2010 AKC Outstanding Sportsmanship Award

In the American Kennel Club’s ongoing efforts to recognize and celebrate its volunteer club members, The AKC Outstanding Sportsmanship Award program was established in 2006 to provide each member club with an AKC Medallion to award to one of its own on a yearly basis.  This award honors those individuals who deserve special recognition that have made a difference in the sport of purebred dogs, embodied the AKC Code of Sportsmanship, and have been an active and valued member of an AKC member club. Medallions are awarded solely at the club’s discretion.

The 2010 awardee for the West Highland White Terrier Club of America is Joe Mazur.  Joe has worked selflessly to develop the club’s yearly Earthdog Test in June at Moscow, Pennsylvania.  In addition, he volunteered to take on a huge task this year, Chairman of the 2011 National Earthdog Test on October 11, 2010.  In 2009, Joe chaired the club’s Earthdog Test that was held in conjunction with the WHWTCA’s Centennial Celebration.

Our breed is genetically engineered to “get the rats,” and with Joe’s guidance and hard work, the WHWTCA has been able to provide a premier Earthdog test every year that draws exhibitors from as far away as California. 

Congratulations to Joe Mazur, the 2010 recipient of the WHWTCA’s AKC Outstanding Sportsmanship Award.