MAINE COAST RUNNERS

Skeleton Crew rocks Seekonk! During the weekend of May 21st and 22nd, 2011, 5 members of Maine Coast Runners with 9 dogs ventured to Seekonk, MA to run 3 teams in a tournament sponsored by Canine Mastery Jumpmasters. The day before the tournament, unexpected circumstances prohibited Team Captain, Shirley Rand and her German Shepherd, Chance and Cheryn Breeling's Australian Cattle Dog, Bean, from attending the tournament. After a bit of a scramble, Jessica Deutsch, a junior handler from Infurno, a New York based club, and Jumpmaster's Susan Deliberto and her dog Chili were recruited to round out the teams. The Sherwood Ultra Sports Arena was a fabulous venue. Astro turf provided a soft surface for dogs and people alike and there was lots of room for participants to spread out. Outside, there were several large fields for the dogs to play ball and frisbee. Parking was plentiful and convenient. All in all, a great location and a fun tournament! After all was said and done, Riptide took third place in the Regular 2 division, Tradewinds took third place in Open 2 (many thanks to Chili who ran rock solid all weekend, as usual) and Nor'Easters gave several dogs an opportunity to get a little more experience. Bullie the ShiTzu Pug mix ran his little (3") legs off and earned his Flyball Master title.
First Titles for Five Dogs On the weekend of April 9th and 10th, 2011, at All Dogs Gym in Manchester, New Hampshire, four dogs earned their first flyball titles. Blanche Couture and her Pumi, Swing, earned their FD (Flyball Dog) and FDX (Flyball Dog Excellent) titles, Kim Minchin and her terrier mix, Ellie, earned their FD, Sarah Camire and her Brittany, Roxie, earned their FD and FDX titles, Alison Moody and her Jack Russell Terrier, Boru, earned their FDX title and Gail Gentile and her Jack Russel Terrier, Ace, earned their FDX title.
Jump for the Stars II During the weekend of June 11th and 12th , four Maine Coast Runners' teams traveled to Littleton, MA for Boston Stragglers Jump for the Stars tournament. It was a drizzly and cool weekend for mid-June but on Saturday, at least, we were able to gather outside under the easy ups. Kim and Acorn from ARFF and Cindy and Torre from Weston Whirlwinds joined the Tradewinds team and accrued a whopping 660 points for the weekend! The Fur Fun team, anchored by Border Collie Archer, afforded the greener dogs a chance to get some running time in. Congratulations to Kim Minchin and her terrier mix for earning their FDX (Flyball Dog Excellent) title and to Blanche Couture and her Cockapoo, Wilson, for earning their FMX (Flyball Master Excellent) title!	Kim Minchin and Ellie
Summer 2011 News It's been a busy late summer for everyone but we managed to squeeze in the Maine Coast Runners annual summer picnic and wrapped up the summer with the Canine Mutiny Jumpmasters Survivor tournament on Labor Day weekend. We always love tournaments at the Mass Premier Courts in Foxborough, MA. There is plenty of crating space for all the teams to spread out, and .....air conditioning :) It was touch and go during the week before the tournament as Hurricane Irene had wiped out most of the power in the Foxborough area. Fortunately, the power was restored on Thursday afternoon....just in time for the tournament! Three teams attended the tournament. Brittany Roxie and Sarah Camire earned their FDCh-Silver title (1,000 points) and Colleen DeBarge and her Sheltie, Kira were presented with a lovely plaque from North American Flyball Association for earning their Flyball Dog Grand Champion title (30,000 points). Congratulations to the new title holders!