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Some Ruff
Competition’s SharkFEBst 2008 |
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February
6, 2008 Volume 2008, Number 1 |
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In This Issue · Open Class · Toonie Books · Crating · Location · Dining · Dog Exercise
Areas · Judges · Fred Theiss
Photography · Junior Handlers · Raffle &
Vendors · Accommodations · Emergency
Services · Format · Time Sheets · Schedule
– coming soon · Ties · Note about
Veterans · Bakers etc. SharkFEBst 2008 Vendors. . . click
on their name to be directed to their websites Two Friends Bait Shoppe Reflections in Wood & Pine Jem’s Pet Signs Contact Us venhambeardedcollies@rogers.com someruffcomp.com |
Welcome
The 11th
Annual SharkFEBst Almost Valentine’s Day Tournament happens
in just a few days! We invite you to enjoy the festivities. Lots of racing, lots of vendors, lots
of great food available at our “Sharks and Hearts Cafe”, lots of
music provided by DJ Dave Burton (he takes requests!) and if the Weather
Network is on the mark, a little bit of snow! Heck, it just wouldn’t be a
SharkFEBst without it now would it? NEW this year is the addition of the NAFA Open Class. We have 16 Open teams entered and
while we understand that some of those handlers may be running on other
teams, we ask that you make every effort to have a ‘spare
handler’ available for your dog to help keep us all racing on
schedule. You may want to read
Chris Van Wert’s article on “Tips, Tricks to Succeed in the Open Class” Remember to find a box-loader! There are still spots available for dogs on some of the Open teams
entered …email Emily if you have an athlete in
waiting. The NAFA Open rule provides dogs can be listed in one additional
class but there is No double listing between Open and Veterans! Back by popular demand, we will set up a table for the “Toonie” Book
Exchange”. Bring
out your gently used paperbacks, hard covers or books on tape. Funds generated from the books will be
donated to the Pet Trust Fund at
the And now to the usual facts: Crating Setup – PLEASE NOTE: NO Crating Earlier
than 7:00 p.m. Friday February 8th, 2008. If by some chance you do happen to show
up earlier we’re going to put you to work taping down the mats! Crating spaces will be assigned and
there will be enough for all 73 teams inside the building. Upon arrival check for your Club Name
inside the duct taped squares on the floor! Areas are marked off to protect the 3
foot aisle ways. For those of
you who like to crate outdoors the weekend weather report can be found at: Enviroment Canada. Please
no indoor ex-pens unless they are housing multiple dogs. Tournament Location: Please remember
that the arena is a non-smoking facility, so be considerate of the cleanup
crew and put your cigarette butts in the containers provided outside. Richmond Green does not
permit alcoholic beverages on site.
Close by: There is a Tim Hortons at the Esso
station less than 5 minutes away at the corner of Elgin Mills and On-site Dining: The “Sharks and Hearts Cafe”
will be open and providing scrumptious meals throughout the day including their
renowned breakfast sandwich. Mom
has been busy chopping and dicing all the ingredients for her ‘secret
recipe’ so it’ll be just right for all you hungry handlers. Dog Exercise Area: There will be a designated “poop zone” to the east of the main entrance
to the building. Please confine
your athlete’s calls to nature to this area as we would like to
preserve the beauty of the snow. Baggies will be available if you don’t
have your own and there will be trash cans conveniently located. There is a leash law in effect in Judges: Our
Judges are Mr. Brian Kauk (supervising), Ms. Stephanie Doerr (supervising),
Mr. Glenn Hamilton and Mr. Toby Emo.
We invite
the Boxloaders to once again take a seat in the box judge’s
chair immediately following their race and judge the next one. Volunteers for Line judging are
greatly appreciated and will be offered a nice warm seat. At the end
of the SharkFEBst, we have some snazzy awards to show our appreciation for
one Box judge and one Line judge who have done their time! Fred Theiss Photography: Fred
Theiss will be available to capture the action at the 2008 SharkFEBst. Fred’s photos from past events
both Flyball and Agility, can be viewed at
http://www.pbase.com/yozee Junior Handlers: The 2008 version of the Junior Handler pins are
available for presentation at the SharkFEBst, please let us know if you have
a Junior who is eligible. Raffle and Vendors: The
always interesting SharkFEBst Raffle will be drawn on Sunday afternoon. Time to stock up on treats,
charms, coats, collars, and more!
This year we are pleased to welcome back Crash Test Toys, Two Friends
Bait Shoppe, Jem’s Pet Signs and Lisa Starr of Paws-itively Raw Charms
etc. and Dogsport. Joining us
for the first time are Pawsazz, Doggie Duffle and Pawsitive Spirit Canine
Massage. Debra will be set up in
one of the locker rooms and is available to do warm up and cool down massages
for your dogs after 10:00 on Saturday. We also have
special raffle items donated by Deb & Pete from Reflections in Pine &
Oak and Chiropractic Assessment and Adjustment Gift Certificates! Accommodations:
The
hotel of choice, the Comfort Inn in Emergency Services: Veterinary Services: Veterinary
Emergency Clinic of Hospital:
(We thought that we had better include this for our Human
participants) Please note:
NAFA Rules of Racing 6.A Reporting for Racing “If a team is more
than 3 minutes late from the conclusion of the designated warm-up period, the
Head Judge will declare a forfeit of that race unless an excused ring
conflict exists. Any ring
conflicts must be reported to the Head Judge or the Head Table prior to the
race in question.” To keep
things on track we will be moving to 1 minute warm-ups after a given period
of time. We’ll the race
number on Saturday and Sunday morning. Format: Teams
have been divided into Divisions based on seed times provided by you. These
divisions have been approved by the Region 2 NAFA Regional Director. Our seeding chart can be found at www.someruffcomp.com NAFA Time Sheets: If
you haven’t already done so please send Emily your line-ups no later
than 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday the 6th and she will gladly prepare
your time sheets. The completed
version for each team will be available at the table near the crating area
between Ring 1 and Ring 2. Please
ensure that all information is complete and correct and valid CRN’s are
listed. Sheets must be handed in
prior to the start of your division’s racing. Time sheets will not be altered after
the start of competition.
Scheduling and Warm-up Times:
Our racing is based on approximately 16 races
per hour (that’s right, it’s the one schedule two ring formats). It is each team's responsibility to be
ready and waiting in the holding area one race prior to their race so that
racing can stay on schedule.
We are waiting for approval on our
schedule and will forward it to you ASAP. We apologize to those clubs with
multiple entries at the SharkFEBst in the event that you find that your teams
are racing in close proximity to each other.
Please check the Race Counters located near the raffle
table for the current race.
Listen closely; we will also be announcing the race number, teams
racing and the ring they will be in prior to your race over the PA
system. Ties: Ties for seeding in any final and final placements will be broken
according to the following: 1)
Head to Head Results, 2) Fastest time Head to Head, 3) Fastest time in the
Division. Veterans: There are 7 teams
entered in the Veterans Division.
Some of those teams still have a spot or 2 available for an oldster
who wants to play. Please let us know
if you have an available dog and we’ll ‘hook you up’. AAC National Team:
Sarah
and the chefs have been busy baking all kinds of delicious treats for us
Handlers. Please stop by and help
support the efforts of the AAC National Team to get to Event Schedule & Awards:
From all of
us on Some Ruff Competition: Good
Luck and Good Racing! Updates can be found someruffcomp.com |
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