Sponsoring a competition
 On
one of their many long trips 'Up North' Jenny and Blair Willis were reminiscing about the old
Barbour Pairs Knockout competition and what fun it was. They remember how much both they and
their dogs enjoyed doing it. It was possible that the dogs had more fun than the humans as they
didn’t have the stress of making sure they were at the ring at the right time! They decided
that it would be great to revive a Pairs Knockout competition, albeit with slightly different
rules and so the Laser Pairs Knockout came into existence in 2007.
Competition opens up
We have decided
to open the Laser Pairs to all sizes of dogs. This will take effect for the
2012-13 competition, with the first heat taking place at Barking Mad Summer Show
3-5 August 2012 and the Final being held at the TAG Summer Show 2013.
The class will be
open to all sizes and grades of dogs. Pairs can be two Large dogs, two Medium
dogs or two Small dogs. Pairs cannot be a mixture of sizes. Large pairs will
compete over 650mm jumps, Medium pairs over 450mm and Small pairs over
350mm. Running orders will be a random draw, and a pair may be drawn against a
pair of a different height.
We hope that by
including all sizes of dogs, this competition will become an even more exciting
and fun competition.
It will be interesting
to see which size pair wins.
2012 - 13 Results
Heat 5
Lune Valley Premier & Open Agility Show
Winners
-
Ian Gawne with Pallathorpe Alice Ursula & Carole Faragher with Irish Lilly
-
Dane Redford with Redanmuir Truly Focused & Hannah Wade with Redanmuir Dont
Stop Me Now
Semi Finalists
-
Jessica Cooke with Rolo White Sox & Lousie Evans with Getajada Eadie
-
Lynda McNamara with Icehala Storm in a Teacup & Nicole Gardiner with Kehala
Iced Crystal
Heat 4
PADS Open Agility Show
31 May to 2 June 2013
Winners
-
Gilli Sayer with Morgan's Chance Find & Sue White with Tizza Moment of Madness
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Gabby Robinson with Midwinter Madness & Pat Bray with Midwinter Frost
Semi Finalists
-
Julia Maclean with Definately Maybe & Lin Dickinson with Arnpriors Desert
Island
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Marie Court with Best of Both & Elaine Shipton with Starshot Eszti
Heat 3 - Dog Vegas
Winners
Catherine
Orourke - Funfastquick Summer Sky & Shirley Wells - Funfastquick Fantasy
Runners Up
Sarah
Crouch - Canen Cosmic Sindy & John Cook - Brentmoor Macaw
Semi Finalists
Ruth Tobin
- Woodmagic Marsha & Melissa Stubbs - Woodmagic Ruby
Sylvia
Stringer - Molly Coddled & Caron Evison - Dont Dilly Dally Dylan
Heat 2 - Wallingford
Winners
Janet
Thrift - Bekkis Having Fun & Chantal Hutton - Bekkis Run Free
Runners Up
Beca
Costello - Aviary Atlantis & Sarah McLaren - Aviary Adonis
Semi Finalists
Sharon
Banks - Dreamchart Sky's the Limit & Kim Watts - Tynever Tariq
Vanessa
Layton - Raeanne Little Jumping Bean & Ryan Hennessy - Shandon's Busy Little
Fizzy
Heat 1
- Barking Mad
Winners
Barry
Marks - Bazanjo's Dream Machine & Jo Marks - Smurf Off Ice a Bazanjo
Runners
Up
Moira
Bowden - Truly Blinkin' Scrumptious & Lucy Brown - Daisy Doodle Doggle Boggle
Semi
Finalists
Nicola
Crawley - Gemlani Glen & Helen Flatt - Max's Little Gizmo
Moira
Bowden - Dot Dot Dash & Sally Walker - Tan Bellina
2012 Final Results
Blair and I
would like to thank Amanda Hampson and Lou Cadman for judging the 2012 Final.
The course they put up was perfect for the final, and produced the most exciting
final we have held so far. We were lucky that the final was able to go ahead as
during the building of the course we had torrential rain, thunder and
lightening. Fortunately the weather did improve and in fact we had clear
skies for the actual event. We would also like to thank Rachel and the TAG crew
for all their help in letting us hold this final at their show and also a big
thank you to all who helped us on the day.
Well done to Bob and Evie
for winning.
Winners
Bob Sharpe with
Sherebridge Justin Case & Evie Coyne with Sherebridge Glade
Runners
Up
Gary Murphy
with Mitchel (Mitch Linman) &
Helen Murphy with Jackson (Dallason
lets be avenue)
Semi
Finalists
Sally Edwards
with Aculsia Full of Fizz & Mike Walker with Fourpaws Caddie Shack
Jan Wheeler
with Iatka Highland Star & Eve Leach with Upanova Solitaire
The Final should be even more exciting next
year as the competition is now open to small, medium and large pairs, it will be
interesting to see which size pair wins.
2011 Final Results
This year’s final
was one of the best finals we have had over the years. Charlie Wyatt and Ian Jackson designed a
fantastic course which was extremely fast and created a very competitive final. Blair and I
would like to thank Charlie and Ian for making it such a great competition.
The final was
tinged with a certain sadness as it was the last one to be held at Dashin' Dogs Summer
Show. Many thanks to Emma and Nigel for hosting our final at their show over the last five
years. We would never have got the competition going without their support and help over the
years.
The Laser Pairs
will be continuing next year and it is planned that the last heat and the final will be held at
a new week long show that will take place at the same time next year but at a different venue.
Winners of the
2011 Final
Becca Costello with Atomic Twister & Sarah Maclaren with
Bryning Time to Shine
Runners Up
Ian Robinson with Red Lightening & Carrie Ellwood with Culture Shock
Semi Finalists
Mandy Melville Love with Bottlesford Chequers & Darren Stokes with Copper Load of This
Alan Mitchell with Sole & Chrissie Mitchell with Stone
Quarter Finalists
Karen Harland with Dapple Mia Chapel Te & Eleanor Laing Kay with Borderweaver Bewitched
Jenny Willis with Alsorts of Magic & Diane Graves with Clay Your Cards Right
Tina Twyman with Darling Buds of Maisie & Lesley Hildrew with Alsort of Magic Monster
Deena Freeman with Jake & Jackie Gardner with Del
A big well done to
everyone else who qualified for the final.
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