8th ParAgility World Championship 2009

10th IMCA & 8th PAWC 2009
03-09-09 untill 06-09-09 in Gyula, Hungary

A special year, jubilee for the International Mix & Breed Championship Agility (IMCA) started in 2000f or the first time organised in Czech Republic, now for the tenth time in Hungary!

Together 200 competitors from Belgium, Croatia, Germany, Finland, France, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Austria, Romania, Slowakia, Spain, Czech Republic, United Kingdom, Switserland and of course a hole team of the Netherlands.
Announced, but not take part competitors of Slovenia and Polen.

The judges for this Championship:
Rick Molenkamp from the Netherlands, Arnaldo Benini from Italy and from United Kingdom John Gilbert with a lot of experience of agility, he’s one of the erectors of the agility-sport. We know them all from years before.

from left to right: Rick Molenkamp – John Gilbert- Arnaldo Benini

This year 49 competitors for the 8th ParAgility World Cup (PAWC), a strenght grow with regard to the start in 2002 with 11 taking part dogs.

For the first time a hole Team from Israel for IMCA and PAWC.
For PAWC 8 competitors with a disability mental, a new group of disability we have accepted.

Courses for the competiton PAWC always two times an agility and once a jumping.
Each day one course to run and every day judges by another judge, so even the competitors PAWC have to run different courses.

For the Netherlands: Sharon Erenstein with her dogs Tosca and Dusty, their first taking part into the PAWC!
Patricia Fuchs with Kyona and Mei-Li and Susan Rekveld with her two Labrador Retrievers Quita and Joep.

Results all over:
Group 1
Susan with her dog Quita 2th place and Joep
4th place. Patricia with her dog Kyona 3th place and Mei-Li 5e place
Sharon in group 4 with her dog Dusty 4e place and Tosca 6th place.

Sharon Erenstein with her dog Dusty on an agility-match in the Netherlands
Next Year in Switzerland