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So What Is Flyball ?

A fast and furious if sometimes chaotic, exciting and fun way of exercising yourself and your dog.

Teams of 4 dogs of all shapes and sizes compete in a relay race down a course of 51ft with four hurdles, when the dog reaches the end of the course, he triggers a special box, which releases a tennis ball. The dog has to catch the ball and return up the course, when the next dog goes.

Teams compete in a round robin competition with 5 or 6 other teams. Racing is best of five runs. Winning teams gain rosettes and also score points based on the total time for the team. The points are awarded to competing dogs and when a dog has gained 200 points he becomes an official flyball dog.

Some dogs have acheived as high as 80,000 points

 
The team that competes from Wakefield Dog Training Club is called Shaw Cross Racers. The spreadsheets below show our accumulated points for 2011. As you can see, some of the dogs are well on the way to some seriously high points....
 
Shaw Cross Flyball Teams - Flyball Points - 2011
Show Date Bailey Bryn Gypsy Holly Trinny Maisie Peppi Dale Taffy Indie Kizzy Barney
1259D 2185A 3303A 2252C 4369A 2185C 2252A 4391A 4492A 5543A 5822A 5824A
Brought Forward  9885 28570 17960 7005 9135 6700 8056 2395 710 0 0
from 2010
Gap Farm 16th January 310 350 285 360 335
Gap Farm 20th February 300 325 375 200 300
Gap Farm 19th March 380 380 380 380
Drax 27th March 235 205 190 200 210
Carlton Towers 24th April 300 300 300 300
Drax 30th April 40 40 40
Swallownest 8th May 435 435 435 335 100
Ravensknowle Farm 15th May 360 360 360 335 25
Hayfield Lakes 22nd May 275 300 300 100 225
Eggborough 28th May 200 300 100 300 300
Swallownest 11th June 420 420 420 50 370
Cantley Park  25th June 510 510 510 510
Oliver's Mount  6th August 390 345 270 240 315
Drax 27th August 400 400 400 400
Hayfield Lakes 3rd September 345 345 345 325 20
Sutton Fields * 11th September 400 450 375 450 125
Drax 23rd October 435 435 205 75 435 305 105 435 225 305
Gap Farm 5th November 325 325 325 325
Total to Date 15410 34200 21740 8725 13055 10315 8186 3995 710 0 225 775
Flyball Dog (200 Points) 200
Intermediate (1,000 Points) 290 1000 775 225
Graduate (3,000 Points) 2290 3000 2775 2225
Advanced (5,000 Points) 1005 4290 5000 4775 4225
Silver Award (10,000 Points) 1275 1814 6005 9290 10000 9775 9225
Gold Award (15,000 Points) 6275 1945 4685 6814 11005 14290 15000 14775 14225
Ice Blue Moon Award (20,000 Points) 4590 11275 6945 9685 11814 16005 19290 20000 19775 19225
Platinum (25,000 Points) 9590 3260 16275 11945 14685 16814 21005 24290 25000 24775 24225
Pearl (30,000 Points) 14590 8260 21275 16945 19685 21814 26005 29290 30000 29775 29225
Jade (35.000 Points) 19590 800 13260 26275 21945 24685 26814 31005 34290 35000 34775 34225