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.
Naylor Agility Challenge
Qualifiers Announced
The 2024 Naylor Agility
Challenge will consist of nine qualifiers as we search for a rising star. With
the top five dogs from each heat being invited to the final later in the year.
Qualifiers start in early May and run until late August with schedules now
available for the May events.
The final will take
place at its traditional location at the Malvern Autumn Show, one of the premier
outdoor events. Attracting over 40,000 people across the three days of the
event, the 2024 Naylor Agility Challenge final will take place in the main
attractions arena of the show.
Organiser Luke
Taylor said, 'We are delighted that the Final will be judged by championship
judge Hannah Grantham. She has a wealth of experience having qualified as a
Championship judge in 2018.'
Qualifiers
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North Somerset – Bank
Holiday Monday, 6th May
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Worcester Premier Agility
Show – Saturday, 18thMay
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Whirlwind Open Agility
Show – Saturday, 15th and Sunday, 16th June
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Summer Solstice Open
Agility Show – Saturday, 22nd June and Sunday, 23rd
June
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Wellingborough DTC
Premier Agility Show - Friday, 5th, Saturday and
6th and Sunday, 7th July
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Tuffley Championship Show
- Friday 26th, Saturday, 27th and
Sunday, 28th July
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Welsh Kennel Club
Championship Show – Friday, 16th, Saturday, 17th
and Sunday, 18th August
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Bromsgrove Premier
Agility Show – Saturday, 24th and Sunday, 25thth
August
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Chatsworth Country Fair
Open Agility Show - Friday, 30th and Saturday, 31st
August
Grand Final
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Naylor Agility looks
forward to seeing everyone at the qualifiers and wish all the competitors good
luck in qualifying for the Final.
About Naylor Agility
Naylor Agility is a UK-based company that manufacture and supply
high-quality agility tunnels in a variety of colours, lengths and different size
spring wire which determines the weight of the tunnel which are medium and heavy
duty. Medium weight tunnels can be used at home or for small clubs where you
have a few dogs, our heavy weight tunnels can be used at clubs with a lot of
“traffic” or large/boisterous dogs where you need more stability. Not only do
our agility tunnels concertina down for easy storage, but they are also
waterproof, easy to clean and durable. Our agility products are made right here
in the UK, which means they have a lower carbon footprint than similar imported
agility tunnels.
The full range of Naylor
Agility products can be found atthe. Social media updates can be found on Naylor
Agility and Country Shows Agility.
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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