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Flyball is a
team sport invented in California by Herbert Wagner in the '70s. It's a relay race, with 4
dogs in each team. The dog must jump four hurdles to reach a loaded box wich
under his paw's press shoots a tennis ball, he then must grab the ball and jump back
to the starting point. As soon as he crosses the starting line the second dog starts and
so on. The first team who complete the course without errors wins.
The contest was devided into four classes
based on the performance of the dogs in previous tries: |
Abby rehearsing Flyball |
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| The Italian Teams | |||
| Tigullio Boy: Marco Cotugno and Witch, Malinois Vincenzo Fascetti and Tiffany, Border Collie Nicola Giraudi and Shep Border Collie Massimo Pregnolato and AbbyGreen, Border Collie |
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Volare Hop Hop: Ezio Bertuletti and Hor, Border Collie Paolo Esposito and Art of Blue, Border Collie Luca Fini and Fly, Border Collie Irene Unkauf and Maverick, Border Collie |
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3rd European Flyball Championship, Machelen 30.6 - 1.7.2001 |
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2001, the team "Crazy for Flyball", that included some from
"Tigullio Boy", went back to Belgium, in Machelen, for the European
Championship. After the qualifying rounds on saturday, our team was placed
in second class. The day after, in the competition, "Crazy for Flyball"
turned out to be the real revelation of the tournament, reaching the fina
and winning then easily 2nd division.
During one of the runs the official italian record has been broken too, going from 19.84 sec to 19.57 sec. |
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| The italian team "Crazy for Flyball" | |
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