May 2024 News - English Setter Club of America
The Lee Bird
The last weekend of April, as you all know, was our English Setter Club of America annual Lee Bird Event. It was started in 2016 on the idea to do something that brought club members of different interests together that love our bird dogs, honor the memory and contributions of Lee Bird and do some fundraising for the club.Saturday evening was the big dinner and social and it reset the height of the bar of a good event with, friends, food, band, activities, stake placements and raffles and auctions. It was a great success! We will have more on this to follow in a separate communication. But for now lets enjoy these kids and the smiles!
Bird Dog Foundation Life Patron Award
With my family in attendance, my friends, so many club members, field trialers from all over, and over 125 in attendance at the annual Lee Bird Event, I was honored with a Bird Dog Foundation Life Patron Award. Words can’t express how I feel, to say overwhelmed is an understatement. I want to thank my friends and family who worked behind the scenes on this and the ESCA who embraced and supported this most special and prestigious honor. I am humbled, honored and proud for this very special award plaque to be displayed in my home, at the Bird Dog Foundation and most dearly at the English Setter Club. Joe Cincotta
2024 Member Survey Results
We have posted our online membership survey results to the members only section of our website. We received 64 responses out of 175 members. This survey closed on March 31st.
Please note this survey was sent to all current 2024 members of the English Setter Club that have an email on file. All responses are confidential and are being shared as large generic anonymous survey results.
The Board will review the feedback on a monthly basis and share updates. Thank you to those who took the time to share their feedback. Access the survey results at:https://www.englishsetterclub.com/membersonly/general-discussions/2024-member-survey-results If you have any questions regarding the survey results or cannot access, please send an email to englishsetterclub@gmail.com
Website updates and how to access member only area
Have you visited our club website lately? https://www.englishsetterclub.com/
If not you are missing a lot of timely information. With a full redesign we also updated our member area.
The member area includes a message board which will be the main vehicle where we communicate club news. Items like, events, rule updates, meeting minutes, etc. To register for an account, please visit: https://www.englishsetterclub.com/membersonly
The Officers and Board Members would like to recognize Anthony Rusciano for his hard work on this project! Thank you Anthony for helping the club.
ESCA Hall of Fame - Joe Luisi
The English Setter Club of America is proud to have Joe Luisi inducted into the ESCA Hall of Fame! Congratulations Joe, well deserved!
Pigeons are Back
Pigeon coops are open again. Tom has been training young birds and they are flying back when released. We ask that you please go easy on the birds and keep them within the guidelines/rules of fields for use. Also please be a minimalist on their use and ensure other members have access. The program is a great asset and we all missed it. Let's do our best to not drain the resource. We thank our caretaker, Tom for his daily hard work of feeding/watering the birds for member needs.
Pigeons are not a requirement to be provided by our club. It is not part of the yearly membership fee.
Pigeons help us train our dogs and we all know they are quite valuable to the process. The club does our best to provide them but there will be lulls to pigeon numbers. Here is how you can help:
Last year the Board passed a Motion to limit number of pigeons to two per member at a time.
Be courteous to fellow members by only removing pigeons needed for the immediate training needs of a single dog. When you are done, go back to get more pigeons for the next dog..
Guests should not be helping themselves to pigeons. Members only please.
Don't be the member who starts throwing unbanded birds out to exercise them. Chances are they are not ready and there is a reason why they are not banded.
If you would like to volunteer to help raise pigeons and you are near the grounds quite often, please talk with our caretaker.
Quad Parking Wait List
Mark Dreyfus and Tom Gille have been managing the quad parking wait list since November 2022.
Since 2022, twenty additional members now have a parking spot inside the quad barns.
We currently have 9 people on the 2024 waiting list for a spot in the barn.
Members are welcome to pay and park outside. Parking outside or inside is $200/annually.
We can add you to the waiting list for a spot in the barn, even if you choose not to keep your quad on the grounds outside.
If members have questions or would like to be added to the waiting list, please contact Mark Dreyfus englishsetterclub@gmail.com
2024 Waiting List for Spot in Barn
John Kipp - Quad
Scott Wardrop - UTV
Tim Otto - UTV
Brent Rupnow - ATV
Ed McCay - UTV
Pat Mooney - ATV
John Albee - UTV
Domenic Serago - ATV
Carmen Fister - ATV
Partnership with Eukanuba
The English Setter Club is proud to announce its partnership with Eukanuba, a leader in premium performance nutrition for sporting, working, and service dogs. Eukanuba pledged its support for the Lee Bird Classic Field Trial as the Title Sponsor and provided a generous donation to the club.
A representative from Eukanuba, Lynn Carradine, was at trial all weekend to educate and answer questions about the brand. Additionally, Eukanuba provided the winners of each AKC and Lee Bird Member stake with a bag of branded merchandise including a towel, hat, and tumbler. Eukanuba also provided 12 large bags of dog food and a cooler with branded merchandise to be auctioned off at the Social event.We thank Eukanuba for its support of The English Setter Club and its commitment to the sport of field trialing.https://www.eukanuba.com/us/activities/sporting
Officers and Board Members
PRESIDENT
David Ross
VICE PRESIDENT
Wayne Horner
TREASURER
Joseph E. Lordi
CORRESPONDING SECRETARY
Mark Dreyfus
RECORDING SECRETARY
Bob Sexton
BOARD MEMBERS
Norman Basilone
Matt Basilone
Joe Buchanan
Paul Capri
Joe Cincotta
David Creagan
Edward Kerr
Gary Miller
Rick Taglang