Comments on: Flyball Champions

By: Larry

Larry — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 12:43:44 +0000

Even though I thought a comment made by “Loblaw” was a valid argument, I found it necessary to delete the comment because this person used a false email address. Email addresses are not public but I require them to be valid.

By: Sonya

Sonya — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 01:45:05 +0000

I don’t mean to imply UFli is better, I have never been to the NAFA Cyno games. I was merely stating that I HAVE been to the UFli Championships and it rocks! People should be allowed/encouraged to try flyball with their dogs, no matter what the alphabet label is in front of the name.

By: Jackie Gillies

Jackie Gillies — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 01:25:35 +0000

Well, I don’t think it said U-FLI is better, but since they have divisional championships…it is the only comparison we can use..and the blog was about expanding NAFA’s Regional Championship system. So, to discuss another orgs Divisional system is not off topic with the blog.

By: Kim

Kim — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 01:37:02 +0000

Yep I think U-Fli has definitely done it right when it comes to the Championships.

I went to the Championships and ran in div 4 and had a blast. It was fun running with teams that could have gone either way…

By: Sonya

Sonya — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:18:17 +0000

I’ll say, when the teams are within a tenth of each other, that is FUN. As cliche as it sounds, I don’t care who wins, us or the other team, the rush is in the racing! Many times I have left the ring excited, even though the other team won–it’s more fun to race than to just show up and run my dogs. I use to be on a team that routinely finished in the bottom of the division. Yeah, it was fun to run my dog, but we never actually had a chance at beating the other team, unless they messed up. I really enjoy going out and pushing it. Sometimes we actually come in first–and, other times, dead last

By: Jackie Gillies

Jackie Gillies — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:02:05 +0000

Larry,

WOW! I think you are right on the money. As many have surmised, I am an admitted flyballholic. I like to check out the NAFA and U-FLI websites. I especially like to see what times teams in other regions are running. What I have noticed, is regions and teams tend to stay the same speed for the most part. The teams that run in the 15′s stay in the 15, and so on. Teams rarely “break out” into a much faster bracket that would put them in contention for a Regional Victory. I think we all want to get faster, but, for some reason most of us stay the same – even tho we really do try with better training, getting dogs bred for the sport, etc. Usually, just when we think we are going break into the next time/division – we have a dog break, team split, etc.

So, in reponse to your question, I think it would be very beneficial to the moral of the whole NAFA flyball community to be recognized within the time bracket they have continually raced.

That said, I hope more teams in the the Div 4-5(or6) give the U-FLI Championships a try this upcoming year in Memphis. It really is a blast to race against teams of your own speed. It is super competitive, and FUN!