Sunday, July 26, 2009

European Open 2009 info and updates! Edit: Final Results!

Eric at AgiltiyVision.com has a few videos up of the winners of the individual agility event yesterday:

Small - Nicola Giraudi with Twister a Parson Russell from Switzerland.
Medium - Jari Suomalainen and Frodo a Small Dutch Waterfowl Dog from Finland.
Large - Krisztina Kabai and Chilli a BC from Germany.

We also hear that Nancy Gyes came in third place in the finals with Ace, congrats!

They're using electronic contacts over there this weekend. So cool! You can see some practice work on them thanks to some USA practice video from Friday.

EDIT 7-26-2009: Final results!

Large Dogs:
Standard
Jumpers
Qualified for Finals
Finals

Medium Dogs:
Standard
Jumping
Qualified for Finals
Finals

Small Dogs :
Standard
Jumping
Qualified for Finals
Finals

Results by Country:

Large Dogs
Medium Dogs
Small Dogs

Team Results:
Small/Medium Dogs
Large Dogs

Recap:

Nancy Gyes and Ace received third place in the finals for Large Dog. Krisztina Kabai and Chilli a BC from Germany took 1st and Niina-Liina Linna & Rhett, BC, from Finland took 2nd. Mindy Lytle & Switch from the US took 31st.

Top US finish in Small Dogs goes to our friend Katie Trachte and Jeep in 28th place. Nicola Giraudi & Twister, a Parson Russell, from Switzerland took 1st, Susanne Prier & Unique, a sheltie, from Denmark took 2nd and Elena Kapustina & Party, a Parson Russell Terrier, from Russia took 3rd.

In the Medium Dog category Jari Suomalainen and Frodo a Small Dutch Waterfowl Dog from Finland came in first place, Silas Boogk and Caja in 2nd and Silvia Trkman and La in 3rd place. Sarah Dow & Siryn from the US took 11th place. And our friends Hugo Santos & Kissy from Portugal took 22nd.

Team USA 1 took 6th place in the Team Finals - with Nancy Gyes and Ace, Elicia Calhoun & Bree Sea, Ann Zarr & Skylar & Susan Cochran & Aiko.

Congratulations to everyone!!!!

Click to see some pawsome photos from the event by AgilityVision.

2 comments:

  1. cool, electronic contacts sound great, its so difficult for judges to always get it right

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  2. Maybe we'll be able to switch the electRonic contacts to "training" mode so the contact clicks for us too? ;-)

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