Sunday, August 2, 2009

European Open Agility 2009

The European Open Agility International Competition was held the last weekend of July (July 25 and 26) in the Sportcomplex Papendal in Arnhem, Netherlands (or Holland).

The European Open is the largest international Agility event in the world.

I have included a link to the course maps from this event. They are VERY difficult. Tight, precise, and did I mention Very difficult.
Usually when I watch top agility teams compete I am amazed at how EASY they make running complex courses look. That was NOT the case at this competition. Below is a link to the video of the winning runs in each height class. The winning runs did NOT look easy at all, which I think is a testament to just how hard these courses were.

The results are available at:
http://www.europeanopen.nl/Resultaten.html

Video of the winning runs can be seen at: (there are also some other interesting videos, for example video of teams practicing. Often there are multiple dogs on course at any one time and it is interesting to see what different teams choose to work on).
http://europeanopen2009.agilityvision.com/winners-individual-european-agility-open-2009

Here is a link to the course maps from that weekend:
http://www.belgians.nl/Parcoursen/2009/072509EO.htm

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