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Beryl
Tonge 1920-1992
Mandy Dumont met Beryl Tonge in the 1980s at Empingham DTC in Rutland. Years
later she found out that they had gone to the same high school in Essex -
except over 30 years apart. At the time, Beryl was 'old' but she was only 72
when she died, a similar age to Mandy now. Mandy remembers Beryl fondly in
this article. |
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Coming Back to Agility
In 1982,
Brenda Johnston saw her first Agility competition at Crufts when Agility was in
it's infancy and the jumps were all one height! She
talked to a few people to get some information and was directed to Val Pollock (now Phillips) who told her that she and her friend Lindsey Parker would be starting an Agility
club very soon at Warlingham Rugby Club. Brenda and her six year old
Border Collie Heidi were amongst their first members. We hope you enjoy her trip down Memory
Lane. |
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Recollections of a Bygone Age
Agility
Avid (nom de plume) has many, many happy memories of her early days of agility
when it was a very new hobby dog sport. Equipment, teaching and handling
techniques were in their infancy. The majority of dogs were slower in comparison
to these days, and injuries were extremely rare. Some said that agility was for
'dogs with no brains', but she and her dogs were having fun. Avid looks back to
her early dalliance with the sport. |
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Talking
Heads
You've probably heard stories about the old days of
Agility when everything was 'friendlier and more fun.' Here's a selection of voices from
the past and present, recalling their own experiences. |
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Jean Tuck - Looking
Back at a Life in Agility
Jean Tuck retired from agility in 2023 after
a quarter of a century of running her dogs successfully. Age,
sciatica and not being able to manage long walks with her husband made her
re-evaluate her options, and sadly agility lost out. Looking back at her dogs over
the years, she's seen many changes in our sport. |
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When Agility
Was
as Easy as ABC...
Has
agility become too complex wondered Sue Knight a little while ago? Like many
others, she came to dogs after many years of horses. She was in the right place
at the right time when she started agility with her
Weimaraner, Becky (Beckstone Game Girl) in the late 1980s. It all seemed easier
then.
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