National COMPETITION!

Definition of competition
noun
1: the activity or condition of striving to gain or win something by defeating or establishing superiority over others. : rivalry: such as
1.1    An event or contest in which people take part in order to establish superiority or supremacy in a particular area.
1.2    The person or people over whom one is attempting to establish one's supremacy or superiority; the opposition.
Origin
Early 17th century from late Latin competitio(n-) ‘rivalry’, from competere ‘strive for’

Oxford Dictionary
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When you look up the definition of a Field Trial, “competition” or “compete” are two word(s) you are going read. The unique factor in a Field Trial is that it is not just a person, the team consists of an animal and a human – dog and handler – a man and his best friend. Two brains working together to complete a series of tests, which brings a whole new dynamic to the word “competition.”

A National event is the largest individual stake, the most prestigious event any Field Trial Retriever, Owner and Handler could be a part of. It is the best of the best in the Retriever Field Trial world. The National Retriever Club has brought to you this competition for seventy nine years. They have crowned seventy eight champions, and Saturday will crown their seventy ninth. As proven in this National, more accurately in this 8th Series, it is a very rigorous and challenging competition to become a National Field Champion. A title that only 78 dogs in the history of this sport have. Soon to be 79. Good Luck to the teams that have made it!