Several years ago the Richmond County Cooner Club in Rockingham, North Carolina came up with an idea to have an annual Water Race Championship at their club. Now in its fourth year, this event has seen growth each year. This year there were estimates of approximately 200 people in attendance.Many of which came for all the raffles. Wind and rainstorms put a little damper on the festivities and delayed the races for a few hours. But the skies cleared up again and the games began. This year we had participants from SC and some from 3-4 hours away in NC. In addition to the water races, we also had a bench show where all breeds were represented with exception to English, Plott, and Leopard. Prizes were given for the overall winners of both the bench show and the water race. We look forward to a bigger and better event next year. Please be sure to join us for the '09 Championship.

-submitted by RCCC

Open Water Race, 10 entries
Line/Tree Winner
NiteCH ‘PR’ LCB Man, Owned & handled by Burl Goddard of Monck’s Corner, SC


2008 NC State Championship Water Race (22 entries)
NC State Water Race Champion
Registered Line/Tree Winner
NiteCH ‘PR’ LCB Man (BLU), Owned & handled by Burl Goddard of Moncks Corner, SC. Burl received a recovery collar from Johnson’s Telemetry, dog food, and gift certificates from Black Gold Dog Food


CH Line/Tree Winner
WCH Cooks Super Clyde (TW), Owned by Danny Cook of Raeford, NC. Handled by Tammy Blake and Danny Cook



GRCH Line Winner
GRWCH GRCH No Fear Big Bubba Joe (PLT), Owned & handled by Eric Parrish of Winston Salem, NC


GRCH Tree Winner
GRWCH GRCH ‘PR’ Mr. Tom’s Air Above the Ground, Owned & handled by Fran White of Greenville, SC


Dog Box Raffle or $300 winner:
Stephanie Gum, Winston Salem, NC



Bench Show, 13 entries, BSJ – Cynthia Grooms
BLU Junior Male, Class/Breed Winner
NiteCH ‘PR’ LCB Man, Owned by Burl Goddard of Moncks Corner, SC, Handled by Brandon Tedder of Hartsville, SC



BMOS, TW Senior Male, Best of Breed Winner
‘PR’ Gas Man Max, Owned by: Cecil Stewart or Jimmy Clark, Jr, of Laurinburg, NC. Handled by: Kenny Paul of Hamlet, NC. Also shown is Brantley Paul


TW Junior Female Class Winner
‘PR’ Springhill Dred, Owned & handled by Kenny Paul of Hamlet, NC
(no photo)

TW Senior Female Class/Breed Winner
‘PR’ Stevie D’s Ragin Ruby, Owned & handled by Steven Davis of Trinity, NC


RED Junior Male Class/Breed Winner
‘PR’ Rebel Red Poopiedupe Pluto, Owned & handled by Derek Batts of Cary, NC
(no photo)


BFOS, B&T Junior Female, Best of Breed Winner
‘PR’ Night Music, Owned & handled by Fran White of Greenville, SC


CH Female
CH ‘PR’ Belands Reverand Red Scarlet, Owned by Brandon & Leigh Tedder of Hartsville, SC, Handled by Leigh


CH Male
WCH CH ‘PR’ Flash’s Blue Ike, Owned & Handled by David Leatherwood of Raeford, NC. Also shown are Autum & Isabelle Davis


GRCH Male
GRWCH GRCH ‘PR’ Mr. Tom’s Air Above the Ground, Owned & handled by Fran White of Greenville, SC









Overall Bench Show winner
‘PR’ Night Music, Owned & handled by Fran White of Greenville, SC
Fran received an automatic dog feeder donated by Jackson Creek Manufacturing, a bag of Ol’ Roy dog food, and a gift certificate from Black Gold Dog Food.