About The Starters Agility Challenge
The Agility Club Starters Challenge is one of the finals held at The Agility Club Championship Show and has now been running since 1997.
There are heats held at various shows throughout the country and each one is an agility class available for anyone in grade 1 or grade 2. However, only the highest placed Agility Club member can qualify for the final so it is important that you keep your membership up-to-date to avoid disappointment!
Please ensure that your contact details including an up to date email address are correct on your membership details. All contact regarding qualification and details for the Final will be made by email.
Please make sure that when entering any of the Agility Club Starters Challenge qualifying heats. That your Name and the spelling of your name match the details on your Agility Club membership. Failure to do this may result in you not qualifying for the Final.
Agility Club Starters Agility Challenge 2022 Rules
Large, Intermediate, Medium & Small Dogs
1/ The competition will be run under the relevant Kennel Club Regulations in force at that time. Handlers will be deemed to have agreed to abide by these rules and regulations. Dogs will compete at their measured height.
2/ Each Heat is open to all Grade 1-2 dogs of the correct size for each heat, each heat will offer awards for the heights on offer as follows;
Rosettes to a minimum of 10%,
Trophies <30 = 1st, between 30 and 60 = 1st & 2nd, over 60 = 1st – 3rd
3/ ONLY dogs handled by an Agility Club member at the time of competing (date of joining/renewal must be prior to the first day of the show) may qualify for the Final. In order to compete in the Final you must also be a current member of The Agility Club on the day of the final.
4/ The competition will normally consist of up to twenty Heats. The highest placed Agility Club member in each Grade at the Heat will go through to the Final, providing they have achieved an awarded place as detailed in paragraph 2.
5/ Both handler and dog may only qualify once for each height Final. Each handler and dog pairing may only qualify once for the Final. In the event of the highest placed dog(s) having qualified previously, the next highest placed dog will qualify. The Agility Club reserves the right to call on the next placed Agility Club member if the highest placed is unable to attend the final.
** The show secretary must be informed if a handler or dog that has already qualified for the same height final is placed in a subsequent heat.
Agility Club Starters Agility Challenge 2022: who has already qualified and where?
Large Dogs:
G1 | Karen Griffiths | Ridanflight Red Slippers | Golden Valley | June 2022 |
G1 | Lisa Blythin | Homersham's Jaffa | Agility Club | July 2022 |
G1 | Angie Swann | Pollyvinall Pinjarra | DINAS | August 2022 |
G2 | Marian Bowyer | Diagemtas Brodie | Golden Valley | June 2022 |
G2 | Clair Ashford | Mini Moo Macy AW(B) | Agility Club | July 2022 |
G2 | Sarah O'Meara | Raff I Dy Garu Di | DINAS | August 2022 |
G2 | Gaby Farr | Loolylooky Awesome Oreo AW(B) | Southdowns | September 2022 |
G2 | Anna Lang | Fajojo Something Brave | Phase Purple | September 2022 |
Intermediate Dogs:
G1 | Karen Holland | Zip A Long Zeke | DINAS | August 2022 |
G2 | Carol Giles | Tegtastic Mrs Fantastic | Golden Valley | June 2022 |
G2 | Bridget Storer | Riverwillow Heather | Agility Club | July 2022 |
G2 | John Foord | Runaway Dizzy of Valgrays | RVA | July 2022 |
G2 | Wendy Botto | Notterts Char Ly Chaplin | DINAS | August 2022 |
G2 | Charlotte Harding | Hendre Caddy Be Maddy | Welsh KC | August 2022 |
G2 | Nicky Campbell | Loopy Rupey Doodle Doo | Southdowns | September 2022 |
G2 | Caroline Smith | Flyenpig Where Ya Bin | Wyre | December 2022 |
G2 | Gill Brinicombe | Zee Rho | Phase Purple | September 2022 |
Medium Dogs:
G1 | Ellie Gilroy | Mellifluous Mollification | Agility Club | July 2022 |
G1 | Keira Monk | Bit Of A Risk | RVA | July 2022 |
G1 | Jane Pooley | Zaydah Olympic Victory | DINAS | August 2022 |
G1 | Joanne Barrett | Oscar Midnight Black | Southdowns | September 2022 |
G1 | Andrea Ward | Yapsters Spring Heel Jack | Wyre | December 2022 |
G2 | Dan Blockley | Interstellar Storm | Agility Club | July 2022 |
G2 | Ruby Strutt | Licosateria Seismic Wave | RVA | July 2022 |
G2 | Izzy Hill | Red Rummy | Golden Valley | June 2022 |
G2 | Caren Smith | Flinstone's Red Pearl | DINAS | August 2022 |
G2 | Victoria Bisset | TeddyThe Golden Bear | Southdowns | September 2022 |
G2 | Isabel Abbott | Jack Black Cocker | Wyre | December 2022 |
Small Dogs:
G1 | Sarah Maslanka | Pilgrim's Pocket Rocket | Golden Valley | June 2022 |
G1 | Alex McFetridge | Turbo Rat AW(B) | Agility Club | July 2022 |
G1 | Amy Sandford | Giz With The Friz | Southdowns | September 2022 |
G2 | Nicola Ayres | Nelly's Gunner be Chaos | Golden Valley | June 2022 |
G2 | Amber Birkett | Lovely Lovely Luther | Agility Club | July 2022 |
G2 | Sophie Balchin | Licosateria Bat Out Of Hell | RVA | July 2022 |
G2 | Helen Postle | Glensalach My Game O Thrones | DINAS | August 2022 |
G2 | Caroline Stocks | Hawksflight Night in Rio | Welsh KC | August 2022 |
G2 | Isabella Cox | Temelora Looks Like Angel | Southdowns | September 2022 |
G2 | Jo Gleed | Devongem Classic | Wyre | December 2022 |
G2 | Pam Davis | Arrival Red Hot Toddy | Phase Purple | September 2022 |