2 of 3 Pools at the Friday Night Feature Finals – Photo by Tom Feist of The Proof Booth
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he following is a detailed breakdown of how teams can qualify for an invitation to the 2013 DockDogs® World Championships. All final invitations are dependent upon the team’s participation during the 2013 season at either (2) National DockDogs® events, OR (1) National and (1) Club Event (within the discipline you are invited for) on or before October 15th; and the team must hold an Active 2013 DockDogs® Worldwide membership in order to be considered for an invitation.Invitations for teams are determined based on the following headings in the order that they appear below:
- International Sportsman’s Expo, ISE – Best of the West Series
In order to be considered for the ISE Series you must have attended a minimum of (2) of the 2012 ISE Best of the West Series events (separate event locations).
Upon completion of the above noted requirements the top ranked team within each Division of each Discipline (Big Air; Speed Retrieve; Extreme Vertical & Iron Dog) will receive an invitation to the 2012 DockDogs® World Championships. This includes the Specialty Divisions (Youth Handler; Lap Dog; Veteran Dog; Legend Dog).
Rankings are based on a team’s best two qualifying scores within each discipline of all 2013 ISE events they have attended (i.e. there will be individual rankings for one top score per event for Big Air, Speed Retrieve, Extreme Vertical & Iron Dog). Please note that only the 2 best qualifying scores of all 2013 ISE events will be considered for this ranking and not all jumps from each event.
2. 2013 DockDogs® Regional Championship Events
The top (4) finalists within each Division of each Discipline (Big Air, Speed Retrieve; Extreme Vertical & Iron Dog) at each of the 2013 DockDogs® Regional Championship events will receive an invitation to the 2013 DockDogs® World Championships. This includes the Specialty Divisions (Youth Handler; Lap Dog; Veteran Dog; Legend Dog).
3. Wild Card Event(s)
The Wild Card event(s) will consist of one or more events selected by DockDogs® Worldwide and the top (1) Ranked team within each division of each discipline (Big Air; Speed Retrieve; Extreme Vertical & Iron Dog) based on event rankings (not including Finals scores) will receive an invitation to the 2013 DockDogs® World Championships. This includes the Specialty Divisions (Youth Handler; Lap Dog; Veteran Dog; Legend Dog).
4. Nationally Sanctioned Facility Event Series
In order to be considered for the Sanctioned Facility Event Series you must have attended a minimum of (2) of the 2013 Nationally Sanctioned Facility Event Series events.
Upon completion of the above noted requirements the top (2) ranked teams within each Division of each Discipline (Big Air; Speed Retrieve; Extreme Vertical & Iron Dog) will receive an invitation to the 2013 DockDogs® World Championships. This includes the Specialty Divisions (Youth Handler; Lap Dog; Veteran Dog; Legend Dog).
Rankings are based on a team’s best two qualifying scores within each discipline of all 2013 Nationally Sanctioned Facility events they have attended (i.e. there will be individual rankings for one top score per event for Big Air, Speed Retrieve, Extreme Vertical & Iron Dog). Please note that only the 2 best qualifying scores of all 2013 Nationally Sanctioned Facility events will be considered for this ranking and not all jumps from each event.
5. Rankings
Overall by Country
Overall Rankings by Country take into consideration a team’s (5) best jumps (including Finals) within Big Air, and the (3) best scores within Speed Retrieve, Extreme Vertical and Iron Dog to date for National caliber events within a Country. The top (2) ranked teams within each Division in each Discipline (including Specialty Divisions) will receive an invitation to the 2013 DockDogs® World Championships, as long as a team isn’t titled higher than their ranking.
Overall Worldwide
Overall Rankings take into consideration a team’s (5) best scores (including Finals) within Big Air, and the team’s (3) best scores within Speed Retrieve, Extreme Vertical and Iron Dog to date. The top (4) ranked teams within each Division in each Discipline (including Specialty Divisions) will receive an invitation to the 2013 DockDogs® World Championships, as long as a team isn’t titled higher than their ranking.
** Please note:
I. An invitation will be passed down to the “Next Qualified Team” in the instance that the original Qualifying Team does not accept their invitation for that specific qualifying avenue.
II. If a Youth Handler competes and earns an invitation to the 2013 DockDogs® World Championships within the Youth Handler division, and they turn 16 yrs of age prior to the start of the World Championships, they will still compete as a Youth Handler at the World Championship event.
III. If a Youth Handler qualifies with multiple dogs for multiple invitations to the 2013 DockDogs® World Championships for the Big Air Youth Handler Division, they may only accept one invitation (their qualifying team of choice). Youth handlers may still accept additional invitations for regular Big Air Divisions. (Ie.: Novice, Junior, Senior, Master, Elite & Super Elite)
IV. If a team earns a title within a higher division then that which they earned their 2013 DockDogs® World Championship invite, then they will be required to compete within the division they are “currently titled” at the start of the World Championship Event. (Club titles are only considered in the absence of a National Title within the applicable discipline)
V. Teams will not “Jump Out” of their competition division for the purposes of Finals selection. (i.e.: if a Team competing in the Senior Division jumps a Master jump in Qualifying, the Team will remain in the Senior Division & potentially compete in the Senior finals).
