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Hi, Libby:
We all had a great time at the trial today. Judge Edie Allyn's courses were lovely and flowing and all the Beardies seemed to adjust well to the artificial turf surface. Here are the qualifiers....will write more personal stuff later...its 9:30 pm and I still have Flash to get ready for Sweeps tomorrow!
Joanne Williamson of Cranford NJ (via Greg's work laptop)
Joanne and Rob are a team
Always running so clean
Some weaves over there
With much time to spare
Count on them making a scene!--Elaine Robinson of Grant's Pass, OR
Hi, Libby,
Certainly missed meeting you at the Specialty. Needless to say, we had a wonderful, thrilling time. The icing on the cake was winning the agility relay with our team members:
Barkley and Andrea Hobe
Dickens and Gisele Barrett
Zoot and Sharon Prassa
We had actually gotten our second leg in Exc. A the week before, so it was very special to finish our title at the Specialty by going HIT. Luck was with us as there were many good fast dogs.
Kira also finished her PT the day before agility!! So she is now Shanaspree Rose of Kilravock, NA, AXJ, PT, CGC
Bobbie Raguse of Lebanon, IN
Kira and Bobbie were a team
Not even a flaw to be seen
As the clock ticked away
During this special day
JWW HIT-what a dream--Elaine Robinson of Grant's Pass, OR
Hello everybody,
The Carolinas club did a fantastic job with this year's national specialty. Agility was a blast, needless to say. The surface in the indoor soccer arena was really cool...dogs didn't slip at all (from what I could tell). Our courses, as Joanne mentioned, were really nice and flowing. The judge, Edie, was an absolute hoot, also. And, she came out to herding the previous day, where Zoot did his warmups for agility.
Well, thanks to Mary's and Joanne's posts, you know that we qualified in jumpers. I must say it was a beautiful run. Completing weave poles successfully was my goal so it was icing on the cake to get a big Q and a second place...and miss first by .78 second. My consolation is that my relay team mate took first place and jumpers high in trial!!!
The prizes (for all events...performance and breed) were the same and wonderful. 1st through 4th got a water bucket (with a flat side for hanging in the crate) and a polar fleece lap blanket with the specialty logo embroidered on it...blue for 1st, red for 2nd, and the corresponding colors for 3rd and 4th. People loved them. I'd like to find out where they got the lap blankets and steal the idea for future years. HIT...and all major breed wins were all the same...a gorgeous hand painted big wooden box. Each venue had something appropriate painted on the top...and the painted stuff was very muted. So, yes, all prizes were literally equal. I'm not sure of Best of Breed, since Winners Dog would have already won a box...I may be mistaken...maybe they got something else and Best of Breed got the box.
Thank you, everybody, for your good thoughts and wishes on our HUGE Q. It really means a lot! Our cheering section (Pam Harris, Jana Dozet, Sharon Baker and Sandy Remell) were really motivating.
Sharon Prassa of Sacramento, CA
Hi Libby......we also had a good time at the specialty agility trial. Indy was so wound up from seeing all those Beardies that he couldn't concentrate enough to pass standard but he did settle down a bit by the time jumpers came around and got his first jumpers leg and a 3rd place. I was really happy to Q at the national.
Terry Johnson of Haymarket VA
Joanne and Rob are a team
Always running so clean
Some weaves over there
With much time to spare
Count on them making a scene!
--Elaine Robinson of Grant's Pass, OR
Novice A Std, 20"(9 entered/ 8 shown)
1. Hops (Wynsum Captivating Rhythm),
Janice Leverenz, 95, 49.27/74
Novice A Std, 24"(2 entered / 2 shown)
No qualifiers
Novice B Std, 20" (6 entered / 6 shown)
1. Dickens (Wynsum Braveheart
Of Mine), Carol Carlsen, 100, 52.88/74
2. Shayne (Wynsum Diamonds Are
Forver), Carol Carlsen, 100, 54.13/74
3. Harley (Hyatt's Harley of
Oakengates), Linda Hargis, 100, 64.05/74
Open Std, 20" (11 entered / 9 shown)
1. Sophie (Wildwood Arcadia Heartland),
Sue Jamison, 100, 60.45/64
2. Gatsby (Calleigh's First Edition),
Tony Vallone, 95, 37.00/64
Open Std, 24" (1 entered / 1 shown)
No qualifiers
Excellent A Std, 20" (11 entered /
10 shown)
1. Bailey (Oakengates Irish Cream),
Linda Porter, 100, 58.06/63
Excellent A Std, 24" (1 entered / 1
shown)
No qualifiers
Excellent B Std, 20" (8 entered / 8
shown)
1. Chloe (Blackfriar A Scot On
the Rocks), Jan Vallone, 100, 53.45/63-Double Q
Excellent B Std, 24" (1 entered / 1
shown)
1. Rob (Balgrae's Rob Ruadh), Joanne
Williamson, 100, 51.74/63
Novice Std Preferred, 16" (4 entered
/ 4 shown)
1. Woody (Bantry Bay's Woody
MacDoolin), Jo Ann Morrison, 95, 75.30/79
Open Std Preferred, 16" (1 entered
/ 1 shown)
No qualifiers
High In Trial Std
Rob, Joanne Williamson, ExB Std, 24",
3.68 yards/second
Jumpers with Weaves - 51 Entered/47 Shown
Novice A JWW, 20" (6 entered / 6 shown)
1. Taylor (Nonesuch Totally
Taylor Made), Suzanne Ames, 95, 32.97/41
2. Hops (Wynsum Captivating Rhythm),
Janice Leverenz, 95, 35.03/41
3. Indy (Tweeddale's Dream
Catcher), Terry Johnson, 95, 35.54/41
4. Bridie (Marjac's Quietly Makin' Noise), Maggie Reichman,
90, 51.22/41
Novice A JWW, 24" (2 entered / 1 shown)
No qualifiers
Novice B JWW, 20" (8 entered / 8 shown)
1. Shayne (Wynsum Diamonds Are
Forever), Carol Carlsen, 100, 34.03/41
2. Dickens (Wynsum Braveheart
Of Mine), Carol Carlsen, 100, 34.19/41
3. Sonny (Tivoli's First Son Of
Lucas), Kim Markle, 100, 37.49/41
4. Harley (Hyatt's Harley of
Oakengates), Linda Hargis, 100, 37.67/41
5. Blaze (Shadowfax's Five Alarm
Fire), Karen Drummond, 95, 32.27/41-NAJ
Open JWW, 20" (7 entered / 5 shown)
No qualifiers
Excellent A JWW, 20" (10 entered /
9 shown)
1. Kira (Shanaspree Rose Of Kiravock),
Bobbie Raguse, 100, 30.00/43 - AXJ
2. Zoot (Britannia Zoots Me Fine),
Sharon Prassa, 100, 30.78/43
3. Bailey (Oakengates Irish Cream),
Linda Porter, 100, 35.34/43
4. Lacey (Wynsum Alluring Dreamweaver),
Carol Carlsen, 100, 43.29/43
Excellent A JWW, 24" (2 entered / 2
shown)
No qualifiers
Excellent B JWW, 20" (11 entered /
11 shown)
1. Barkley (Arcadia-Wilwood
MR Blue), Andrea Hobe, 100, 32.20/43
2. Jax (Wigglesworth Out On A Limb),
Jeff Ipser, 100, 35.67/43
3. Mickie (Oakengates Quite Contrary),
Rosemary Schroeder, 100, 38.94/43
4. Ivy Sue (Fox Lane's Zany Treasure),
Carol Carlsen, 100, 41.59/43
5. Ivy (Black Friar Ivy Roon), Polley
Ann McClure, 100, 42.42/43
6. Chloe (Blackfriar A Scot On
The Rocks), Jan Vallone, 100, 42.50/43-Double Q
Excellent B JWW, 24" (1 entered / 1
shown)
No qualifiers
Novice JWW Preferred, 16" (3 entered/
3 shown)
No qualifiers
Open JWW Preferred, 16" (1 entered
/ 1 shown)
No qualifiers
High In Trial JWW
Kira, Bobby Raguse, ExA JWW, 20",
5.40 yards/sec
For those of you who are history buffs, you can find accounts of all eight trials along with scores and pictures at:
Last updated 8 June 2004
BCCA Agility Awards - 2003
BCCA Agility Awards - 2002
BCCA Agility Awards - 2001
BCCA Agility Awards - 2000
BCCA Agility Awards - 1999
BCCA Agility Awards - 1998
BCCA Agility Awards - 1997
BCCA Agility Awards - 1996
