Michigan Flyways Retriever Club

Michigan Flyways Retriever Club The Michigan Flyways Retriever Club was founded in 2007 to encourage & promote the education of handlers and their dogs in the sport of hunting retrievers.

The First “unofficial” meeting of the Michigan Flyways Retriever Club (MFWRC) was held in November of 2006 in the living room of one of the founding members. The dream was to have a club to fill a number of voids in the Michigan “retriever” community. At that time, Michigan had only three AKC clubs that were actively putting on Hunt Tests – Fort Detroit Golden Retriever Club, Marshbanks Golden Ret

riever Club and Wolverine Field Trial Club … a grand total of three Hunt Tests per year. For working people, having to travel to Ohio, Indiana and Illinois (among others) to be able to get their retriever(s) through a title (especially Masters) could seem like a daunting goal. Education and training sessions were also few and far between. The group wanted to see more people (especially the young) get exposed and involved in the sport and wanted to see this club be in the position to offer two different Hunt Tests per year, thus bring the total of Michigan Hunt Tests (at that time) up to 5. They also had a vision of getting more Hunt Test judges from Michigan. The first formal meeting of MFWRC was held in February 2007. The first Sanctioned AKC Hunt Test was in May of 2009 on Darrin Morman’s property in Freeland Michigan. MFWRC’s first official Licensed AKC Hunt Test was held at Omega Farms in Williamston Michigan in September of that same year. MFWRC held two Hunt Tests in 2010. In the past 2 years, MFWRC has purchased and furnished an equipment trailer, grown membership, held seminars from pros in the field of retriever training, sponsored presentations from veterinarians and held training sessions. MFWRC continues to strive to create and achieve new goals and events each year; offering something of interest to the retriever enthusiast community of Michigan. Michigan Flyways Retriever Club is a member of the Master National Retriever Club.

08/04/2026

Michigan HRC will be holding their club training day on Saturday, August 8th from 8:00a - 4:00p in areas 6 and 7.

07/20/2026

Hello Members

August hunt Test opens tomorrow, Tuesday July 21st for workers and amateurs. Opens to the public Wednesday!

Pat Swallows needs to know ASAP if you are Interested in a code! Please contact Jennifer Martin, August Hunt Test Chair, if you can work and where you would like to work! Lots of jobs still open!
Thank you!

Jennifer - [email protected]

Pat - [email protected]

07/18/2026

MFRC O/H Qual Winners!!! Congratulations to all 🎉🎉🎉

1st place - #34, Ryan Hendrickson and Tovio

2nd place - #28 Kristen Beattie and Aunt Bee

3rd place - # 7 Thomas Jelsema and Raz

4th place - #23 Kristen Beattie and Falco

RJ - #42 Kristen Beattie and Rous

Jams - #21 David Hailey and Ted, #25 Eric Lingler and Vader, #40 Eric Lingler and Willow

Thank you to our judges, workers, and land owner!

Thank you to everyone!

07/15/2026

Good luck to everyone in the Michigan Flyways Retriever Club Qualifying Stake and Hunt Tests this weekend!

Friday: The Qual will begin with the test dog at 8:00 AM, Dog 27 Starts first series.

Saturday/Sunday: Master 8 am / Senior 9 am / Junior 9 am

Don't forget to join us for our **Saturday Tailgate BBQ**!
**$10 per person** – a great chance to relax, catch up with friends!

Safe travels, good luck to all the handlers and dogs, and we look forward to seeing everyone this weekend!

We have added a tailgate dinner to our hunt test on Saturday July 18th. Dinner will be served @ approximately 5pm at th...
07/13/2026

We have added a tailgate dinner to our hunt test on Saturday July 18th.
Dinner will be served @ approximately 5pm at the Lock Township Hall, headquarters.
BBQ style dinner for $10 per person.
Please join us!

Dale Bailey is happy to help us get the training day for July 11th off the ground! We’ll kick things off with setup at 8...
07/02/2026

Dale Bailey is happy to help us get the training day for July 11th off the ground! We’ll kick things off with setup at 8:00 a.m., and then the training will start at 9:00 a.m. in areas 4 and 5. We’d really appreciate it if everyone who’s coming could lend a hand.

Please let Dale know if you can make it by RSVPing to Dale at [email protected] so he can get everything organized. If you have any questions about the training day, please feel free to ask Dale.

06/26/2026

Hello Membership,
Our July Hunt Test is quickly approaching, only 3 weeks out! Our Master test is full with a handful of dogs on the waitlist. We already have 2 workers whom we are paying it would be nice not to have to pay 2-3 others to work at our test. Reminder, we lost a few thousand dollars at the May test, we barely broke even at the June test, it would be wonderful to make money at this test and or make up for our losses!! Please reach out to ME, Heidi Wszolek, if you are interested in working. [email protected]

06/03/2026

Still Openings for Michigan Flyways weekday Master on 6/17 -6 /18. Come join the fun!!! Entries close Monday, June 8th!

05/16/2026

Good Luck to everyone running the Michigan Flyways Retriever Tests this weekend!!!

Hello! We all must be aware of how fast we are driving on the roads and through the fields with our vehicles and or AT...
05/13/2026

Hello!
We all must be aware of how fast we are driving on the roads and through the fields with our vehicles and or ATVs. For the safety of each other and for our 4 legged friends. Please drive no more than 10 mph throughout the property.
Thank you!
Heidi Wszolek
President

Address

3805 Bell Oak Road
Williamston, MI
48895

Telephone

+12487552688

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