Triple Crown Disc Dog Championships: 2008 Triple Crown Wrap Up & Photo's

Well the weekend is over and a good time was had by all. Thank you to all who came out to support the 1st Annual Triple Crown Disc Dog Championships, and congratulations to all who earned qualifiying spots for the USDDN National Finals and the Hyperflte/Skyhoundz World Championships. Official results will be posted at their websites soon.

Weather wise we had a nice weekend. Not too hot on Saturday & Sunday, although we did have to contend with some difficult wind. Monday was the hottest day but ....... no wind. I guess hot was the price we had to pay for no wind Overall though the weather held up nicely and, thankfully, we had no rain.

Saturday night offered a super BBQ steak dinner at the home of Richard & Catharine Gastmeier. It was a lovely evening with great food and great company. Proceeds from the BBQ are being donated to Border Collie Rescue Of Ontario & Jack Russell Terrier Rescue Of Ontario.

On Sunday night Peter Bloeme gave a free "throwing into the wind" clinic which several people attended. Now if I can just take what I learned and make it habitual, then maybe ..... just maybe ...... I'll learn not to fear the wind

There was a HUGE raffle with some awesome prizes. The raffle raised $595 with a large portion of the proceeds going to Border Collie Rescue Of Ontario, and Jack Russell Terrier Rescue Of Ontario. Thank you to all who supported these two deserving rescue groups, by buying raffle tickets.

There were also some terrific vendors on site this year >> Sasha's Blend; Burns Pet Foods; Touch Of Love Dog Spa Products; Multi Menu Pet Foods; Ludivina Jewellry; & Pawsitive Choice Pet Supplies.

Of course none of this would be possible without the help of the volunteers who worked tirelessly over the course of the weekend. Most were also competing as well as volunteering and still, they managed to do both. I would like to extend a HUGE thanks to all of our wonderful volunteers this weekend

Richard Gastmeier for not only providing the sound system, but also for spending most of his time running the system and announcing and setting the freestyle music & also for donating the use of his RV as office/hospitality for our judges and volunteers

Catharine Gastmeier, Sheilagh Sargent, Heather Gallagher for announcing running orders & various other jobs

Colleen Miller & Kate Gartley for helping with judging/timing/announcing

Kate Gartley for setting up such an amazing raffle table display and selling raffle ticket

Hollie & Abby Rowlands for running score sheets (& ex'ing my dogs!)

Claire Gordon for in putting/tallying scores on Saturday

Diane from MADDogs for in putting/tallying scores on Sunday/Monday

Ray Lowman for judging Sunday/Monday

Ray Lowman, Frank Montgomery, and Corinne Brewer for announcing, judging, & various other jobs

Roslyn Beamin for acting as registration secretary on Monday and for helping with score sheets etc.

Janice and Tracy Miller for taking care of hospitality

Hopefully I haven't forgotten anyone > there were so many of you helping out.

The weekend would also not have been possible without our event judges:
Saturday = Joelle Budd, Laura Moretz, Corrine Brewer, Pat Nadarajah
Sunday = Ray Lowman
Monday = Peter Bloeme, Ray Lowman

Len Silvester from TTL Action Photography was on hand to take some amazing shots of all the dogs in action & also donated twelve $25 gift certificates towards photo purchases (congrat's to the lucky recipients of those certs!) Photo's will be posted soon on Lens site at http://www.ttlphoto.com/ Len sat out in the sun all weekend so do be sure to check out the pix and order some of those great shots of your pooches!

We would also like to send out a HUGE thank you to all of our wonderful and generous sponsors without whom, this event would not have been the success that it was. Thank you for your support and generous donations.

Sasha's Blend
Tawzer Dog Videos
ERG Music
Who's Walking Who
Burns Pet Health
A Touch Of Love
Dog Condo.ca
Dog-Ma Dog Walking
Petcurean
Border Collie Central
Sgt. Woof Grooming
Foxfire Publications
TTL Action Photography
Besslin Border Collies
Pawsitive Art
Global Pet Foods Braemar Centre
Canadian Pets & Animals Magazine
Animal Wellness Magazine
BCRO
Rollover Pet Foods
The Kong Company
Lifestyle Dog Training
Gotta Go Throw/Little Flyers
Soggy Dog
Multi-Menu Pet Foods

And last but not least, thank you to the competitors who came out to support the trials. Full trial results will be posted soon on the Skyhoundz website, the USDDN website, and the Triple Crown website. Far too much for my tired brain to remember, so for now I'll just mention the specialty awards that were given out.

On Sunday at the Canadian National Disc Dog Championships

Innovation Award = Heather Gallagher & Goose
Best New Player = Abby Rowlands
Most Improved Player = Colleen Miller

SODH also gave out some club awards at the Triple Crown

Athlete Of The Year > Kate Gartley
Canine Rookie Of The Year > Harley (owned by Amanda Morten)
Rookie Player Of The Year > Catharine Gastmeier
For full details on these awards go to http://southernontariodischoundz.blogspot.com/

Top Rescue Dog
Saturday > Quizzer ..... owned by Louise (sorry I can't remember your last name)
Sunday > Buddy ..... owned by Kate Gartley
Monday > Case ...... owned by Dennis Alexander

And finally ........... drum roll please .............

2008 Canada Cup >> Corinne Brewer and Kangaroo Jack

And The Triple Crown Winners!!!