AGILITY AT THE CITY OF BIRMINGHAM SHOW 2010
THE KENNEL CLUB OLYMPIA AGILITY SEMI FINALS
Supported by Joint Aid
CITY OF BIRMINGHAM SHOW 2010
The Kennel Club agility events have established themselves as a firm favourite at the “ City Show” over the last few years and this year they will be more exciting than ever !!!
All the Olympia Semi Finals will take place at the City of Birmingham Show and The Kennel Club have a new supporter for all the Olympia Agility events in 2010, namely GWF Nutrition who manufacture a product that is proving to be very helpful to dogs that lead an active life called Joint Aid; this is in addition to the other canine products and the range of equine products.
Olympia is one of the major agility events in the UK, in fact it’s only equalled by Crufts in importance in the agility world and hence the semi finals held at the City of Birmingham Show this year have made the city one of the most important agility qualifiers in the UK. And we’re in for a treat with all the best handlers in the UK competing at this year’s very busy event.
Our judge for all three days this year is Mr Simon Chandler. Simon is a Championship Agility Judge, he represents the South East of England on the Kennel Club Agility Council and he is an Agility Representative on the Judge’s Working Party hence obviously is very very experienced in both competing and judging agility. And, as a bonus, he is well liked and respected by all our competitors.
The following agility schedule is subject to slight change on the timings:
Friday 3rd September
09:15 Novice Agility Invitation Event
10:30 Kennel Club Olympia Novice Agility Semi Final 1
11:30 Prize Presentations for Novice Events
13:15 Large Senior Dog Agility Invitation Event
14:30 Kennel Club Olympia Large Senior Dog Agility Semi Final 1
15:15 Prize Presentations for both Large Senior Events
16:00 Small Dog Agility Invitation Event
16:45 Kennel Club Olympia Small Dog Agility Semi Final
17:15 Prize Presentations for Small Dogs
Saturday 4th September
In the morning as usual we have the Young Kennel Club Crufts qualifying event. The YKC is one of the most successful initiatives introduced by the Kennel Club in the last few years and a lot of young adults now competing have come into the sport through this organisation. All the handlers will have qualified to compete at this year’s show and we will see competitors from different age groups and different size dog groups competing. The top handlers will qualify to compete in the prestigious YKC Agility Dog of the Year competition at the 2011 DFS Crufts Dog Show.
09:30 Young Kennel Club Crufts Qualifying Competition
11:00 Prize Presentations for Young Kennel Club Agility
11:45 Kennel Club Olympia Medium Agility Semi Finals
13:45 Prize Presentations for Medium Dogs
15:00 ABC Invitation Event (Anything But a Collie)
16:45 Kennel Club Olympia ABC Agility Semi Final
18:00 Prize Presentations for ABC Dogs
Sunday 5th September
09:15 Novice Agility Invitation Event
10:30 Kennel Club Olympia Novice Semi Final 2
11:30 Prize Presentations for Novice Dogs
13:15 Large Dog Agility Invitation Event
14:30 Kennel Club Olympia Large Dog Agility Semi Final 2
15:15 Prize Presentations for Large Dogs
Dave Ray
The Kennel Club Olympia Agility Organiser
drayped@aol.com