Jo-Mist Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 This is a Championship Competition for owners who want to play Frisbee with their dog. Intending Competitors are asked to contact the BARK Events Manager, Damian Noud, to coordinate their free entry into the Festival and ease of access to a special parking area and competition field. Dogs are not allowed into the Festival, except for the dogs competing. [email protected] or ph 5495 6700 mob 0400359377. Sunday 10th September Spring Festival Cleveland Showgrounds Cleveland Registration 9.00am Competitor Meeting 9.45am Competition Start 10.00am Concludes 12.00pm $5 per team to compete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MolassesLass Posted September 5, 2006 Share Posted September 5, 2006 BUMP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pippi Posted September 5, 2006 Share Posted September 5, 2006 (edited) Would love to go, Pippi loves playing Frisbee, but QLD is a bit too far. As fas as I know we don't have these comps in Vic unfortunately. Hope you all have a great time. Edited September 5, 2006 by Pippi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MolassesLass Posted September 5, 2006 Share Posted September 5, 2006 We (BARK) are currently the only canine frisbee club in Australia, but we do have a competitor travelling up from Newcastle for this event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herding_guy Posted September 5, 2006 Share Posted September 5, 2006 Would love to go, Pippi loves playing Frisbee, but QLD is a bit too far. As fas as I know we don't have these comps in Vic unfortunately. Hope you all have a great time. Pippi, maybe we should start the Victorian branch got 4 frisbee fanatics in my camp. ML what do you think about us Mexicans starting a team up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MolassesLass Posted September 5, 2006 Share Posted September 5, 2006 Contact one of our gurus (Karen or Damian Noud) and discuss it with them. They singled-handedly brought the sport to Australia from the US. They run the Australian Canine Disc Association which would be who your club would be affiliated with if that's what you wanted to do. You'd probably need to get a couple of people to come up, get trained and accredited as judges/instructors. ACDA The more competition the better! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShesaLikeableBiBear Posted September 5, 2006 Share Posted September 5, 2006 Would love to come but we have Herding Instinct Certs on 09 and 10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pippi Posted September 5, 2006 Share Posted September 5, 2006 Would love to go, Pippi loves playing Frisbee, but QLD is a bit too far. As fas as I know we don't have these comps in Vic unfortunately. Hope you all have a great time. Pippi, maybe we should start the Victorian branch got 4 frisbee fanatics in my camp. ML what do you think about us Mexicans starting a team up? Hey lets go for it - if the VFL can create the AFL, we could give this a go and have a national comp. Besides, I could do with a trip to QLD. ML how many teams do you have, or does everyone compete individually? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herding_guy Posted September 5, 2006 Share Posted September 5, 2006 Hey lets go for it - if the VFL can create the AFL, we could give this a go and have a national comp. Besides, I could do with a trip to QLD.ML how many teams do you have, or does everyone compete individually? Okay who else in Vic is interested.....let's get some numbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MolassesLass Posted September 5, 2006 Share Posted September 5, 2006 (edited) A "team" is a handler and a dog, just like agility or obedience. Our club (again, just like an obedience club) has around 40 members and their dogs. Our first comp for this year had 14 novice and 6 open teams. Our biggest comp so far had 31 novice teams, 4 open and 3 pro. We also hold the ONLY southern hemisphere event as part of the UFO World Cup series. There are people overseas who would love to come and compete (as they do around the world each year) if there were the numbers to make it worthwhile (and if our quarantine laws were a little different) We are at the bottom of this page.....but I digress. In the US and Japan canine disc is HUGE. There are comps every weekend and people travel all over the country to attend them all. There's no reason canine frisbee can't be as big as flyball or any other doggy sport here. It's just taking some time since it's relatively new. I'm hoping to get video footage of this weekends competition and if you're interested I can probably do you a copy to show you what goes on at a competition. Apart from the 4 competitions run per year, there are also 6 training days and even some seminars now we are gettings members to the higher level (which involves a doggy dancing - canine disc mix of tricks and elements to music). Edited September 5, 2006 by molasseslass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herding_guy Posted September 5, 2006 Share Posted September 5, 2006 Contact one of our gurus (Karen or Damian Noud) and discuss it with them. They singled-handedly brought the sport to Australia from the US. They run the Australian Canine Disc Association which would be who your club would be affiliated with if that's what you wanted to do. You'd probably need to get a couple of people to come up, get trained and accredited as judges/instructors. The more competition the better! ML .....email sent this could be the start of something great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MolassesLass Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 (edited) Oh I can't wait to have interstate comps to travel to! Edited September 6, 2006 by molasseslass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MolassesLass Posted September 8, 2006 Share Posted September 8, 2006 There will be The Petographer in attendance to take photos of the flying fidos and quite possibly the Aussie Sport Dogs photgraphy team as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jesomil Posted September 9, 2006 Share Posted September 9, 2006 Here is another Victorian with a frisbee mad dog. I always hoped frisbee would come to Vic one day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KitKat Posted September 9, 2006 Share Posted September 9, 2006 Bump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herding_guy Posted September 9, 2006 Share Posted September 9, 2006 Here is another Victorian with a frisbee mad dog. I always hoped frisbee would come to Vic one day. That's great so far I have at least 7 handlers and 10 dogs that are keen. Anyone else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superminty Posted September 9, 2006 Share Posted September 9, 2006 Me! Trouble will be convincing Minty that the other dogs deserve a go too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MolassesLass Posted September 9, 2006 Share Posted September 9, 2006 (edited) Don't stress hannahb, there's only ever one dog and handler working at any one time. Safety first! Oh and yes, I got up too early and now have to waste time before I can leave for today's competition. Edited September 9, 2006 by molasseslass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MolassesLass Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 Unfortunately swirling winds made for a day of heartbreak. Thankfully the rain held out until we were done. Results Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sayreovi Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 Dont mean too hijack but i would be interested in getting Darcy to at least have a go, he has never done frisbee before. Any advice on how/where to start? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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