Spitzlympics

Sunday 21st July 

The highlight and finale of Spitz in the Park is the Spitzlympics. This competition started out life as the Lappylympics, run by the SLFS for Lapphund owners.  Now we aim to bring together dog owners from across the country in a completely ridiculous, but fantastically fun afternoon.

The perfect way to finish your time at Spitz in the Park, this event has six different fun races. In teams of six dogs, competitors test their metal against each other in range of weird and wacky races. There is a charge of £10 per team, which of course goes to our chosen charities.

Medals for winners   

Rules

• Team of up to 6 dogs
• Compete in 6 events (heats depending on numbers)
• Points awarded in each event 1^st to 5^th (10, 8, 6, 4, 2) double points for team event and bonus points for Bean and hoop race.
• Each dog competes in at least one event. Medals, 1^st to 3^rd in each event.
  Final of Gold, Silver and Bronze medallists will be awarded at the awards ceremony when all races are complete

The six races are:

• Egg and spoon race, egg and spoon in one hand, dog in the other
• Musical downs, quickest dogs to go down on command, slowest eliminated in knock out rounds
• Beans and Hoops. Handler to go through a hoop pick up a bean bag (several hoops) all bean bags will then be thrown into hoop at end. If bean bag is dropped it cannot be picked back up! Bonus points for bean bags that end up in the team hoop!!
• Sausage race – fastest wins – Dog must eat all the sausages
• Nuts and Bolts. Handler to collect the nut and carry it to the opposite end of the track - screw completely on to the correct shape bolt – return to do the next, most completed nut & bolt combos done in 3 minutes.
• Loose lead walking team event, handler has cup of water in the same hand as the lead. All dogs in team to compete. Most water retained by the team in 3 minutes wins! Double points for this event.

Entries from noon - races start at 1pm