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The Seaside Sprinters team continues to grow and add new members!Congratulations to the Seaside Sprinters Fyball Club!! This new club began competing with their first team, The Salty Dogs, in May '06 and ten months later they took their second team, The Wave Runners, to the club's sixth tournament in March of 2007. In 2011 a Veteran team was added, The Beach Comers. Not only did the "new" dogs do a great job but several titles were earned in the process! Since then Seaside Sprinters have been to many more tournaments in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, and Maine. Our dogs have earned many new titles and the team has run its fastest time ever of 22.14 seconds. In 2011 several more new members attended their first tournaments and earned their first titles, including Harrah, Addie, Reuben, Abban and Zumba.
Flyball is run as a relay with four dogs on a team, running side by side against another team. Each dog must jump over four hurdles, retrieve a ball from a spring loaded box, and return carrying the ball over the hurdles. The first team to complete the race without mistakes, wins the heat. Flyball is an exhilarating sport combining team work, speed, running, jumping and lots of tennis balls. This is a sport in which all dogs can participate; it makes no difference if your canine is a purebred or a mix, large or small, dogs of all shapes and sizes and even those a little older can play the game.
The Seaside Sprinters practice weekly at My Dog's Place in Mystic, CT. The practice is led by the team captain Bea DeGruttola-Nielsen, who has been involved in flyball for over eight years. The following are members of the team:
Bea DeGruttola-Nielsen and her English Springer Spaniel "Molly-Dog" (retired) with 1386 points, FDCH-S and a Border Collie mix "Power Pup" with 3449 points - FDCH-G and a Labrador mix "Troy" with 3398 points - FDCH-G
Sheri Throop and her Standard Poodle "Lucy" with 4871 points - FDCH-G and her Cocker Spaniel "Reuben" with 9 points.
Marge Lineweber and her Irish Setter "Derby" with 8456 points - FM and an English Setter "Summit" with 63 points FD.
Bill Loftus and his Australian Shepherd "Champ" with points 7665- FM
Kari Daniels and her Labrador Retriever "Potter" with 4346 points - FDCH-G
Heather Inglis and her mix "Comet" with 3713 points - FDCH-G
Barbara Costas and her Labrador Retriever "Casey" with 3202 points - FDCH-G
Mary Crist and her Field Spaniel "Harrah" with 348 points - FDX
Steve & Beth Kanyock and their Australian Kelpie "Addie" with 381 points - FDX
Colleen Feeney and her Terrier Mix "Abban" with 30 points - FD.
Trucy Paquin and her American Water Spaniel "Zumba" with 12 points.
Our Box Loaders - Kim Daoust, Amanda Throop, Julianne Grove and Tracy Brown
Ball Chasers - Joshua Throop, Carl Russak and Xochitl Hernandez-DeGruttola
Inactive members:
Katie Jordan and "Tiki" with 5225 points - FM, "Scout" with 869 points - FDCH, "Addie" with 8646 points - FM, and "Chase" 574 points - FDCH
Lori & Rich Reynolds and "Patriot" with 878 points - FDCH, "Spirit" with 467 points - FDX
Kim Daoust and "Hershey" with 130 points - FDX
Gina Macaione and "Jasmine" with 3372 points - FDCH-G
Megan Roche and her Old English Sheepdog "Oliver" with 122 points - FDX
Joseph & Elizabeth Cefaratti and their Labrador Retriever "Cassie" with 590 points - FDCH
Carolyn Ewers and her Terrier mix "Butters" with 883 points - FDCH
Jennifer Pictou and her Standard Schnauzer "Rosco" with 320 points - FDX
Michelle Ouellette and her Australian Shepherd "Fenwick" with 555 points - FDCH
Abbreviations indicate Flyball titles: FD = Flyball Dog, FDX = Flyball Dog Excellent, and FDCH = Flyball Dog Champion, S- silver, G - gold , FM = Flyball MasterThe dogs earn points towards a title when, as a team, they run the race under a specific time. If the race is completed in less than 32 seconds each dog earns 1 point, less than 28 seconds: 5 points, and less than 24 seconds: 25 points. Titles are awarded based on the number of points a dog has received. More information can be found on www.flyball.org or www.flyballdogs.com
If you are interested in taking a flyball class, Bea teaches a beginners and intermediate level course. Please contact My Dog's Place for more information.
More pictures from our recent tournament coming soon!
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