The Tug-E-Nuff Performance Challenge final took place on Friday, 30 July at the UKA week show. Competitors had qualified for the final by competing in 10 heats throughout the year. The heats consisted of an agility and a jumping round with the results combined with the event open to both Beginner and Novice dogs.

The idea behind the event is to encourage and help the young dogs and/or new handlers prepare for qualifying and competing in finals in future years of their competition. The heats are aimed at rewarding consistency over the two classes by preparing handlers to go clear in two rounds. The Final winner takes all. This should also help handlers and dogs prepare for going all out in that one run.

The judge for the final was Andy Hudson who set up an excellent course which was designed at the perfect level.

Thanks to the generous sponsorship from Tug-E-Nuff Dog Gear all finalist received a rosette, with beautiful glass trophies for the top 3 and £200 cash for the each winner, £50 Tug-E-Nuff vouchers for 2^nd and £25 Tug-E-Nuff vouchers for 3^rd place.

Course Plan

This course provided a very exciting final with a large percentage of clears but with enough handling challenges to shave off those vital seconds and reward those who really got the best out of their dogs.

Congratulations to the four winners of the Tug-E-Nuff Performance Challenge Final 2010

• Helen Millard with Eko in the Toy height

• Gemma Hanekom with Hoax in the Midi height

• Chris Clements with Beebo in the Standard Height

• Lauren Langman with Reef in the Maxi height.

Sponsor Matthew Rouse said, 'Tug-E-Nuff are proud to sponsor this event and it was wonderful to see a lot of really talented Beginner/Novice dogs at the final. The idea behind this tournament was to give the beginner dogs the experience of being in a 'finals' atmosphere whilst preparing them for future finals they may reach. We really enjoyed the final and look forward to seeing who makes the final next year. Good luck.'

The full results are as follows:-

Toy Final

Midi Final

Standard Final

Maxi

Thanks must go again to Tug-E-Nuff Dog Gear (www.tug-e-nuff.co.uk ) for their sponsorship of the event.

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