Fastest time over the GWR dog agility course

The world's fastest time over one of the world's largest dog agility courses for a team of 10 dogs and handlers, in relay is 5 min 42.8 sec and was achieved by the East of England Agility Team. The event was organised by Roy and Carol Dyer (UK) and held at the All About Dogs show, Brentwood, Essex, UK on 11 May 2003. The course is much larger than normal shows. It involved 200 standard dog agility jumps in an arena measuring 150 m x 60 m (492 ft x 196 ft), there were also official time keepers, judges and a course steward present. A normal dog agility course consists of 20 pieces of equipment/jumps in a 30 m x 30 m (98 ft x 98 ft)arena. Each dog does 20 jumps of the whole course and passes a baton between. The winning team scored only 5 penalty points. They are: Joyce Fuller (Dale), Cathie Witt (Sasha); Ray Clack (Bess), Neil Lye (Sam), Val Amps (Tog), Nikki Murden (Tippi), Steve Rose (Shilo), Tanya Hetherington-Cleverly (Nellie), Gary Harrison (Meg, Gareth Graham (Meg). The course,equipment and judging will conform to Kennel Club Regulations