Team Ekusen are on a mission...........
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To have some fun.......
TUFFLEY LIMITED SHOW
18th March, 2006.
Solo - 7th place in Starters Helter Skelter and a clear round in Starters Jumping.
Vega - two clear rounds in Starters Helter Skelter and Starters Jumping.
Ripley - two clear rounds in Starters Agility and Starters Jumping.
LETCHWORTH D.T.C.
2nd - 4th September, 2005.
Vega was placed 28th in Starters Jumping and 5th in Starters Helter Skelter. Ripley gained 3 clear rounds in Elementary Agility, Elementary Jumping and Starters Helter Skelter. Solo competed in the Novice Pairs Jumping with partner Alfa and only knocked one pole - to say this was his first ever Novice class we are well pleased with his efforts.
DORDALE A.T.S.
27th August, 2005.
Vega was placed 10th in Starters Jumping.
CHIPPING NORTON D.T.S.
21st August , 2005.
A local show for us and a day to remember - Vega was placed 2nd in Elementary Jumping and won us out! Not to be outdone Solo was placed 12th and Ripley 14th. Vega continued on form to be placed 9th in Starters Jumping and went clear in Novice Jumping.
EMPINGHAM D.T.C.
23rd/24th July, 2005.
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Solo was 20th in Elementary Jumping - his first ever placing!!!!!
Shona gained 17th place in Elementary Agility and also had a clear in Elementary Jumping and Ripley had a clear round in Starters Jumping.
BILLINGSHURST
17th July, 2005.
Far too hot!!!!!!
We pulled the dogs from their later runs. Shona was place 14th in Elementary Agility.
DARTFORD D.T.C.
9th July, 2005.
Vega had two good clear rounds, one in Novice Jumping and one in ABC Jumping where he was placed 16th.
Solo, Shona and Ripley all worked well but made silly mistakes or should I say the handler did!
E.M.D.A.C.
23rd - 26th June, 2005.
Time to dust the old caravan down and head north to Asfordby in Leicestershire to the Midsummer Madness Show.
Results as follows:-
23rd June - Shona 3rd in Veteran Agility and Vega 4th in Primary Jumping.
24th June - Shona 3rd in Veteran
Agility, 6th in Veteran Jumping and 5th in Veteran Helter Skelter.
Vega 12th in Primary Helter Skelter.
Solo - Clear round in Introductory Jumping.
Ripley - Clear round in Primary Helter Skelter.
25th June - Shona 4th in Veteran
Jumping.
Vega - Clear round in Primary Jumping.
Solo - Clear round in Introductory Jumping
Ripley - Clear round in Primary Jumping.
26th June - Vega - 14th in Primary
Jumping and 4th in Primary Snakes and Ladders.
Ripley - 16th in Primary Snakes and Ladders.
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"Shona proudly showing off her two 3rd Place Medals for Veteran Agility".
GOLDEN VALLEY DTC
19th June, 2005.
Solo not only celebrated his second birthday this week but also got his first ever clear round in the Elementary Agility class. Shona also went clear in this competition and was placed 11th, whilst Ripley had a clear round in Starters Jumping.
CIPPENHAM (SLOUGH) D.T.C
29th May, 2005.
A day of silly mistakes hey ho! Ripley gained a clear round in Elementary Jumping and we are well pleased with Solo's progress.
Fantastic news from Germany lifted the spirits - Team GB won the Team and Individual Gold Medals at the Belgian Shepherd Dog World Agility Championships.
CRANBOURNE A.C.
22nd May, 2005.
Vega and Ripley gained clear rounds in Starters Jumping with Vega being placed 12th.
B.A.T.S.
14th May, 2005.
Vega equalled his highest placing gained at Letchworth last September by being placed 6th in Starters Jumping and had a clear round in the ABC Jumping. Ripley went clear in Starters Agility. Solo continues to improve with practise.
VYNE AGILITY CLUB
2nd May, 2005.
Ripley had clear rounds in Elementary and Starters Jumping, Shona was placed 29th in Elementary Jumping and Vega went clear in Starters Agility.
SPRING AT SHUTTLEWORTH
16th & 17th April, 2005.
Our first camping show of the year and at one of our favourite venues. This show was arranged to help raise the funds to send a team to the BSD World Championships.
Vega gained clear rounds in ABC Jumping and 2 x Novice Jumping classes and Shona was clear in the Agility Aid Allsorts class. Solo showed us he had a sense of humour when he thought that the ABC class meant "Anything But The Course". Since then we have put him straight on a few things and he is beginning to knuckle down and work as seen below.
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THAME COUNTRY SHOW
27th & 28th March, 2005.
A local "unaffiliated" two day show. Ripley went clear in the Special Starters Jumping, Elementary Jumping and Starters Jumping classes. Vega was placed 8th in the Novice Jumping class and Shona was placed 7th in the Starters Jumping class.
TUFFLEY AGILITY CLUB
19th March, 2005.
After a 4 month lay off we were more than willing to kick off the season with a early morning trip over to Gloucestershire. This was Solo's debut show. He still needs more training with the weaves so we knew he would be eliminated in each of his classes but practice makes perfect! By his third run he was getting the idea and following the course.
Ripley had a clear round in Elementary Helter Skelter. Vega and Shona were both placed in Elementary Jumping, 9th and 13th respectively out of 165 entries.
GODMANCHESTER DTC
13th November, 2004.
Our first go at an indoor agility competition held at the Arena UK near Grantham in Lincolnshire, so a very early start was on the cards. Ripley seems to have had a new lease of life and got two clear rounds in Elementary Jumping and Agility whilst Shona went clear in Elementary Agility and was placed 13th.
Vega and his handler both had their minds elsewhere in Novice Jumping as they mucked up the weaves and took the wrong course. Dooh!!!!!!
CHIPPENHAM AC
11th/12th September,2004.
Our first time at Longleat and what a setting! We were camped right next to the half mile lake which had hippos and seals in it and had a stunning view of the house. Unfortunately, the weather was not too good and we were back down to earth after the previous week at Letchworth as Vega decided he was going to have his silly head on and failed to get a clear round - that's Belgians for you!
Ripley did two clear but slow rounds in Starters Jumping on both days and Shona went clear in Any Size Jumping. Despite the weather we stayed until the monday to make a long weekend of it.
LETCHWORTH DTC
3rd/4th/5th September, 2004.
Another of our favourite venues and good weather to boot. Vega got a clear round in his leg of the Novice Pairs jumping. His next run was in Starters Jumping - he flew round the course in 26.053 seconds and earned himself 6th place, his highest placing so far. The following day he again went clear in Starters Jumping and was placed 25th.
Ripley had clear rounds in Starters Jumping and Agility on the friday and Shona's only run on Sunday in AA Allsorts Jumping was successfull.
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THE WORKING BELGIAN SHEPHERD DOG SOCIETY
28th/29th August, 2004
Held at Bath Racecourse, this was the WBSDS's first agility show to help raise funds to send a team to the BSD World Agility Championships.
A quick set up with the caravan and over to the show as Vega was entered in Open Jumping - he did a lovely clear round in a time of 27.82 seconds. The next day we had seven runs but only Ripley went clear in Starters Jumping in a time of 33.96 seconds.
E.M.D.A.C.
14th/15th August, 2004.
Our first visit to one of the "unaffiliated" shows and we thoroughly enjoyed it! On the Saturday, Shona went clear in her two runs in Veteran Maxi Jumping and Veteran Maxi Helter Skelter. Vega decided to duck under the first fence in his runs and Ripley was again doing what she does best - mucking around.
On the Sunday, Ripley went clear in the Primary Maxi Plus Jumping and Vega was eliminated in both of his runs but it wasn't all his fault especially when the handler sent him into the wrong end of the tunnel!
The star of the day was Shona as she again went clear in her two runs and got placed in Veteran Maxi Clockwork Tunnels (13th) and went one better in Veteran Maxi Jumping (12th). With all her placings and awarded points she ended up being 15th best veteran dog on the day.
THE AGILITY CLUB
1st August, 2004.
Hot weather greeted us at Newbury. Ripley went clear and in time in Starters Agility despite yet again messing about. Vega had two runs but made mistakes. By lunchtime the weather was so hot we decided to pull the dogs from their remaining runs and go home - there is always another day!
CORTON A.T.S.
17th July, 2004.
A trip down to Wootton Bassett this time. Vega went clear in Elementary Jumping in a time of 28.10 seconds and he finally got it right (or maybe the handler did!) in Novice Jumping - a clear round in 34.09 seconds and ended up just outside the placings (23rd). Ripley went clear in Starters Agility but again had time faults.
ST. EDWARDS D.T.C.
4th July, 2004.
Another very early start with a journey down to Hayes in Essex. I think we should have stayed in bed! Ripley did two clear rounds in Starters Agility and Novice Jumping but was well out of time - she gets more slug like every day! Vega did two good runs in Starters and Novice Jumping but made silly mistakes. It was left to Shona to save the day with a clear round in Any Size Jumping in a time of 19.09 seconds.
B.A.T.S.
26th June, 2004.
A short trip to Luton this time. Ripley was first to run in Starters Agility - a clear round but over the time allowed. Too much posing on the A-Frame again!!!!! Vega's run in Starters Jumping provided the only clear of the day in a time of 31.903 seconds and a 20th place rosette.
GOLDEN VALLEY D.T.C.
20th June, 2004.
Another early morning start with a trip over to Worcester. It turned out to be a worthwhile one as we gained four clear rounds out of five runs. Vega in Starters Jumping in a time of 27.33 seconds (just outside the place rosettes - 32nd - out of 269 entries) and his first ever Open Jumping class, in a time of 27.38 seconds.
Ripley gained a clear in Starters Jumping in a time of 34.92 seconds and Shona went clear in Any Size Jumping in a time of 25.02 seconds.
CIPPENHAM (SLOUGH) D.T.C.
30th May, 2004
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One of our favourite shows, relaxed and very friendly, even the weather was reasonably kind to us. Vega was first to run in Starters Jumping (with a familiar judge - our ex trainer Ian Watts, without the hat) and went clear in a time of 30.60 seconds and was awarded a 21st place rosette. His next run in Elementary Jumping proved successful as well with a clear round and a 25th place rosette. In Novice Jumping, we fell foul of the trap at the start, otherwise Vega flew round the rest of the course.
Ripley had a clear round in Starters Jumping and Shona went clear in Veteran Agility and the Any Size Jumping classes.
We were so busy chatting to our friend Mike that we missed our run with Ripley in the Starters Agility class - Hey Ho we had a good day anyway.
VYNE
3rd May, 2004
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Not a day for the faint hearted - lashing rain greeted us at the Newbury Showground. Ripley was first to go in Starters Jumping but messed the weaves up. Next it was Vega in Elementary Jumping but the course was more like a Novice one. To our delight he flew round the course, got the weaves right and went clear in 37.29 seconds and earned himself an 18th place rosette.
Shona and Vega did the Starters Jumping course but made mistakes and Ripley totally demolished the first fence in the Starters Agility competition. With the weather and conditions under foot both worsening we decided to call it a day and not run the last two competitions.
DORDALE A.T.S
1st May, 2004.
Vega did two good runs but made errors at the first fence in Starters Jumping and the weaves in Novice Jumping. Shona made errors in both her classes so it was left to Ripley to save the day, she got a clear round in Starters Jumping despite almost somersaulting at the third last fence.
DASHIN' DOGS
9th - 12th April, 2004.
Our first agility competition of the year so not expecting too much from the dogs as we haven't done hardly any training throughout the winter due to the weather and other commitments. The Friday was arrive and set up day for us at the venue - Newport Showground in Shropshire.
Saturday morning and the competing gets under way, Ripley is first to run in Starters Agility and she's up to her old tricks by posing on the 'A' Frame and the Dog Walk, but despite her antics she manages a clear round within the time - much to the amusement of the crowd. Two further runs in Starters Jumping and Novice Jumping also produce clear rounds (nothing to pose on in a jumping course ha!). Both Shona and Vega have two runs each but make mistakes.
Sunday and both Shona and Vega are getting into the swing ot things with a clear round apiece in Starters Jumping. Ripley has decided she's got her silly head on and decides to run out of the ring. After lunch we do the presentations for the Vapresto BSD Agility League Novice Competition - WELL DONE to all concerned.
Monday, Shona and Vega again get clear rounds in Starters Jumping but Ripley is still messing about although her last run in Novice Jumping is an improvement.