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Tigger, (Lunarlite Selenas Tiger at Upanova (Agility Champion). 

Lunarlite WSD. D.O.B. 16/02/97. Tricolour. From Chris Bolton’s Lunarlite dogs of Freddie & Ziggy.

Tiggy was stolen for 6 months between March & October 99 before being recovered through the help of the Upanova Tigers club members. After recovery Tigg qualified within a month for Senior status by winning a Supadog intermediate agility qualifier & achieved Advanced status in 2000 at 3 years old. 

Tigg sustained a groin and spinal injury through hitting a tyre obstacle at full speed on Mayday 2003 enforcing a two month absence. Tigg returned in July to win the Pedigree Chum Olympia Semi Final at the Royal Show & qualify Olympia before going on to help England win the 2003 International Home Championship the following week where Tigg again suffered the same injury by hitting the tyre obstacle keeping her out for the rest of the season until her come back at the Christmas 2003 Olympia finals. 

She has never been the same since these injuries & has suffered further related injuries keeping her out of the July 2004 competitions including the Pedigree Chum Olympia Stakes Semi – Finals at the Royal Show & then most of August & the rest of the year. 

Despite her ongoing injury problems Tigg has recorded 31 agility wins in 2004. She won 21 classes by Mayday 2003 when again she was forced to miss the remainder of the calendar year through injury. Tigg recorded 27 wins in 2002, 26 wins in 2001 & has now won a total of 109 open, intermediate, senior & advanced agility classes including winning, 16 Pedigree Chum Olympia Stakes agility qualifying heats & qualifying for 74 finals winning 19 of them, (Not all finals qualified are actually run). 

International Competitions

Tiggy is a member of the 5 - strong England team that won both the 2003 & 2002 ISDS Home Nations International Championships. (There is not a 2004 competition). Tiggy was 2nd in the 2003 team agility & with England also taking the 1st & 4th places, meant that this together with Tiggy finishing 4th in the Jumping & the other English dogs going clear was enough to secure both the individual event wins & overall Championship title.

In 2002 Tigg did the double by individually winning both the team jumping & agility competitions helping England become the inaugural 2002 Home Nations Champions. 

Agility Championship Finals

Tiggy has qualified the 2005 Crufts Championship, won 2 Championship Certificate Tickets & has qualified 6 finals in 2004 winning at Weardale & Rugby & finishing 4th at Hinckley. She qualified two finals in 2003, (Injury preventing her competing from May onwards) & 6 finals in 2002 where she won a Reserve Championship Certificate & a place in the KC stud book, gained 3rd & 4th placings & won 6 of the agility heats en route to the final. She also qualified two, 2001 Championship agility finals winning 2 of the agility heats en - route

Crufts Show Finals

Tigg has qualified the 2005 Crufts Senior Singles final with 32 points & the Eukanuba Mini – Maxi Pairs final together with Jayne & Portia with 30 points after winning both qualifying heats entered. 

Tigg was Runner – Up in the 2004 Crufts Senior Singles final & qualified the Knockout final. She won the 2003 Senior Singles final & qualified the Knockout final. 

She qualified both the Crufts 2002 Senior Singles / Knockout finals & the Eukanuba Mini – Maxi pairs final together with Carla Whyte & Spice but struggled with a stomach strain 

However, Tiggy did complete an amazing double at Crufts in 2001 by winning both the Senior Single’s & Knockout finals & also came 6th in the Eukanuba Mini-Maxi pairs final with Angela Carter & Lotti whilst also qualifying the KCJO 2001 final with Hayley. 

Olympia Finals

Tigg qualified days 1 & 3 of the 2004 Pedigree Chum Olympia Stakes Semi – finals but had to withdraw because of injury but also qualified days 4 & 5 where she won day 4 to qualify for the Pedigree Chum Olympia Stakes 2004 final. 

Tiggy won both a morning event & afternoon semi final at the 2003 Royal Show to reach the 2003 Pedigree Chum Olympia Stakes finals where she won the Semi – final, finished Runner – up in the final & came 4th in the Power & Speed final. She had qualified day 1 of the 2003 semi finals by winning the Ribble qualifying heat in January & day 2 at the Vyne Mayday heat where she sustained her groin & spinal injury & she also won the CATS qualifying heat as well. 

She won 3 Olympia semi-final qualifying heats in 2002, winning on day 3 to qualify for the 2002 finals. She then did the double at Olympia by winning both the Saturday morning Semi – final & the Saturday afternoon Pairs final, (Together with Phil Hicks & Tazz). Tigg also qualified all 6 semi- final heats in 2001, (Run over 3 days only) where she won both a morning event & an afternoon semi final to qualify for the 2001 finals where she won the Speed Jumping Grand Prix & finished 2nd in the Saturday morning semi-final before Alan got her eliminated in the evening final & she qualified 4 semi finals in 2000 winning one of the morning events. 

Other Finals

Tigg qualified the 2004 Supadog individual final but yet again had to withdraw through reoccurring injury problems.  

She qualified the 2003 Pedigree Advanced Power & Speed final, (But was unable to compete due to injury) but finished 11th in the 2002 final & 10th in 2001.Tigg had also qualified the 2003 Highland agility final with Jayne but had to withdraw due to the injury & she had also qualified the 2003 Supadog Individual final before being injured & having to withdraw from that as well. 

Tigg did qualify the Supadog final in 2002 winning the morning agility event & had also qualified in 2001 & 2000. She qualified the 2002 Pedigree Gamblers final by winning the Tunbridge Wells heat & finished 6th in the final itself.  Tigg qualified both the 2002 & 2001 Agility Club Knockout finals (With Jayne & Buzzy), finishing Runners – up in 2002 & the 2000 Longleat Derby. 

At her 4th show in 1998 Tiggy won the Beta open agility qualifier from 420 dogs to qualify the 1999 final. 

League Competitions

Finished 5th in the 2003 Agility Club Dog of the Year after not scoring any points from Mayday to the 30th September which is the of the end of the season due to the injury but Won both the 2002 Agility Club Dog of the Year & the Agility Eye Midlands Advanced Dog of the year & finished Runner – up in the 2002 Agility Eye National Advanced Dog of the year. 

Finished 3rd in the Agility Club & the Agility Eye Midlands & National 2001 Dog of the Year & 4th in the 2000 Novice, Agility Club Dog of the Year.  Tigg has also won two club league competitions & 2 Senior tournaments at Dundee in 2003 & Bretford in 2000 over 3 classes on the same day.

 

 

Sky, (Skys the Limit at Upanova). WSD. D.O.B. 06/03/00. Black & White.

From a Lunarlite & Forever Magic / Sealight mating. Sky competed from September 2001 qualifying for Senior in May 2002 at 2 years old & Advanced at 3 years old in August 2003. 

Sky has qualified for 31 finals in total & of these she has won 6, twice been Runner – up, 4th on 4 occasions, 5th twice, a 6th & 11th place once. There were 16 finals qualified in 2004, 8 in 2003 & 7 in 2002. Sky has won 27 classes in all. 

Wins include a Pedigree Chum Olympia Open Agility Qualifier, Pedigree Chum Agility Team Relay Qualifier, Pedigree Chum Pairs Relay (With Greg Derritt & GT), two Open Agility, a Senior Jumping, 5 Intermediate Jumping, 7 Novice Agility, one Open pairs, (Together with Bruce Newman & Calli) an Intermediate Agility Olympia semi final day one morning event, 2 Senior International finals representing England, 3 Advanced Jumping & 2 Advanced finals. 

International Competitions

Sky was reserve to Tigg for the 2003 ISDS Home Nations International Championship finals finishing second in the Speed Jumping Grand Prix after a run – off for 1st place to give England a 1st, 2nd & 4th placing to win the competition. 

Sky was also reserve to Tigg for the 2002 International Championship where she won both the Reserve Team Dogs Jumping competition and Individual Knockout final 

Agility Championship Finals

Sky has qualified 7 Championship finals in 2004 at Chippenham Longleat, (11th 5f), the Agility Club (Reserve Ticket) Weardale & Rugby (Both 5th whilst Tiggy won them), Newton Heath (E), Thames (E) & Vyne (4th

Crufts Show Finals

Skylar qualified the 2003 Crufts Senior Singles Final finishing Runner – up in the Circular Knockout final. 

Olympia Finals

Sky has qualified the KC Olympia Pedigree Chum 2005 Semi – Final day one at the Royal Show through the first heat of the year at the Ribble show in January.

Pedigree Chum Olympia Stakes finals include qualifying days 2, 3, 4 & 5 of the 2004 semi –finals (although she didn’t run days 2 & 3) & finished 8th on day 4 (with 5f) behind Tiggy who won it. She qualified 4 Semi – final days in 2003 at the Royal Show & the Town & Country Shows, (Which she was unable to compete in due to Tiggs earlier success) & 2 Semi - Finals in 2002 including the first day, (Winning the morning competition) & day 4, (Which she was not able to compete in due to Tiggy’s earlier success again).

Supadogs Finals

Skylar completed a remarkable double in 2004 at the Supadogs week finals by winning the Advanced Final to go with the Novice final win in 2002! Amazingly, Sky achieved both these wins by winning both the Agility & Jumping final heats in both years. 

In 2003 Skylar finished 4th in the Supadog individual final. 

Other Finals

In 2004 Sky qualified both the Pedigree Chum Team Relay final, (Together with Jayne & Raeven) where the team finished 4th & the Pedigree Pairs Relay final, (Together with Greg Derritt & GT) where they finished Runner - up. She also qualified the DIN Advanced Classic final by winning the overall Advanced tournament & she finished 4th in the Celebration Advanced Power & Speed final. 

In 2003 Sky finished 4th in the DIN Senior Classic final & qualified the Agility Club Knockout pairs final together with Greg Derritt & GT. In 2002 she finished 3rd in the Novice Grand National Jumping final. 

League Competitions

Skylar finished 6th in the 2003 Agility Club Dog of the Year, was Runner- up in both the 2002 Agility Club Novice Dog of the Year & Agility Eye Dog of the Year & won the 2002 Agility Eye Midlands Novice Dog of the Year league competition.

 

 

Buzzy, (Buzz by Name Buzz by Nature at Upanova CC.) GSD/BC. D.O.B.       29/10/96. Black, Tan & Blue Merle.

 Alan has run Buzzy since December 2002 leaving Jayne to concentrate on Raeven. Buzzy qualified for Senior at 3 years old in 1999 & Advanced in 2001 at 5 years old.

 He has won 14 classes in total & qualified 33 finals including winning a Championship Certificate Ticket in 2003, winning the last ever Pedigree Chum Advanced Power & Speed final in 2003, qualifying & winning an invitation event at Olympia in 2000, qualifying 7 Olympia Semi Finals & finishing 9th in the National Agility Club Advanced League Championship table in 2003/2004. 

Agility Championship Finals

Buzzy was retired from Championship Agility classes during the 2004 summer. 

Buzzy qualified 14 Championship finals in total & is the first & still only maxi crossbreed to win a Championship Certificate Ticket. This was achieved at the Vyne 2003 Mayday show with Alan where, he also qualified for the Crufts 2004 Championship final. 

Buzzy has qualified 5 finals in 2004 including, the Agility Club (Withdrawn), Nottingham, (3rd) Vyne, (8th) & Crufts (5th where he famously knocked Alan over at the last hurdle live on national TV!). 

He qualified 7 in 2003 at Longleat, Wilton, Weardale, Rugby, Thames, the Vyne Mayday win & Nottingham where he finished 4th after winning the agility heat. Buzz reached two 2002 Championship finals at Newton Heath & Nottingham both with Alan. 

Olympia Finals

Buzz qualified days 1, 2 & 4 of the 2004 Pedigree Chum Olympia Stakes semi – finals (Although he didn’t run days 1 & 2 but on day 4 he finished 7th behind Tiggy who won). He qualified days 1 & 3 in 2003, (Although Tiggy qualified & prevented Buzzy competing on day 3 where the idiot left his own collar on in the day one final & despite being clear was therefore quite rightly – eliminated!). 

Jayne & Buzzy finished 2nd in the 2000 Olympia semi-final morning event at the Town & Country Show & 4th in the actual semi to successfully reach the Olympia final where he won the Thursday invitation pairs, (Together with Alan Clements & his Buzzy).  

Other Finals

Buzzy finished 4th in the DIN Advanced Classic final. 

He qualified the 2004 Celebration Advanced Power & Speed final & won the 2003 Pedigree Chum Advanced Power & Speed final with Alan after finishing 4th in the 2002 final with Jayne & also reached the 2003 Pedigree Chum Tandem Pairs Relay final partnering Jayne & Raeven.  Buzzy & Jayne finished Runners –up (partnering Alan & Tiggy) in the 2002 Agility Club Knockout final after also qualifying together in 2000.  

League Competitions

He finished 9th in the 2003 Agility Club Dog of the Year, 24th in 2002, 36th in 2001 & 40th in 2000. 

 

Alan’s Stolen Dogs Individual Achievements to March 1999

Lace, (Selenas Knottingham Lace). Brimwood BC. D.O.B. 31/10/99. Tricolour.

From Lynn White’s Brimwood obedience line & Fran Graham’s, Batavias Cap. Lace competed between May 93 & March 99 when she was stolen after qualifying in 1994 at three years old for Advanced status. She won 18 agility classes including Pedigree Chum Olympia Stakes qualifiers, reached 23 finals, (pre – Championship competitions) & won a Senior tournament at Dundee in 1997 whilst also gaining an average of 70 placings per season. Lace finished 3rd in the 1994 Barbour Pairs final, (Together with Bruce Newman and Pippa), came 2nd in the Barbour Bomber final, 6th in the Tex Chunks final & 6th in both the 1995 Agility Club Dog of the Year & Pedigree DIN Advanced Classic final. 

Fox, (Selenas Leicester Fox). Forever-Magic WSD. D.O.B. 02/02/95. Tricolour. 

From the Forever Magic & Sealight line. Foxy competed between August 96 & March 99 when she was stolen, qualifying in 1997 at 2 years old for senior status & went on to win 9 classes & qualified 11 finals including finishing 5th at Crufts. Fox gained 50 placings in her first full season & was half way to Advanced having won a Pedigree Chum Olympia Stakes open agility qualifying heat & a senior jumping class before she was stolen. In 1998 alone she achieved 90 placings, finished 4th in the Pedigree DIN Senior Classic final, 5th in the Pedigree Tandem Pairs final, (Together with Bruce Newman & Calli) & 9th in the Agility Club Dog of the Year.

Jadie (Selenas Starlight of Shanandi). Shanandi Mini Poodle. D.O.B.02/09/94 Black.

From Barbara Cherry line. Jadie competed between March 1996 & March 1999 when she was stolen but proved to be a prolific winner with both Alan & daughter Selena. Jadie qualified in 1996 at 2 years old for Advanced status & won 95 agility classes including Pedigree Chum Olympia Stakes qualifiers & over 200 trophies. Jadie won 5 show tournaments in 1998 including Letchworth, Tuffley, Beacon, Ash & Newton Heath in addition to winning two clubs league titles & qualifying for 15 finals. She finished 3rd in the 1996 Agility Club Dog of the Year before winning it with Selena in 1997 with an all time record score of 302 points, (3 points per win). Jadie qualified for the Olympia finals in 1997 where she finished 2nd in the pairs together with Helen Massey & Holly & 3rd in the individual final itself. In 1998 alone, she won over 50 agility classes, won both the Agility Eye National & Midland Mini Dog of the Year, won the Eukanuba Crufts Pairs final, (Together with Louise Challis & Jazz), won the Pedigree DIN Mini Senior Classic final & won the Olympia Pairs final, (Together with Pete Stephens & Nixon). She was also 6th in the Olympia final, Runner - up in the Supadogs week Mini final & won the Eukanuba Knockout final at Crufts in March 1999 just days before she was stolen.

Shay, (Shanandi Selenas Moonlight). Shanandi Mini Poodle. D.O.B. 30/06/97. Black.  

From Barbara Cherry’s line & had just started to compete from January 99 winning two inter-club agility classes by March 99 when she was stolen.

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