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
Hello,
As you may (or may not) know I do try and support my local independent pet shop – Pet Fayre in Lower Early (http://www.petfayre-reading.co.uk/).
From today you can now email me at andy@rookyracers.co.uk and ask for the best price on any pet product (for any animal type).
I will come back to you with a price, if you like the price let me know, I will bring the product to training and you can pay me with a cheque (preferred) or cash.
Simple as that !…
The team make no money out of this… but you do get the warm fuzzy feeling inside knowing you are supporting a hard working sole trader.
Examples of prices so far:
Skinners Duck & Rice £23 (15Kg)
Skinners Salmon & Rice £27 (15Kg)
Nature Diet 81p a packet or £13.77 for a tray of 18 packets.
Pet Fayre can quote for anything … give it a go (although my wife tells me horse products are not as cheap as Eileen Douglas !).
Andy
Want to get your company or product logo seen at Flyball competitions but cannot afford to sponsor a team?… then how about sponsoring a single dog?.
Sponsorship would appear on the dog handlers competition top, and you will get regular updates on how your dog and the team they compete with are doing.
The Rooky Racers compete at competitions all around the south of England and also at the British Championships, and without a main sponsor yours would be the only logo on the handlers top.
What do you need to do?.
Contact andy@rookyracers.co.uk Andy will work with you and our embroiders (http://www.topembroidery.co.uk/) to get your logo incorporated onto a competition top along with the teams logo.
Our main competition top design is the Finden+Hales LV325 in Red and Black, but you can choose other designs provided they are all Red, all Black or a combination of Red & Black. (You could possibly have other colours, for example White, but if the colours clash with another teams colours then we ask you to stick with Red & Black).
You will be sent the final invoice for an embroidered top, the Rooky Racers will not add on any extra costs, what you see is what you pay.
That is it, sit back and let your sponsored dog and handler do all the hard work of waking up early and competing at Flyball :-)
Of course if you want to offer anything extra to the dog, handler or even the rest of the Flyball team that is not a problem.
The top will be worn for at least a year (after then the wonderful weather in this country will start to fade and wear the top out, you then have the option to provide a new top or not).
What dogs can you sponsor?.
As a team we have many dogs, and we are certain we can accommodate any request !.
Examples: We have dogs who compete at a high level at obedience competitions, old dogs, young dogs, nervous dogs, pedigree dogs, scruffy dogs, rescue dogs, 5 dogs from the same canine family tree, dogs attempting to qualify for Flyball at Crufts next year, dogs with young handlers, slow dogs, fast dogs, hairy dogs… you get the idea.
Our team are mainly based in Bracknell and Wokingham but do travel from Lower Early, Winnersh, Yately, Sandhurst and Windsor to train / compete, so we may be of interest to a local company.
If you don't want to sponsor a dog, but do want to offer products or services to our team please let andy@rookyracers.co.uk know.
(Fingers crossed Thundershirt read this post, my Chewy could do with showing off their product at competitions !).
Obviously the quicker you get in touch the better the choice of dogs… especially if you want to take a punt on a potential Crufts dog!.
Thanks,
Andy
