ALBURY BORDER CHALLENGE CUP

Well, the biggest challenge at the Albury Border Challenge Cup was managing the enthusiasm of the X-Factor X-Perts who put on such a spurt of speed that they managed to break out (not once, not twice, but almost every time they ran!) and thereby achieve last place in their division. Lucy, Keira, Burra, Max, Peanut and Jenna all ran their little hearts out, excited by the atmosphere in the cold, cold, shed, and no doubt spurred on by the intensity of all that barking (it's a great all-weather venue but boy! is it noisy!).

This team could only manage a best time of 26 seconds at training, and here they were consistently running just over 23 seconds time and time again. Never mind, they all had the time of their lives, and we managed to get away with just 2 yellow cards (no prizes for guessing which two kelpies did the victory laps that achieved these yellow cards) for the day as well.

Our other team, X-factor X-press (Sophie, Dharma, Zac, Jasper and Boomer) came 3rd in a large division, after an exciting day that included a tied heat (how is that possible when we are timing them to one thousandth of a second?), a tied race, Sophie running 3 consecutive heats at 3.9 seconds, and Boomer ending the day completely exhausted from the stress of doing perfect recalls all day long during his first ever competition

Many thanks to Albury Advance Flyball Club for a great day.

And thanks to Kathleen for the excellent photos