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Thomas Seemann Day 1 Day 2 Day 3

This year's European Championship in Flyball was, if I describe it in one word, simply fantastic ... the Belgian town of Putte, more Beerzel its suburbs witnessed a number of beautiful athletic performance more than 400 participating dogs who fought for the best time and win the individual runs. Registered, 73 teams from across Europe have been achieved by the time divided into ten divisions and each of them competed for medals.

PINK PIRATES composed of: Adele, Jenny, Ange, Bora, Neo and Kerry were running in the Fourth Division

GREEN "P" PIRATES composed Pedro, Erik, Terezka Fárinka Barbánek and ran in the seventh division

The journey was long more than a thousand kilometers, but up to last about 50 km are still drove on the highway, so it's quite nice frčelo. Apart from the Roman's cracked belt and wallet stuffed Dášinu forgotten in the McDonald Rozvadov and the way was at rest. Klíňák managed to find a purse McDonald found a nice lady, and later with everything in it was handed Monica, who went out to work in HK for half a day later and arrived on Friday morning for a few hours before it began the first competition heats .

The first part ran Pink Pirates "Speed ​​Trials", so we were not the number of races won, but to achieve the best possible time. We Nezaběhli nothing extraordinary, but it was clear that dogs are hungry and that their form is increasing. The spider tournament championship for the second part, we were deployed from the fifth position.

Green "P" Pirates ran "Round Robin", so they were not contrary to the time, but the points for winning runs. Initially they were good, but on Friday afternoon came a turning point: when one of the heats Pešan not survive the onslaught of the opposing team and ran out of adrenaline in our path just when Eric ran after her. And since he grabbed a bit, so Eric began to worry a little now and in the further course of time did not flinch and the alternating Tereza it to him at full speed duped. From that moment did not want to run. In its place he Barbánek, who, although he ran reliably, but "kravit" (that is such a flyball term o) Fárinka started. Her terribly annoyed that the dog on a side track to run for the ball, too, and so it happened that our "green" some of the runs right behind at all. Rivals that of course we gave a lot of points ... The first part is green in his division were in last place. On Saturday evening we Erik mood they may make a little, when we together with our girls and Barbánkem took a trip to the Dutch coast, so even on Sunday ran a few runs. Fárinka but kravila on, so we included it in last place in the group and we always wait until the opponent ran and won, and only then ran Fárinka. Vladan earned for it from your opponents credit for sportsmanship )

The final day was for us (and I believe that for the vast majority of runners) an unforgettable experience full of great performances and wonderful contests in all divisions. Throughout he was excited to hear barking dogs, shouting and screaming to their owners, applause and cheers of spectators, which are in restricted areas around the crowded lanes across hundreds. The atmosphere was really beautiful, the weather and the feeling of being around them has the best flyballáky from across Europe and across the hundreds pejskomilů us left deep marks ...

When we first saw on Friday how little space is reserved for the competitors in the heats and how close (as close as the rules allow flyball), are separated by a path, too, we did not like it. However, it was too suffered many beginners flyball, including our Fárinky. But just when final contests we understand how great the organizers just pulling those conditions were cramped. Viewers have everything at your fingertips and on their laurels and medals achieved dogs really only those who are not only fast and accurate, but also love flyball enough to completely ignore what is happening on the track side or just behind the reimbursement for which the audience shouted , clapped, danced, flashed their cameras and waved flags and all sorts of ...

GREEN "P" PIRATES already peeled off from the bottom division failed, but left a good impression and most valuable experience gained to be useful for other tournaments in the CR, as well as for ME, 2010, at which not miss!

PINK PIRATES is run by run and improve a few hours before the end, it was clear that we miss Medals. We have also fought procedure directly to the finals, but we missed it the closest possible way, although we record our team astray ... In the duel with the German state for Quickstepáky we were 2-2 in the final decisive run only a few hundredths of a second slower in the final parade ... So we enjoyed a great feeling on the podium and we took the bronze medal.

It was really great! Come next time, too!

Fared as well as other Czech teams, here are the results:

Official results for site championships ...