THE OFFICIAL WARRAGUL AGILITY & JUMPS TRIAL WEBSITE

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Warragul and District Kennel and Obedience Club Inc

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IN ASSOCIATION WITH

A Variety of Local companies

PROUDLY PRESENT OUR

6th Annual

 AGILITY JUMPS AND GAMES TRIALS

15 & 16 November 2008

2008 TRIAL DOGALOGUE

It's as easy as falling off a dog.

IF YOU HAVE TO MISS ONE TRIAL THIS YEAR, 

THIS IS NOT IT!!!

To be conducted at the West Gippsland Canine Centre at Darnum    

TIMING

This date and time information is sucked off your own Computer.  If the date or time is wrong on your computer, the calculation will obviously likewise be wrong.  Please rely on your own good sense to get your applications to the Trial Secretary in time.  Remember that the Mail process may take a couple of days to get your application to the Centre of the Universe out here at Warragul.  

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Want to know more about Agility and/or Jumps Trials?

Agility and Jumps Trials occur throughout the State on a regular basis.  The Victorian Canine Association website is a resource which might give you some information about trials scheduled near you.  You must be a VCA member to compete in these events and your dog must be registered with them, either as a pedigreed pure bred dog or as an Associate dog (Heinz variety, or pure bred but with no registration papers).

  There is a private organisation known as Australian Dog Agility Council (ADAC), who conduct trials along similar lines.  You must join ADAC to compete in their trials.  You can join ADAC on the day you compete at their Trial.

Want to know more about the Club?  

If you use the link above in the navigation panel, you will be sent to the Club's general website.  The Club conducts a Dog Show on Labour Day each Year and now conducts Agility and Jumping Trials.  At the Club's facility at Darnum we train for Obedience related events, Flyball, Tracking and working dogs can learn Herding skills.  The Club is presently involved in building our own rooms at the Darnum Grounds.  New members are always welcome.  We train at Darnum each Sunday from 9.00am onwards.  Come join us.

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NOW, here's what you've all been waiting for.......................THE TRIAL DETAILS.

WARRAGUL & DISTRICT KENNEL & OBEDIENCE CLUB Inc

AGILITY JUMPING AND GAMES TRIALS 2007

CONSOLIDATED START TIMING/EVENT AND JUDGES LISTING

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ENTRIES

The Club will accept electronic entries in accordance with strict guidelines.  CLICK HERE for more information.

For normal snail mail entries, the entry mail address is listed below.

ENTRY CONDITIONS

Normal stuff Blah Blah Blah (don't get it wrong!)

• Separate entry form per Dog, per Class, per Trial.

• Entries to be clearly marked with the trial identification, A, B, C or D, Agility, Jumping or Game per Trial.

• Height, marked 200, 300, 400, 500 or 600 on all entry forms.

• Competitors to bring official height card.

• Two separate entry forms to be provided for Strategic pairs - to be mailed, paired together with the other team members entry form.

•         PLEASE NOTE One entry fee covers both dogs in this Games Class

• All Titles to be clearly marked on all entry forms.

• Only one round per entry in each ring.

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ENTRY FORM

Secretaries often have to contend with improperly completed application forms!  Please take note of the completed example below.  Make a legend of yourself.  There's nothing better than knowing that the Secretary is sitting looking out of his or her office and thinking "there's that nice competitor who filled out their entry form properly".

DO's and DON'T's

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Do you want to enter but don't have an entry form?  Download one here.

ENTRY FEES

Each trial is a separate entity.  Entry fees are the same for each trial.

The entry fee for this years trials has been set at $7.00 per entry, per dog, which includes all of the anticipated VCA levies, surcharges, licences and other impositions.

Strategic Pairs - Entry fee is $10.00 per team.  Please staple the 2 forms together and send to the Club.

A catalogue purchase is included with the first entry.  Additional catalogues are available at $5.00 each.  The Catalogue will contain all of the entries for all of the Trials.

We're trying to make it simple.  How many dogs did you want to enter?  Multiply by 7 and put a $ sign in front of the answer.  Write out the cheque.  If you require additional catalogues, please let us know exactly how many you require and pay for them with the entry.  You may also need to speak to the Secretary about other goodies such as Saturdays dinner, the overnight camping and other stuff.  We need a separate payment - these are saparate from the Trial Keep it Simple, Pay separate.

Don't forget we prepare our own catalogues.  As a consequence, we like to put little games and prizes into the production.  Read the flamin' catalogue!!!!  There might be something in it for you.  While we're on the subject of catalogues - we rely on the information you give us.  We also rely on volunteers to voluntarily type all of your data into something called the "com-puter" or something.  Give us a break.  If there is an error, we'd like to fix it for next year, but we can't be held responsible for the usual crop of accidental errors and omissions.  If you have a complaint, refer to the section below on complaints..........

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CATALOGUES

The magnificent Warragul and District Kennel and Obedience Club will look at instituting an "electronic catalogue" for the benefit of competitors.

Costs are ever spiralling upwards and if we can keep costs down, we can keep entry fees down.  Do you have any idea how much it costs to produce a catalogue for each trial?  Our ever vigilant, super, painstakingly fastidious, intelligent and handsome Treasurer says it's about a dollar sixty per dog per entry.  ie if you enter a dog in 3 events per trial, and we have 4 Trials over the weekend, you just burned nearly 20 bucks for the privilege of having a nicely turned out catalogue with your doggies name in it.  We regularly have people who enter more events than this example.

This year we want to experiment with an online catalogue.  Click here to go to the CATALOGUE DOWNLOAD page.  If you find it convenient and would like us to neglect to print a catalogue for you to pick up on the day TELL US.  If we can save enough dosh and maybe only need to print sufficient numbers for the troglodytes amongst us, plus a few spares for the gooses that forget to bring theirs and want to buy one on the day, well......... the cost of the Trial may not immediately drop.......but we may be able to contain costs.  It's up to you folks.  Help us help you!!!!!!!

Note to self.  Nobody called after last year.  Hmmmmmmmm Maybe nobody cares about price increases.  Ahhhhh well.  Next year....Maybe.

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AWARDS

• Trophy and sash for First place.

• Ribbons for second and third place.

• Qualifying ribbons

• Title Ribbons.

• Special awards will be published in the catalogue, on the day, or published here on this website when available.

• A special feeling of wellbeing from having competed in this Club's event!

Our sponsors products will feature heavily in the Trophy department.

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ACCOMMODATION

Competitors may find it useful to know that there are a wide range of options available for staying near the Trial over the weekend. 

Limited on-site camping facilities are available at our deluxe 6 star camping grounds and caravan park.  Power, water, shower and toilet facilities are available.  I understand Men have been walking into the Womens Showering facilities.  No, No, No.  Must not do this, the woman complain to the Secretary and then I have to deal with it.  There are only a limited number of powered sites.  They will be distributed on a first come best dressed basis.  Contact the Trial Secretary to indicate your desire to camp at the centre of the Universe and make your booking.  Cost is $12.00 per night for a powered site and $9.00 per night for a non-powered site.  Please include payment with your entry.  The camping fees go to the Grounds committee and help maintain and improve the Recreation Reserve facilities, ie - you get improved facilities from camping on site.

IMPORTANT NOTE - For those people who want to book a powered site.

If you're going to use our power, bring something suitable to connect up with.  A 10 metre domestic extension lead is NOT adequate.  You WILL BE more than 10 metres from the hook up point.  Bank on it.  Why don't you pop off to the hardware shop and buy one of those roll up leads about 30 metres long, with a power point on the end for you to plug into at the hot end, with an integral Earth Leakage device to keep you a bit safer.  Remember, you'll be standing on the wet grass in the glorious morning dew, in your bare feet, when you pick up the 30 year old electric kettle you've relegated to the camping kit and which just happens to connect you up to mains power!!!!!!  PLEASE.  Have some forethought with the electric stuff.  Play safe.

While we're on the subject.......We had a number of people last year complaining about power outages.  Why do these occur?  Because you draw too much current is why.  WE ARE NOT A CARAVAN PARK.  We are a Dog Club trying to make you comfortable.  The power we provide comes from a 10 amp circuit.  If you and 4 mates near you connect to that one circuit and you all decide to plug in your hair dryer, a toaster, the kettle and a 1000 Watt 3 bar radiator that Granny gave you in 1982, what do you think is going to happen.  A 10 amp circuit will supply enough grunt for a single 1000 Watt radiator, a kettle, or maybe a hairdryer.  All of the other appliances plugged in, like the TV set, the Wii, the foot spa, are all extras.  Here's an idea, leave all the heavy current items at home and try to ration your power use.  You will all love yourselves for it.  No.....wait......I didn't mean that.........

Motels and Caravan Parks in the district;

There may be others.  If in doubt, pick up the Yellow Pages.

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CATERING

Catering will be available on the grounds during the Trial.  A Canteen will be operated by the Nilma-Darnum Football Club and a wide range of delicious fare is anticipated.  Please support the Footy club with your patronage.  Those who camp on site will find that waking to the smell of Bacon and Egg rolls being prepared is beyond description.

Your Dogs will enjoy a nice feed of our Sponsors Product.  Go on.  You know you want to!!!!!

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HOW DO WE GET THERE

The map below is a Warragul Dog Club production (PW Publishing (a wholly owned division of the Club)) and copyright is reserved.  Darnum is a small Village, 8 Kilometres east of Warragul or 110 Km east of Melbourne.  We are halfway between Melbourne and Sale.  Travel time from Melbourne is a pleasant hour and a half's drive along the Princes Hwy and Freeway.  Exit at Darnum and travel to the north - to the Shady Creek Road turn off, only a couple of hundred metres.  Travel along Shady Creek Rd to the Darnum Recreation Reserve where you will find the West Gippsland Canine Centre situated.  People coming from Gippsland will find the travelling even easier.  Sale is a little over an hour away to the East.

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TRIAL STAFF

The Trials set out herein are conducted by the Warragul and District Kennel an Obedience Club Inc under the auspices of the Victorian Canine Association Inc. 

CLUB COMMITTEE

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SPONSORSHIP

Are you interested in becoming involved in a sponsorships with the Trial?  We offer a great service for advertising your products or services to the hundreds of people who attend our Trials, Shows, or those who just attend training each Sunday.  Contact the Secretary or the Treasurer for more details.

The following local companies are supporters of the Club.  You will see their products and services around the Grounds during the Trial.  We are grateful to these companies and urge everybody to support them.  While in the district, why not visit these wonderful companies, either individually or try the Deli Trail tour and look at all the wonderful food and wine products available locally.

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SPECIAL EVENTS

"CITY SLICKERS" (Learner) HERDING COMPETITION

See how good your dog is at rounding up sheep. Maybe herding is a new sport you can enjoy.  To be Judged by (TBA), Farmer, Kelpie Breeder and nice bloke! & restricted to trial competitors, officials & recognised working breeds that aren’t sheep killers!  (Your dog may be subject to assessment before it can compete).  We'll be rounding up the sheep straight after the Saturday afternoon Trials, while the numbers are being crunched. $7.00 entry.  Prizes for the top City Slickers.  STARTS not earlier than 5.00pm and ends promptly at 7.30pm (the Sheep need their beauty sleep too).

This Club is a recognised centre of excellence in Working Dog training.  We are an affiliate of the Yard Utility Farm Dog Association and many of our members compete successfully State wide, in this discipline.

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BARBECUE DINNER
Join us for our Saturday Evening Barbie. $8.00 per head. $4.00 for those underage trialers (under 16) (ie 2.286 "dog" years).

Please book your meal (for catering purposes)  NO MEAL BOOKED MEANS........NO MEAL

The evening Meal is being prepared by the Local Scout Group this year and you  MUST make your dining intentions clear.  Don't expect another Trialler to go short on their meal just so you can push in.  Tell us.  It's a good evening.

OVERNIGHT CAMPING

You might like to think about camping on site for the night.  Saves on fuel expenses.  $12.00 will secure you one of our "deluxe" campsites with power not very far away, showers, thunderbox and of course.......the company.  For a little less money, I can put you into one of the "Standard" campsites, down in the swamp, but look out for the quicksand and the Alligators.  Non Powered sites $9.00.  Please advise any camping intentions you might have when you send in your entry.  When coupled with our BBQ dinner, you can travel light and save $$$$$$$$  The camping fees go to the Grounds committee and help maintain and improve the Recreation Reserve.  

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HELP

The material contained on this page is copyright Warragul and District Kennel and Obedience Club Inc.  All rights reserved May 2003.  The Java Applet is courtesy of Vitas Ramanchauskas (http://webdon.com) and was sourced from Next Step Software Web Page Design.  It works wonderfully with IE, thank you very much Vitas.

If your browser doesn't seem to want to deal with the Java Applet, check and make sure that Java is enabled as a starting point.  Follow the instructions given by your Browser.  You may need to exit, reboot to make the changes apply and then come back into the site.

The Map of Darnum is based on an old map of the area with no ownership details marked.   It was heavily modified by me, for use by the Club, with the inclusion of the road works which have replaced the old Highway with the new Freeway and all of the subsequent road re-alignments throughout Darnum.  It doesn't look much like the original any more.  I would give credit for that original art work, but I have no idea whose publication it was.  If you recognise it as yours and you want to borrow the amended version back, go for your life.  Please give us a credit (or some money), we're not fussy.

This site works with IE and Netscape Navigator.  I have noticed some difficulties with Opera and Firefox.  Worst case is that you have to manually scroll up and down the page to find the detail you are looking for.  Too bad.  Get a life.

Looks like the counter has failed again.  Sich is life. (quote attributed to the famous Trialler Mr N. Kelly).  

Make note to self - fix counter.  (Yeah right) 

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COMPLAINTS

Oh! Did I forget to mention?  We closed the Complaints Department...............too much work.