Divas in the snow

And the new obedience club champion is....

Megan Hayes with Detania Rogue Fire Belle ( Border Collie). 

Final scoring this year:
Champion 2012 and winner of the Harry memorial plaque Megan Hayes with Detania Rogue Fire Belle
Reserve champion was John Clarke with Gem (Working Sheepdog)
3. Trish and Daddy (Staffy)
4. Jo and Gus (Munsterlander)
5. Sandra and Skye (BC x Labradoodle)

Today it was a lovely day. We had 3 judges judging at all times and that gave us a good and fair scoring for all participants. All judges worked really hard and with dedication and without them we would not be able to do these lovely club competitions. We are therefore very grateful to Margaret and Roger Reed and Pat Nichols for judging for us this year.

Sandra and Skye did very well in level 2 and was the only person who got a promotion point for the next class (will need another promotion point to move up though). We had a few dogs in level 1 that wanted to stay in level 1 a bit longer and did some lovely rounds and Graham and Oscar (Labrador of about 6 months) did a first round nearly getting a promotion point for the next level, only missing out due to some little mistakes in the stays, but unfortunately that is costing dearly as it will loose all the points in the stays then (we have to be strict, even for cute puppy dogs). We had one dog in level 3 who lost on his stays and he was a bit confused with the red cones for the box and for the sending to the cone exercise, especially as they were all placed very close together, but that is something we can train on and improve. All good fun and inspiring  interesting new training ideas :-)

I can't wait till next year's competition and I hope we will have lots of participants again in 2013 :-)

And the new Agility Club Champion 2012 is .......

Sally with Molly and the runner up is Gillian with Honey. Well done girls!! Sally kindly accepted the invitation to judge our level 1 agility competitions next year :-)

We now have 4 dogs in level 2:

• Sally with Molly
• Gillian with Honey
• Laurel with Paddy
• Sharron with Gracie

Nearly promoted with only needed a clear round in agility are:

Lily with Bailey, Jo with Grace, Alex with Gem, Steve with Sam

The end results after 3 competitions are:

1. Sally with Molly (42 points)
2. Gillian with Honey (40 points)
3. Sharron with Gracie (38 points)
4. Jo with Grace (37 points)
5. Laurel with Paddy (20 points)
6. Steve with Sam (19 points)
7. Mary with Billy (15 points)
8. Lily with Bailey (11 points)
9. Alex with Gem (10 points)
10. Megan with Rogie (3 points)
11. Cassie with Dillon (2 points)
12. Peter with Ben (1 point)

Well done everyone and I already look forward to the club championships of 2013 :-))))

Jo Banks Photography

Jo took pictures at our last obedience competition. Here is a selection:

Result second club obedience competition 2012

Level 1:

1. Jill with Toby - 91% - promotion to level 2
2. Jill with Grace - 86.5%  - promotion to level 2
3. Tina with Lexie - 75%  - promotion to level 2

Level 2:

1. Jo with Gus - 95.5 % (needs another score over 80% to have a promotion to level 3)
2. John with Gem - 93.5%  (needs another score over 80% to have a promotion to level 3)
3. Megan with Rogie - 87 % - promotion to level 3
4. Trish with Daddy - 81% - promotion to level 3
5. Sharron and Gracie - 77% (still needs a 2nd score over 80% to have a promotion to level 3)
6. Lynn with Rosie - 76%
7. Sally with Molly - 66.5%
8. Sandra with Skye - 40%

Some dogs were a bit distracted today for their first time in level 2, where they have to work without food or a reward in the owners hand but a reward may be given at the end of the exercise. But all dogs did try hard but sometimes it just did not work out as well as in class.....not to worry, we still have 28 days to train till the next club obedience competition :-))))

Well done everyone!!! Next time we will have a level 3 competition as well, which will be loads of fun :-)

See you all then!

Hetty

Results second club agility competition

Agility Level 1:

1. Jo with Grace 
2. Laurel with Paddy
3. Megan with Violet
4. Lily with Bailey
5. Steve with Sam
6. Sharron with Gracie
7. Tina with Lexie
8. Alex with Gem
9. Jonathan with Lula
10. Lynn with Rosie
11. Cassie with Dillon
12. Jill with Grace

Agility level 2:

1. Gillian with Honey - clear round
2. Sally with Molly

Jumping level 1

1. Alex with Gem - clear round
2. Sharron with Gracie   - clear round
3. Steve with Sam   - clear round
4. Laurel with Paddy   - clear round
5. Lily with Bailey   - clear round
6. Jo with Grace   - clear round
7. Tina with Lexie
8. Cassie with Dillon
9. Jonathan with Lula
10. Lynn with Rosie
11. Meg with Violet
12. Jill with Grace

Jumping level 2

1. Sally with Molly
2. Gillian with Honey

Gambling both levels

1. Steve with Sam (157 points collected)
2. Sally with Molly (108 points collected)
3. Sharron with Gracie (97 points collected)
4. Gillian with Honey (94 points collected)
5. Lily with Bailey (80 points collected)
6. Cassie with Dillon (66 points collected)
7. Lynn with Rosie (65 points collected)
8. Laurel with Paddy  (65 points collected, slower time)
9. Alex with Gem (61 points collected)
10. Meg with Violet (57 points collected)
11. Tina with Lexie (56 points collected)
12. Jill with Grace (55 points collected)
13. Jo and Grace and Jonathan and Lula both lost all their points as they finished at 1:01

Points gathered for Championship after 2 competitions:

 Sally with Molly 42 points

Gillian with Honey 28 points

Jo with Grace 21 points

Steve with Sam 19 points

Sharron with Gracie 18 points

Lily with Bailey 11 points

Alex with Gem 10 points

Laurel with Paddy 8 points

Peter with Ben 1 point

Cassie with Dillon 1 point

Results first obedience competition

All heelwork courses were made by Pat Nichols. Today's judges were Roger and Margaret Reed.
Class 1 - Judge Margaret Reed

1. Sandra with Skye 98.5% Best in Show (promotion to level 2)
2. Jo with Gus 98.5% Reserve Best in Show(promotion to level 2)
3. Steve with Sam 98%(promotion to level 2)
4. Cassie with Dillon 96.5% (promotion to level 2)
5. Lynn with Rosie 95% (promotion to level 2)
6. Emma with Lulu 86% & (promotion to level 2)
7. Nina with Lily 37%

Class 2- Judge Roger Reed

1. Megan with Rogie 94% 
2. Trish with Daddy 89.5%
3. Jo with Grace 69%
4. Gillian with Honey 65%

All dogs worked really well! Well done everyone for a lovely afternoon and congratulations with all your rosettes and great results.