Kennet Flyball Club

02/05 :  Ball Busters - Maidstone - 22nd January 2012 - Hotwings

   We were seeded 2nd in division 2 with a seed time of 18.11. The team consisted of: Blitz, Luckii, Kuri, Snowy and Tilly.

First race was against FourPaws Racing seeded 5th (18.53). We won and lost alternate legs finally winning 3-2 with a best time of 18.72 to FourPaws Racing’s of 19.91.

Next race was against Aces Dominos seeded 4th (18.37). We won the first leg, lost the next, won the third, then lost the fourth and fifth, 2-3. Our best time was 18.80 to Aces Dominos of 19.43.

After the break we were up against the Shooting Star Moonies seeded 3rd (18.32). We lost the first two legs, won the next two then lost the final leg, 2-3. Our best time was 20.01 to Shooting Star Moonies 19.26.

The final race was an all Kennet affair with Kennet Zingers seeded 1st (18.09). We won three legs losing one, 3-1. Zingers pushed us to our best time of the day of 18.58 which also turned out to be the best time of the division. Many thanks to Shooting Stars for loaning us their springback box and to Joe for his help organizing us for this race, which resulted in Hotwings coming home with 3rd place rosettes.

A very special well done to Kelly for her first competition running Blitz.

02/05 :  Dream Team - Woking - 3rd December 2011 - Hotwings

   We were seeded 6th in division 1 with a seed time of 18.11. The team consisted of: Blitz, Kuri, Luckii, Snowy, Tilly and Trumpet. It is was always going to be a difficult day as the other teams seed times were all under 18 seconds!

First race and we were up against Dream Team Supreme seeded 1st (17.54). We won the first leg losing the next three, 1-3 with a best time of 18.86 against Dream Team Supreme’s of 17.75.

The next race was against the Hampshire Harriers, seeded 3rd (17.73). We lost 0-3 with a best time of 20.44 against the Hampshire Harriers’ 18.24.

Our final race of the morning was against Power Paws Premier seeded 2nd (17.72). We won the first leg with what turned out to be our fastest time of the day 18.63, lost the next two but pulled it back to win the next two, 3-2.

After the break we were racing Mad Mutts seeded 4th (17.81). We won the first two legs and then lost the next 3, 2-3, with a best time of 18.82 against the Mad Mutts’ of 18.72.

The final race of the day was against our very own Zingers seeded 5th (17.86). We lost the first leg, winning the next, then losing the next two, 1-3.

We were pleased to come in 5th having been seeded 6th and against teams which had run sub 18 seconds in the past.

23/04 :  Zingers Jets Easter Show

   Zingers were drawn to run in Division 2 on Easter Sunday, Unfortunately Heather was unable to run Izzy so Becky took the lead.
Blitz came into season so they were down to 4 dogs.

1st race was against High Flyers 2nd team, High Drive, Losing the first 2 races we tried to make it as hard as possible for ourselves, then came back to win 3-2 with a fastest time of 18.03.

2nd race was against the Aces, this proved to be a real challenge and although we pulled out our new seed time of 17.96, we still went down 3-1.

3rd race of the day was aginst Hampshire Harriers, who beat us last time we raced, so this time we wanted revenge.. Racing was tight as it usually is against them, but we dug in and won 3-0.

Essex Echoes went NFC (Not for competion) and Bristol Ballistics had to pull out through injuries, so we won both of these 3-0, this meant that we could try different running orders not that it was any good..LOL,

Overall we had some great racing and all the dogs and handlers did well. Well done Becky and Izzy, Andrea and Cara, Naomi and Flea and Clare and Lily. Also well done to Michael for box loading, and although we had a problem with the box, we borrowed Shooting stars for the last 2 races and all was well.

18/03 :  Zingers Dream Team Bracknell 4th March

   On a miserable cold and snowy day in Bracknell, luckily for us indoors, The Zingers had a reasonable day.

It wasn’t the fastest racing, and as Flea and Naomi were on a pre Crufts break they were racing with Izzy, Cara, Blitz and Lily.

First race was a 3-2 loss against Dream Team, all 3 lost due to early crosses.
Second race started with a first heat loss against Warwickshire due to late crosses, then the team pulled back to win 3-1.

Third race was against Hotwings, who were still missing Trumpet. Winning 3-0 and all 3 races in under 19 seconds.
The last and Final race was against Mad Mutts, pulling off another 3-0 win and the days fastest time of 18.28.

Making them Div 1 winners.

Great racing from the team, and thanks to Michael, Becky and Charlie for their help.

18/03 :  Fully Loaded Dream Team Bracknell 4th March 2012

   It was a very eventful day with a Team made up of Flicker, Ozzy, Gem Shadow, Molly and Diesel. Trying different running orders, and with Naomi running Diesel.

First race was a 3-0 loss against Dream Team UK, and only completing 2 heats but got our days fastest of 23.25.
Second race was against Rooky Raiders. Losing 3-1 but only completing 2 again.

Sadly it was the break and Tim and Shadow had to leave. We had a team meeting and decided to race not for competition. This I feel was a good move for Diesel and Molly (and Charlie, as she felt there was no pressure).

Third race was against Barking, and although we couldn’t win, we actually finished 2 out of the 3 races
Forth and final race was against Funny Bones, completing all 3 races without out faults and Clare and Gem with a perfect start to end a great day.

Well done to all the team and look forward to racing again soon.

10/12 :  Dream Team Lord Roberts Centre 3rd Dec 2011- Bargin Buckets

   The team consisted of Poppy, Gem, Shadow, Fred & Diesel.

This was the first competition for Shadow, Fred & Diesel.

Race 1 - Can't stop barking
We lost this race but only by a small margin but had a best time of 23.06

Race 2 - power paws preschool
We won this race despite the fact that our best time slipped to 30.54

Race 3- rooky rascals
We won again and now we realised we had a good chance of getting a
rosette, we managed to tidy up our runs and achieved a best time of
25.76

Race 4 - power paws odd balls
We won again and now we were getting really excited of getting placed
in the top 3.
We again tidied up our runs and got a best time of 24.40

Race 5 - dream team babez
This was our last race and the last race of the day.
We won and were extremely happy with our performance. We did our best
time of the day 23.04

After some fantastic results we realised that we had secured 2nd which
we were all really happy with, but then we were informed that the
lights weren't working correctly for our first race and we were given
the option to rerun the race. If we won this it would mean 1st place.

After a mad dash to reassemble the team and get the box back into the
building we were ready to go, the pressure was on!

Race 6 - Can't stop barking
We decided that this was the time to go for it and to push as much as we could.
We WON!!!!!!!!! a faultless run by the team and even more impressive
that with all the dogs clearly tiring that we produced our best time
of the day 22.82

This was an amazing outing for Bargain buckets 1st place and although
we were still only 3rd fastest overall it was our consistency that won
the day for us. A very promising showing from the dogs and a good sign
of things to come!

Well done to all!

10/12 :  Mad Mutts Acremead 1st October 2011 – Hotwings

   We were seeded 2nd in division 2 with a seed time of 18.62. The team consisted of: Blitz, Ozzy, Snowy and Trumpet.
First race and we were up against the Dream Team Babes, seeded 3rd (18.78) losing 0-3 with a best time of 18.68.
Next race was against the Warwickshire Whirlwinds, seeded 4th (18.81), winning 3-0 with a best time of 19.06.
Our last race before the break was to be against Delta Force, seeded 6th (18.87). Another 3-0 win with a best time of 19.33.
At the break we were 2-1.
Our fourth race was against Molton Magnets, seeded 5th (18.84). Another 3-0 win with a best time of 19.01.
The last race of the day was against Nuneaton Flyers, seeded 1st (18.28). We managed to take them to five legs but lost 2-3, with a best time of 19.33.
Dream Team Babes came 1st, having won all their races, Nuneaton Flyers 2nd with Hotwings coming 3rd.
The weather was so absolutely fantastic it was hard to believe it was October, and a blessing for those of us camping!

10/12 :  FourPaws Imber Court 25th September 2011 – Hotwings

   We were seeded 4th in division 3 with a seed time of 18.62. The team consisted of: Blitz, Luckii, Snowy and Trumpet.
First race was against Power Jets, seeded 5th (19.73). Winning 3-0 having run times of 19.11, 18.72 then…… smashing our current seed time with an 18.11.
Second race was against Lightning Bolt, seeded 2nd (18.45). Another 3-0 win with times of 18.52, 18.75 and 18.47.
The last race of the morning was against Jet Streams, seeded 1st (18.29). We lost 2-3 having not time recorded in two legs and recording times of 18.96, 18.57 and 18.45.
First race of the afternoon was against Four Paws Racing, seeded 6th (18.79). We won 3-1.
Our last race was against Bassett Dynamites, seeded 3rd (18.60). We lost the first two legs with faults, then rallied winning the next two legs but lost the final leg. 2-3.
During the day Jenny and Trumpet recorded two rolling starts.
It was exciting racing with Hotwings winning against Lightning Bolt, who had recorded a time of 17.77 in the first race of the day against Bassett Dynamites, who themselves recorded a time of 17.99.
Our three wins were enough to tie with Four Paws Racing, however, as we had won against them, we came home 2nd with Bassett Dynamites 1st.

10/12 :  Dream Team Alton 4th September 2011 - Hotwings

   We were seeded 4th in division 1 with a seed time of 18:55, our first competition in division 1 with Zingers! The team consisted of: Blitz, Snowy, Luckii and once again the Zingers kindly loaned us Ozzy and Garry.
Our first race of the day was against Fantastic 4 seeded 5th with a seed time of 19.06, which we won 3-0.
The next race was a purely Kennet affair as Hotwings were pitched against the Zingers who were seeded 2nd (17.61). Vicky kindly stepped in to run Blitz as Naomi was running Flea. Unsurprisingly, it was a 3-0 win to the Zingers with their best time of the race being 18:18 with Hotwings only managing a 19.70.
Our final race of the morning was against 1st seed Dream Team Supreme (17.41). Again an unsurprising 0-3 lose.
Our first race of the afternoon was against the 6th seed, Bone Idol (19.18). A 3-0 win to us with a best time of 18.97.
Our final race of the day was against the 3rd seed, Racing Herts (18.23). A 3-0 win to us with a best time of 19.17.
Winning 3 of our races was good enough to gain us the 3rd place rosette.
Many thanks to Vicky who made her debut as a handler running Blitz for some of the races.
It was a very wet day which was reflected in the times.

10/12 :  BFA Nuneaton 21st August 2011 – Hotwings

   Hotwings were originally seeded 1st in Division 10 but were bumped up to 6th seed in division 9 (with a seed time of 18.55), so the only way was up! The team consisted of: Blitz, Luckii, Snowy and Trumpet.
Our first race was against the number 1 seed Northants Wagtails (18.45). We were off to a great start winning the first two legs but then lost the next three, however, it was a great achievement to take 2 legs off them. 2-3
Race 2 was against the 3rd seed Ghost Owlers (18.50) losing all three legs. 0-3
Our last race of the morning was against the number 2 seed Ready2Fly (18.46) which we won. 3 -0
At the break we were 2 -1 down!
Next we were up against the 4th seed Mansfield Muskteers (18.52). On the very first leg the lights failed our side, however, it was clear we had lost the heat so an average 4 dog time was recorded. We then lost the next heat but rallied to win the next three. 3 - 2
For our last race we were up against the 5th seed High Voltage (18.53). We lost the first heat again but went onto win the next three. 3 – 1
We were delighted to come home with 3rd place rosettes having been seeded 6th.
It was a great event, with only a tenth of a second between the seed times of the six teams, racing against teams we wouldn’t normally meet on our own circuit.