Sponsored by Bowerland Cottage Holidays

www.bowerlandcottageholidays.co.uk

• Open to all dogs from all levels and all heights
• Teams to consist of 3 dogs made up of dogs made up of ANY combination of heights
• All teams will be competing against each other in one competition
• There will be an Agility run and a 3 dog Team Relay
• The Agility will follow standard Agility rules and be an individual run
• The Team Relay will follow course UK Agility rules with course design rules of WAO Team Speedstakes. (Each dog will perform 15 to 20 obstacles. An A frame and 12 pole weave must be included. All other equipment is allowed with the exception of Seesaw, Dog Walk and table.)
• In the Team Relay Toy & Midi dogs will run at Toy height and Standard & Maxi dogs will run at Standard height
• Handlers may be entered in more than one team
• Dogs may only compete in one team in any heat
• Only handlers and dogs originally entered may compete at the Final
• Reserve handlers and dogs may be nominated at the time of entry. However only 1 dog and/or 1 handler may be used as a reserve in the Final and the makeup of the team must adhere to the combination that qualified

• Standard UK Agility Marking will apply
• The results from the 3 individual Agility runs and the Team Relay will be combined
• Faults converted into seconds. 5 faults = 5 seconds
• Time faults treated the same as course faults
• An eliminations = 100 faults. If a handler is eliminated they must make a sportsman like attempt to finish the course correctly failure to do so will incur 60 seconds being added to the team time
• A faulted baton change will incur 10 faults
• The team with the lowest score will be deemed the winner
• In the event of a tie the team relay score will decide the winner
• Any extraordinary circumstances to be ruled by UK Agility

• 5 Heats
• Top 2 teams from each heat qualify for the Final
• The Final will be held at the UK Agility Grand Finals in December
• The Final will follow the same format as the heats