Competing against
peers...
Football has The Premier League. Rugby has
Rugby League. Television has it's League of Gentlemen and cinema had it's
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen so why shouldn't Agility have it's own
leagues, too? Leagues bring people together and measure their skills and achievement against
their peers. Even if you're
not a joiner, it's fun to compare yourself to other handlers and their dogs and share mutual experiences.
2025
More DARL News
DARL has increased the
time period to add points from 30 to 90 days to add points to the League.
This should allow dogs
that have recovered from injury, dogs in their first season that have done
better than their handler thought they might and people who were unaware of the
League at the start of the year to claim points.
8th September 2025
DARL Changes to to 2025 League
There will be some changes to the Dog
Agility Rescue League finals next year because there are more dogs in all of the
graded leagues. Consequently, it would not be possible to invite everyone to
take part in the finals, as they have done for the last few years. Instead the
top 10 dogs in each league will be invited to participate.
The DARL Committee doesn't think that
overall this will make a huge difference because not all of the leagues have
more than 10 dogs. Whilst the decision has not been made as to where the finals
will be held next year, obviously, not everyone who qualifies, will be able to
come. If people who are in the top 10 of a league decline their invitation, the
dogs placed 11, 12, 13 etc etc. will be invited.
Ian Hastie said, 'We appreciate that
next year's finals are still some way off, but we want to give our
members plenty of notice of this change, so you can stay actively
involved, and continue to add points for your dog even if you think that
you may not be in the top league places at the end of this year.
August 2025
2023
The Redhill E-League
At their
2023 Redhill finals, Jumping Jacks Agility will be awarding e-Trophies to those
competitors with the most eliminations and faults over the show season. They are
purely meant as a bit of fun and are not intended to offend anyone, and they
have become quite popular.
Val
Sewell told Agilitynet, 'As
we have a lot of new people competing this year, I thought I would explain
what these trophies are about. They started
in 2019 in memory of my and my friend's
dogs - Lexie and Fizzie. We wanted to do something different, so I came up
with the idea of an E League based on the total number of eliminations at
each show that season. I record everyone’s Es and faults. 100 points are
awarded for every E and at the end of the season, the highest score wins. We
have a Gold. Silver and Bronze for each level. The one stipulation is that
you have to be present when they are awarded, otherwise it goes to the next
person.
The
last qualifying day will be either on the Friday or Saturday
of the finals weekend, to be confirmed later. If you decide you do not want
to participate in these awards, then please let me know and your faults will
not be recorded.'
The trophies are home -made although the Es
and plinths are purchased separately and painted. The finished products are
split into Ls and Fs which stands for Lexie and Fizzie.
The Redhill finals are open to everyone. All classes on the
booking form are eligible for all dogs.
Walking Pace League News
Due to
cost of living and finding a suitable central venue for a final, organiser Faye
Nemeth has decided to make the Walking Pace League will be free to enter. Phase
Purple will continue to sponsor the competition. Agility Plaza will keep
track of points. Rosettes and prizes will be sent once show organisers have
confirmed results.
Classes
to be held up and down the UK. All placings/ clear rounds will count towards the
League.
The
League will run until 20th December 2023. Winners will be announced In early
January 2024 and the new league will begin January 31st 2024
All
handlers will compete over the same course which will be set as a G1-3 agility
class as per KC rules.
For more
information, go to
Walking Pace League
The Agility Club Leagues to Reopen in Spring 2022
As many of you know or have experienced The Agility Club has been
experiencing technical issues with the membership and points side of things.
Despite the efforts of the company that commissioned the build, they have been
unable to resolve the issues due to the nature of how the website was built and
the coding used.
Unfortunately, this has led to a high amount of manual administration on
the league organiser (aka Points Fairy) along with having detrimental impact on
membership.
Website Co-ordinator Melissa Doubleday said, 'We know that this has
left members feeling frustrated and a huge amount of emails that could have
been avoided. As a club, we wholeheartedly apologise for this and assure you
that we have been working hard not only to resolve the issues but to try and
answer all your queries as well.
Now for the Good News…
 A new developer
has been found who is confident that they will be able to do a
complete rebuild of the back end of the website and banish these gremlins. The
Agility Club is hoping the site will be ready to go live in the spring to tie in with the
launch of the Leagues.
What does this mean for all members?
As a user of the website, there will not be a lot of visible change. Most of
the work is happening in the backend which means that there will be little
impact apart from an improved user experience. The renewal process will be
easier, members will be able to manage your account more efficiently and we hope
to improve the readability of the online magazine with new software.
In time, an auto renewal process for subscriptions
will be introduced which will mean your membership will auto renew on expiry, taking away the
hassle of the renewal process all together.
What next...
All historic data will be deleted, and any expired members will not be
carried over to the new site. Only live memberships will be moved over. If your
membership is lapsed, you will be required to join as a new member.
When members login for the first time after the edit window has opened, you
will need to re-enter all your dog's details as well as any extra handlers, if
you have a family membership.
This will be available within the next 10 days or so, and a further email
with both timelines and instructions will be sent shortly.
The leagues will start again on the 1st April 2022 and run through to 30th
November 2022. The current changes will not affect the points collected from
this date although you may not be able to enter them from the 1st.
For more information, go
to The Agility Club website
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