2:00 PM – 6:00 PM

Competitor and volunteer registrations

9AM - ?

Build, tweak and measure the Pre-qualifier courses

7 AM - 8:30 AM

Nationals Pre-Qualifier registration and measurement

8:30 AM

Nationals Pre-Qualifier rounds begin

Standard, Jumpers, Gamblers: Course building for the 2^nd round will commence on the completion of EACH course (i.e., when standard 1 finishes, course building for standard 2 will start immediately).

9 AM – 6 PM

Competitor Registrations

9 AM – 5 PM

Warm-up rings open: Punch cards will be available for purchase on the entry form for Nationals competitors only.  Pre-Qualifier dogs are permitted to only use the single warm-up jump outside their competition ring.  Pre-Qualifier dogs will only be permitted in the warm-up rings after the Pre-Qualifier event is finished.  Punch cards will be available at that time. 

NOTE: 3 of Friday’s courses will be set up as the Pre-Qualifiers each finish and the 3 warm-up rings will be rebuilt at 5:00 as the warm-up games are completed.

8 AM - ?

Rally Obedience Trial: separate entry forms will be available when the entry forms are posted on the site.

6 PM

Opening Ceremonies and Pre-Qualifier awards

6 AM – 7 AM

Competitor Registration

7 AM – 8:30 AM

OPEN walk throughs for all rings

8:30 AM

Briefings, Nationals Rounds (Standard 1, Jumpers 1) and Steeplechase 1

PLEASE NOTE:  WE ARE USING 6 RINGS AND DIVIDING THE COMPETITORS INTO 3 GROUPS.  EACH GROUP WILL BE DIVIDED INTO REGULARS AND ANOTHER FOR SPECIALS AND VETS.  FOR THE STEEPLECHASE RING, IF YOUR GROUP IS RUNNING AND YOU ARE NOT ENTERED IN STEEPLECHASE, THEN YOU HAVE A REST PERIOD.

6 PM

Day 1 Awards

NOTE: Course Building for Saturday’s courses will commence on the completion of each ring as they finish.

Ring Captains and course builders will be heading this process up, preparing for final tweaking and measuring by the judge, assigned that particular ring for the next day.

7 AM – 8:30 AM

OPEN walk throughs

8:30 AM

Nationals Rounds (Standard 2, Gamblers 1) and Steeplechase 2

NOTE:  Sunday’s course building will start at the completion of each ring as it finishes.  Again, the ring captains and course builder crew will be responsible to do this and prepare it for tweaking and measuring by the official judge for that particular class.

5 PM

Day 2 Awards

6 PM

Nationals “Maritime Kitchen Party” Banquet

7 AM – 8 AM

Open Walk throughs

8 AM

Nationals rounds (Jumpers 2, Gamblers 2)

1^ST RUN OF THE DAY

*Group A does Jumpers 2

*Group B does Gamblers 2

*Group C regulars will join Group A regulars for Jumpers 2

*Group C specials and vets will join Group B specials and vets for Gamblers 2

2^ND RUN OF THE DAY

*Group B does Jumpers 2

*Group A does Gamblers 2

*Group C regulars will join with Group A regulars for Gamblers 2

*Group C specials and vets will join Group B specials and vets for Jumpers 2

This sounds tricky, but we will have all this laid out for the final schedules so that it is very clear to everyone.

2:00 (Tentative)

Steeplechase Finals

4:00 PM

Day 3 Awards, Overall Awards, Closing Ceremonies