Thursday, September 24, 2009

Our Winter Season begins....

.....with Ribble's indoor show at Accrington, a new venue to me as they used to be at Osbaldeston. Amber's courses didn't really suit her, so we did our TYOL versions (with judges' prior permission) and she thought she'd just won the Champ class! Well, she did have the fastest course time of the day - 6.02 seconds - just not the right course. Lol!
Bryn was not at all settled in the venue, though I can't work out why as he is usually fine indoors. He was a bit anxious, not working on but watching me carefully (instead of looking where he was going) so getting 5F on the first 2 courses. He managed a Clear and 9th place with a 'nice' round in Comb 1 to 3 Helter Skelter, then got his act together suddenly for the last class of the day, blasting off from the start. As a result I was playing 'catch up', tried to turn a corner too tight - and forced him into having a pole down! Such a shame, as he had a very competitive time, too.
That was Bryn's last Grade 3 show - he goes up to play with the 'big boys and Girls' in Grade 4 at his next show, Lune Valley. I hope he's got over his spookiness at indoor venues by then!

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