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World Championships - Day 2 Update

AACWT — Sun, 13 May 2012 03:00:31 +0000

Another GOLDEN day for CANADA! Wow, this team is just amazing. All the dogs and handlers are in the grove and it shows. We started today off with Individual Gamble with Canadian judge Darcy Bennett. Although many teams got the main gamble, I think it was the Canadians that rocked the very tough mini gamble!

Individual Gamble Results

12” Division

GOLD – Christine & Giddy Up

BRONZE – Christine & Peter Wabbit

9^th – Jamie & Batman

16” Division

SILVER – Lucie & Dune

4^th – Lynda & Favor

6^th – Annie & Mec

22” Division

BRONZE – Adrian & Fizz

4^th – Kayl & Slyce

5^th – Kim & Recess

26” Division

GOLD – Susan & Feature

The very exciting news is that after 3 of the 4 Individual rounds the Canadians are:

26” Division

1^st place – Susan & Feature

8^th place – Tiffany & Rio

21^st place – Fred & Tanafon

22” Division

1^st place – Kayl & Slyce

3^rd place – Adrian & Fizz

5^th place – Kim & Recess

16” Division

2^nd place – Lynda & Favor

3^rd place – Lucie & Dune

6^th place – Annie & Mec

12” Division

2^nd place – Christine & Peter Wabbit

4^th place – Christine & Giddy Up

8^th place – Jamie & Batman

The last class of the day was the Biathlon Jumpers round. Wow did this course eat up the competition but almost all the Canadians did great! I haven’t got the results yet on this run so that will have to wait for tomorrow and the final results J

Tomorrow we finish off the Team with the Relay, finish off Individual with the Jumpers and finish the Biathlon with the Agility run. Keep cheering for the team!

Team Canada's supporters :) Thanks for being here!!

World Championships - Day 1 Update

AACWT — Sun, 13 May 2012 01:58:56 +0000

I know, it is already the end of Day 2 and I am only getting to post Day 1 info now. It has been a very exciting 2 days but also very long so once you get back to the hotel and lay down on the bed...it's hard to not fall asleep. We are doing our very best to update the Facebook page so if you haven't "liked" it yet, please do as we are posting results and pictures there too :)

Day 1 - All I can say is that it was GOLDEN!!

We started the day with Individual Snooker, most of the Canadians going for the three 7's :) It was very exciting to watch.

Individual Snooker Results

22" Division

GOLD - Kayl & Slyce

SILVER - Adrian & Fizz

5th - Kim & Recess

26" Division

GOLD - Susan & Feature

16" Division

4th - Lynda & Favor

6th - Lucie & Dune

10th - Annie & Mec

12" Division

7th - Jamie & Batman

8th - Christine & Peter Wabbit

The next course was Individual Standard, almost everyone on Canada got around clean...the Canadian Team was Rocking!!

Individual Standard Results

26" Division

GOLD - Susan & Feature

BRONZE - Tiffany & Rio

22" Division

BRONZE - Kayl & Slyce

9th - Kim & Recess

16" Division

BRONZE - Lucie & Dune

4th - Lynda & Favor

6th - Annie & Mec

12" Division

4th - Christine & Giddy Up

5th - Christine & Peter Wabbit

9th - Jamie & Batman

The final event of the day was the Team Jumpers. Canada submitted 2 Large Dog teams which means that each of the 2 teams will be required to run 2 large dogs and 1 small dog. When a dog has run for a team (ie. Canada 1) then they can not move over to the other team (ie. Canada 2) but otherwise we are not restricted to the heights of the dogs. I hope that makes sense :)

So for Day 1, our teams were and their placings in Jumpers:

Canada 1

3rd - Susan & Feature

7th - Tiffany & Rio

6th - Annie & Mec

Canada 2

2nd - Kayl & Slyce

4th - Kim & Recess

2nd - Jamie & Batman

Team Canada during Day 1 Awards Ceremonies

Grand Prix, Steeplechase and Opening Ceremonies!

AACWT — Fri, 11 May 2012 02:15:53 +0000

Another long day for Team Canada as we left for the venue at 7am. Today was a warm-up day with USDAA's Grand Prix and Steeplechase tournament classes being offered. Most of the team opted to play in the classes and made an impressive showing. For those who don't know USDAA, Grand Prix is a Masters Standard type of course and Steeplechase, well we know what that is :) In the Steeplechase there are 2 rounds, only a top percentage move on to the second round. The team walked away with many Q's in each class and many of them moved into the second round of Steeplechase! Kayl and Slyce came 4th in Grand Prix and Fred and Tanafon came 2nd in the Steeplechase finals! We think this team is ready to take on the World!!!!!!!

Team Canada's stands After the events finished the 2012 IFCS World Championships Opening Ceremonies took place. Tracy announced that Kayl McCann and Tiffany Salmon would be carrying our flag for the ceremony. It is to honour their two incredibly talented 10 year old border collies - Slyce and Rio. It was also in honour of Ping Pong, Kayl's other dog who played in every IFCS World Championship up until this year who is at home and not feeling well...we are thinking about you Ping Pong and missing you here!

Tracy announcing who will carry the flag (those are good tears ;))

Tracy making everyone laugh after she tried to make us all cry :)Team Canada!

Normally we would have had a team dinner but the event ran later than expected so after the ceremonies the team headed back to the hotel for a free night. The managers headed into the managers meeting where we went over and clarified rules and how the event would work.

A Busy Couple of Days!

AACWT — Tue, 08 May 2012 19:34:02 +0000

TUESDAY

It was an early morning for the team, most getting up around 3 to get to the airport for our 4:30am check in. It was quite busy but with only a few minor glitches with luggage we all made it through to the gate in time to watch the dogs get loaded onto the plane. Giddy Up, Favor and Batman all flew in the cabin with us, you would never have known they were all so quiet. The flight was uneventful, actually arriving a few minutes early. We made our way to the baggage area to pick up our luggage and the dogs.

Favor waits for the big dogs to come off the plane

Tiffany and Rio make it through Customs!

After getting all the dogs and handlers safely off the plane and transported by bus to the hotel, some of the team visited the Historic Fort Worth Stockyards for some local history, cowboy culture, and just a little shopping.

Shopping for boots with Team Manager Tracy Sklenar!WEDNESDAY

Today we finally got to the big show and our final destination at the Will Rogers Equestrian Centre. After check-in and measuring, we had a short warm-up session to familiarize dogs and handlers with the surface and equipment. We also set up in our home for the next 4 days and immediately decorated with a splash of Canadian style! Tomorrow, we look forward to some competitive agility with the USDAA warm-up events, Grand Prix and Steeplechase.

Tanafon makes sure we get to the venue on time.Mec is decked out in Canadian styleThe ring is ready!

Team Practice Day 2

AACWT — Tue, 08 May 2012 02:04:27 +0000

We had another very successful pre-Worlds team practice at Royackers today. First thing this morning Tracy set up one of the AKC World Team Tryout courses used this past weekend. The course had some great challenges but all the dogs did great! The teams worked on fine tuning back sides of jumps and contacts before moving onto the rules of the Team Relay. Everyone worked on short sequences to passing on the baton and finished with a competitive game of pass the water bottle (baton stand in).

Practice ended just around noon to allow Susan and Adrian to hit the road with their RV's. The rest of the team had a free afternoon to do any last minute errands or relax. Tomorrow will be a very early day for the team as we will be flying out first thing so we can be in Texas before the major heat of the day.

Team Canada Practice Day 2 - Walk through

The AKC World Team Tryout course that we did today!

Shona brought her camera today to see if we could get some pictures. Sadly without a flash and being indoors (and the super fast Canadian dogs!) they didn't turn out that great but here are a few.

Jamie & Batman (12" Division)

Christine & Giddy Up (12" Division)

Christine & Peter Wabbit (12" Division)

Lucie & Dune (16" Division)

Annie & Mec (16" Division)

Kim & Recess (22" Division)

Kayl & Slyce (22" Division)

Fred & Tanafon (26" Division)

Tiffany & Rio (26" Division)

Jane & JT (26" Division alternate)

Tracy explaining Team Relay rules

Team Practice

AACWT — Mon, 07 May 2012 00:56:42 +0000

Our first pre-Worlds team practice was held today at Rooyakkers in Ariss, ON. Many thanks to Adrian and Susan for opening up their wonderful facility to the team. The whole team arrived for the first time together and everyone was in great spirits :) Each of the dog/handler teams ran 2 Jumpers and the Standard (Manager's Challenge) run before lunch. During the lunch break we received our team uniforms - wow are we going to look great!

Rio showing off the team uniform and sponsor donations! Thank you to Back on Track, CDM Creations and Crazy Dog Treats!!After lunch we got right back to work, each of the teams running a Gamble course and finishing with a Snooker course where everyone ran a 4 red & 4 seven opening. A very busy day indeed but lots of really great work from these teams. The day ended with everyone receiving a bag full of goodies donated from our wonderful sponsors - A huge THANK YOU goes out to Back on Track, CDM Creations and Crazy Dog Treats!

Another big thank you goes to Joanne and Karissa (her 4yr old daycare child) who made us the special bags for our sponsor donations. They were a huge hit with all the team.

Karissa making up the sponsor donation bagsThe finished product :)

One more sleep!

AACWT — Fri, 04 May 2012 12:37:59 +0000

until your 2012 Canadian Agility Team makes their way to Ontario for a couple of days of team practice and then off to Texas!!

Our tentative schedule in Texas:

Wed - Team Check in, Practice and Facility Tour

Thur - USDAA Grand Prix and Steeplechase runs, Opening Ceremonies

Fri - World Championships!! Individual Snooker, Individual Agility-Standard, Team Jumping

Sat - World Championships!! Individual Gamblers, Team Agility-Standard, Biathlon Jumping

Sun - World Championships!! Individual Jumping, Team Relay, Biathlon Agility-Standard

Closing Ceremonies

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AACWT — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 02:11:55 +0000

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