Well done to Steve Mellor and Charlie on winning a Grade 4 Jumping….. on thier way to Grade 5 now

Well its finally happened, we have a Small Agility Team who are going to be competing throughout the year at Crufts Team Qualifiers and other Team events.

The NEWTON HEATH RAT PACK are:

Hannah Grantham & Boo

Sally Rhodes & Denzil

Bob Taylor & Meg

Pam Brooker & Titch

First event will be the Small Crufts Team Qualifier at Beacon in May.

If you want are interested in setting up an Agility Team, contact me and we can get it off the ground.

Wow what a day yesterday was!  I went to the try outs with Skye to be in the GCDS silver North West Demonstration team for Crufts 2012.  Kathryn Stickney was also there with Harry, Emma with Bella, Elaine with Rosie and Jackie with Snowy.  Excellent turn out from Newton Heath.  There were around 35-40 dogs there and only 9 could go through.  Sadly Rosie and Snowy didn’t make it but the good news is that Skye, Harry and Bella all made the team.  We are doing the demonstrations on the Friday and Sunday at Crufts.  All the dogs there were amazing, the selection panel had said the standard of all the dogs were one of the highest they had seen.  Great day for Newton Heath Obedience section and special thanks has to got to Ken Worrell and Trevor Avis for their hard work in getting these dogs to this standard. 

Now that the first KC show of 2012 has been and gone this is just a reminder to get your results to me for the Newton Heath Agility League.

There are plenty of ways to contact me:

• Facebook
• Email (just ask me for my address if you dont have it)
• Text (again ask me for my number)
• Post box and slips (on the agility board in club house)

You can claim for any placing (with or without faults) to 15th place, and any unplaced clear.

Categories this year:

• Large Grades 1-3
• Large Grades 4-5
• Small/Medium Grades 1-3
• Small/Medium Grade 4-5

So if you have a dog in one of these categories…… dont forget to submit your results!!!!

Results so far can be found here…http://www.newtonheathdtc.co.uk/agility/competition-agility

Hannah Grantham

Wilmslow was the first KC show of 2012, and wow did NHDTC members do well!!!

Sally Rhodes and Denzil took a 2nd in 1-3 Combined Agility and 3rd in 1-3 Combined Jumping.

Sue Birchenough and Kia got their first ever KC rosette with a 2nd place in Grade 3 Agility.

As did Annette Scrimshaw and Jess, taking a 1st place in 1-3 Combined Jumping at their very first KC show.

Bob Taylor and Meg took their first Grade 6 win in Agility (Grade 6.25 now!), only another 3 to go!

Christine Sutcliffe and Heby managed a very respectable 3rd in Combined 6-7 Jumping.

Lindsay Cheshire and Tia took 1st in Grade 7 Agility

Hannah Grantham and Boo took 3rd in Combined 6-7 Agility.

Not a bad result for Newton Heath members….. well done to everyone!!!

Well that’s all folks!!! The NHDTC Agility League 2011 is finished and the winners are……

Large Grade 1-4

Denise Bamford & Millie

Large Grade 4-7

Lindsay Cheshire & Tia

Small/Medium Grade 1-4

Louise McGovern & Raddlie

Small/Medium Grade 5-7

Louise McGovern & Saffie

Well done to all the winners, I will leave the final results on on the website so you can all see where you came (visit http://www.newtonheathdtc.co.uk/agility/competition-agility )

2012 league begins NOW!!!

Categories will be:

• Large Grade 1-3
• Large Grade 4-5
• Small/Medium Grades 1-3
• Small/Medium Grade 4-5

Remembers to get you results into me, via facebook, email, text, face-to-face and winners notes and postbox in club house

Good Luck

IMPORTANT:

The 2012 Annual General Meeting of NHDTC will take place on Tuesday 21st February at 7.30pm at the club house as usual.

Just a quick note to let you all know that pet obedience training has its last class of this year on Wednesday 21st December.  Classes will resume on Tuesday 3rd & Wednesday 4th January 2012.

The Agility Christmas Party will be on 18th December at 10.30am till 1.30pm.

Annette has arrange for a pie dinner, please feel free to bring along some festive goodies to share.

Sarah and Hannah have some fun agility games for you to enjoy with your canine friends…. Weather and ground permitting (we should know by Saturday)

To finish off this day of Christmas Fun, Steph and Hannah will be putting on some human games in the hut during lunch.

Hope you all enjoy the day, and we hope everyone has a fantastic Christmas xxxx

Jane Potter has a very good weekend at Hare n Hounds…….

Chip took 1st place in grade 3 agility putting this pup in grade 4

Mace took 1st in grade 4 agility putting her into grade 5

Well done team Potter!