British Flyball Championships 2012

I could write a small book about this years BFA Championships, but I wont !.

Be assured it was full of drama, tension, despair, delight, (anger lol !).

It was also the Rooky Racers best outings at the Champs.

272 teams 45 Divisions and 3 days of racing in 4 rings… the event is huge !.

Rebounds and Raiders both seeded 4 got 3rd, a great result for both teams.

Racers seeded 2nd produced the sort of drama that movies are made from… talk about doing things the hard way :-)    …. but it was worth it in the end with 5 very close hard fought wins out of 5 !!!…. winners of Division 22 with the fastest time of 19:34.

Well done Jordan with Benji, Val with Harry, Chris with Milly, Nigel with Alfie and of course Diane our glamorous box loader …  

British Flyball Championships 2012

 

The Rooky Racers have all 3 teams entered, and for once I am not going to make predictions … The Champs are just tooooooo difficult to predict !

Link to the weekend racing - http://www.flyball.org.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1799

Link to welcome pack - http://www.flyball.org.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1802

The Rebounds race on Friday, Racers and Raiders on Saturday.

Ring party on Saturday.

Good luck all,

Andy  ( I will be tweeting results over the weekend #@rookyracers)

(oh okay, I am quietly optimistic for 2 of our teams )

September comps… Dog names please :-)

Hello,

Just to let you know I will be sorting out entering the Rooky Racers teams into the last few competitions of the year.

We have two competitions in September:

Barkshire Bandits Limited Open tournament on 8th and 9th September 2012 at Mapledurham House, Reading, Berkshire
And
Mad Mutts Limited Open tournament on 22nd and 23rd September 2012 at Acremead Kennels, Drayton, Abingdon, Oxfordshire,

We have three teams already entered for Mapledurham, just need dogs to fill them !, please let me know if you want to race on that weekend.

IMPORTANT !!!!

I need to know by 8pm on Tuesday 14th August if you want to race at Acremead, I will only enter a team if there are enough dogs to make one up.

One other thing, if you put your name down to compete can you pay me your £5 in advance at one of the Saturday training sessions please.

Many thanks,

Andy

BFA Champs 2012 tops….

… order here …

http://www.itsaboutsport.co.uk/products.asp?cat_code=100&subcat_code=797

Winter Racing…

… in the “old days” you stopped doing Flyball racing through the winter months unless you wanted to travel miles to Kent or South Yorkshire.

Now things are (still not great but) getting much better.

We have the chance to compete in November, January and March… after then the full racing season kicks into gear.

Stick a date in your diary, although we don’t train in December or January we will be wanting to enter a team or two for the following in door comp:

January 5th, 2013

To be held at Bracknell Leisure Centre, Berkshire RG12 9SE over 2 days

Hosted by Dream Team

Need to blow away those Christmas break cobwebs and burn off all the mince pies and alcohol consumed !.

I will be contacting you before entry opens to gauge interest !.

Andy

Acremead points are up…

… no movers or shakers, just a solid points haul from most dogs.

Ruby (Young) and Mist are now over half way to getting their Flyball Dog awards.

Stockbridge points next…. but the next awards should come after the Champs points come in.

Andy

Easipetcare offer for RR Team Members and Starters

 

Easipetcare are offering 10% off all products and services to RR Members and Starters (not just for dogs !)

They are based in Woodley:

106 Crockhamwell Road
Woodley
Reading
RG5 3JY
Next door to Woodley Waitrose!

01189 699 526
reading@easipetcare.com

http://reading.easipetcare.com/

I know two people use them and think they are great …

Andy

Stockbridge, clouds and silver linings…

The Rebounds and Racers went off to Stockbridge.

Chewy, Muttley, Juno, Ozzy, Tosca in the Rebounds

Milly, Harry, Benji, Alfie, Summer in the Racers

Rebounds raced on Saturday and had a torrid time, finally getting a running order that worked in the afternoon.

Won 3, lost 2 and came 3rd overall … so not a bad result considering we were seeded last, we even beat the Dons !

The Dons	243	22.01
Essex Extras	229B	22.24
Shooting Star Rebels	001D	22.82
Fantastic 4 Fire Balls	214C	22.99
Buccaroos	025B	23.51
Rooky Rebounds	202B	23.69

We had problems with the box triggering, but after speaking with Delta Flyball team, who have the same box as us, we have made a few adjustments … should be running sweet as a nut at the champs for low hitting dogs like Tosca and Lacey.

Sunday was much better, Summer, Alfie, Harry and Benji doing the most of the racing, set a great time of 19.26.

Seeded forth in tough division

Kennet Specials	198K	19.64
Lightning Hurricanes	217N	19.70
Up and Running Ricochets	289A	19.83
Rooky Racers	202	19.94
Up and Running	289	20.02
Essex Express	229A	20.13

But came first after winning 5 out of 5 !, great result!… just need to do that at the Champs in two weeks time !

Andy