JET SET BLAST INTO FALL TOURNAMENT

 

 

 

WELCOME!! to Jet Set’s Blast Into Fall Flyball Tournament.  It is being run as one (1) two-day unlimited tournament with 26 regular teams, 15 multi-breed, and 2 Veteran teams in 2 rings. We will go over the traffic flow on entry and exit to the racing lanes at the captains meeting.  Please observe them to keep things flowing.  1st place thru 3rd place division winners will receive ribbons and dog toys. Please sign up any 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 them at our tournament. Thanks for all of your entries – We look forward to some fantastic racing. We are having two rings which will provide over 60 ft. of runback. Racing will be 39, 40, or 42 heats for each regular and multibreed team. Veterans will be running 16 heats each day as per NAFA rules. You will find a seeding chart, format, and racing schedules for Saturday and Sunday, along with directions to the tournament site on our website http://www.jetsetflyball.com . If anyone has any suggestions or complaints, please see any Jet Set members for assistance.

The judges will be Scott Chamberlain and Carle Lee Dembeck. Unfortunately, as we will not have any judges to relieve them they will be taking breaks during the racing. This will delay the racing in one ring at a time. The days are not that long to begin with so hopefully we will still finish in decent time due to the 4/4 and 3/3 formats in several divisions. All teams may help by not delaying the racing unnecessarily or having any false starts (Ha-Ha).  

 

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. If you are using stickers be sure to bring one for each side of the sheet. Please do not bring entire C-2 sheets unless your sheets have the races pre-printed. Also be aware that team lineups may be changed 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.

Scoring:

All divisions will score 1 point per heat + 1 point per win (1/2 point for a tie and 0 for a loss)

Ties for tournament placement will be decided by:

.  First - win/loss record on head to head between the two teams and then if still a tie,

. Second - fastest time run when racing head to head between the two teams and then if still a tie,

. Third - a run off – winner of 2 out of 3 heats is division winner.

              Racing:

              Single schedule divided among two rings.

            Remember no warm-ups may start until both teams have arrived to race.

              Teams will be assigned which ring they are racing in just prior to the end of the race ahead of yours. Please be ready to race at least two races ahead of your race as things can move rather quickly if two rings finish at once. Also be sure to notify your box loader as to which ring you are in.

 

Line and Box Judge Raffle - Two per Day:

We will be looking for line and box judge volunteers for each race. Line and Box judges will be given a raffle ticket for each race they judge. A raffle prize will be given away at the end of race 50 on Sat. and again at the end of the days racing. Sunday will also have a workers raffle after race 150 and again after the last race of the tournament. A new pool of tickets will be started after each drawing. If you must leave before the raffle drawing be sure to give your ticket to someone. You must claim your prize by the end of the tournament or another ticket will be drawn at the end of the tournament out of all the tickets from the entire weekend 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.

Jet Set club members and their families are not eligible to win. If you see a Jet Set member judging ask to take their place.

 

 

The tournament will be held in an indoor soccer facility at the Blast in York, Pa. located along I-83 just north of the city. The building is fully air-conditioned.

The facility will not be open for crating set-up Friday. We will be setting up from 3pm Friday until we are done around 7pm. You may drop off any boxes and balls after 3pm and before 7pm Friday night.

There should be plenty of room for crating on the turf area (it will not be assigned) however we reserve the right to limit any club who takes too much room. All indoor crating areas must have the floor covered with waterproof matting or tarps. Any outside crating may be set up in the grass fields outside. The outside has grass areas that must be kept clean as usual; bags and containers will be provided. There is parking for campers on-site (no fee) overnight with no hook-ups or electric. All campers are required to park in the rear of the parking lot furthest from the building.  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.

 

 

Start Times:

 

Saturday:        6:30a.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

                        5:00p.m.?          Racing Ends?

 

***Sunday:      7:00a.m.            Building Opens

                        8:00a.m.            Racing Begins

                                    3:30p.m.?          Racing Ends – Awards

 

WARM-UPS – 90 Seconds unless changed by the judge

 

*** Raffle winners will be posted during races on Sunday time to be announced.