Puppy Palooza at Lilypons Water Gardens
Adamstown MD

May 17 & 18, 2008  Despite the rain, the mud, and the wind our event turned out great - even with a fall in the mud and an ALMOST fall off the dock.  All the waves were overflowing with lots of new faces and dogs showing up to jump big.  The first wave started off with a big bang as the registration tents were blown upside into the large pond behind us.  The rain held off all day Saturday but EV on Sunday was done in the pouring rain along with the first wave.

A BIG Congratulations to TR Thompson and Charlie for their Second, 1st Place finish in the Pro Division, with both of these happening at Lilypons.  TR & Charlie had their timing down this weekend and flew to a whopping 23' 2" jump to qualify for the Top 4.  By only two inches with a 23' they beat Alisa and Colby for the 1st Place Prize.

More congratulations to one of our Youth Handlers, Zachary Ward.  He was kept busy jumping two dogs during the event AND in finals.  Zachary, with Jake, received a new personal best of 19' 8" and won Senior Finals with a 19' 4".  With Teak, they finished in 2nd Place in the Novice Finals with a 9' 6" jump.  Another Youth Handler, Nathan McCartney & Maddie, jumped 11' 9" for another leg towards their Junior Title.

Our brand new member, Stephen Sozio & Twister of Baltimore, who was hooked and joined the club at the event, made a big showing this weekend.  He started off the weekend with a 20' 1" jump and received three more Master jumps and one Senior jump in the waves.  He finished up the weekend with a 10th Place win in the Pro Finals with a 22' 5" (his personal best) and a Regional Master Title.

For several dogs, this was their first event.  After talking about having to withdraw from the next event because he wasn't jumping, Cathie Nash and Razz reached a personal best of 9' and won 3rd Place Novice.  Paige Jones with her new puppy Mia, also a first time jumper, received a personal best of 12' 11".  Mia decided to concentrate on jumping this weekend instead of just looking adorable on the dock like she does at practice.  Tricia Moore and James Bond had the crowd cheering them on after a 3 inch jump after a slow slide off the end of the dock.  We're thinking with more practice he'll improve.

Several teams with just a little bit of experience reached new Personal Bests and Titles. Jeff Hindle with Lexi got a new Personal Best of 17' 4" along with the Senior Regional Title. Cindy Eyler and Wonder, after a Novice jump at the Waterfowl Festival in November 2007, jumped to a Junior Regional Title this weekend. Congratulations to both teams!!

In the pouring rain and wind, Extreme Vertical Cadets had Brandy Fowler & Buddy winning 2nd Place with a 5' 6" grab, only barely missing their personal best of 5' 8".  Top Gun EV had an exciting finish even thought all the club's Top Guns missed their grabs.  Angie Jones with Nestle and Jeff Wells with Ares both grabbed 6' 8" but after Nestle missed Ares grabbed at 6' 10" for the 1st Place Finish.  He try at a personal best of 7' 3" was a miss.

Congratulations to all our club members who made the finals:

Pro Finals:
1st Place - TR Thompson & Charlie
10th Place - Stephen Sozio & Twister
11th Place - Sharon Rodgers & Thunder
12th Place - Nathaniel Brinton & Reggie

Novice Finals:
1st Place - Cathie Nash & Whiskey
2nd Place - Zachary Ward & Teak
3rd Place - Cathie Nash & Razz
4th Place - William Delph & Vixen

Junior Finals:
4th Place - Cynthia Eyler & Wonder

Senior Finals:
1st Place - Zachary Ward & Jake
2nd Place - Matthew Rutledge & Mishka
4th Place - Brett Tarun & Lacey

For Member Stats click HERE and for the complete Event Scores click HERE.