QUALIFICATION FOR THE NATIONAL GUN DOG CHAMPIONSHIPS (Effective at close of entries for the 2006 National Gun Dog Championships) The National Amateur Gun Dog Championship 1. Open to any Brittany six (6) months of age or over which in any preceding year, placed first in the National     Amateur Gun Dog Championship for Brittanys or 1. Open to any Brittany six (6) months of age or over which in any preceding year, placed first in the National     Amateur Gun Dog Championship for Brittanys or 2. which in the preceding year placed second, third or fourth in the National Amateur Gun Dog Championship     for Brittanys, or 3. which during the period from previous years close of entries and the close of entries for the stake in the     current year has placed first in an Amateur Gun Dog Stake or Amateur Limited Gun Dog Stake in which at     least 13 dogs started in an AKC Licensed Trial held by a Brittany Club, or 4. has placed second in an Amateur Gun Dog or an Amateur Limited Gun Dog Stake or an Open Gun Dog     Stake, or Open Limited Gun Dog Stake, when handled by an Amateur in which at least 20 or more dogs     started in an AKC Licensed trial held by a Brittany Club, or, 5. has placed in any hour Gun Dog or Limited Gun Dog Stake in an AKC Licensed trial held by a Brittany     Club and handled by an Amateur in which the following dogs started: lst place with 13 starters, or 2nd place     with 15 starters, or 3rd place with 17 starters, or 4th place with 20 starters, or 6. has qualified for the current year National Open Gun Dog Championship for Brittanys when handled by     an Amateur, or 7. A dog winning first place in the National Open Gun Dog Championship when handled by an Amateur will     also be qualified for life in the National Amateur Gun Dog Championship.     Any dog entered in the National Amateur Gun Dog Championship will not be entered in the succeeding National Amateur or Open All Age Championships. Any dog that was entered in the immediately preceding National Open or Amateur All Age Championships will not be allowed to enter the current National Amateur Gun Dog Championship.     Any dog trained on the grounds chosen for the National Amateur Gun Dog Championship within 30 days of the start of the National Amateur Gun Dog Championship will be ineligible to compete.     Only persons who, in the judgment of the Field Trial Committee, are qualified as amateurs as defined in Chapter 17, Section 2, of the AKC Field Trial Rules and Standard Procedures for Pointing Breeds, may serve as scouts in the National Amateur Gun Dog Championship Stake. The National Open Gun Dog Championship (Effective at close of entries for the 2006 National Gun Dog Championships) 1. Open to any Brittany six (six) months of age or over which in any preceding year, placed first in the National     Open Gun Dog Championship for Brittanys or 2. which in the preceding year placed second, third or fourth in the National Open Gun Dog Championship for     Brittanys, or 3. which during the period from the previous years close of entries to the current year’s closing of entries has     placed first in an Open Gun Dog or Open Limited Gun Dog Stake in which at least 13 dogs started in an     AKC Licensed trial held by a Brittany Club, or 4. has placed first or second in an Open or Limited Gun Dog Stake in which 25 or more dogs started in an AKC     Licensed trial held by a Brittany Club, or 5. has placed in an Open Gun Dog or Open Limited Gun Dog Stake of one hour or more in an AKC Licensed     trial held by a Brittany Club in which the following dogs started: lst place with 13 starters, 2nd place with 15     starters, 3rd place with 17 starters, or 4th place with 20 starters.     Any dog entered in the National Open Gun Dog Championship will not be entered in the succeeding National Amateur or Open All Age Championships. Any dog that was entered in the immediately preceding National Open or Amateur All Age Championships will not be entered in the current National Open Gun Dog Championship.     Any dog trained on the grounds chosen for the National Gun Dog Championship within 30 days of the start of the National Open Gun Dog Championship will be ineligible to compete.