{"id":957,"date":"2022-10-24T09:15:04","date_gmt":"2022-10-24T14:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ackcsc.org\/2023national\/?page_id=957"},"modified":"2025-07-31T10:42:33","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T15:42:33","slug":"junior-events","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ackcsc.org\/national\/junior-events\/","title":{"rendered":"Junior Events"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"957\" class=\"elementor elementor-957\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-eb17435 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"eb17435\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" id=\"top\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element 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https:\/\/ackcsc.org\/national\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/4b33d256-0a1f-4118-8f2d-f834b4284970.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-7ae2d34\" data-id=\"7ae2d34\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae1b650 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"ae1b650\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-694f140 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"694f140\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-231075d\" data-id=\"231075d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6333356 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6333356\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"213\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/ackcsc.org\/national\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/junior1-213x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-414\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ackcsc.org\/national\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/junior1-213x300.jpg 213w, https:\/\/ackcsc.org\/national\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/junior1-300x422.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ackcsc.org\/national\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/junior1-64x90.jpg 64w, https:\/\/ackcsc.org\/national\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/junior1.jpg 682w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-b2a080f\" data-id=\"b2a080f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b4dca17 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b4dca17\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"page-header\"><h4>Junior Events<\/h4><h4>\u00a0<\/h4><\/div><div><p>The ACKCSC is committed to its junior handlers. The goal of the ACKCS Junior Showmanship program is to promote and encourage juniors to participate in the sport of AKC purebred dog events with Cavaliers, and to become active in the ACKCSC.\u00a0Nationals Week offers many opportunities for junior handlers \u2013 to compete, to learn and to be social. It\u2019s a time to connect with friends and competitors from across the country.<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><strong><i>Learn more about the ACKCS Junior Showmanship Program: <a href=\"https:\/\/ackcsc.org\/juniors\/\">Juniors \u2013 ACKCSC<\/a><\/i><\/strong><\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-e62905f\" data-id=\"e62905f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7aa3660 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7aa3660\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"453\" height=\"453\" src=\"https:\/\/ackcsc.org\/national\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/ackcsclogo_Thursday_21_September_2017_00_07_11.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-318\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ackcsc.org\/national\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/ackcsclogo_Thursday_21_September_2017_00_07_11.png 453w, https:\/\/ackcsc.org\/national\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/ackcsclogo_Thursday_21_September_2017_00_07_11-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/ackcsc.org\/national\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/ackcsclogo_Thursday_21_September_2017_00_07_11-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/ackcsc.org\/national\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/ackcsclogo_Thursday_21_September_2017_00_07_11-64x64.png 64w, https:\/\/ackcsc.org\/national\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/ackcsclogo_Thursday_21_September_2017_00_07_11-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/ackcsc.org\/national\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/elementor\/thumbs\/ackcsclogo_Thursday_21_September_2017_00_07_11-pwlo9x5ukthngnqsnsxel77bxa9e87i3xi6wlw7y2s.png 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 453px) 100vw, 453px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4987a8d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4987a8d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0c67e03\" data-id=\"0c67e03\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-a6de23a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a6de23a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-cddbc73\" data-id=\"cddbc73\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42483e2 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"42483e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"page-header\"><h4><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Seminar &amp; Party<\/span><\/strong><\/h4><\/div><div><p><span style=\"color: #a30a0a;\">Always a good time! Join us for a pizza party and seminar that&#8217;s focused on YOU!<\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><strong>Date: Wednesday, April 15th<br \/><\/strong><strong style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-style: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-style ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-text-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform );\">Eligibility: Age 9-18. Need not be entered in competitive events to attend.<br \/><\/strong><strong style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-style: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-style ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-text-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform );\">Cost: $1<br \/><\/strong><strong style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-style: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-style ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-text-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform );\">Event Chair:\u00a0 <strong>Bev Hofschulte<\/strong><span id=\"cloak29ed49f96088146b5ea90a9edd503498\"><br \/><\/span><\/strong><\/p><h5 class=\"contentheading\"><strong>Additional Juniors Activities During Nationals Week<\/strong><\/h5><p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Thursday<\/span>:\u00a0<\/strong><em>National Specialty Junior Showmanship competition<br \/><\/em><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Thursday<\/span>:\u00a0<\/strong><em>Top 10 Awards<\/em>\u00a0&#8211; an ACKCSC rosette and certificate will be presented to the Top 10 ranked Cavalier junior handlers<br \/><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Friday<\/span>:\u00a0<\/strong><em>Independent Specialty Junior Showmanship competition<\/em><\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a3bdd8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0a3bdd8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7f322b5\" data-id=\"7f322b5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-92b1cc2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"92b1cc2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-ad20302\" data-id=\"ad20302\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f38eaa7 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f38eaa7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5><strong>ACKCSC Junior Showmanship Benefits<\/strong><\/h5><h5><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ackcsc.org\/national\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Jrs_600.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-8352 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ackcsc.org\/national\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Jrs_600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ackcsc.org\/national\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Jrs_600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ackcsc.org\/national\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Jrs_600-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ackcsc.org\/national\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Jrs_600-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ackcsc.org\/national\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Jrs_600-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/ackcsc.org\/national\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Jrs_600-64x64.jpg 64w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><br \/><\/strong><\/h5><h5>\u00a0<\/h5><h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>ACKCSC Junior Showmanship $500 Stipends for the National Specialty!<\/strong><\/h5><p>The American Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Club has various scholarships, stipends and other benefits available to support its Cavalier Junior Handlers. The stipends recognize and support our Cavalier Junior Handlers achievements in the Junior Showmanship ring. Find out more about these scholarships &amp; stipends here:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/ackcsc.org\/juniors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Juniors \u2013 ACKCSC<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f4d588 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7f4d588\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ackcsc.org\/national\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ACKCSC_2026_btV_vsm.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-5c022f8\" data-id=\"5c022f8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-903ba6f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"903ba6f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>One of the stipends offered to our Cavalier Junior Handlers by the ACKCSC to help Junior Handlers is a $500 stipend to attend and show at the ACKCSC National Specialty. The stipend\u00a0<strong>does not<\/strong>\u00a0require that the junior or his\/her parents be members of the ACKCSC. The requirements are simple:<\/p><ol><li>Applicant must be between ages of 9 and 19.<\/li><li>Stipend will be awarded (paid) at the ACKCSC National Specialty.<\/li><li>Junior must provide a copy of their official school transcripts from the 2 most current semesters showing a cumulative GPA of a 3.0 or equivalent.<\/li><li>Applicant must provide evidence, in a manner which can be confirmed with AKC records, of their interest and participation in showing Cavaliers by competing in a combination of Junior Showmanship and dog show breed or performance competition.<\/li><li>Applicant should include information on additional activities with a Cavalier i.e. regional club, community service, therapy, rescue, education, etc. This information will be used in deliberation process but is not a requirement to qualify for the award.<\/li><li>Applicant must submit a 1-2 page essay describing his\/her experience with, and interest in Cavaliers.<\/li><li>Applicant must apply on an official ACKCSC application form which <strong>must be received no later than March 1s<\/strong>t for that year&#8217;s National Specialty.\u00a0 Official form may be found here: <a href=\"https:\/\/ackcsc.org\/ackcsc-national-specialty-stipend-form\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ACKCSC National Specialty Stipend Form \u2013 ACKCSC<\/a>\u00a0<\/li><\/ol><h6 class=\"contentheading\"><strong>And there&#8217;s more! Juniors have become a special part of our National Specialty, including:<\/strong><\/h6><ul><li>Top 10 Awards: An ACKCSC Rosette and certificate be presented to The Top 10 Cavalier Jrs (ACKCSC Statistics) each year at the National Specialty.<\/li><li>No entry fees for Junior Showmanship classes at the ACKCSC National Specialty Show.<\/li><li>Junior Seminar All are welcome to attend with their Cavalier during National week. This fun and educational event gives Juniors the opportunity to learn and connect with other Cavalier Juniors from around the country.<\/li><\/ul><h6><strong>Wondering How to Show in Juniors Competition?<\/strong><\/h6><ul><li><strong><em>Reminders<\/em><\/strong>: The only requirements for AKC &#8220;Juniors Dogs&#8221; are:<br \/>Spayed and neutered or intact specimens are eligible for competition<\/li><li>Dogs may be PAL\/ILP, Full-, or Limited-Registered.<\/li><\/ul><p>Check out the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ackcsc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ACKCSC.ORG<\/a>\u00a0website for more information<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Junior Events Junior Events \u00a0 The ACKCSC is committed to its junior handlers. The goal of the ACKCS Junior Showmanship program is to promote and encourage juniors to participate in the sport of AKC purebred dog events with Cavaliers, and to become active in the ACKCSC.\u00a0Nationals Week offers many opportunities for junior handlers \u2013 to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-957","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ackcsc.org\/national\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ackcsc.org\/national\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ackcsc.org\/national\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ackcsc.org\/national\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ackcsc.org\/national\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=957"}],"version-history":[{"count":218,"href":"https:\/\/ackcsc.org\/national\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/957\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13294,"href":"https:\/\/ackcsc.org\/national\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/957\/revisions\/13294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ackcsc.org\/national\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}