Special Awards
Titles for
awards must be earned in order, or by transferring points down from dog’s
current level. Dogs may return to a lower level to earn Outstanding and
|
Name of Award |
Number of points required |
|
NADAC
Agility Trial Champion (NATCH) Proficient Category |
·
230 Elite Regular, 130 Elite Chances, and 130 Elite
Jumpers points ·
Each subsequent NATCH (NATCH-2, NATCH-3) requires
an additional 200 Elite Regular, 100 Elite Chances, and 100 Elite Jumpers
points. |
|
NADAC
Versatility Champion (Vers‑NATCH) Proficient
Category |
·
230 Elite Regular, 130 Elite Chances, 130 Elite
Jumpers, 130 Elite Touch N Go, 130 Elite Tunnelers, and 130 Elite Weavers
points. ·
Each subsequent Versatility NATCH requires an
additional 200 Elite Regular, 100 Elite Chances, 100 Elite Jumpers, 100 Elite
Touch N Go, 100 Elite Tunnelers, and 100 Elite Weavers points. |
|
NADAC
Agility Trial Medalist (MEDAL) Skilled Category |
·
230 Elite Regular, 130 Elite Chances, and 130 Elite
Jumpers points ·
Each subsequent MEDAL (MEDAL-2, MEDAL-3) requires
an additional 200 Elite Regular, 100 Elite Chances, and 100 Elite Jumpers
points. |
|
NADAC
Versatility Medalist (Vers‑MEDAL) Skilled
Category |
·
230 Elite Regular, 130 Elite Chances, 130 Elite
Jumpers, 130 Elite Touch N Go, 130 Elite Tunnelers, and 130 Elite Weavers
points. ·
Each subsequent Versatility MEDAL requires an
additional 200 Elite Regular, 100 Elite Chances, 100 Elite Jumpers, 100 Elite
Touch N Go, 100 Elite Tunnelers, and 100 Elite Weavers points. |
|
Triple |
·
Awarded to any dog that has earned a ·
For Novice and Open, points from Skilled and
Proficient are combined. Elite points
must come from the same category. |
|
Triple,
Triple |
·
Awarded to any dog that has earned a Triple
Superior Award at all three levels (Novice, Open, and Elite). |
|
Versatility
Award |
·
Awarded to any dog that has earned a title in all
six classes at the same level. ·
For Novice and Open, points from both categories
are combined. Elite points must come
from the same category. |
|
Superior
Versatility Award |
·
Awarded to any dog that has earned a ·
For Novice and Open, points from Skilled and
Proficient are combined. Elite points must
come from the same category. |
|
Triple |
·
Awarded to any dog that has earned a Superior
Versatility Award at all three levels (Novice, Open, and Elite). |
|
Lifetime
Point Award |
·
Awarded to any dog that has earned at least 1000
points during their career. Subsequent awards are earned for 2500, 5000, 7500,
etc. |
|
All
Around Award Novice |
·
A Superior Performance title earned in every class
offered by NADAC at the Novice level. |
|
All
Around Award Open |
·
A Superior Performance title earned in every class
offered by NADAC at the Novice and Open levels. |
|
All
Around Award Elite |
·
A Superior Performance title earned in every class
offered by NADAC at the Novice, Open and Elite levels. |
|
Platinum
Speed Star |
·
20 qualifying rounds in Regular and 10 qualifying
rounds in Jumpers and 10 qualifying rounds in Chances with ALL rounds of
Regular and Jumpers earned with a 100+ Run Index. (Run Index is not computed
for Chances.) |
|
Platinum
Versatility Speed Star |
·
20 qualifying rounds in Regular and 10 qualifying
rounds each in Jumpers, Chances, Tunnelers, Touch N Go, and Weavers, with ALL
rounds (except Chances) earned with a 100+ Run Index. (Run Index is not
computed for Chances.) |
|
Silver Achievement
Cup |
·
20 qualifying rounds in Regular and 10 qualifying
rounds in Jumpers and Chances with ALL rounds earned with a 20 point Bonus
Box. |
|
Silver Versatility
Achievement Cup |
·
20 qualifying rounds in Regular and 10 qualifying
rounds each in Jumpers, Chances, Tunnelers, Touch N Go, and Weavers, with ALL
rounds earned with a 20 point Bonus Box. |
|
MOD
SQUAD |
·
Master of Distance,
Speed, Quality, Accuracy, and Directional skills ·
3 qualifying rounds each in Regular, Jumpers,
Chances, Tunnelers, Touch N Go, and Weavers, with ALL rounds earned with a 20
point Bonus Box AND at least one bonus run in each of Regular, Jumpers,
Tunnelers, Touch N Go and Weavers must have a 100+ Run Index. |
|
Purple Achievement
Cup |
·
20 qualifying rounds in Regular and 10 qualifying
rounds in Jumpers and Chances with ALL rounds earned with a 100+ Run Index AND
with a 20 point Bonus Box. ·
There is no RI calculated for Chances but as of
2007 there now can be Bonus Boxes in this class, and those must be earned for
the Purple Achievement Cup. |
|
Purple Versatility
Achievement Cup |
·
20 qualifying rounds in Regular and 10 qualifying
rounds each in Jumpers, Chances, Tunnelers, Touch N Go, and Weavers, with ALL
rounds earned with a 100+ Run Index AND with a 20 point Bonus Box. (no RI in
Chances) |
End of the Year Listings
Each of the
following are awarded annually, with separate awards for Proficient and Skilled
categories. The “year” referred to here is the NADAC Calendar year, which runs approximately
from August 1 to July 31.
|
Dog of the Year |
The dog that has earned the most points this year at the Elite
level, all six classes combined. A five point bonus will be given to any
round with a 100+ RI (Run Index). A ten point bonus will be given to any
round with a 100+ RI earned within a 15 point bonus box. A fifteen point bonus will be given to any
round with a 100+ RI earned within a 20 point bonus box. |
|
Lifetime Achievement Dog of the Year |
The dog that has earned the most points ever, all classes and
all levels combined. Bonus points
awarded as above. |
|
Highest
Scoring Regular
Agility Dog |
The dog that has earned the most Elite Regular Agility points
this year. Bonus points awarded as above. |
|
Highest Scoring Chances Dog |
The dog that has earned the most Elite Chances points this year. Bonus points awarded as above. |
|
Highest Scoring Jumpers Dog |
The dog that has earned the most Elite Jumpers points this year.
Bonus points awarded as above. |
|
Highest Scoring Touch N Go Dog |
The dog that has earned the most Elite Touch N Go points this
year. Bonus points awarded as above. |
|
Highest Scoring Tunnelers Dog |
The dog that has earned the most Elite Tunnelers points this
year. Bonus points awarded as above. |
|
Highest Scoring Weavers Dog |
The dog that has earned the most Elite Weavers points this year.
Bonus points awarded as above. |
|
Top Ten Dogs in all of the
yearly awards above |
The Top Ten scoring dogs in each of the six classes for the
yearly awards. There are no Top Ten Lifetime Awards. Bonus points awarded as above. |
The diagram below illustrates the progression
of points requirements in each of the six NADAC classes for many of the Titles
and Awards that can be earned in the Proficient Category. Awards based on
performance in the traditional NADAC jumping classes (Regular, Jumpers, and
Chances) are shown on the left, in gold. Awards for all six classes including
the three non-jumping classes (Touch N Go, Tunnelers, and Weavers) are shown on
the right, in purple. Points requirements are cumulative in each class.
Note: the Triple Superior, Triple
Triple Superior, Superior Versatility, and Triple
Superior Versatility awards cannot be earned unless the underlying
titles were earned in order – that is, in each class, the dog must not earn
qualifiers and titles at a higher level before completing the
NATCH and Versatility NATCH
progression above the levels shown below proceeds as described in the tables
above.
The diagram on the next page shows
the same information for the Skilled Category.
Proficient Titles and Awards
Skilled Titles and Awards
