Our Mission Statement
History
The
First “unofficial” meeting of the Michigan Flyways Retriever Club
(MFWRC) was held in November of 2006 in the living room of one
of the founding members. The dream was to have a club to fill a
number of voids in the Michigan “retriever” community. At that
time, Michigan had only three AKC clubs that were actively
putting on Hunt Tests – Fort Detroit Golden Retriever Club,
Marshbanks Golden Retriever Club and Wolverine Field Trial Club
… a grand total of three Hunt Tests per year. For working
people, having to travel to Ohio, Indiana and Illinois (among
others) to be able to get their retriever(s) through a title
(especially Masters) could seem like a daunting goal. Education
and training sessions were also few and far between. The group
wanted to see more people (especially the young) get exposed
and involved in the sport and wanted to see this club be in the
position to offer two different Hunt Tests per year, thus bring
the total of Michigan Hunt Tests (at that time) up to 5. They
also had a vision of getting more Hunt Test judges from
Michigan.
The first formal
meeting of MFWRC was held in February 2007. The first
Sanctioned AKC Hunt Test was in May of 2009 on Darrin Morman’s
property in Freeland Michigan. MFWRC’s first official Licensed
AKC Hunt Test was held at Omega Farms in Williamston Michigan in
September of that same year. MFWRC held two Hunt Tests in 2010.
In the past 2
years, MFWRC has purchased and furnished an equipment trailer,
grown membership, held seminars from pros in the field of
retriever training, sponsored presentations from veterinarians
and held training sessions. MFWRC continues to strive to create
and achieve new goals and events each year; offering something
of interest to the retriever enthusiast community of Michigan.
Michigan Flyways
Retriever Club is a member of the Master
National Retriever Club.
