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One man's verdict
The term 'league table' is more commonly
associated with sports teams, institutions/companies and schools than agility shows. Paul
Oldfield has done his own end of the year list of shows that he attended, ranking them in order
of points achieved. He stresses that these are his own personal opinions.
Paul Oldfield runs two Large dogs. One is in Grade 7. The
other started the season in G4 and ended in G6. Paul camps in a caravan and is a vegetarian.
Marks are awarded out of 60. Shows with camping but no
showers, however, can only by definition score a maximum of 55 points. The marks for surface
ignore the weather conditions and merely reflect the grass cover, sand conditions and how level
the ground is.
Show Review 2008
|
Place |
Show |
Camping
or Car Park |
Exercise
area |
Surface |
Courses |
Showers/Loos |
Food |
Total |
| 1 |
Rugby (Christmas 2007) |
10 |
9 |
10 |
9 |
9 |
9 |
56 1/2 |
| =2 |
Easter Extravaganza
|
10 |
10 |
8 |
8 1/2 |
9 1/2 |
10 |
56 |
| =2 |
Dogs in Need |
8 1/2 |
10 |
9 |
8 1/2 |
10 |
10 |
56 |
| =3 |
Suffolk Five Rivers |
9 |
9 1/2 |
10 |
9 |
10 |
8
No eggs! |
55 1/2 |
| =3 |
Easington |
9 |
10 |
10 |
8 1/2 |
9 |
9 |
55 1/2 |
| =4 |
Waldridge Fell |
8 1/2 |
9 incl. beach |
9 |
9 |
9 1/2 |
10 |
55 |
| =4 |
Rugby (Summer) |
9 |
9
incl. fields |
9 1/2 |
9 |
9 1/2 |
9 |
55 |
| =5 |
Mid Downs |
9 |
10 |
8 |
8 1/2 |
9 1/2 |
9 |
54 |
| =5 |
Watford |
9 |
10 |
9 |
8 |
9 |
9 |
54 |
| 6 |
Letchworth |
9 |
10 |
8 |
8 1/2 |
9 |
9 |
53 1/2 |
| =7 |
Bromsgrove |
8 |
7 1/2
- Long grass, poo, thistles |
10 |
9
|
9 1/2 |
9 1/2 |
53 |
| =7 |
Tunbridge Wells |
9 |
8 1/2 |
8 |
8 1/2 |
9 1/2 |
9 1/2 |
53 |
| =7 |
Clyde Valley |
8 1/2 |
9 |
8 1/2 |
9 |
9 1/2 |
8 1/2
Lousy coffee |
53 |
| 8 |
Norfolk Autumn |
8 1/2 |
8 |
10 |
8 |
9 |
9 |
52 1/2 |
| =9 |
Scunthorpe (Summer) |
10 |
8 |
10 |
9 1/2 |
4 1/2
|
10 |
52 |
| =9 |
Scunthorpe (Spring) |
8 |
8 |
10 |
7 1/2 |
8 1/2 |
10 |
52 |
| 10 |
Thames |
8 1/2 |
8 |
9 |
8 |
7 |
9 1/2 |
50 |
| 11 |
The Agility Club |
7
Tannoy Sat pm |
8 |
9 |
8 |
7 1/2 |
9 1/2 |
49 |
| 12 |
KC International
Festival |
8 1/2 |
8 |
8 |
9 |
9 |
6
Barely edible |
48
1/2 |
| 13 |
Weardale |
9 |
9 incl. river |
8 |
8 |
5 |
8 |
47 |
| 14 |
Vyne |
8 1/2 |
8 1/2 |
9 |
7 1/2 |
7 1/2 |
6
Huge queues |
47 |
| 15 |
Shrewsbury |
9 |
7 1/2 |
8 |
8 1/2 |
5 |
8 |
46 |
| =16 |
Hinckley |
8 1/2 |
7
incl. byways |
8 |
9 |
5 |
7 1/2
Undrinkable tea/coffee |
45
1/2 |
| =16 |
Waldridge Fell (February) |
9 |
5 |
8 |
7 |
7 |
9 1/2 |
45 1/2 |
| =16 |
Shuttleworth |
6
Chaos! |
8 |
7 |
6 1/2 |
9 |
9 |
45 1/2 |
| 17 |
Newton Heath |
8 1/2 |
8 1/2 |
8 |
7 |
5 |
6
Price |
45 |
| 18 |
Nottingham |
8 |
7 1/2 |
6 |
6 1/2 |
4
|
9 |
41 |
| 19 |
Ribble |
5 |
2 1/2 |
8 1/2 |
6 1/2 |
8 1/2 |
9 |
40 |
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My top show would be a combination of the following.
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Category |
Show(s) |
Reasons |
Points |
| Camping |
Scunthorpe |
Quiet - no motorways, trains,
fireworks, music. Good space. Near rings /exercise area |
10 |
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Exercise Area |
Dogs in Need |
Good space, variety, ease
of access |
10 |
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Surface |
Bromsgrove, Easington, Norfolk,
Suffolk Five Rivers, Scunthorpe, Rugby (Christmas) |
Ground level. No holes.
Great grass cover. No raking. |
9 |
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Courses |
KC International Festival |
Much improved. Really
enjoyed both G3-5 and 7s. No odd weaves in Grades 1-3 |
9 |
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Showers/loos |
Dogs in Need, Ardingley |
Set the standard. If you
run a camping show, you need showers! |
10 |
| Food |
Scunthorpe |
It really wasn't a contest. Well done,
Lions. I really should have made a deduction for no Kookaburra. |
10 |
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Total |
58 |
About the author...
Paul Oldfield has competed for around 14 years with Large dogs. He borrowed a
Spaniel X (Sadie) who looked smashing but 4th at Elementary was her best place.
His first three collies - Josie, Leah and Katya - all got
to Advanced. Josie was probably as good a Starter as any. She won the Spillers Final and NCDL
plus got to Olympia and various other finals. Leah was - and is - an aggressive collie, so it
was best to retire her. Katya has won the inaugural Kennel Club Novice Cup final, 2007 Supadog
final and has been to Olympia and Crufts Singles pm final . Sveta is 2 1/2 and has one Grade 6
Agility win. She qualified for Olympia Novice Semi , CSJ Final and won Novice Cup Jumping at
KC.
Published 01/11/08
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