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Tough Courses Spaced throughout the roads crisscrossing the caravan city
Despite the social ambience, were loudspeakers announcing competitors at
Wellingborough upcoming classes and those were just as serious about
previously mentioned contests running courses as their for kids.
Occasionally, the American counterparts. The loudspeakers urged dogs and
British Kennel Club rules offer handlers to their assigned as many, if not
more, challenges rings in groups of 20 or so: to handlers than those in
this Numbers 160 through 180 country. Besides the familiar please report
to ring 3 for your Standard and Jumping classes, standard class. Kevin
explained which look just like the ones that volunteer workers were in the
U.S., the WDTC trial allowed to jump the queue by featured a difficult but
fun announcing themselves as ring class according to those who party to
the gate steward for an attempted it called Helter immediate run so they
could Skelter. The traditional Helter return quickly to the ring they
Skelter course, explained Trina were staffing. Lunn, judge and course
designer Kevin explained that most near Norwich, believes that for the
class, features a set of T h e caravans ranged from competitors traveled
in a The social side of agility concentric pinwheel circles. modest
trailers to rather lavish group and requested camping is as important as
the trial The larger pinwheel at the roll-along living quarters.
reservations together. Since itself. He likes to come to the beginning of
the course calls Each camping vehicle had a there are few motels and for
speed from both handler Wellingborough trial every small yard defined by
plastic fewer fast-food facilities in the and dog, while the smaller year
he says, because of its fencing. As I toured through countryside where
many trials pinwheels near the center of laid-back atmosphere. This the
camping area with Kevin, are held in Britain, competitors the course
require extreme Wellingborough event featured I saw many families lounging
like to travel with a caravan. control to keep the dog moving a Saturday
Night Disco in in their yards kids playing, That way, they can bring the
through the ever smaller circles the rugby clubhouse, to which dogs
resting or barking, and whole family and as many dogs into the center and
then out we visitors from the U.S. were some competitors eating lunch as
they like. the exit. graciously invited. Almost under their plastic
verandas. everyone we talked with invited Most caravans had plastic Andy
Widdess, a Kennel Club Although the British are porches that could be
zipped us into their caravan yard to certified judge and member consider i
n g jump heig h t up in case of inclement weather. have a cuppa tea with
them. of the Longwater Agility Club changes in the future, this trial | 86
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