Thank you for joining us for the 3rd Annual Nose 2 Nose tournament!
April 6-8, 2018
Location: Twin Cities Obedience Training Club at 2101 Broadway St. NE, Minneapolis, MN, 55418.
Judges: John Forseth and Bob Atol
Friday Racing
Building open for crating at 4:00 PM
Measuring starts at 5:30 PM
Racing Starts at 6:00 PM
Saturday/Sunday Racing
Building open at 6:30 AM
Measuring starts at 7:30 AM
Captains meeting at 7:45 AM (if needed on Sunday)
Racing begins at 8:00 AM
We will be providing pizza & water on Friday night in lieu of prizes.
We will be selling food on Saturday & Sunday. The menu will be:
Breakfast
Egg Bake
Muffins
Lunch
Loaded Baked Potatoes
Mac & Cheese
BBQ Sandwich w/ chips
Racing Format
Friday – Regular division will be quadruple round robin and open division will be single round robin. Both divisions will run 4/4. Points for placement will be 1 point for each heat won. Best time of day will be used for the tiebreaker if necessary.
Saturday –Open 1 will be triple round robin.All other divisions are double round robin.
Sunday –Open 1 & Open 2 will be triple round robin. All other divisions are double round robin.
Points for placement for all divisions on Saturday & Sunday are 1 point per race win, 0 points per race loss, ½ point per race tie.Placement ties will be broken as follows: The first tiebreaker is head to head. The second is best time of day until the tie is broken. All divisions run 3/5 on Saturday and Sunday.
Practice Starts for the Open Class
As you know, the Open class does not have false starts, and NAFA is allowing host clubs to offer a practice start in the Open Class prior to each race. We will be doing that for our tournament. Here is how the process will work:
1. If one or both teams would like a practice start, they must tell the judge BEFORE THE WARM UP IS OVER. Once the whistle has sounded and the judgehas NOT received a request by one OR both teams, then there will NOT bepractice start and we will immediately go into the first heat of the race.
2. As noted above, one or bothteamsmay request a practice start but this must becommunicated to the judgeduring the warm-upperiodandbefore the whistle blows. If only one teamelects to use the practice start, the other team does not have to use it.
3. As soon as one or both dogs cross the start line, the judge will immediately blow the whistle just as if a false start occurred. This should eliminate anyone accidentally sending their dog after the start dog. We are encouraging teams to be heads up about this so that dogs are not accidentally sent after the start dogs.And we also are encouraging the starters and the other team members to set up your dogs as soon as possible to start the first heat of the race.
4. You are only allowed ONE practice start. The only exception is if your dog is interfered with before he crosses the start line. If your dog does not go when the lights are on for some reason, like if he spins around or delays for some reason, a second start will NOT be given.
5. We are encouraging that only the dogs that are startinguse this practice start. We realize that you may change start dogs between races. And for this reason you could use a different dog to use this practice start but the dog must be listed on the timesheet of course. Regardless, you will get ONE practice start only,regardless of line-up changes, injury, etc.
6.This option is available before every open race during the tournament, but is not required. Much like any warmups, it is entirely optional.
If there are any questions, you can email Neil Flood (), and he will also be available at the captains meeting to talk about it as well.
TCOTC house rules state that the club is an alcohol, smoke, and drug free facility and require that all owners clean up after their dogs. Please help our team stay in good standing with the club by adhering to their policy.