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Flyball Competitions
Flyball competitions are held year round throughout North America, Europe, and even
Australia. They are generally hosted by local flyball clubs who are affiliated with
a national sanctioning organization. Most flyball tournaments are two-
Generally, the teams entered in a flyball competition are seeded according to their past results (speed) so that every race is competitive and exciting. Within each division, the teams each compete against the others in round robin format and the team with the most wins also wins the tournament.
As with most other dog sports, flyball teams are competing both against the other teams and to improve their own results. Champion flyball teams become so simply by beating every other team in their competitive divisions. Currently, there are no titles that require flyball teams to accumulate points as in other recognized dog sports.
The largest flyball competition is the North American Flyball Championships, though the European Championships are growing quickly as well. In 2009, about 300 teams competed at the NAFC.
The dogs earn points towards flyball titles based on the teams time:
* less than 32
secs: Each dog receives 1 point
* less than 28 secs: Each dog receives 5 points
* less
than 24 secs: Each dog receives 25 points
The titles the dogs can earn are:
- FD Flyball Dog 20 points required
- FDX Flyball Dog Excellent 100 points required
- FDCh Flyball Dog Champion 500 points required
- FDCh Silver Flyball Dog Champion 1000 points required
- FDCh Gold Flyball Dog Champion 2500 points required
- FM Flyball Master 5000 points required
- FMX Flyball Master Excellent 10000 points required
- FMCh Flyball Master Champion 15000 points required
- ONYX ONYX Award 20000 points required
- FGDCh Flyball Grand Champion 30000 points required
- FGDCh 40k, 50k,... Flyball Grand Champion 40k, 50k, ... 40000, 50000, ...points required
- Hobbes Hobbes Award 100,000 points required
If you are interested in joining a flyball team in your area, check out the links to Flyball Organizations and get ready to fly!
Check out the AthleticDogs.com store for everything you need in the flyball performance sport products!
