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Information for the handlers competing at the World Championships 2011 - click here!

The World Championships 2011

We are so pleased that the French Kennel Klub have decided to hold the 2nd World Championship in connection with the World Dog Show 2011 in Paris.

Click here to read more about the WDS2011!

Herning Folkeblad - Saturday

Click on the pictures to enlarge them enough to read the articles (if you read Danish).

Special World Dog Show Edition of Herning Folkeblad

Herning Folkeblad published a special World Dog Show edition of their paper with an article about the FCI HTM & Freestyle Championships.

DVDs - ready to be posted!

Stig, who is producing the DVDs from the World Championships, has worked night and day to get the DVDs ready and they will be posted from Denmark today.

If anyone else wants to buy them, please send an email to sa@abertil.dk

Prices:

DVDs from 1 day: 150 Danish Kroner or 20 Euros (Stig needs to know which day you want).

DVDs from all 3 days: 350 Danish Kroner or 50 Euros.

Buy Pictures from Herning

Wiegaarden's Photo Studio have taken lots of photos of the HTM in Herning.

You can see/buy them by going to www.hunden.dk and choose See/Buy Photos World Dog Show 2010.

Then search for Heelwork To Music and there will be lots of very nice pictures to choose from - both from the routines performed in the World Championship ring and in the Arena and from the presentation in the Arena.

Live Transmission from the Main Arena

There will be live transmission from the Main Arena at the World Dog Show every day from 10 am to 5 pm (local time) - click here!

And click here! to see when there will be HTM demonstrations in the Main Arena.

Running Orders!

Running Orders HTM:

1. Simona Drabkova/Melodor Bohemia Alke
2. Polina Ilina/Shteffi
3. Birgit Gragobern/Australis Arkansas Dream
4. Anja Christiansen/Fæhunden's Queeny Las
5. Gina Pink/Daraydala Piccolo
6. Li Stenberg/Roscanaille's Real Star
7. Marina Dalsink/Cheb de Bruine Buck
8. Daniella Siskova/Aurora Piranaha Rainy Love
9. Helle Larssen/Littlethorn Avensis
10. Kath Hardmann/Stillmoor Lady in Red
11. Karloina Pettersson/Arbetsmyrans Amazin Ai
12. Brigitte van Gestle/Ruby From Novas Power
13. Vanda Gregorova/All That Brandy Gentle Mate
14. Emmy M. Simonsen/Bridacre Wisp
15. Carole Dodson/Kinaway Dr. Watson
16. Agnes Mohlin/Pelle
17. Esther Niemeijer/Exquist Mr James From a Beloved Home

Running Orders Freestyle:

1. Linda De Smet/Eby of Sun Valley
2. Lucia Smolikova/A White Head Tender Flash
3. Sini Eriksson/Mutkis Onnensoturi
4. Olga Kuzina/Tutta Larson
5. Birgit Gragobern/Australis Arkansas Dream
6. Johanna Allanach/Kojima E-Physical Graffiti
7. Rose Charbonnier/Tjop
8. Penny Draper/Delark Gavotte
9. Li Stenberg/Roscanaille's Real Star
10. Esther Niemeijer/Exquizt Mr. James from a Beloved Home
11. Vanda Gregorova/All That Brandy Gentle Mate
12. Tatyana Gette-Kishinevskaya/Korolevstvo Gorni
13. Jette Haastrup/Precenta's Addi
14. Thierry Thomas/Ubac
15. Jenny Deakin/Sheepwood Morning Sunshine
16. Karolina Pettersson/Arbetsmyrans Amazing Ai
17. Grietje Wagenaar/Fjurdyhoeve Floyd
18. Alena Smolikova/Dapper Dame Black Chervers
19. Galina Chogovadze/Moja Nadezhda Rolly Royce
20. Emmy M. Simonsen/The Charmed Ones' Biscuit in Blue
21. Corinne Medauer/Volcain
22. Michelle Dodson/Kamarda Dr. Foster
23. Agnes Mohlin/Pelle
24. Brigitte van Gestel/Twice As Nice Twizzle

Finding the HTM Championships

If you never before have visited the Herning Messecenter - IT'S HUGE!

The HTM and Freestyle World Championships is held in Hall J3 (marked with yellow on the map below):

Currency

The currency in Denmark is Danish Kroner (DKK), which is divided into 100 øre. The approximate exchange rate is DKK8 to £1. Danish kroner notes are issued in DKK 50, 100, 200, 500 and 1000 denominations. Coins are issued in units of 50 øre, and in DKK 1, 2, 5, 10 and 20. As 50 øre is the smallest coin, amounts lower, or between 25 and 50 øre will be rounded down or up accordingly, e.g. DKK 37.35 is DKK 37.50, and DKK 37.15 is Dkk 37.00 etc.

Denmark is not part of the EURO-monetary system although major shops may show prices both in Danish kroner and Euro (€). Euro is treated as foreign currency in line with, for instance, UK Sterling. Although some shops may agree to accept Euro as payment, they are not obliged to do so. Any change given may be in Danish kroner or Euro.

Electrical Outlet used in Denmark

Electrical outlets in Denmark use a two-prong plug typical for continental Europe. As Denmark strays from the Scandinavian norm, make sure the adapter you buy is suitable especially for Denmark (some outlets are deeper than European standard.) Look for plug types C, F, or K, they have the correct size of two round prongs.

It's not too hard to find out what kind of plug or converter you need for electrical outlets in Denmark. Most laptops will automatically work with 220-230 volts (check the back of your laptop for power input markings.) That means, you'll only need an adapter to change the shape of your power plug to fit into an outlet in Denmark.

Score Sheets

This is what the World Championship score sheets will look like (click on the picture to enlarge it).

Unfortunately the Danish Kennel Club web-system has not been updated since HTM was just approved as a sport in Denmark and the score sheets do still look as they did, when we had the first set of rules and marked routines differently. Also the score sheets will be in Danish, but hopefully this explanation will help you understand your marks after all.

When you look at the score sheets, there will be 3 sections: Udførelse, sværhedsgrad and fortolkning and under each you have lots of little ‘sub-sections’. Please ignore those! They are ‘left-overs’ from the old Danish rules and are no longer used!

All you have to think of are the 3 main sections, which are:
Udførelse – which can be translated to presentation.
Sværhedsgrad – which can be translated to degree of difficulty.
Fortolkning – which can be translated to Musical Interpretation.
You can have up to 10 points in each section.

There is room on the score sheets for the judges to write comments, but you should not expect them to do so. The comment boxes are mainly used in the starters/novice classes at Danish competitions, for the judges to give advise on how to improve the routine or encouragement to inexperienced handlers.

Weather Forecast

The weather in Denmark changes from day to day. It can be sunny and very hot one day and cold, windy and rainy the next.
I guess some of you will start packing soon and it will be advisable to bring clothes for all kinds of weather, but if you do want to limit your luggage a little bit, then check out this link to get the weather forecast in English closer to your departure.

If you want the more local forecast for Herning, then click West Jutland or East Jutland in the menu to the left. Herning is in the middle of Jutland (by the '1' on the map) right between West and East, so it is hard to say which forecast will be more exact for where we will be.

Letters sent Friday

The letters with information, dog and handler tickets etc. for the participants were sent from the Danish Kennel Club Friday morning the 11th. It should be with you in the middle of next week. The letters have been sent to the handlers - not the team managers.

If for some reason your letter does not arrive, please contact Hanne Madsen from the Kennel Club hama@dansk-kennel-klub.dk

You can download the letter of information here!

Show Veterinarian

Participants from Great Britain, Sweden, Norway and Finland can consult the Show Veterinarian at Entrance South 2 (between halls K and L) all days between 10.00 and 11.30 or between 13.30 and 15.00 for worm and tick treatment and the required paperwork.

The dog owner must pay a fee of DKK 250.00 (exclusive of tablets) for the consultation. Dog owners can bring their own tablets.

Further information about the veterinary regulations in Britain, Sweden, Norway and Finland appears from the websites of the veterinary authorities of the respective countries.

The World Championship Blog

The World Championship Blog will be updated with news, gossip, show reports and results throughout the day all 4 days of the World Dog Show/World Championships. Our web-masters are ready to update as soon as anything interesting happens - from practice in the ring to the Sunday Final performances. Blog readers will get the news and results sooner than the participants!

Tell your friends and family to stay tuned and follow the events online on this blog!

Webmasters: Emmy M. Simonsen, Erika Johansson, Marianne Blom Larsen and Bent Blom Larsen.

Photo: Lucie Smolikova

Running Orders

Team Competitions Friday and Saturday:
The running order within your team must be handed in to the Show Manager in writing at the briefing. It is for the individual team to decide in which order team members want to compete. The teams’ running order will be decided by a random draw.

All handlers running first for their country will compete in the drawn order, and then all handlers running second for their country will compete in the drawn order and finally all handlers running third for their country.

Example:

Country A is represented by Hans, Olga and Simon

Country B is represented by Martin

Country C is represented by Alice, John and Sofia

Country D is represented by Marcus, Kate and Jill

Country A meets for a team meeting to discuss the matter. They decide that their running order within the team should be: Olga first, then Hans and Simon last.

Country B is only represented by one handler/dog.

In Country C it is the team manager, who decides on the running order within the team. She evaluates the team members' strengths and weaknesses and decides that the best running order will be John first, then Alice and finally Sofia.

Country D can't get to an agreement, but a random draw within the team puts Jill first, Marcus second and Kate third.

At the World Championship Team Briefing Country A, C and D all hand in a piece of paper with their team's running order. Country B hands in a note saying that they only have one dog and handler team.

Then the 4 countries' team managers are called forward to draw their country's running order. Country A draws second, Country D draws first, Country B draws third and Country C draws fourth.

The running order will then be:

1. White Dog
2. Jill, Country D
3. Olga, Country A
4. Martin, Country B
5. John, Country C
6. Marcus, Country D
7. Hans, Country A
8. Alice, Country C
9. Kate, Country D
10. Simon, Country A
11. Sofia, Country C

Individual Final Sunday:
The running order will be decided by a random draw, which will take place immediately after the competitions on Friday and Saturday at the prize-giving presentation.

Photo sent by Vanda Gregorová

Bringing Dogs into Denmark

During 24 - 27 June 2010 the World Dog Show will take place in MCH Messecenter Herning.

Owners of participating dogs that enter Denmark from other countries should be aware of the requirements, which can be found here!

Music Please!

Dear World Championship Handler,

It will help us enormously, if you can please let us know which music you will be dancing to at the World Championship.

Please send
· Title of music
· Composer
· Artist
- in a mail to emmy@hazyland.dk as soon as possible.

Thank you and see you very soon.

Photo: Allan Brown, World Championhip Photographer

New Updated Catalogue

There is a new updated version of the catalogue to download. Click here!