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Best Irish Terrier
in Agility |
Irish Terrier, Tollo (aka Marshcourt
Sparrowhawk) has reached the dizzy heights of Grade 6, running as a Large dog. He had
two Agility wins and one Jumping win at Grade 5, so he has moved up. It wasn't easy but
it is a dream come true. Is this achievement a first for an Irish Terrier?
Hilary Stewart
I’m sorry to disappoint Tollo and his
handler but unfortunately, he’s not the first Irish Terrier to reach Grade 6. Vet Kath
Darroch, who used to train with us, achieved this accolade and had considerable further
success with her Irish Terrier girl Dill many moons ago.
Mavis Sherwin |
Most Champions Tickets Won
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Ag.Ch. Piquant Painted Sunshine (aka
Chelsea) won 16 Championship Tickets. Was this a record? Dawn Weaver |
Fastest Rise
from G1 to G7 |
Dennis Hilton and his rescue dog Chief
went from his first show in Grade 1 to Grade 7 in just 23 weeks and 5
days. Quite an achievement and also very rewarding for the K9 Agility North Yorkshire
trainers Kathy, Steve and Ron.
Ron Rawlinson |
Two Size Trophy
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Sheltie Ziga (Obay Tiz Magic) achieved two places on the
same day at a Kennel Club Open Agility show in two different height categories after
having been re-measured from Small to Medium. Elizabeth Saggers |
Pat on the Back Award
Highlands & Islands
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I am making a brag on behalf of a friend as I know she is
too modest to do it herself. Her name is Julia Lecrivain from Jersey. She runs a Bearded
Collie named Misty.
At the end of August, she came over to the the UK Mainland
for the first time to compete a two KC shows - Dog Vegas 4-day and the Letchworth 3-day.
She ran in 12 classes at Dog Vegas, gaining 10 places including two Agility wins, and two
clear rounds. She also qualified for the First Contact final where she picked up her only
elimination as her dog had never seen a Wishing Well and did not quite know what do with
it! The following weekend at Letchworth she did a further 12 runs, gaining a further
three places and six clear rounds. All this has sent her back to Jersey as a Grade 2
handler with a massive 178 warrant points.
I also think Agility Folk deserve some praise, too.
Although Julia was alone at the shows, she was delighted with the support and praise she
received from her fellow competitors. Doreen Sizeland |
Most Agility Dogs Judged
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I filled out my record book and discovered that I have
judged over 5000 dogs since 2002! Penny Cockerill |
The
Highest Placed First Time Competitor Rosette
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I would like to nominate my husband Martin Conibere for
this award. He had to come to rescue me from the UKA Tamasjie show as I had broken my leg
whilst unpacking the caravan - not my wisest move - and was persuaded to run my dog
Dooley in the Novice Steeplechase on Saturday. As he had never been near an agility
course in his life, my friend Alexis gave him a crash course in how to walk a course, how
to run a course and what to do with his arms. And then he was away. Not only did he
manage to get a clear round, he also finished 4th. He was well and truly bitten by the
agility bug that weekend and continued to run Dooley in the Steeplechase for the rest of
the show. By Monday, he was feeling confident enough to have a go at everything with a
little help from my friend Bobbi - Jumping, Gamblers and Steeplechase. He finished off
his weekend by running the Beginners Agility and finishing 3rd. To top it off, yes we did
get it on video. This is his first
ever run and this is his agility
run . Bless them. They made me so proud. Pat Conibere |
Dog with Least Clear Rounds Rosette
Clipart: BC Buddies |
My rescue dog Bryn has never had a clear round. He always had one or
nearly all the jumps down. He just did not understand that the idea was to leave them
up, not that I have dared run him that many times. It always hurts to see 'You have no
results for this dog' on the UKA website. The only rosettes he has ever got have been for
Good Citizens. Peggy Sidewater |
Most Consistently Placed Dog Bowl
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Chris Stamp competed with his chocolate St. Poodle Barnaby for about seven
years and says they never left a show without a placed rosette. Chris Stamp |
Littermates with the Smallest Margin
Between their Course Times Flag Pins
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Mike Douglas’ Lulu and Jill Spur's Dali are litter sisters. Both ran the same Graded 3-5
Jumping at Nottingham, and recorded times that were just 0.175sec apart! Mike
Douglas & Jill Spur |
The Red Red Red Rosette Group Award
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Tarny's Tossers managed a staggering 36 wins and numerous other places at the Hare N
Hounds Agility Festival. Jacqui Tarn |
More 'Es' Than You Can Shake a Stick
At! Award
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- Under the most eliminations - or
Illuminations as they are known in our household - I have had about 570 this year
between my three dogs! And that isn't counting multiple illuminations in one run.
Jo Wormald
- At Tonbridge Wells show this year (May
2009) I had three eliminations before 08.50am and was in the car on the way home by
08.55. Does not beat four eliminations, but beats the time.
Anne Arbon
- Can anyone beat four eliminations before 10.00am! Jane Tatam
- I can't beat by 10am but I can beat four.
I had five by lunchtime on more than one occasion.
Leona Kadir
- Okay, I admit it - 43! But - he, I (and
the judges) enjoyed every one of them and each elimination had its good points. This
was with my mad Springer Spaniel, Disney, in his first year - mainly in Allsorts, then
Starters. At the end of the year he finally got ten faults, then five faults in the
last two classes - light at the end of the tunnel! He treated every course like a
Gamblers. It was a shock to me having such a fast dog after being used to 'normal'
Springers. Luckily, at the beginning of his second year, he started picking up clears
and places but he is still 'good entertainment value.' Would not change him for the
world but wish I was a better handler. Sue Taylor
- My old collie Chaz - whom I have just had
to drop down to Anysize classes due to arthristis in his spine - ten in December. He
was entered into his first show at 18 months old and he as only ever had 1 clear round
at full height (in the year 2000) and probably only a handful of times on the
scoreboard with faults. Every other time has been an E. Surprisingly now he has dropped
down he has done 2 out of 3 clear rounds for me.
Kirsty Luttman
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The Most Special Special
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1. My springer Flossy got a special at Scunthorpe last year for having the
flappiest ears - and lots of enthusiasm. My cocker Wisp got one at Weardale this year for
being able to wag his tail frenziedly and jump at the same time. Jo Wormald
2.
My rescued collie Luka and I are the proud owners of a Special for finding
the most way to get eliminated in one run. Out of 20 obstacles, we managed three and that
is not including the fault in-between. Liz Lyddon |
1st Dog Club to Qualify Teams in All Three Sizes at Crufts |
Derbyshire Dog Agility Club have successfully
qualified a team in each of the three categories e.g. Small, Medium & Large. What a
fantastic achievement. Well done everyone involved. Pat Wallis |
1st Individual Gold at the FCI World Champs for the GB |
Natasha Wise and Dizzy won the first ever
Individual Gold at the 2009 FCI Agility World Championships at Dornbirn, Austria. She was
4.4 seconds faster than the Silver Medalist. |
Fastest G3 Win
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Roger Teasdale accomplished the awesome
achievement of winning his first ever run with Petnat by Jingo - a Grade 3 class at Wigan
2009. |
Fastest
Bronze Warrant
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From his first ever run at the KC Festival to
the weekend 5-6 September 2009, Eleanor Balchin’s fabulous Sheltie Smokey (Sheldray Smoke
on the Water) had gained sufficient points - 200 with minimum of 50 points in agility -
for his Bronze Agility Warrant.
Ian Balchin |
Most GB Team Members from a Single
Club
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Beacon ADTC is sending three members of the GB
team to the 2009 FCI World Championships in Austria. They have a dog in each of the
categories - Small, Medium and Large - in both Team and Individual events. Kate
Howard
- Large: Jackie Gardner with
Borderstorm Tom Boy (Border Collie)
- Medium: Alan Gardner with
Touchango Again Girl (Border Collie)
- Small: Nicola Garrett with
Ag.Ch. Obay Truly Driven (Shetland Sheepdog)
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Fastest Progression from G6 to G7
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Lee Gibson's Scott (Taddymoor Scott) went Grade
7 at Dog Vegas. On Friday he won two Grade 6 Agility
classes and one G6 Jumping. By 11am on Saturday morning, he had won another G6 Agility
class. He then went on to win another Agility and two more Jumping classes - a grand
total of seven wins in a weekend! He managed to get all of the runs on
video, too. Gina Graham |
Most Faultless Rounds at a Six Day
Show
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Margaret Goulden had 18 clears out of 19 runs at Dashin' Dogs with her dog Shani - and only 1 pole down in six days. Margaret Goulden |
The Most Faults to Win a Class Award
Clipart: BC Buddies |
- John Williams won a Jumping G3-5 class
with Manchester Terrier Skye (Eaglespur Rose Bay). It was
at the Easter Agility Show at
Shuttleworth - yes, the snowy one. They won with 21 faults 9 i.e. 1 x refusal and 16
time faults - all of which proves, don't stop running even if you've had a pole down!
John Williams
- ! can challenge the Most
Faults to Win a Class” category from a team run I had in Ireland quite a few years back. I had taken four dogs
with me so I found three unsuspecting handlers from the other Irish competitors and we
had ourselves a team. It was a pretty challenging course and we won because we only had
3 out of 4 dogs eliminated. All the other teams had all four dogs eliminated! Kate Cook
- Last year I won a
Champion Maxi Agility at UKA with 32.89 faults. I thought I had been eliminated
because we had so many attempts at the weaves, but we had actually only got five faults
for popping out before the end. All the rest were time faults as I sauntered
round praising my dog on her contacts and chatting with the judge. As it happens
I was the only person not be eliminated.
Sally Jones
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Largest Class at a UK Agility Show |
Just working out my Supa Dogs running
orders and one of the Novice Jumpings has a total of 1036 dogs entered. Is this the
biggest class yet? I remember classes of 900 and something but don't remember seeing
over a thousand dogs entered before. Lorna Goodban |
Best Agility Litter Ever
Spec & Puppies 2006 |
I would like to nominate a litter bred by
Chris Bolton in 1988.
- Sire: Mary Ray's - Mr Chips
- Dam: Jeff Bolton's - Midnight Moonlight
(Penny)
All dogs in the litter bar one made Advanced. Four of the litter were
at Olympia at the same time, specifically Robbie, Boxer, Carrie, Chad, plus their full
brothers Freddie and Chip from the previous mating.
There were four reds, one tri and one B/W. A very special litter! |