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The National Agility Competition is a bi-annual competition that commenced in 1997.
A series of heats is run across New Zealand, to establish the top dogs in each of five Zones (geographically split areas; 3 in the North Island, 2 in the South Island). Two levels of competition are held; "Starters", which is open to dogs that have not yet qualified into Intermediate level in regular agility competition, and "Open", which is open to all dogs.
Each Zone then hosts a semi-final, with the top two dogs at each level gaining entry to the finals, held in Wellington. For the 2003 competition, the number of finalists from each Zone for the Open level was increased to three.
The finals are held over two rounds. All dogs run in round one, from which they are ranked from first to last. The top half then progress to round two, with the result from that round determining the overall winner. For the 2005 finals all dogs competed over three rounds.
Most times qualified for finals (handler) | ||
Peter de Wit (Zone 3) | ||
1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2009 | ||
Most times qualified for finals (dog) | ||
4 | ||
Silverstream Ascki (Ascki) | ||
Heading Dog | ||
Peter de Wit (Zone 3) | ||
1997 (Open), 1999 (Open), 2003 (Open), 2005 (Open) | ||
Most number of wins | ||
2 | ||
Silverstream Ascki (Ascki) | ||
Heading Dog | ||
Peter de Wit (Zone 3) | ||
1997 (Open) & 1999 (Open) | ||
Most number of different dogs qualified for finals by one handler | ||
Deb Jackson (Zone 2) | ||
Sharp - Kelpie - 1997 | ||
Hilton Flya (Flya) - Heading Dog - 1999 | ||
Ace-in-the-hole (Ace) - Heading Dog - 2001, 2003 & 2005 | ||
Nifty Noodle (Nifty) - Heading Dog - 2005 | ||
First dog to qualify for both Starters and Open final in same year | ||
Bordercheck Cafe Olait (Kerri) | ||
Border Collie | ||
Geordie Osborne and Nadene Hoskins (Zone 3) | ||
2001 | ||
Finals Winners | ||
Year Open |
Starters |
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1997 Peter de Wit (Zone 3) - Ascki (Heading Dog) |
Christine Cooke (Zone 2) - Jess (NZ Eye Dog) |
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1999 Peter de Wit (Zone 3) - Ascki (Heading Dog) |
Shona Butler (Zone 3) - Buster (Labrador X Ridgeback) |
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2001 Dean Machen (Zone 4) - Storm (Border Collie) |
Karen Forrest (Zone 5) - Toby (Miniature Poodle) |
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2003 Nigel Brevitt (Zone 3) - Jip (Huntaway) |
Robyn Sanders (Zone 4) - Barracuda (Border Collie X) |
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2005 Deb Jackson (Zone 2) - Nifty (Heading Dog) |
Sallie Remon (Zone 5) - Dizzy (Working Sheepdog) |
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2007 Michael Barrett (Zone 4) - Macca (Huntaway X) |
Alana Laird (Zone 4) - Wickett (Heading Dog X Kelpie) |
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2009 Lisa Duff (Zone 4) - Zoom (Heading Dog) |
Chelsea Marriner (Zone 2) - Spy (Working Sheepdog) |
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