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With clear skies
and temperatures reaching the 80's, MDTC's Great Balls of
Fur flyball team enjoyed two days of Iowa sunshine and fun
flyball racing at
Hawkeye Hustler's Iowa Heartland Fall Fling. A large tournament,
the team
had the pleasure of racing teams from as far as Missouri and
Nebraska. The
strategy for the weekend was a challenging one: while Rosie
(Kira Haslam),
Maddy (Sarah Willems) and Teddy (Karen Michalski) would race
each heat,
Disney (Mary Pavleje) and Jasmine (Kira/Mark Haslam) would
share the #2 spot
in the line-up, with Kobi (Mark Anderson) as the ringer when
needed (any of
you who know how 'fast' Kobi is will chuckle at the idea of
Kobi as a
ringer!). While the first 2 races were rough, the team stuck
to its plan and
won its last 4 races, earning a well-deserved and hard-earned
2nd place
finish. Sunday proved to be a bit more difficult, however,
as the racing
format was changed from 'best 3-out-of-5' to '3 of 3' (which
means that each
heat counts for a point and there is little margin for error
and no
opportunity to make up ground). The team decided to race all
of the #2 spot
dogs equally, and was pleased to place 3rd out of 7 teams.
Special mention
goes to Sarah Willems and Maddy for meeting the challenge
of passing 3
different dogs and maintaining a sense of humor and love of
racing! Also,
congratulations go out to Mari and Disney who earned another
new flyball
title (FDX)!.
- Submitted
by Sally Haldorson
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