Flyball News

Over the 3 days of the BFA competition roughly 250 teams, from all over the UK took part.

The Division 1 final in which the 6 fastest teams competed against each other in a round robin was eagerly anticipated with some of the Division 1 teams having achieved record breaking times already this year. Also vying for the title again were previous Champions from the last 5 years.

It turned out to be a hugely exciting day with the outcome not known until the final nail-biting race….. any of 4 teams could have won. By this stage the fledgling Live Wires team had done all they could, winning 4 out of 5 of their races and hoping that the result of the last race would put them at the top.

With a gutsy effort (with one dog less and two handlers with painful knee injuries over the last two races) they did it against all the odds and were ecstatic.

Team captain Anne Alcock says, "In the last 5 years our tally in Division 1 at the British Championships is Champions in 2007 and 2011 and 2^nd place in 2008 and 2010.

Having become the UK record holders in Anglesey and with the British title to our name as well we couldn't have asked for more!

It is thanks to CSJ's fantastic products that have boosted our team dogs' health and fitness, to enable Live Wires to be competitive - and successful - at the highest level.”

More about Live Wires can be found on www.livewireteams.org.uk