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Membership
Membership Information
For information about joining the Flatcoated Retriever Society, please contact Brian Broadbent, the Membership Secretary, on 01702 545348 or email him via the link on the Contacts Page.
The Application Form together with the Code of Ethics can be downloaded from this website using the buttons below (or despatched to you via email or by post).
A necessary procedure in joining is the requirement for new applicants to be proposed and seconded by two existing paid up members (and entered and signed on the form). The easiest way to obtain sponsors is to ask your breeder as most are members. Partners can both sign if they have joint membership. Please contact the Membership Secretary if you have any difficulty with this.
For the initial subscription payment, a cheque should accompany your application please. The preferred method of payment in future years is by Standing Order payable annually on 1st January (in line with 80% of the membership).
Payments made by bank transfer are also acceptable and our bank details are as follows:- Sort Code 20-20-65 Account No 20040592 (Flatcoated Retriever Subscription Account). "
A Standing Order Mandate can be downloaded by clicking the button below.
For overseas applicants, payments by IBAN bank transfer system are acceptable (please contact the Membership Secretary for details).
Payment may also be by PayPal - use email: [email protected] (please be aware of the double 's'). Use 'Gift' option if available and quote your name and subs as the reference".
United Kingdom
Single Member: £20.00
Joint Member: £25.00
Single Senior Citizens: £13.00 (over 60 years)
Joint Senior Citizens: £18.00 (one partner over 60 years)
Juniors (up to the age of 18): FREE (If, at the age of 18, a Junior Member wishes to become a Full Member with voting rights, he/she will pay the single membership as above)
Gamekeepers:There are reduced rates for bona fide gamekeepers - set the same as for Senior Citizens.
Europe
Single Members: £25.00
Joint Members: £30.00
Single Senior Citizen: £20.00 (over 60 years)
Joint Senior Citizens: £25.00 (one partner over 60 years)
Outside Europe
Single Members: £25.00
Joint Members: £32.00
Single Senior Citizens: £20.00 (over 60 years)
Joint Senior Citizens: £25.00 (one partner over 60 years)
Each County or region has a Member specially appointed to look after the well-being of Flatcoats and their owners in that area. These Area Representatives are very approachable and usually a great help with any assistance needed and providing general advice, information on events, shows, activities, training etc., going on locally.
Visit the Area Representatives page for further information >>
Upon acceptance new members will receive annually the 200 page Yearbook which has a mass of information, details of events, training, health news, results of hip and eye tests, results of the past year's activities and successful dogs with many photographs together with a list of all our members.
A Newsletter is also published each year, which contains news and members articles as well as the Society Breed Open show and working results. A Society Calendar is also produced yearly with all profit from the sales being donated to chosen charities. The society also has an active Facebook page:
Upcoming Events
Society Trophies
The below trophies are awarded for a variety of disciplines, awarded to Society members who have earned the most points gained from Kennel Club Approved Events.
For details on how points are gained and how to apply for these trophies, select this link: Points System 2022
Trophies are awarded annually at the Society's AGM.


Drum Goblet
Awarded to the top winning Junior Flatcoat in the Show Ring in the Year owned by a member of the Flatcoated Retriever Society




Becky Trophy
Awarded to the top Flatcoated Retriever in the Show Ring in the Year owned by a member of the Flatcoated Retriever Society


O'Neill Pewcroft Trophy
Points as for the Riverside Cup, plus Championship Show Points (where CCs are offered for the Breed)
Hallbent Trophy
Awarded to the Top Flatcoated Retriever Puppy in the show ring each year owned by a member of the Flatcoated Retriever Society