Formation History
The Central Carolina Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Club
The Central Carolina Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Club was founded on January 28, 1996. A group of ten Cavalier owners and fanciers met to form a local specialty club to promote interest in the breed. Club officers were chosen and Membership, Constitution and Bylaws, Education, and Match committees were formed at this meeting. The American Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Club recognized the CCCKCSC in February, 1996, as a regional club affiliate.
The Founding members of the club were: Bill Nelson, who served as president from 1996 until July of 2008, Darlene Petralia, Joyce Board, who served as Sec/treasurer until 2004, Jane Theader, who served on the BOD from 1996 to 1999, Anne Theader, who served on the BOD from 1996 to 1999, Lynn Lake, who has served on the BOD from 1996 to the present, and Tara Palmer.
Since the beginning, the club has grown in membership and has increased the number of activities it regularly conducts. The club has progressed from holding annual fun matches to major specialty shows. The club holds member meeting six times per year to conduct club business, and starting in November of 1996, present programs of interest and educational value. Program topics have included grooming the Cavalier, the Cavalier breed standard, Cavalier health concerns, Heart and eye clinics, responsible dog ownership, Cavalier rescue, nutrition for Cavaliers, Judging and Showing. We have also offered handling and obedience classes, and performed Canine Good Citizen testing.
Other activities include raising funds for the Club, ACKCSC (our national parent club), the ACKCSC Charitable Trust and the Charitable Rescue Trust. We have supported entries at other regional clubs matches and shows and at local all breed shows.
The club year runs from June 1 through May 31. Club meetings are held July, September, November, January, March and May. Starting in 2003, the January meeting has been the awards banquet to recognize individual members’ service to the club and to recognize members who earned
Dates of Interest
December of 1996 1st BOD meeting held and the first newsletter was mailed out.
Nov 1999, AKC accepts the Club’s Constitution and bylaw’s
January of 2002 the Clubs first website went online. www.carolinacavaliers.com
July 2004 newsletter was published on website.
2005 Sanctioned by the AKC.
2006 Licensed to give point shows by the AKC.
September 2007 the Club held its first sanctioned specialty, in conjunction with the Durham Kennel Club, All Breed Show at the NC state Fairgrounds in
In 2008, the specialty moved to a stand alone venue in
Match and Show History
May 26, 1996 1st fun match - Janet Bates, judge
1997 – 2nd annual fun match – Lamont Yoder, judge
1998 – 3rd annual fun match – Chuck Minter, judge
1999 – 4th annual fun match – Connie Howard, judge
2000 – 5th annual fun match – Howard Yost, judge
2001 – 6th annual fun match – David Raper, judge
2002 – 7th annual fun match – Janet Dalton, judge
2003 – 8th annual fun match – Darlene Petralia, judge
2004 – 9th annual fun match – Lu Dunham, judge
2005 – 10th annual fun match – Anne Theader, judge
2006 – 1st A Match, January – Cindy Huggins, judge
2006 – 2nd A Match, August- Tina Sterling, judge
2006 - Licensed to give point shows by the AKC
2007 – 1st AKC sanctioned regional Specialty and Sweepstakes, in conjunction with the Durham Kennel Club, at the NC state Fairgrounds in
2008 – 2nd Specialty and Sweepstakes, 1st stand alone, held at the Polo Fields in
2009 – 3rd Specialty and Sweepstakes, held at the Harness Track in
2010 – 4th Specialty and Sweepstakes, to be held in
