HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Training at the normal times this Wednesday, and subs are due. (10 weeks as we owe for 3 weeks cancelled due to bad weather before Christmas) Not sure what the annual fee is yet as we are waiting to hear if the insurance premium has gone up.

TRAINING CANCELLED
Jan, Wendy and I have been down to the venue tonight and in our opinion we cannot train tomorrow because of the effects of the bitter temperatures: some of the lights are not working because the switches have frozen (!); it is not possible to peg weaves or tunnels because the ground is frozen and rock hard; the car park and yard are still covered in frozen snow; and, quite frankly, it was so cold that even the time we spent there, moving about, was uncomfortably bitterly cold - to stand instructing for hours, or waiting for 'turns', is just not feasible.So, really sorry, but we are cancelling tomorrow's training. As the bitter cold is set to continue, we are discussing ways that would allow us to continue in the New Year without anyone - or their dog - getting frostbite......Have a lovely Christmas and a Happy new Year!!

Christmas Schedule
Weather and road conditions permitting, training as usual on Wednesday 22 December; no training on Wednesday 29 December; training as usual on Wednesday 5 January.
Have a very HAPPY CHRISTMAS everyone - and lots of rosettes in the NEW YEAR.

Christmas games...
I can't believe that I forgot to take the camera to record for posterity the Christmas games: the sausage dash; the Senility Course; the contact chaos; the flick-flack challenge! And thank you to everyone for eating almost all the food - it means there is less to tempt me to over-indulge (clear up) afterwards. I enjoyed tonight - hope you all did too!

CHRISTMAS PARTY
Hi Everyone,
We are having one or two party games amidst the training on Wednesday, as well as a bite to eat - nothing fancy, but we could do with knowing who is coming so that we know how many mince pies, for instance, to buy! So, RSVP!
And wear something festive!!

More successes:
I'm not sure of all the results from Hare 'n Hounds on 27 November, but I do know that Mark and Shadey won the Grade 1 Agility!! Wooohooo!!!
At NAWS on Sunday 28 November there were some great results as well, despite bitterly cold temperatures:
Sara and Tilly won the Grade B (Combined 1&2) Jumping, and Wendy and Geordie overcame the weave entry jinx and came second in the Grade C (Combined 3&4) Jumping.
Helen and Lucy came 4th in the Grade B Jumping, while Helen and Jock got a Clear Round in Grade B Agility, and Lucy and Sasha got Clear Rounds in both the Jumping and the Agility!

Well done to everyone!!

Harrogate ATS Fun Show
Quite a few of us managed to get to the show...and quite a few rosettes came home with White Rose Agility members too! here's what I know -
Sara and Tilly 2nd in Grade 1/2 Jumping
Helen and Lucy 3rd in both 1/2 Agility and 1/2 Jumping
Helen and Jock 5th in 1/2 Agility
Jules and Jette got 2nd in 1/2 Agility
Tish and TJ 1st in the Grade 3 Agility and 2nd in the Grade 3 Jumping (or it might have been the other way around)
Brenda and Bryn Clear Round in the Agility (would have been 5th but rosettes went to 4th...)

TRAINING CANCELLED TOMORROW
They have been digging up the entry to the stables - a 6ft deep hole across the entrance. With the weather the way it is, it might not be finished and filled by tomorrow evening, so for safety's sake we are cancelling tomorrow night's training. Sorry!

This Weekend.
Saturday:
I only know of two results from Hare 'n Hounds, but how good are they!?!
Jules and Jette came 1st, and Sara and Tilly came 3rd in their Jumping class!!
Sunday
At NAWS we had good results too:
Krissy came 6th in Jumping and 7th in Agility with Zeta;
Rachel came 5th in Agility with Fred;
Helen came 6th in Agility and 4th in Jumping with Lucy, and also went Clear with Jock in the Jumping;
and Tish came 2nd in Jumping with TJ.
Well done to all of you!!!

Mel and Spike into Grade 4
In one of the last outdoor shows of the year, Mel and Spike came 1st in the Grade 3 Agility at South Durham yesterday, taking them into Grade 4, and also came 3rd in the Combined 1 to 3 Jumping. Way to go!!
Also at south Durham, Wendy and Kyle came 7th in Grade 6 Jumping, while at Lune Valley, Brenda and Bryn came 6th in Grade 4 Agility, and Jo and Flash came 9th in one of their classes.
I'll update when I get more results sent to me.
Congratulations to everyone!!

Results from last Weekend
Last weekend saw members competing at Delinquent Dogz, Ribble and Easington.
Delinquent Dogz - Brenda and Bryn came 1st in Level 2/3 (Grades 3 to 7) Agility; Brenda and Corker came 1st in Veteran Jumping.
Easington - Avril and Jack came 7th in Grade 3 Agility; Mel came 5th and 8th in Grade 3 Agility, and 8th in Grade 3 Jumping.

WIGAN
All the news I have had from Wigan is that it has had to be cancelled today because of the mud. Apparently it teemed down again in the night, and an already muddy ground became a quagmire, so the show had to be cancelled.
However, in the less than perfect conditions of Saturday, Mel managed to keep her footing and win the Grade 3 Jumping!! Well done Mel!!

Results from a lovely sunny West Lakes:
Helen and Jock - 3rd in Agility!!
Jules and Jette - 6th and 19th in Agility; 8th and 10th in Jumping
Tish and TJ - 1st, 2nd and 12th in agility, and 4th in Jumping
Mark and Shady - Clear Round
Jo and Floss - 10th Jumping
Jo and Flash - 3rd and 5th Agility; 1st and 7th Jumping.
That means that Jo and Tish- who each won one of the lovely Peakdale trophies - are in charge of cakes next week when we resume training!!

Well, White Rose members cleaned up at Hare 'n Hounds last weekend. I'm still waiting for specifics, but I know Rachel's Fred did some lovely runs, putting a big smile on her face, and Jan's Logan tried his best for Tish and Rachel in different classes.
Avril went home with a fistful of rosettes - a 13th, two 18ths and a 24th and Jules and Jette came 3rd despite Jules having a cold and a poorly leg. Mel also needed a van just to carry home the rosettes - a 3rd, a 4th, a 5th and two 17ths! Jo got four (!) 2nd places, including one with Floss, a 10th and a 15th. Tish's TJ took 3rd in agility and 2nd in Jumping. Brenda's Bryn got a 2nd, 4th, 7th and some clears, and together with Wendy's Geordie, won the costume section of the Fancy Dress Pairs - they were 'The Lost Samurai' Canin-ja warriors - lol!
Well done to everybody!

No Training on Wednesday 25 August - Instructors' Holidays!!

Reminder
If you want to train with Lucy Osborne on Tuesday 31 August, let me know asap please!

End of July Shows

I only know these results, so apologies for missing anyone.

Delinquent Dogz - Jules and Jette 2nd in Jumping

Dog Vegas - Brenda and Bryn 3rd in Grade 4 Agility

Congratulations!

Otley.
Well, we all knew it couldn't be long, didn't we? Tish and TJ won the Grade 1 Agility at Otley and are now promoted to Grade 2!! More flapjack on Wednesday please Tish!

News from High Peak:
Mega congratulations to Linda and Gemma for winning Grade 5 Medium Agility on Saturday!
And to Tish and TJ for winning Grade 1 Jumping, also on Saturday - part way to Grade 2 now!
And to my boy Bryn for coming 6th in Grade 4 Agility on Sunday.
I'm still waiting to hear other results from this show and from other shows......I can only publish what you tell me!

A Reminder....that subs for the next quarter are due tomorrow night
and that times are changing for classes from next week:
Set up 6.45pm for Puppy Class at 7.00pm
Instructors' Class 8.00pm to 8.30pm
Competition Class 8.30pm to 10.00pm
Pack away.