Mona 21st Feb 2009
TEAM NAME : HAPPY VALLEY POSITION : 1ST
DIVISION : STARTERS BEST TIME : 22.02
TEAM : PANDA & ANDREA, OLIVER & PENNY, FLYNN & DOUG, MOLLY & LORRAINE , CIA & NIA ,
LOTTIE & PEN.
BOXLOADER : DAVE
This was Cai and Nia first time in competition, the months of training and hard work that they had both put in really paid off, Cai worked really well and Nia's nerves did not affect him at all. Flynn and Doug had only compeated once before, they both worked really well and enjoyed the racing. Andrea and Panda produced some perfect starts keeping the clock rolling and Panda ran consistantly. Oliver and Lottie where also consitant and Molly bought lots of charcter to the team. The whole team ran really well only loosing 3 of the fifteen legs raced. We received lots of comments after about how well the team had done and what a nice little team they were.
TEAM NAME : VALLEY DOG SQUAD POSITION : 2ND
DIVISION : 2 BEST TIME : 20.23
TEAM : CASSANDRA & MARG, DODGE & PENNY, MOLLY & SUSANNE, ROXANNE & LOU
BOXLOADER : DAVE
Dodge has settled well into this team only having raced them with them once before, the team is jelling well together and produced some exciting racing to watch. The team was seeded 6th in the division and came 2nd so we had a really big improvement on our seeding. A big thankyou to lou who was running Roxanne for Steve who was not well and to Steve for watching the line and giving us the feedback we needed.
TEAM NAME : VALLEY HOUND DOGS POSITION : 3RD
DIVISION : 3 BEST TIME : 21.35
TEAM : MAX & KAREN, TUMBLE & PENNY, KIM & JACKIE, DANIEL & MARG, FREDDIE & MOLLY
BOXLOADER : DAVE
I WOULD LIKE TO SAY WELL DONE TO THIS TEAM FOR SHOWING SUCH GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP TOWARDS ANOTHER TEAM, YOU SHOWED GREAT INTEGRATY. THE TEAM AS ALWAYS RAN WELL TOGETHER WITH THE TWO LURCHERS COMPLEMENTING EACH OTHER AS START DOGS. IT IS ALWAYS NICE TO HAVE JACKIE AND KIM COME BACK FROM NORFOLK TO RACE WITH US AND THEY ALWAYS SLOT STRAIGHT IN. AS ALWAYS DANIEL AND FREDDIE RAN AS HARD AS THEY COULD.
TEAM NAME : VALLEY ODD DOGS POSITION : 5TH
DIVISION : 5TH BEST TIME : 27.54
TEAM : DAVE & JO-JO, NUGGET & DANIELLE, CARLY & SELINA, SCRUFFY & KAREN, TOBY & LOUISE, FRODO & LOU
BOXLOADER : SUSANNE
THIS TEAM IS SUCH A PLEASURE IT MAY NOT BE THE QUICKEST TEAM BUT I AM SURE IT ENJOYS FLYBALL THE MOST AND HAD MORE PERSONAL TRIUMPHS THAN ANY OF THE OTHERS COMPETINING THAT DAY. WELL DONE TO DANIELLE AND NUGGET WHO ONLY STOPPED ONCE, NUGGET RACED THE BEST SHE EVER HAS, CARLY WAS A LITTLE STAR IN THE MORNING AND REALLY ENJOYED HER RACING, SHE RAN HARD IT WAS SUCH A SHAME SHE WAS TIRED IN THE AFTERNOON BUT HER STAMINIA WILL COME. IT WAS LOVELY TO SEE FRODO (DANIELS DOG OF THE YEAR) RACE AGAIN AFTER SUCH A NASTY ACCIDENT. JO-JO WAS A STAR NOT GOING WRONG ONCE AND AS FOR TOBY HE BOUGHT HIS BALL BACK OVER THE LINE ONCE AND GAVE US ALL GREAT ENTERTAINMENT, HE IS SUCH A PLEASURE TO WATCH, WHAT MORE COULD WE ASK FOR .
