Springers' Flyball activities began a little later. As with our agility, we offer basic training and cater for all levels. Whilist the flyball is more competitive, we do have people within the group who prefer not to compete, but still enjoy running their dogsin the training sessions!
Flyball differs to Agility in some respects, inasmuch that it is a team sport wheras Agility is more of an individual competition. We have been competing in BFA flyball competitions since 1998, but only compete in a small number of competitions each year. This is mainly because we have a very divierse club life, and do not devote our energies to any single discipline.
We have enthusiastic team members and have enjoyed many successes over the years. We competed in the finals of the 2007 Crufts YKC Team Competition and finished in fourth place, a great achievement considering it was our first go! We also attend the BFA Championships each year and have had may successful competitions. Our flyball events are always a great social event in addition to enjoying the rush of adrenalin from the competition! Especially if we win!
Our current teams are Springers and Zebedee Springers, who compete in the open competitions, and Springers Newbies who compete in the Foundation (beginners) competitions.
As with all our club activities, we enjoy our flyball training as a fun way to train our dogs. Hence the Springers motto
STILL DOING IT FOR FUN!
Interested? email us at [email protected] for more details.