, time and location of banquet. There may be an admission fee for other guests that wish to attend the banquet.

Entry Fee for the championship will be $100 (one hundred dollars). This fee will be used to pay guides, judges, administrative expenses, and other related expenses for the championship.

Awards paid to the winners shall be as follows:
  • 1st  Place..............$2,500*+Escrow Contribution (To Be Determined)

  • 2nd Place.............$1,250*+Escrow Contribution (To Be Determined)

  • 3rd  Place................$750*+Escrow Contribution (To Be Determined)

  • 4th  Place................$500*+Escrow Contribution (To Be Determined)

*Amounts to be provided by SportDOG; Escrow Contribution to be determined by the amount of funds available in PKC Escrow Account at the time of the championship and shall be provided by PKC.

Professional Kennel Club, LLC reserves the right to amend or change, at its sole discretion, the guidelines for this event as is deemed necessary and appropriate after consultation with representatives from SportDOG.



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