Past News!

Awesome Pawsome Baby Boom.  Congratulations to our members who have recently had additions to their families. 

Karen and Denis Neilsen had a baby girl on December 23,  Chelsea Anne, weighing 7 pounds, 11 ounces.

Sarah and Gavin Weston also welcomed a baby girl, on 31 December.  Alice Elizabeth weighed 7 pounds 13 ounces.

Jumping in June Hosted by Pine Rivers on 13th June.  Club Nominations of Availability for this comp close Friday 8th May so teams can be announced the following week.  Nomination of availability for this competition must be made to Vic Plant. 

Farm Fantastic Demonstration:  Pine Rivers is hosting demos at the Farm Fantastic Festival  on 18 and 19 July (contact Sue Norton for more details). This is a great event at Caboolture with lots of people.  It is intended that there will be three half hour demonstrations on Saturday and Sunday.  Demos are a great opportunity to proof your dog at a public event, and promote our great sport.

Million Paws Walk: competition at University of Queensland, St Lucia, hosted by Flyball Fanatics on May 17 2009.   Provisional teams have been announced.

Awesome April Antics!  After  looking like being cancelled again after a heavy downpour the night before, we found a high part of the grounds that was relatively dry, and ran ther first flyball competition in Queensland for 2009.  More here

April Antics is on AGAIN!  The Awesome April Antics competition has been rescheduled to be held at the Mt Gravatt Showgrounds on Saturday 18th April 8am check in for a 9 am start. 

Karen and Denis Neilsen had a baby girl on December 23,  Chelsea Anne, weighing 7 pounds, 11 ounces.

Sarah and Gavin Weston also welcomed a baby girl, on 31 December.  Alice Elizabeth weighed 7 pounds 13 ounces.

We have started a new Yahoo discussion group just for Awesome Pawsome members, and encourage all members to join in.  If you do not receive an invitation email, it is probably my mistake...  Just drop me a line at k9player@internode.on.net

Million Paws Walk: competition at University of Queensland, St Lucia, hosted by Flyball Fanatics. Nomination of availability for this competition must be made to Vic Plant by Friday 11th April 2008.

Rathdowney Demo : We had heaps of fun at the Rathdowney Show on 6th April performing with our canine friends. We encourage all members to come along to demos to see what is necessary to race. It is particularly beneficial for those dogs almost ready to race to get experience with dogs they do not know in a hyped environment.

There is an article featuring flyball, Awesome Pawsome, Anne and Delta in Image Magasine.

From the (Acting) President

Brian Moore has resigned as President for health reasons, and I (Anne Dymock) am now the acting president until the 2008 Annual General Meeting.  I would to take this opportunity to thank Brian for all the work he has put into the club, not only through his leadership role as president, but for all the other big and small jobs that he does around the club (and for his dedication to flyball in general).  We and look forward to continuing to see him race and train with us in the future.  I only hope I can help continue to contribute to the growth of flyball, and help make Awesome Pawsome, even more Awesome than it already is.  See "From the President March 2008"

March 2008 Newsletter is released

Some updates on Training Page (more to come)

Added "Clean Run" to FAQs

Updated Committee Page

Updated Front page with request for availability for April and May competitions.  Need to notify Vic Plant by 14 March for April Comp, and 11 April for May Comp.

We're back from the Nationals, Awesome Pawsome competed well and come third in division two at the Nationals in Canberra.  In the Singles and Pairs, Yogi came first in division four and Jennifer had some great starts, including a 0.000 - you can't beat that - way to go Jen!  Delta teamed up with Pac for the Pairs event, and they were division one champions.  Keith ran Misty really well and got some fantastic starts.  Zaq did really well too and recorded some of his fastest times yet.  Though Maddie didn't get to run in the team, she had some fun in the singles and pairs with Yogi (in a team called - wait for it - MadYogi!).  Jo did a great job as team captain, and got a good chunk of her stewarding for Judge training done, as well as lots of box loading.  Both Kevin and Jen helped out on the timing table so the timekeepers could have a lunch break. As always Steve was doing everything he could to get things running smoothly, from repairing boxes, to ring setup to spruiking, and of course running his dog.  Fairfield also had a team in Canberra, in division three, and came first (Congratulations).  The team spirit and the Queensland spirit was great, and both Queensland teams pitched in and helped each other.  Rosie also gave us a hand with stats when she was available.

They're here! The Flyball Nationals for 2008 are being held as part of the Royal Canberra Show on 22-24 February 2008.  Awesome Pawsome is fielding a team with Zaq, Misty, Delta, Yogi, Marbles and Maddie.  Keith was bringing Lizzy, but she has had to pull out due to injury, luckily Misty was available, and Keith will be handling her.  A number of these people (and dogs) will also competing in the singles and pairs competition.  Jo Slade, is coming to help box load, and do stewarding as part of her Judge training.  Kevin and Jennifer Crane and Steve Pitt are also going to try to fit in as much stewarding as they can for their judge training!  Wish us luck and safe travelling.

 Thanks Jo for putting this together!

Here is a link to the old What's New (from 2005 to 2007)

April Antics:   Awesome Pawsome is hosting the April Antics competition this year at the Mt Gravatt Showgrounds on the 19th of April 2008.  Please let Brian or Vicki know if you are able to participate. 

Rathdowney Demo : The Rathdowney Demo is to be held on the Sunday 6th April 2008 at the Rathdowney Heritage Show. This is a great show and last year everybody enjoyed the racing and viewing of the show

Competition Dates for 2008 Calendar: We are hoping to stage more competitions in conjunction with events attended by the public to help publicise the sport of flyball.  We are looking for suggestions for venues and events, please let us know by email, or at training if you know of an event that might be good to check out.    To maximise attendance by those in the Dog Sport Community we are trying to avoid staging competitions on days that other major events are on.  To assist, Awesome Pawsome's 2008 calendar includes events from other dogs sport activities hosted in the greater Brisbane area.  (Please feel welcome to submit dates to the webmaster for inclusion on the calendar.)