Friday, November 03, 2006
Original sender: Ellen----
More results from Thursday.
Correction from Wed's Time Gamble: Annie Alles did not place 7th; it was another Annie. (I double-checked the entry number and did a bad job of it. Sorry about that.)
All of Thursday's results are posted at http://usdaa.com/article.cfm?newsID=357. And there are Friday's course maps, analyses of the courses, and more at http://usdaa.com/news.cfm
The preliminary round (semifinals) of the Steeplechase seemed to be designed more to eliminate competitors than to create a spectacularly fast course, and eliminate they did. Many fine dogs bit the offcourse tunnel straight after obstacle #2, a straight tunnel pointing right at it. There were other interesting places to go offcourse in that same section of the course, both at the beginning and the end.
Bay Teamers and friends (again, near as I can tell; too much of a crowd and limited access here at the site for me to leisurely read results...will check online tonight) making the cut for the finals:
The finals will be held Saturday evening.
This is the Performance Steeplechase. Bay Teamers and friends moving on to the finals:
This is the oldies-but-goodies Grand Prix--dogs over the age of 8 who have previously made it to at least the semifinals of previous Grand Prixs. They run only a semifinal and a final. So yesterday's reports (Junior, Heather, Cruiser, Riot, and Wicked, Pivot, and Wog, all made the cut for the finals in the Vet Grand Prix.
The Performance Grand Prix runs like the regular grand prix--quarterfinals, semis, and finals.
crud, need to recheck AGAIN...
Four reds were required in the opening, and the high-point seven consisted of a jump-wrap to the weaves, so it wasn't practical for anyone to do four 7s in the opening--it became a handling course, which is nice, compared to simply a speed race through the 7-pointer.
Bay Teamers and friends in the ribbons:
Huh--my notes aren't making a lot of sense. Dbl check.
Flint Mahood 8" 2nd
The first part of the course lulled you into a false sense of doability, then threw in some tricky tunnel call-offs and serpentiney thingies that caught a lot of people.
Another challenging course, although the most-challenging part was another serpentiney thing going into the hard side of a tunnel afterwards.
Sorry I don't have individual results for the team events. Several Bay Team teams were in the vicinity of the top 20 of 208 teams (20 will be in the finals on Saturday), but I didn't write them down, either; required way too much time sitting in front of USDAA's official computer screen trying to read it before it scrolled on to something else. So I'm behind...
Bay teamers & friends qualifying for the semifinal round tomorrow (this doesn't include those who previously earned byes into the semis).
26" Aiko Cochrane 2nd
26" Kidd Chadwick 9th
26" Ana Bickel 12th
26' Cappuccino Richards 23rd
26" Coty Leal 31st
26" Trane Kambeitz, 33rd
26" Brenn Chandler, 34th (38 dogs moved up)
Very sorry, didn't get the rest of the heights.
Scribbled some notes but I think I'm getting indecipherable even to myself. I think you'll have to hire a new reporter.
Several Bay Teamer dogs were in the semifinals but I never did find the list onsite.
The final round ran this evening starting at 7:00. Gail Mahood and good reliable Flint were the 3rd seeded 8-inch dog going into the finals, and ran a solid, clean run that only one other dog managed to beat, so they took a 2nd place in the Performance National Standard (Grand Prix) championship, topping a week in which they won all of their events at the Corgi Nationals and ended up as the #1 corgi for the show. Pretty good for an ancient dog!
In the 16-inch group, Sharon Freilich showed her usual grace and confidence on course with Rip, running nicely except for one unfortunate offcourse, on a course that caused a large percentage of dogs of all heights to go offcourse or knock bars or miss weave entries in an attempt at phenomenal speeds.
Also at 16 inches, Dave Grubel turned his baseball cap backwards, set Tahoe up, and flew around the course performing crosses hitherto unknown to mere mortals. Their run was flawless, but missed first place by .01 of a second, still taking an awesome 2nd place.
Watching these performance dogs and handlers move around the course, it became clear that this is not your father's performance dog event--these are superb competitors and phenomenal dogs, just running at a lower jump height and with that lowered A-frame.
More results from Thursday.
Correction from Wed's Time Gamble: Annie Alles did not place 7th; it was another Annie. (I double-checked the entry number and did a bad job of it. Sorry about that.)
All of Thursday's results are posted at http://usdaa.com/article.cfm?newsID=357. And there are Friday's course maps, analyses of the courses, and more at http://usdaa.com/news.cfm
Thurs. Steeplechase Semis
The preliminary round (semifinals) of the Steeplechase seemed to be designed more to eliminate competitors than to create a spectacularly fast course, and eliminate they did. Many fine dogs bit the offcourse tunnel straight after obstacle #2, a straight tunnel pointing right at it. There were other interesting places to go offcourse in that same section of the course, both at the beginning and the end.
Bay Teamers and friends (again, near as I can tell; too much of a crowd and limited access here at the site for me to leisurely read results...will check online tonight) making the cut for the finals:
- 26" Fable Sanders, 3rd
- 26" Panic Gyes, 4th
- 26" Aiko Cochran, 9th
- 26" Coty Leal, 11th
- 26" Hobbes Michalski, 12th (twelve 26" dogs made the cut)
- 22" Spy Basic, 12th
- 22" Maja Bruera, 14th (twenty 22" dogs made the cut)
The finals will be held Saturday evening.
Thurs. Performance Speed Jumping Semis
This is the Performance Steeplechase. Bay Teamers and friends moving on to the finals:
- 22" Ty Rogers, 1st
- 16" Wicked Gyes/Basic, 2nd
- 16" Tahoe Grubel, 4th (eight 16" dogs made the cut)
Thurs. Veteran Grand Prix Semis
This is the oldies-but-goodies Grand Prix--dogs over the age of 8 who have previously made it to at least the semifinals of previous Grand Prixs. They run only a semifinal and a final. So yesterday's reports (Junior, Heather, Cruiser, Riot, and Wicked, Pivot, and Wog, all made the cut for the finals in the Vet Grand Prix.
Thurs. Performance Grand Prix Quarterfinals
The Performance Grand Prix runs like the regular grand prix--quarterfinals, semis, and finals.
crud, need to recheck AGAIN...
Thurs. Team Snooker
Four reds were required in the opening, and the high-point seven consisted of a jump-wrap to the weaves, so it wasn't practical for anyone to do four 7s in the opening--it became a handling course, which is nice, compared to simply a speed race through the 7-pointer.
Bay Teamers and friends in the ribbons:
- 16" Luka 4th, 52 pts
- 22" Mace Gyes, 1st, 57 pts
- 22" Maja Bruera, 2nd, 55
- 26" Panic Gyes, 5th, 52
- 26" Fable Sanders, 6th, 50
Thurs. Veteran/Performance Snooker
Huh--my notes aren't making a lot of sense. Dbl check.
8" Junior Auzenne 8" 2nd (ribbons only 1st place)
12" Heather Leggett 3rd (ribbons only 1st)
16" Cruiser Johnson, 2nd
16" Wicked Gyes/Basic, 5th
16" Riot Gyes, 6th
22" Wog Gaiser, 5th
Thurs. Performance Team Snooker
Flint Mahood 8" 2nd
Fri. Team Standard
The first part of the course lulled you into a false sense of doability, then threw in some tricky tunnel call-offs and serpentiney thingies that caught a lot of people.
Fri. Team Jumpers
Another challenging course, although the most-challenging part was another serpentiney thing going into the hard side of a tunnel afterwards.
Fri. Team Overall
Sorry I don't have individual results for the team events. Several Bay Team teams were in the vicinity of the top 20 of 208 teams (20 will be in the finals on Saturday), but I didn't write them down, either; required way too much time sitting in front of USDAA's official computer screen trying to read it before it scrolled on to something else. So I'm behind...
Fri. Grand Prix Quarterfinals
Bay teamers & friends qualifying for the semifinal round tomorrow (this doesn't include those who previously earned byes into the semis).
Very sorry, didn't get the rest of the heights.
Fri. Veterans Grand Prix
Scribbled some notes but I think I'm getting indecipherable even to myself. I think you'll have to hire a new reporter.
Fri. Performance National Standard Finals
Several Bay Teamer dogs were in the semifinals but I never did find the list onsite.
The final round ran this evening starting at 7:00. Gail Mahood and good reliable Flint were the 3rd seeded 8-inch dog going into the finals, and ran a solid, clean run that only one other dog managed to beat, so they took a 2nd place in the Performance National Standard (Grand Prix) championship, topping a week in which they won all of their events at the Corgi Nationals and ended up as the #1 corgi for the show. Pretty good for an ancient dog!
In the 16-inch group, Sharon Freilich showed her usual grace and confidence on course with Rip, running nicely except for one unfortunate offcourse, on a course that caused a large percentage of dogs of all heights to go offcourse or knock bars or miss weave entries in an attempt at phenomenal speeds.
Also at 16 inches, Dave Grubel turned his baseball cap backwards, set Tahoe up, and flew around the course performing crosses hitherto unknown to mere mortals. Their run was flawless, but missed first place by .01 of a second, still taking an awesome 2nd place.
Watching these performance dogs and handlers move around the course, it became clear that this is not your father's performance dog event--these are superb competitors and phenomenal dogs, just running at a lower jump height and with that lowered A-frame.
