What is a MACh

What's a MACH??!!

The MACH Certificate (click to enlarge)

Before March 12, 2006 only 2 Italian Greyhounds had ever earned a MACH.

A MACH is the acronym for the Masters Agility Champion title. This is a Championship Title awarded by the American Kennel Club to dogs that compete in AKC Agility Trials. At the time Al earned his MACH, less than 2000 dogs competing in Agility had ever earned a MACH title.

Al is now officially registered as: MACH Willowmere's Jazzman D'Laviere.

Here is a description of the MACH program from the AKC rules and regulations:

Chapter 2 Section 2:

Master Agility Champion Title:

To obtain the MASTER AGILITY CHAMPION title (MACH), a dog must exhibit superior performance on the Agility course. Speed and consistency are the two major qualities denoting "superior performance" and therefore they are the basis for the MASTER AGILITY CHAMPIONSHIP program.

In order to acquire the MASTER AGILITY CHAMPION title, a dog must be eligible to compete and achieve a minimum of 750 Championship Points and 20 Double Qualifying scores obtained from the Excellent B Standard Agility class, and the Excellent B Jumpers With Weaves class.

Championship Points

750 CP's required minimum

1 CP (Championship Point) is awarded for each full second the dog is under the Standard Course Time (SCT). (No partial points are awarded).

Dogs earn points from the Excellent B Standard Agility Class and/or Excellent B Jumpers With Weaves Class

Placement Multiplier

Dogs placing first in their class double their Championship Points for that run.

Dogs placing second in their class receive 1 1/2 times their Standard Championship Points for that run. All fractions are rounded down.

Double Qualifying Scores (aka Double Q's or QQ's)

20 (QQ's) Required

Dogs Qualifying with scores of 100 in both the Excellent B Standard Agility class and Excellent B Jumpers With Weaves class on the same day.

Qualifying in both the Excellent B Standard Agility class and Excellent B Jumpers With Weaves class on the same day, equals 1 (one) Double Qualifying Score (QQ).

Requirements General Scoring:

Only Perfect Scores of 100 (a clean round) obtained in the Excellent B classes will count towards a dog's Master Agility Championship requirements.

Title:

The AKC will identify a dog that achieves the Master Agility Championship title (MACH) by the appropriate designation (MACH) preceding their registered name in all official AKC records. The MACH designation will supersede all eight of the Agility titles (NA, NAJ, OA, OAJ, AX, AXJ, MX, MXJ) that must have been awarded before a dog can qualify for the Master Agility Championship designation.

The committee that devised the rules must have had a few Sadomasochists!! It's not an easy thing to accomplish!!!

If you want to find out about Al's statistics when he earned his MACH; follow this link to ( Al's Statistics)

	1 CP (Championship Point) is awarded for each full second the dog is under the Standard Course Time (SCT). (No partial points are awarded).
	Dogs earn points from the Excellent B Standard Agility Class and/or Excellent B Jumpers With Weaves Class

	Dogs placing first in their class double their Championship Points for that run.
	Dogs placing second in their class receive 1 1/2 times their Standard Championship Points for that run. All fractions are rounded down.

	Dogs Qualifying with scores of 100 in both the Excellent B Standard Agility class and Excellent B Jumpers With Weaves class on the same day.
	Qualifying in both the Excellent B Standard Agility class and Excellent B Jumpers With Weaves class on the same day, equals 1 (one) Double Qualifying Score (QQ).