2008 Warren County Fair
August 9, 2008

Front Royal VA - What a great one day event with the finals under the lights.  A BIG THANK YOU and CONGRATULATIONS goes out to all the volunteers.  Without your hard work the event wouldn't have been successfull.  That was a lot of work squeezed in those 27 hours.  Hopefully they'll invite us back next year for more than just one day.

Congratulations to Miss Daisy Lou, with Taylor Rohrbaugh, for her very first Event Win with a whopping 24' 8" jump.  Lil' Lab - Big Jumps is a very true statement - the Lil' Yellow Girl really can fly!  Steve Sozio & Twister followed closely behind with a new Personal Best of 24' 4" and new member Tim Kline & Bella jumped to a 4th Place finish with 23' 9".  Less that a foot separate the top four dogs making it an very exciting Top Four Jump-Off!!  Congratulations to all the Pro Finalists and to Dan Bryant & Maggie for their new Personal Best of 20' 5".

In the Senior Finals, Fearless Miss Mia wowed everyone including Paige with her new, HUGE for such a little puppy, Personal Best of 20' 2" and her 1st Place Senior Finals finish.  Tim Kline & Jasper, after a surprising new Personal Best of 19', got his focus on the dock and finished in 2nd Place.  Clay THRILLED Kellie with his new Personal Best Into a POOL of 18' 10" earlier in the day and finished in 4th Place in the Senior Finals.

Ryan & Emily Bell FINALLY have a jumping Golden - the 11 month old Niles.  Both teams battled it out all day trying to see who would qualify for finals and both earned Personal Bests:  Ryan - 13' 5" and Emily 12' 10".  Ryan & Niles qualified for Junior Finals and finished in 2nd Place.  Sharon Williams & Tanner outjumped her daughter Tracy to qualify for Junior Finals and finished in 3rd Place.

The Non-Jumping Lab, aka Diego, aka Diggs, aka Daisy Lou's "Big Brother" - actually completed five jumps this weekend with Brian Rutledge.  That might be a record for Diggs.  Diego wowed Carly and Alan by a 3rd Place Finish in the Novice Finals.

Extreme Vertical kept the crowd going and everyone had favorite dogs.  Steve & Twister finished in 3rd Place Cadets with a Personal Best grab of 5' 8".  Brandy & Buddy, just off the disabled list, matched their Personal Best of 5' 8" for a 4th Place Cadet Finish.  Buddy's not broken!!

Brian & Mishka jumped out of Cadets and into Top Guns with a New Personal Best of 6' 4", his second leg toward a Top Gun Title, and a 4th Place finish.  Apparently Mishka doesn't want to give up EV and just concentrate on Big Air :)  Jasper was competing with a new handler Kellie Wisotzkey who now has one arm longer than the other from his constant pulling to get on  the dock.  Good luck finding that new fall wardrobe that fits :)  Jasper and Thunder exchanged words over who was the best black lab in EV.  Jasper put his money where his mouth is and went on to beat Thunder's 6' 8" grab with a 6' 10" grab for 2nd Place Top Gun.

Congratulations to our brand new member and first time jumper - John Eubanks and Taz.  They started out in their first wave with a jump of 8' 5" and gained confidence in their second wave with an 11' 11" jump.  Unfortunately, they weren't able to stay the rest of the day but are already planning their next event.

In Puppy Brigade news, Susan Hetrick & Coleman (with the EXCELLENT sit/stay) jumped to a new Personal Best of 15' 10".  For Club Stats click here and for Complete Event Results click here.