The Danish Kennel Club Magazine

The Danish Kennel Club magazine 'HUNDEN' is out and there are lots of HTM and Freestyle to be found in it!

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First there is half a page with photos of Martina Branderhorst with White German Shepherd Dog Kito van de Duinhoeve from Team Holland (HTM reserve) and Danish Sofie Eggert Hjorth with Border Collie Fæhunden's Quinzy Lad (Freestyle reserve) performing in The Main Arena.


Then there is a 4½ page article about the World Championship.

And finally an article about Emmy M. Simonsen's (Team Denmark) young Border Collie Beat, who did not dance in the Main Arena, but he is a dancing dog and he did performed with the World Dog Show hostess in the Arena and he got a full page in the KC Magazine.

You can read about his surprising appearance in The Main Arena here!

Updates on Team GB's blog

You can now read about Team GB's World Championship Adventures on their blog:

The Journey Began
More on the Ferry from Harwich to Esbjerg
The Accomodation in Denmark
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday

World Championship Shelties

Read Emmy's article about the World Championship Shelties here! It is written for the Danish Sheltie Club Magazine.

Helle from Team Denmark

Helle's article from the World Championship - click here! (In Danish only)

A Judge's View

Read Head Judge Karen Sykes' view on the World Championships here!

Photos and Articles about the World Championships

Participants' articles, blog-posts etc. about the World Championships:

• Emmy Simonsen, Denmark (English)
• Jenny Deakin, GB (English)
• Agnes Mohlin, Sweden (in Swedish)
• Lina Pettersson, Sweden (in Swedish)
• Anja Christiansen, Denmark (in Danish)

Photo sites with participants' photos from the World Championships:

• Brigitte van Gestel, Holland
• Grietje Wagenaar, Holland
• Emmy M. Simonsen, Denmark
• Emmy M. Simonsen, Denmark

Price Giving Cermony Sunday

The price giving cermony for the individual Freestyle and HTM Championships - complete with moving speeches from the head judge, champagne and cookies!

Freestyle:


HTM:

Thank you so much to everyone for making this a memorable and fantastic weekend!

Freestyle Finals - Top dogs

Final results of the Freestyle World Championships 2010



1. Thierry, France, 57,47 p
2. Vanda, Czech Republik, 57,00 p
3. Alena, Czech Rep, 56,80p
4. Emmy, Denmark, 55,27
5. Linda, Belgium, 53,97
6. Galina, Russia, 53,53 p
7. Michelle, GB, 53,10 p
8. Johanna, Denmark, 52,66 p
9. Karolina, Sweden, 52,47 p
10. Grietje, Holland, 51,97 p

FS Finals - Thierry Thomas - France - Border Collie - Ubac

Music: Big Bad Voodoo Daddy "I Wanna Be Like You"

Again I must say as yesterday: What a fantastic performance. They really nails the happiness and joy from the Jungle Book - and especially from King Louis i Disney's version.



They show so many moves, tricks and turns so it almost takes my breath - and when you think:

Oh, now they are doing so - they do something completely different.



A fantastic trick in this performance is the dog dancing on its own in and out and between the figures in the tableau on the scene.



Judges' points in the finals: 29,17 which gives a total of 57,47

/Bent

FS Finals - Karolina Petterson - Sweden - Hungarian Pumi - Arbetsmyrans Amazing Ai

Lina and Zing performed a very dramatic prison-break program to film music from The Rock. As far as I'm concerned they nailed it! They had some novel moves such as scratching out of the prison cell and ducking for incoming helicopters. Furthermore they e.g. had a great crawl and a cool back to back sideways move.

The judges points for the final is 26,50 and the total is 52,47 p

/Erika

FS Finals - Galina Chogovadze - Russia - Border Collie - Moja Nadezhda Rolly Royce

Galina and her Border Collie performed an amazing traditional dance to "Barynya". I think I have never seen a dog dance number before where it looks just like the dog is doing human choreography, usually you see some adjustments in pace and motions but I couldn't see any such here. They were perfectly in sync with the music and each other in spite of having a really fast routine. Among other things they had a running sequence where Galinas back was turned to the dog and the dog still jumped over her legs at just the right moment.

The judges points for the final is 27,43 and the total is 53,53 p

/Erika

FS Finals - Linda De Smet - Belgium - Border Collie - Eby of Sun Loch Valley

Music: Cirque du soleil "Alegria"

What a fantastic performance -it was a wonderful asian-inspired act.



The act starts with the handler in a big basket with the dog looking for her around the basket - on the floor and on frontlegs with backlegs on basket running around it. Nice trick.



In the other end was a big snake with head in the air - and they danced to it and around it with a bunch of turns and tricks.



The performance end in a perfect way with the dog jumping into the basket and closing the lid.



Judges' points at the finals: 27,60 which gives a total score of 53,97

/Bent

FS Finals - Johanna Allanach - Denmark - Border Collie - Kojima E-Physical Graffiti

Johanna and Soda performed to the "Raiders March" from the film Indiana Jones. They had great contact and did some really good positions and fun transitions. Johanna used the machete in an inventive way, showing that the same prop can be used to several different moves. Soda opened a chest and found the treasure :)


The judges points for the final is 26,53 and the total is 52,66 p



/Erika

FS Finals - Emmy Simonsen - Denmark - Shetland Sheepdog - The Charmed One's Biscuit in Blue

Music: Disney Version of "Annie"

Again we were brought to the heart-breaking world of Annie - but at the time time the dog showed Annie's positive mind entering the ring.



Biscuit was saying - we are going to have fun - and they did.



Handler and dog really performs as one.

I especially noticed the dog running splendidly backwards round the bucket. The act ended with the dog performing fantastic turns round the handler - while dreaming of tomorrow so much in accordance with music.



Judges' points at the finals: 27,80 which gives a total score of 55,27

/Bent

FS Finals - Michelle Dodson - Great Britain - Border Collie - Kamarda Doctor Foster

Michelle and her Border Collie made a playful performance to Jim Dale/York Theatre Companys "Blow Us A Kiss/Busker Alley". They did some really nice distance work with the handler and dog turning in different directions and they also worked independently at a couple of light posts. Furthermore they had some great heelwork and a cool headspin (done by the dog).

The judges points for the finals is 26,43 and the total became 53,10 p

/Erika

FS Finals - Vanda Gregorova - The Czech Republik - Australian Shepherd - All That Brandy Gentle Mate

Music: Kool & The Gang "Jungle Mix"

What a jungle miz - and what a hunting act for the elephant.

The team showed a wonderful interpretation of the music - and every move the made was true to the changes in the music.

At a time in the act the music changes to a even faster rhytm - and so did both handler and dog.

The dog was brilliant on its backlegs - walking, running and jumping.

And they did get the elephant at last :-)

Judges' points at the finals: 28,13, which gives a total of 57,00

/Bent

FS Finals - Grietje Wagenaar - Holland - Border Collie - Fjurdyhoeve Floyd

Music: Annette O'Toole/Barry Manilow "Man Wanted/Dancin' Fool"

The music says Dancin' Fool, but there certainly were no dancing fools in this performance.

The act began with handler and dog turning their head from side to side at the same time - and then it broke lose :-)

The performance was so full of activity all the time with lots of jumps, turns and tricks - and every thing in perfect accordance with music.

I noticed one speciel trick, when dog dog turned round it selves bowing.

Wonderful start on the freestyle finals.

Judges' points for the finals: 25,20, which gives a total of 51,97

/Bent

FS Finals - Alena Smolikova - The Czech Republik - Border Collie - Dapper Dame Black Chevers

Alena and her Border Collie performed a fast paced action filled program to Bonnie Tyler's "I Need A Hero". They totally rocked! The theme was fire-fighting and the routine combined difficult tricks with speed and fluency and was - I dare say - also very crowd pleasing :) Some of the tricks were novelties such as the handler spinning on her knees while the dog leans its hind legs on her and the dog jumping through a (paper) window. They also made some cool somersaults as well as the dog spinning on its hind legs and doing some distance work.

The judges points from the final is 28,23 giving a total of 56,80 p

/Erika

HTM Finals - Top dogs

These are the results for the HTM finals today at the World Championships 2010

1. Kath, Great Britain, 57,40 P
2. Anja, Denmark, 57,10 p
3. Vanda, Czech Republik, 56,20 p
4. Emmy, Denmark, 55,97 p
5. Carole, Great Britain, 54,73 p
6. Brigitte, Holland, 54,50 p
7. Birgit, Austria, 51,43
8. Polina, Russia, 50,53 p
9. Helle, Denmark, 49,97 p
10. Daniela, Czech Republik, 49,86 p

HTM Finals - Kath Hardman - GB - Border Collie - Stillmoor Lady in Red

Kath and her Border Collie performed to "No more tears" by Donna Summer and Barbra Streisand. The music starts out slow and then gets really fast. They moved great to the music and had a large variety of positions, directions and transistions. Everything was very fast and fluent. The dog kept very close to the handler and they worked great together :)

The judges points for the final is 28,80 and the total is 57,40 p

/Erika