2003 UFTA NATIONAL MEMORIES

AFTER YOU READ THE INFORMATION BELOW PLEASE VIEW THE NEWSLETTER TAB AND SEE THE ACTUAL NEWSPAPER ARTICLE SHOWING OUR FIRST NATIONALS.

In 2002 a group of bird hunters who had competed in a variety of Trial Organizations and were unhappy with those organizations gathered to brainstorm with the goal of forming a new Upland Trialing Organization. Their dream was to have an organization that would be based on finished dogs and accomplished handlers/owners who loved their dogs and the sport. Their goal was to promote an even playing field for competition with no political influences and recognition of finished dogs. Additionally, they wanted the monies collected from the trials and Nationals to be returned to the members instead of being returned to corporate owners.

And UFTA was born. UFTA has had five (5) Presidents. Stacey Hall was the first president followed by Ray Hammond and then Jeff Beasley and then Frank Arnau and our current President is Clay Moose. Through the guidance of these gentlemen and the help of our great directors, UFTA has grown from 104 members at the end of 2002 to over 475 members. The years of challenging competition and friendships have been wonderful beyond words. We look forward to many more Trial years and Nationals

As with any birth there were challenges. In 2002, the placements and championships were first recorded on 3 X 5 index cards. After the first Nationals in 2003, President Stacey Hall asked Frank & Mary Arnau to begin administrating the maintenance of the records for UFTA and the information was transferred at that time to a Excel spreadsheet and published to the UFTA website on a regular basis. Additionally, Frank Arnau has served as the Treasurer for UFTA since that time.

A huge THANK YOU to all of our officers, directors, state representatives, rules committees members who have worked tirelessly over the years to make UFTA the best.

President Clay Moose and UFTA Board Members