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All Clubs in each state or Territory Canine Controlling Bodies, affiliated with the ANKC are invited to participate in “Auslink”

Auslink is a postal novelty series using ANKC Trials rules with the following exceptions:

1. Competitors will only negotiate the course once, if competing at more than one club only the first course run will count. Date Course run to be shown on result score sheet.

2. A responsible club member may do the primary judging. With a relief judge taking over, if the primary Judge also wishes to participate.

3. Timing to be done by a timing steward not the (course judge).

4. Auslink courses are to be designed as a twenty obstacle course. The course set is to be of a standard equivalent to that of the Open Class consequently, it will be mandatory to include the Weaving Poles in a Jumping course.

5. The Auslink course will be differentiated from a normal Open Course in that there will be no Distance Handling Challenge in the course.

Courses:

1. During the year there will be four (4) courses posted out to all interested clubs in Australia.

2. The Courses will be shown in a three metre Grid and every effort to position the obstacles exactly according to the plan must be made. Clubs are requested to use Two (2) ropes crossing at 90 degrees to act as datum lines on the ground.

Club Team Score:

1. The Best Three (3) results of each clubs competitors to be totalled and recorded as the Clubs Team Score for each quarter.

2. They should be recorded as ”TF………CF……….Total Time.

3. The club team event is decided by the results over the Four (4) Quarters.

4. Individual performances in this competition will be decided by the totalling the best 3 results over the 4 Quarters.

Certificates will be awarded to:

1.The Top Three Dogs individual performances each Quarter.

2.Most Successful Club over the year.

3.Best individual Performance over the year.

4.Selected Awards of Merit

5.Certificates of club Participation

Results:

The 1^st Quarter Course results must be received by 15^th March.

The 2^nd Quarter Course result must be received by 15^th June.

The 3^rd Quarter Course results must be received by 15^th September.

The 4^th Quarter Course results must be received by 15^th December.

All results should be forwarded by post or email to the Auslink Coordinator:

Mr Ashley Roach

P O Box 102

Forestville NSW 2087

Phone:      0408 232 680

Email  ashley@esandar.com.au

OR

The Dogs NSW Agility Committee

PO Box 632

St Marys NSW 1790