Fur Fun Flyball
Sweet Tea Classic 2012
Welcome Letter
Tournament Format
The tournament is one (1) two-day unlimited tournament with 51 teams (18 Regular,7 Multi-breed, 21 Open, 5 Veteran teams (including a ghost team)), from 15 clubs, in 2 rings with 63+ ft of runback. Racing will be between 32 and 43heats for all teams. The seed chart, racing format, racing schedule and other info can be found here: We have 216 races (124 on Saturday and 92 on Sunday).
Regional Info
Please note that for regional championship purposes, this is a Region 9 tournament. Amanda Brown is the Regional Director.
Prizes/Titles/Awards
Every dog racing in this year’s tournament willreceive a prize! Prizes will be in your teams' welcome bags (an assortment of fastback Frisbees, toys, and chewies). All humans (7 per team) will receive a prize as well (they are all the same, no difference for placements). Please sign up dogs who earn NAFA titles during the weekend (and please only those that are earned at our tournament) on our posted sheets. We will be giving title ribbons to each dog who earned titles at our tournament. And last but not least, we have something for the Junior Handlers, so please sign them up as well.
Site
The tournament will be held at the Fairchild Community Center in Burlington, NC. The facility is not air-conditioned, but has plenty of shaded areas for crating outside (no indoor crating). Please do not block any entrances and be respectful of others. We will be utilizing large industrial fans to move some air through the gym. We will be setting up from noon Friday until we are done. You may drop off any boxes and balls after 3pm and before 9pm Friday night. The building will close promptly at 9 pm Friday night. The outside has grass areas that must be kept clean as usual; bags and containers will be provided. Please do not allow dogs to urinate outside along the front of the building or on anything someone has to pick-up. Please pay attention to your dog while you are talking so that you don’t miss picking something up your dog has left behind. Bags and waste buckets will be provided.Please observe all posted signs for parking restrictions. No alcoholic beverages allowed on the premises.
Crating/Parking Alert
There is a chance that the ball field outside will be used for a softball tournament on Saturday and Sunday. Fairchild is the overflow field for the softball tournament, so it will depend on their entries. If that is the case, then we will be sharing the parking lot, and we should not set up our crating areas so close to the ball field, as the softball players will be using the immediate grassy areas to warmup, and we want to be out of range of foul balls. In this case, we will have a Fur Funner available to help you pick your crating space. Some people (especially those with EZ Ups) might want to consider the front yard, rather than the side yard, for crating areas. We will know whether Fairchild will be needed for overflow softball games on Thursday, March 22nd, and will keep you posted. Thanks for your cooperation and understanding.
RV/Camping
RV camping - No pre-registration is required and no need to alert us you're bringing an RV.
No hookups. No tent camping.
Friday Night Mat Time
We will be offering "mat time" Friday evening, beginning at 6:00 PM. You may sign up starting at 5:00 PM. Cost will be $5/5 minutes. Please let us know if you need an empty lane next to you or if you can utilize your mat time with a neighbor.
Schedule
Friday5:00p.m.Mat Time Signup
6:00p.m: Mat Time Starts
8:45p.m:End of Mat Time
9:00 p.m:Building Closes
Saturday:7:00a.m.Building Opens
Box and lane check
7:15a.m. Measuring Begins
7:45a.m. Captains Meeting
8:00a.m. Racing Begins in both rings
5:00 p.m.Racing Ends
***Sunday:7:00a.m.Building Opens
8:00a.m.Racing Begins
3:00 p.m.Racing Ends – Awards
WARM-UPS – 2 minutes for each team's first race, 90 seconds thereafter, unless changed by the judge.
*** Raffle winners will be posted during races on Sunday - time to be announced.
C-2 Forms
NAFA C-2 score sheets will be filled out with race schedules pre-printed. They will consist of one double sided sheet for each team (some fit on one side). If you are using stickers be sure to bring one for each side/page of theform. Please do not bring entire C-2 forms unless yours have the races (format (3/3, 3/5, etc….), opponent, race #) pre-printed on one two sided sheet only. Team lineups may be changed or a performance team may be declared up until the first race of their respective division has started. After a race has been run in a division no lineups may be changed for any reason in that division. PLEASE CHECK YOUR C.2 FORMS CAREFULLY. ONE MISTAKE CAN COST YOU EVERYTHING!!!
Judges
Jon Bescher, Geoff Brown, Amy Brubaker, and Kyle Mankes.
Ring Assignment Information/Heat Counters/APE
Thanks to Andy McBride and his FlyballGeek ring assignment system. Race ring assignments can be viewed on the wall of the gym, and on your web enabled mobile device here: Please note you can verify the time of the last update via the time stamp. The schedule can be accessed here:
Thanks to Dave Thomas for his excellent Heat Tracker systems in both rings, and APE (Auto Pass Evaluator) System in the black ring.
Scoring
Vets, O5, and M2 divisions will race round robin formats. All other divisions will race a combination round robin and single elimination format.
All round robins will be scored 1 point per heat won plus 2 points for winning the race, 1 point for a tied race, 1/2 point for tied heats and 0 points for a loss.
Divisions with an elimination round(s) included in their format - elimination seeds are determined by round robin round(s) placement. Placement from round robin rounds added to placement from elimination. Lowest number wins. Ties for overall placement are decided by elimination round placement. Ties for round robin are decided by:
- Fastest time in the round robin(s) (including combined divisions)
- Head to head results (total heats won)
- Coin toss.
Round robin only divisions - highest points win. Ties are decided by:
- Fastest time in the round robin(s) (including combined divisions)
- Head to head results (total heats won)
- 2/3 race-off.
Raffle
We will be having a raffle drawing Sunday afternoon. Time to be announced. Thanks to the manydonors for their gracious contributions.
Line and Box Judges and Worker Raffle
KINDLE and KINDLE TOUCH. Thanks to Paws4Ever ( for providing box judge volunteers! We will be looking for line judge volunteers for each race. Line judges will be given a raffle ticket for each race they judge. A brand new Kindle will be raffled for line judges on Saturday evening immediately following racing, and a brand new Kindle Touch will be raffled Sunday at the awards ceremony. If you must leave before the final raffle drawing(s) be sure to give your ticket to someone. You must claim your prize or another ticket will be drawn at the end of the tournament until the prize is claimed. If you see an empty judge chair, please jump in and judge. Don’t know how to judge? Ask to have someone instruct you. Fur Fun club members and their families are not eligible to win. If you see a Fur Fun member judging, feel free to step in and work so you can get a chance at the raffle!! If you need a refresher course on line and box judging, check out the training video here:
Vendors
The following vendors will be selling their products at the tournament. Please support them and shop, shop, shop!!
Carol Tanner - Human Massage
Christie's Canine Cafe - Handmade dog treats, assortment of pet supplies and toys (Saturday only)
Fur-Fetched Photography - the official photographer of the 2012 Sweet Tea Classic(
Mojo Dog Tugs- Handmade dog tugs
Stephanie Boor - Crate pads, beds, bandanas, toys, and coats
Sue King - Canine massage and human/canine energy work
This and That Homemade Crafts- Homemade aprons, dog beds, blankets, quilts, tool rolls, etc...
Food
4 Kings BBQ (no breakfast, lunch ready 11:00 am both days):
BBQ Plate (includes bbq, slaw, baked beans, hushpuppies and a drink) $8.00
BBQ Sandwich with/without slaw $4.00
Side of beans or hushpuppies $1.50
Banana pudding $1.50
Sweet Tea or Water (only drinks) $1.00
If you need suggestions or directions to off-site food, please ask any Fur Funner.
Dessert table to benefit Paws4Ever.
Emergency
Alamance Animal Emergency Hospital, 2643 Ramada Rd, Burlington, NC 27215 (336) 228-7226
Directions
Directions to and fro the site
Fairchild Community Center
827 South Graham Hopedale Road
Burlington, NC 27215
(336)222-5119
From the east to site:
From I-40 West/I-85 South, take exit 148 (Hwy 54 Chapel Hill Carrboro)
Turn right off exit onto Hwy 54 West to Graham
Go 1.1 miles and turn right at the fourth stop light onto Main Street
Go 0.9 miles and turn right at the third stop light onto Washington Street
Washington Street becomes South Graham Hopedale Road
Fairchild Community Center is on the left in 0.4 miles
From the west to site:
From I-40 East/I-85 North, take exit 147 (Hwy 87 Graham Pittsboro)
Turn left off exit onto Hwy 87 North /Main Street
Go 1.7 miles and turn right at the seventh stop light onto Washington Street
(At roundabout, go half way around and continue straight on Main Street)
Washington Street becomes South Graham Hopedale Road
Fairchild Community Center is on the left in 0.4 miles
From hotels to site and avoiding interstate:
Head on Hwy 49 North out of your hotel towards Burlington
In less than 0.3 miles, turn right at KFC on Harden Street
Continue through 3 stop lights and turn left on Washington Street
Washington Street becomes South Graham Hopedale Road
Fairchild Community Center is on the left in 1.0 miles
If anyone has any suggestions or needs, please see any Fur Fun member for assistance.
Please contact Leerie(336.420.9706) or Julie (336.314.6274) if you need us.