Bob & Lush bumper purple prize pack :-)

Wow, I have to admit, im pretty happy with this awsome looking prize pack donated to the team by the lovely people at Bob & Lush http://www.bobandlush.com/treats.html :

And to top it off I have added a tube of balls, and ball thrower, from Pedigree.

The treats consist of:

Crunchy Tripe Chews, 85g packs, Treat your dog to some quality home time with these crunchy tripe chews. Dried till crispy, they are full of healthy nutrients and cleanse your dog’s teeth and gums.

Ox liver, 50g packs, These small pieces of liver are fantastic for training or just as yummy treats.


Duck Breast, 50g packs, Caution these duck breasts are seriously tasty! Easy to feed while on a walk, these bite size pieces of chewable duck breasts make for a meaty and tasty natural treat.

The treats have a value of £40(!).

To win these you don't need to do any Twitter, or Facebook, stuff (but if you follow Bob & Lush on Facebook they occasionally do free prize draws for food / treats), all you need to do is reply to the email that I am sending out later tonight... if you don't get the email tell me asap !!.

The treats will be divided up into 4 prize packs, so you have a good chance of winning ! :-)

1st = 5 balls, ball thrower, x2 tripe chews, x1 ox liver, x1 duck breast
2nd = 1 ball, x1 tripe chew, x1 ox liver, x1 duck breast
3rd = x1 tripe chew, x1 ox liver
4th = x1 tripe chew

Good luck!... any questions let me know !

Andy (andy@rookyracers.co.uk)

Filming for the BBC

For those of you not on Facebook I have stolen the text below from Chris and the pictures from Sassy the search & rescue dog :-)
Andy

BBC filming Flyball today for the Wonder of Dogs - I would like to thank everyone in my team, the Rooky Racers, and David Flood and his Fenland Firestorm team for the great job you all did on the set today. All the dogs ran fantastically well and showed off Flyball as a great and fun sport for all types of dogs. The producers and film crew thanked me profusely at the end for such a great display of our dogs. They will feature in quite a few aspects of the programme, not only about Flyball, but also how dogs are built to run. I know all of the dogs went above and beyond what is normally called for, and it shows that no other sport can produce such athletes that can last all day long than Flyball dogs. Every dog that took part deserves a well earned rest and lots of love and hugs. Gary's new demo jumps featured well also.

Special thanks to the 2 box loaders who worked even harder as they were feeding balls into the boxes all day long with very little break. xx

The presenters Kate Humble and Steve Leonard were lovely people and were genuinely amazed at how the dogs ran. Kate's own dogs had a wee go at Flyball also

The programme will air on BBC2 either in mid-August or in September (lets hope not during the Champs!)

We will see what makes the programme and what makes the cutting room floor, but I am sure Flyball will be better known as a result.

Thanks again to the great people and dogs that took part today. Be proud.

Last comps. before the British Championships

One post covering the next two competitions.  (If you did not get this via email please let me know, Thanks).

1^st  competition is at Mapledurham, July 13^th & 14^th details on the blog http://rookyracers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/mapledurham-competition-july-13th-14th.html  (as I am too lazy to type this again !) if you can make it but have not told Chris please let him know.  If you want to go and camp over (even if you are not racing) you are more than welcome to stay over and try the fun stuff that is also going on.

 2^nd competition, August 3^rd & 4^th at Fairview Farm, Stockbridge, Hampshire SO20 6EN

Camping is available if you want it.

As this is the last competition before the British Championships, I would like to get the dogs that are going to the British Championships into their teams at Fairview Farm and race race race !, it is the perfect venue to practice cross overs, starts and working out what combination of dogs works best.  If you are at the British Champs, and you can make this, that would be great.

 I am also happy for new dogs to cut their teeth here (if training is going well and you want to see what happens).

Can you let me know by this week Wednesday morning if you can make Fairview farm please.

There are a few more competitions left this year, details to follow... but with a bit more warning next time!

Many thanks,

Andy

How cool are our new jumps?! :-)

I have no idea how this happened...

... not that I am complaining lol... thanks Pets At Home for mentioning us in your latest magazine :-)

Andy (Via Facebook and Suzie)

Hectic June 22nd & 23rd

1) 22/06 = No training

2) 22/06 = Starters comp at Basingstoke Saturday 22nd, Chris will be asking new dogs this weekend if they want to compete at Basingstoke (we have 3 spaces left in the starter team).

3) 23/06 = BBC Filming Rooky Racers dogs doing Flyball for a new programme about Dogs; this will also feature in the opening titles (the dogs not the handlers !).  This is with Chris.

Or

4) 23/06 = Racing at Basingstoke, open to all BFA dogs, the more the better as there will be gaps in teams, so a great chance to race if you are new, or worried about dogs running out etc. as there will be no pressure to win.  This is with Andy.

Let Chris know asap if you want to do the BBC filming OR Basingstoke.

If you want more details about any of the above ask Chris (and yes there is Camping at Basingstoke if you want it on Friday and or Saturday night).

Thanks,

Andy

Movers and Shakers update for May :-)

May movers !

Well, it has been a long time coming but a big congratulations to Chris and Princess Milly on gaining their Silver award in Mapledurham in May, 10,115 points !.

Radley gains his Flyball Dog Intermediate with 1,150 points after Mapledurham (great haul of points for Radley at Mapledurham... 325 from that one competition !).

Future shakers!.

Keep an eye on Harry who has 4,695 points and eyes set firmly on his Flyball Dog Advanced award.

Bruiser "HERE, HERE, here, DOWN" is only 200 points away from Flyball Dog Graduate.

Darcy could also make Flyball Dog Graduate with a good days racing.

Nice going eveyone, keep it up :-)

Andy