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2026 GVFRRC Spring Regional Specialty
May 2, 2026
Held at West Windsor Park in conjunction with Bucks County Kennel Club.
In addition to our Spring Regional Specialty - featuring puppy and veteran sweeps, as well as stud dog and brood bitch competition, we will have a luncheon and brief membership meeting on site!
Judging Program is NOW AVAILABLE
Ridgebacks are in RING 9
Sweeps judging will begin at 8:30
Breed judging will begin at 9:15
The membership meeting and social luncheon following completion of judging - please plan to join us ring adjacent!
Contributions to the luncheon or basket raffle are always welcome, and help support our club's work and events, please sign up here to donate!
Good luck to all planning to compete, hope to see you there!
2026 GVFRRC FAST CAT Weekend
June 13 & 14, 2026
Two FULL DAYS of FAST CAT (4 trials) in Bridgewater, NJ at North Branch Park, our favorite place to be!
We hope you and your hounds all come to join us!
Event is open to ALL DOGS 1 year and older, registered individually with the AKC, through Canine Partners, or via Purebred Alternative Listing (PAL).
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- PAST EVENTS -
GVFRRC Spring Lure Coursing Trial
April 11-12, 2026
Thank you to everyone for joining in on the fun!
Photos from the event can be seen and purchased at Steve Surfman Photography!
Questions - please reach out to Trial Chair Jenna Greeby: jennalaws@gmail.com
GVFRRC Sanction B HOUND Match
March 1, 2026
NEW DATE (due to weather)
Thank you to all who came out to support the club!
AKC Meet the Breeds!
February 7-8 2026
Thank you to all of our dedicated volunteers for braving the SUPER chilly temperatures to support GVFRRC, RRCUS and our breed at this event! If you are interested in participating next year, please do not hesitate to reach out and let us know! Please email Celia Hoffman at Karhiba@aol.com.
2027 dates will be posted as soon as they are available!
GVFRRC Membership Appreciation & Awards Luncheon
Saturday, January 10, 2026
We had a WONDERFUL time with our members, reflecting upon a year of fun with our dogs and each other!
The company, food, and venue all made for a great time - congratulations to all and thank you for joining us!
2025 GVFRRC Winter Regional Specialty
December 6, 2025
GVFRRC Regional Specialty in conjunction with VFKC All Breed show - Puppy & Veteran Sweeps, Best Ridge, Stud Dog, Brood Bitch
VFKC Premium
RRCUS Supported Entry in conjunction with DVHA Hound show
DVHA Premium
DON'T FORGET - THERE ARE TWO SEPARATE PREMIUMS, and it requires TWO SEPARATE ENTRIES FOR THESE SHOWS ON RAU's SITE
Make sure to reserve crating in the RIDGEBACK AREA where our Luncheon and Social will be held: Ridgeback reserved crating (and also health testing, pee wee, cgc/trick tests)
We will have a brief membership meeting and a luncheon and basket raffle in the Ridgeback Crating area- open to ALL! Sign ups are open
***CANCELLED*** GVFRRC Fun Day Picnic
June 28th, 2025 from 1:00 PM till we can't handle any more fun!
Please see the flyer for event details and activities!
Our member Lori Walker has generously offered her farm for our Fun Day activities - and her, along with Jeanette Ladores, have worked up a list of fun activities to do WITH or WITHOUT our dogs!
Please use the event sign up sheet, to RSVP and let us know what you are bringing for the Pot Luck!: GOOGLE SIGN UP SHEET
June FAST CAT Weekend
Join Us, June 14th & 15th for two days of FAST CAT fun!
All Breed event, 2 trials each day, running concurrently.
Special attraction ribbons for fastest in each height category at each trial. Turtle awards each trial. And of course, our Weekend Rabbit! Ridgeback special awards - see premium for specifics.
Fully fenced, continuous loop course.
Event will be held at North Branch Park, in Bridgewater, NJ!
GVFRRC SPRING REGIONAL SPECIALTY
May 3rd, 2025
It is almost time for our club's Spring Regional Specialty, held annually in conjunction with Bucks County Kennel Club's All Breed show!
We look forward to a lovely day in the ring - with members and guests. The show will offer Puppy and Veteran Sweeps, judged by Jenna Greeby. Breed judging by John Arvin will include special attraction classes - Best Veteran, Stud Dog, and Brood Bitch.
Please mark your calendars, and plan for a Luncheon, Basket Raffle and Socializing at the conclusion of breed judging! In addition, we will have our May Membership Meeting, which will include annual judge elections for 2027 Regional Specialty breed and sweeps assignments!
Event information:
SPRING AKC LURE COURSING TESTS & TRIALS
April 12th - 13th, 2025
Thank you to everyone who came out and enjoyed this WET AND CHILLY April trial with our club. And of course thank you to all of our dedicated volunteers for their time!
Congratulations to all of our winners!
LINK TO PHOTOS - STEVE SURFMAN
AKC All Hound Sanction B Match
February 1st, 2025
Thank you to all of our member Maureen Tauber for judging the entirety of our match entry! Thank you to all of our participants for coming out and supporting the event. And of course, special thanks to our co-hosts, CNJHA and GSSC - without our cost sharing arrangement, events like these would not be financially possible.!
MEMBERSHIP LUNCHEON
January 11th, 2025
Thank you to everyone who joined us - what a fabulous day!!!!! Great food and even better company!
GVFRRC REGIONAL SPECIALTY & MEMBER SUPPORTED SHOW
December 7th 2024
We had so much fun seeing our Ridgeback friends for another fabulous Winter Blast Regional Specialty!
Thank you to all of our friends, and our fabulous judges, for the time that they spent with us honoring our breed.
This was our second year offering a BEST RIDGE contest at these shows, and I think it continues to grow in popularity! Thank you to all for participating in this fun competition which honors the HALLMARK of our breed!
GVFRRC FALL AKC LURE COURSING WEEKEND
September 21st - September 22nd 2024
Thank you to EVERYONE who joined us for two SUNNY DAYS on the field in Frenchtown NJ!
The event photos are now available, from Dean Lake, who was at our trial both days - thank you Dean!!!!
GVFRRC FAST CAT WEEKEND
June 15th - June 16th 2024
Thank you to everyone for coming out to support this club event - which could not be made possible without our WONDERFUL group of volunteers! Thank you all! - We will email everyone and post here when our Saturday Photo/Drone videos are available!
See you again NEXT YEAR!
Spring Regional Specialty - with Puppy & Veteran Sweepstakes
May 4th, 2024
Thanks to everyone who joined us at Bucks County Kennel Club's ALL BREED show at Mercer County Park, in West Windsor Township, NJ.
We had a super entry for our Saturday Regional Specialty, greatly enjoyed our Basket Raffle, Luncheon, and club meeting. Wonderful to see everyone's faces!
AKC All Hound Spring Lure Coursing Weekend
April 13th-14th, 2024
Sincere thanks to all who came out to our TRIAL! Hope to see you in the Fall!
EVENT PHOTO GALLERY (thank you to Steve Surfman Photography!)
AKC All Hound Sanction B Match
February 24th, 2024
Thank you to all who came out for the GVFRRC Hound Match, where we teamed up with Central New Jersey Hound Association, and Garden State Saluki Club, to bring a fun fill day of Sanctioned Matches for some LOVELY puppies and adults!
The dogs were great, the judges had fun, and the food was fantastic!
MEMBERSHIP LUNCHEON
January 13th, 2024
Thank you to all of the members who came out to join us in paying tribute to our members, our dedicated volunteers, and their amazing Ridgeback companions! We have some seriously accomplished teams that are part of our membership, and we are oh so proud to celebrate it!
GVFRRC REGIONAL SPECIALTY & MEMBER SUPPORTED SHOW
December 9th 2023
We had so much fun seeing our Ridgeback friends for another fabulous Winter Blast Regional Specialty!
Thank you to all of our friends, and our fabulous judges, for the time that they spent with us honoring our breed. This was our first year offering a BEST RIDGE contest at these shows, and we think it was a HIT! Thank you to all for participating in this fun competition which honors the HALLMARK of our breed!
GVFRRC FALL LURE COURSING TRIAL
September 23rd - September 24th 2023
Thank you to everyone who came out, and braved the rain with us! Congratulations to all the winners - hope to see you again at our next event!
Any questions, please reach out to Gail James, our Field Trial Chair, at jamesgang12@verizon.net
GVFRRC FAST CAT WEEKEND
June 17th - June 18th 2023
Thank you to everyone who came out to support our FAST CAT event - both exhibitors AND volunteers! Two days of FABULOUS weather and furry friends! Photos can be purchased on Dean Lake's website!
GVFRRC FUN MATCH
May 20th, 2023
Thank you to our judge, Annamaria Ventresca, and all who attended this event with us!
GVFRRC Regional Specialty
May 6th, 2023
Thank you for all who came out to enjoy this beautiful day!
GVFRRC Spring Lure Coursing
April 15th- April 16th, 2023
Thank you for all who came out!
GVFRRC Annual Holiday Luncheon & General Membership Meeting!
January 7th, 2023
Cancelled :(
GVFRRC Regional Specialty & GVFRRC Supported Show
December 10th 2022
Sincere THANK YOU from both GVFRRC and it's officers and members for everyone who came out to enter, and support our FIRST Regional Specialty AND a Supported Show on the same day, at the same location, as part of the 5 day Winter Blast Cluster! We are proud to have had a chance to award lovely rosettes, beautiful prizes, and RRCUS Medallions for each show!
Regional Specialty: VFKC PREMIUM
Supported Show: DVHA PREMIUM
GVFRRC Fall Lure Coursing
September 24th - September 25th 2022
Thank you to everyone who pitched in to make this event a success! We had two days of great running dogs and fare weather. Congratulations to all of the winners from that weekend! We hope to see everyone back in the Spring!
GVFRRC FAST CAT WEEKEND
June 18th - June 19th 2022
Thank you to everyone who came out and supported this event, and our many dedicated volunteers! We had two days of fantastic weather, and a fun group of trial participants. See you all next year!
Mark Baer of MLBaer Photography was our event photographer. He takes pictures of all runners and posts galleries by request ONLY. If you are interested in purchasing photos - please visit the below link to request your gallery be published! https://www.mlbaer.com/gallery-request
GVFRRC Sanction B Match
May 15th, 2022
Sincere thanks to all who came out and had fun with us in conjunction with Lehigh Valley Kennel Club's BARK IN THE PARK!
Special thanks to Judge Julie Gwin for taking the time into judging the lovely puppies present - all exhibitors enjoyed the thorough exam and thoughtful comments!
GVFRRC Regional Specialty
May 7th, 2022
Unfortunately, our 2022 Regional Specialty planned for Erwinna, PA was cancelled due to weather. We look forward to trying to reschedule this event - please stay tuned for more information!
GVFRRC Spring Lure Coursing
April 16th - April 17th, 2022
Thanks to everyone who came out for this event - both our trial entrants and our volunteers - all present made it a success!
Premium list can be viewed at the following link:
Photos can be viewed and purchased at: http://stevesurfman.com/
Club President, Robert O'Neill, starting a course of Open Ridgebacks as Huntmaster on 9-22-2024!
Hunter and his owner Pam - in the catch pen, Enjoying FAST CATs at a prior GVFRRC Event - Photo by Dean Lake!
2024 Mystic Isle Trophy Winner - Tully
2022 Mystic Isle Trophy Winner - Nuke
