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March 2020

National Agility Link

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National Agility Link Association (formed 1989)

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Comment this month

By Sandra Mohekey

What is your contribution?

Emerging from my “holiday”

break, which I spent working

through a list of things I needed

to do whilst I had some time to

do them – and some times I

admit that I cheated by writing

onto the list something I had

done which was not on the list,

just so I could cross it off, I

started thinking about all the

work involved in running a club

and who does it.

Clubs are important, because

they are how people come into

the sport and how they can be

supported in the sport. But it is

obvious, and true of all clubs,

that the way people belong to

and contribute to a dog training

club varies. There are a range

of reasons for this, from

temperment to individual

talent, from time avaialble to

proximety. I don’t want to

analyse all those reasons or

finger point but I have come up

with my own scale of club

contribution which I am going

to share – it may spark some

discussions, it may spark some

feelings of gratitude. It may

bore you to bits. As the

teenagers say “Whatev”.

Level One – people who

belong to a club financially

because they have to in order

to compete in agility. They may

or may not help out at shows –

I think and hope they usually do

‐ but they do not train at club,

they have their own gear

and/or go to private lessons.

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One of the things that still

annoys me about fly is that,

unlike agilty, people attending

tournaments do not have to

belong to a club, and clubs do

not have to run any

tournaments. So some people

never even help run a

tournament for other people.

They can roll up, run and get

points and leave and never

need to reciprocate by holding

a tournamnet at their club. I

tried to get that changed and

would encourage those of you

still actively engaged in fly to

re‐consider the fairness of it.

Level Two – people who are

members and train at the club

and help out at shows. Some

of these people are the

backbone of clubs ‐ they run

the kitchen at every show, billet

judges, bring items for the

raffle and so on. But they don’t

instruct or stand for committee

for a range of reasons – maybe,

like a convict, they have already

done their time.

Level Three – people who

serve on committee. This

usually means attending

monthly meetings and all the

extra responsibilities involved

in running the club.

Level Four – people who have

a committee position such as

secretary or chairperson. This

can be hugely time consuming.

And like an iceberg, much of it

is unseen by us in the ordinary

member‐ship. (See what I did

there?)

Level Five – people who

instruct. There would be no

dog training club without them

and a lot of pressure and work

is involved in teaching others –

it is usually a weekly job. And

given that many clubs have lost

instructors as they start

teaching privately it is even

more important to recognise

and support the ones we have.

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And, on the same level, show

managers. Those people who

step forward to organise shows

and need to balance all the

demands on their time as well

as be a peace keeper and

problem solver extradinaire. (At

fly shows the scale of entries is

smaller but you often end up

judging as well as co‐ordinating

and working all day. I lead 6

days of fly tournaments in one

year and all I can say about that

is – never again.) I worked

under an awesome agility show

manager last year and I have to

admit I could not do what she

did and still smile. So, please,

let us appreciate these people

especially.

Which leads me to ask, how can

we recognise those who

contribute so much at club

level and keep our sport alive?

In response to my FB question a

few clubs shared what rewards

or recognition they offer. Life

membership is one that came

up, this is a time tested

tradition and I I believe many

clubs offer this.

Some clubs have established

newer ways to recognise the

givers. Upper Hutt annually

awards certificates of

appreciation to individual

volunteers who give above and

beyond. They also have the

President’s Award which is

given out to recognise

individual service to the club

executive over five or more

years. DAWG has the Bella Boo

trophy, donated by Lorraine,

which is awarded annually to

the club member who has gone

the extra mile in helping out – it

acknowledges them as a star of

the club. FDTC has the Tag

Team Agility Cup, donated by

the the Burnettes in memory of

Hustle and Antz, which

recognises team effort over a

year in terms of results or

contribution to the club and the

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sport or – usually – for both of

these.

In addition some clubs

recognise the extra input of

some club members, such as

instructors or committee

members, by getting them club

jackets or letting them park in

particular places or buying

them a Christmas dinner. These

all sound like very practical

idaes which show people they

are appreciated.

I hope we will all think about

the debt we owe those who

keep our clubs ticking over and

make sure they know their

efforts are appreciated.

It’s time to renew your

subscription.

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A Funny Vet Clinic story. I was taking my dog to his monthly veterinary appointment and left myself plenty of time for the journey (it’s a Friday night, rush hour etc). I arrived at my destination pleased there was very little traffic and we had plenty of time to spare – too much time in fact. Anyway, because I’m early I figure I’ll take him inside in the hope they could possibly see him earlier than scheduled. We walk into the familiar, cosy, little waiting room thrilled to find it empty and blindly ignoring the confused looks and furrowed brows of the receptionists. Up I go with a cheery ‘Hello, I know we’re early but…’ to be greeted by a wall of silence. Still the penny didn’t drop. Not until the massive grinning face of my very own GP appears around the corner do I realise I haven’t taken Bucky the 15 miles to his vets but taken him the four miles to my own doctor’s surgery. I just about managed to stutter ‘Oh bollocks’ before being escorted back to my car by my GP who is practically on his knees laughing.

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APRIL RALLYO Course. Path line = 88m 1. Serpentine weave once 2. right turn 3. Call front finish left forward 4. U turn left 5. Call front finish right forward 6. Serpentine weave once 7. Left about 8. Call front finish right halt 9. 270 left turn 10. 360 right 11. Call front return to heel 12. Halt sit walk around 13. side step right

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New Zealand Association of Rally-O

Please ensure the course on the ground is the same as the plan, using a

metre wheel to check distances. The overall distance should also be

checked.

The sign should be placed where the number on the plan indicates and any

separate numbers placed to the side on the right, with cones usually placed

just behind (in the case of weaves etc).

. The sign must be performed in a one metre square to the front of the

sign for turns in front and slightly to the left for straight line walking.

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April RallyO course

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Take the test! How do you score?

Pictures and posts from Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/Thedogbible1/

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A dog saw his owner picking up trash and then went and brought him a discarded plastic bottle, earning him a treat. Next thing he knew, his dog was cleaning up the whole neighborhood

Zinc is a bit of a collector and I have tossed the odd bit of plastic/aluminium can he finds in the bin but this is extremely good!

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April Flygility courses


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Judy, a purebred pointer, was the mascot of several ships in the Pacific, and was captured by the Japanese in 1942 and taken to a prison camp. There she met Aircraftsman Frank Williams, who shared his small portion of rice with her.

Judy raised morale in the POW camp, and also barked when poisonous snakes, crocodiles or even tigers approached the prisoners. When the prisoners were shipped back to Singapore, she was smuggled out in a rice sack, never whimpering or betraying her presence to the guards.

The next day, that ship was

torpedoed. Williams pushed Judy out of a porthole in an attempt to save her life, even though there was a 15-foot drop to the sea. He made his own escape from the ship, but was then recaptured and sent to a new POW camp.

He didn't know if Judy had survived, but soon he began hearing stories about a dog

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helping drowning men reach pieces of debris after the shipwreck. And when Williams arrived at the new camp, he said: "I couldn’t believe my eyes! As I walked through the gate, a scraggly dog hit me square between the shoulders and knocked me over. I’d never been so glad to see the old girl!"

They spent a year together at that camp in Sumatra. "Judy saved my life in so many ways," said Williams. "But the greatest of all was giving me a reason to live. All I had to do was look into those weary, bloodshot eyes and ask myself: 'What would happen to her if I died?' I had to keep going."

Once hostilities ceased, Judy was then smuggled aboard a troopship heading back to Liverpool. In England, she was awarded the Dickin Medal (the "Victoria Cross" for animals) in

May 1946. Her citation reads: "For magnificent courage and endurance in Japanese prison camps, which helped to maintain morale among her fellow prisoners, and also for saving many lives through her intelligence and watchfulness".

At the same time, Frank Williams was awarded the PDSA's White Cross of St. Giles for his devotion to Judy. Frank and Judy spent a year after the war visiting the relatives of English POWs who had not survived, and Frank said that Judy "always provided a comforting presence to the families."

When Judy finally died at the age of 13, Frank spent two months building a granite and marble memorial in her memory, which included a plaque describing her life story

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RESULTS. Team Flygility Results - February 2020

# Team Dog Handler Total Score

1 FDTC Meadowlarks

FDGRCH Pulse Sandra Mohekey 35 FDGRCH Echo Nichola Cole FDGRCH Meggie Nichola Cole

2 Upper Hutt Bombers

FDCh Stacey Wayne Turner 36.72 FDCh Zeba Wayne Turner Shelby Wayne Turner

3 Counties Strike Attack

Kruze JDX Allan Rohde 37.018 Star Marilyn Lambert Strike Di Stephens

4 North Shore DTC

Meg Debbie Nilsson 41.56 Solo ADX JDX Sonja Rosen Winter Sheeran Johnson

5 Counties Mixed Bag

Daisy Nicole Beaumont 43.665 Jasper ADX JDX Carol Marriott Swift Elaine Rohde

6 Blenheim Bruisers

Mindy Jennifer Bullas-Everest

44.63

Shadow Wendy ChampionPippa Lois Rutherfurd

7 FDTC Friendly Fields

AgCh FDGRCH Niko ADXG JDX

Sandra Mohekey 44.69

Shadow FDX Nichola Cole Holly FD Wendy Cole

8 Dog Sports Rotorua 1

Jade Pam Sharp 52.31 Milly Julie Sefton Gypsy Dave Swinyard

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9 Upper Hutt Flying Spaniels

Cameo ADX-B JD RA

Gillian Cruickshank 56.06

Sky ADX-G JD RA

Gillian Cruickshank

Cash JD Wayne Turner 10 Dog Sports

Rotorua 2 Chip Raewyn Saville 64.75 Molly Sue Warrender Grace Sharon Brosnahan

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Chester Peggy Scott 555 Hunta Jo-Anne Steed Jazz Christine Harber

11 Hawke's Bay 1

Betty Chrissy Harris 555 Lace JDX CGCG FD AD

Chrissy Harris

Taku AD JD Chris Ross

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Team Agility Results - February 2020 # Team Dog Handler Score Total DIVISION ONE

1 Blenheim 1

Tide Sheryl Vincent 21.769 68.882 Finn ADX JDX Sandra Goodwin 23.048

AG CH & J GR CH Jazz ADXG JDX JAB

Natasha Neame 24.065

2 Upper Hutt 1

AG GR CH Ali ADXG JAB SNX GDM

Peter de Wit 20.022 69.258

Ag Gr & J Ch Finn ADXG JDX JAB GDM

Karen de Wit 21.127

Thane Jorja Mulholland 28.109

3 Wairarapa

Jay Stacie Clark 20.704 70.645 PhanTim Ana Workman 21.416

A.Jax Ana Workman 28.525

4 East BOP Lucy Trish Bush 23.37 73.48 Milly ADX JD Alison Derbyshire 24.17

Jelo ADXG JDS Una Forrester 25.945 Nelson 1 Lia JDX ADX Nartarsha Gorrie 24.16 76.591

Bob JDX Linda Humphries 25.558

Brandi ADXA Gold JAS

Nikki Steyn 26.873

6 Central HB

Spy ADXB JDX Sharleen Drummond

23.159 80.232

Izzy JDX Joanne Little 24.497Taku AD JD Chris Ross 32.576

7 Hawkes Bay

Ruby Denise Ockey 24.648 81.395 Nitro AD CGCG Gillian Petterson 26.869

Chester Peggy Scott 29.878

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DIVISION TWO 1 Tokoroa Joss Rochelle Jager 17.902 61.548

Vogue ADXG JDX

Paul Needham 20.56

Shelby AD JDX

Linda Martin 23.086

2 Cambridge Maple Sophie Tarry 21.282 71.941 Minx Christine Lansdaal 22.779

Dash Ceri Tarry 27.883 Mt

Maunganui 2

Blaze JDX Shelley Stewart 25.297 80.545

Rojo JD Malcolm Ward 27.397

Jessie James JDX ADX

Christine Longton 27.851

4 CCATS Tabasco AD CGCG JDX

Candace Bobier 21.63 81.75

Maverick Kathryn Snook 26.6

Nyah Naomi Beechey 33.52

5 Huntly Silver Kim Orlando-Reep 26.94 93.125

Tigger Helen West 31.35George JD Dr John Gates 34.835

6 Tauranga 2

Maggy ADX JDX

Tania Greenwood 27.084 93.348

Fern Jocelyn Jensen 30.095

Baylee Jocelyn Jensen 36.169

DIVISION THREE 1 Whangarei Fleet Christine

Gillespie 18.661 79.091

Aro AD JD Christine Fifield 28.8

Bilbo ADXB JDX Anne Cozens 31.632 Upper

Hutt 3 Zinc Karen de Wit 29.021 103.501 Shelby Wayne Turner 34.728

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Ray Anneke Lilley 39.7523 Tauranga

3 Luna Tania Greenwood 31.132 106.369

Shark Tania Greenwood 36.139

Molly Nicky Crane 39.0984 Whanganui

3 Tera Nikki Watson 34.9 147.83 Reni Liz Rosewarne 44.4

Dante Karen Forrest 68.53 DIVISION FOUR 1 Dog

Sport Rotorua

Sophie Debbie Trimbach 29.4 112.64

Pipa Christine Hutchings

38.06

Benni Debbie Trimbach 45.18

NZARO Rally Link Teams results Plc Club Team Score Time

1 Upper Hutt

Peter de Wit & Sequel, Peter de Wit &

Quick, Karen de Wit & Finn 100.0 262.310

2 Wanganui

Christine Warren & Poppy, Rhonda

Campbell & Asti, Barbara James &

Hakeem 100.0 270.940

3 Hawkes Bay

Lorraine Lennox & Troika, Lorraine

Lennox & Jantsee, Lorraine Lennox &

Tempo 100.0 283.823

4 Canterbury COC

Yolanda Nuberg & Jessie, Fiona Scott &

Angus, Helen Scott & Mac 100.0 298.130

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5 Norwest

Rosalind Walkington & Fletcher, Jan

Walter & Ness, Diana Munford & Spud 100.0 312.490

6 Wairarapa

Nicky Detheridge‐Davies & Rufus, Nicky

Detheridge‐Davies & Pipi, Donna Garrity

& Birdie 99.7 315.320

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Dog Sports

Rotorua

Sue Andreson & Queen, Raewyn Saville

& Chip, Raewyn Saville & Fae 99.7 323.220

8 DAWG

Wendy Osmond & Gunnah, Wendy

Osmond & Pip, Marian Holman & Chai 99.7 382.880

9 CHB

Jo Steed & Hunta, Jo Steed & Fox,

Beverley Thomson & Te 99.3 294.400

10 Sunshine Whk

Helen Barnes & Cookie, Maree Boreham

& Bes, Diane Rau & Pearl 99.3 307.600

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