BFA Champs 2013

The British Flyball Championships are being held this year at a new venue – Catton Hall, in Derbyshire on Friday 16th Aug to Sunday 18 th Aug. . It certainly looks to be a very beautiful spot to do some Flyball :- ) http://www.catton-hall.com/

The British Championships have a fantastic atmosphere and is a great opportunity to see the top Flyball dogs in the country do their best, as well as have some fun racing ourselves. There are many trade stands usually and food stalls on site.

The club always likes to put as many of our members forward to enter as possible, as so we always offer free entry to this fabulous competition – for members who are BFA registered and who have a dog that does a complete run. There are upwards of 2000 dogs that will be there over the 3 days. As the order for racing is done in strict seed time order, the Rebounds and Rascals are likely to be racing on the Friday, with the Racers and Raiders on the Saturday – though this is not guaranteed at this stage. As the venue is about 130 miles from Bracknell (2 1/2hr drive time) we usually recommend you travel the night before and camp at the venue. Val and I will be there from Thursday through till Sunday in our caravan.

At this stage, and as soon as possible, and certainly by close of play on Friday 21 st June, please can you let me know if you will be attending this Championship and if so, will you will be needing a camping spot or not . Then we will put the teams together and place our entry forward. Please can everyone let me know one way or the other if you will be attending so that I can keep track of things. The club will pay for the entry, but not for your camping.

(You can still come and camp / help out even if you are not racing).

Chris

See below for the notice from the BFA -

The British Flyball Championships will be held this year from Friday 16th to Sunday 18th August at Catton Hall in Derbyshire. The tournament will be limited to 270 teams, with entry being applied on a first-come first-served basis after the schedule is released at 9pm on Tuesday 2nd July. Entry is set at £35 per sub-team entered. Camping will be available from 4pm on the Thursday through to 10:30am on the Monday at a flat rate of £20. All camping must be pre-booked prior to the closing date of 16th July and camping passes will be issued a couple of weeks prior to the tournament. Anybody arriving without possession of a camping pass will be turned away. As is the normal practice, divisions will run in reverse order over the weekend, starting with division 45 on Friday, culminating in division 1 last thing on Sunday. There will be facilities on site including toilets, showers, skips & a bar and there will be evening entertainment on Friday & Saturday nights. The Championships are again kindly sponsored by CSJ Specialist Canine Feeds. Finally, it has been decided that all declared times must be received in writing by 26th July 2013. The seed list will also be taken on 26th July 2013