Oct 15 Stud Nomination Deadline
Nov 2008 CNASF Stud Auction
Nov 20 Sale Entry Deadline
4/17/2009 CNASF 2009
 
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Amber Autumn Alpacas
Aztec Alpacas
Battle River Alpacas
Brewster Alpacas
Ghost River Alpacas
High Plains Alpacas
KJ Alpacas
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Neville Lake Alpacas
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AUGUST 2008 NEWSLETTER

The 7th Annual Canadian National Alpaca Sale & Futurity was a resounding success. Thanks to all of you who volunteered and/or participated.

Now it's time to start the wheels in motion for next year's event which will be April 17 to 19 in Red Deer, Alberta. We have been moved out of the Stockmen's Arena and into the Agri-Centre, so be prepared for a few changes!

2008 CNASF Stud Service Auction

In 7 years the Stud Service Auction has raised over $505,000 and $463,000 of that has been paid out in Futurity prize money. Stud owners make the futurity the "big prize money" event that it is.

Please consider nominating your stud to the Stud Service auction. After he is nominated and receives a bid of at least $1000, then all his offspring born between April 20,2007 and November 18, 2008 will be eligible to enter the 2009 Futurity.

Nomination of herdsires has begun. There is a NEW ON-LINE FORM on the website. Fill it out and click on the submit button. Nomination deadline is October 15. Studs will be added to the website as they are received. If you are unable to use the on-line form, send us an email and we will get a paper copy to you.

The auction runs for the entire month of November and will again be split in 4 groups of herdsires, with each group having a separate closing time, each 15 minutes apart. You will have lots of opportunity to bid on these amazing genetics and if you aren't successful in winning a stud service in one of the first groups, you can keep trying in another.

2009 Canadian National Alpaca Select Sale

The CNASF Select Sale has been very successful in the last 7 years. Plan to showcase your breeding program at this sale. In 2008, 50 sale entries were submitted and 29 were selected for the sale. We would like 30 entries for the 2009 sale and plan to continue with the 2 Wild Card entries again. We are changing the sale time to 7:00pm on Saturday, April 18th.
The Sale Entry form is available now on the website and it has been changed to an on-line form as well.
Entry deadline is November 20. All CLAA registered alpacas are eligible, but the Selection Committee will be looking for quality breeding stock.


Barb Eslake has volunteered to put together a photo presentation of all the past CNASF events. If you have any pictures that could be included, please contact Barb by email. (lamas@direct.ca)
We are always looking for seminar/speaker suggestions. Send us an email if you have a good idea.
Remember that all alpacas entered in the Futurity must have their CLAA Registration papers before the show in April. So why not get busy and register all your spring and summer crias right now!!

John & Val MacLeod
on behalf of the CNASF Group

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