Front Range Agility Club

Drop In Practice

Monday Evenings

November 2011 - February 2012

Boulder County Fairgrounds

Longmont, CO

Last Update: 14 February 2012 at 9:20am.

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General Information

FRAC's Monday evening drop in practice sessions for November and December 2011, and, January and February 2012 will start on November 7, 2011 at 6pm until 9pm.

First walk through starts at 6pm with first dog running at 6:30pm. There will a second walk through after all dogs from first walk through finish their first run (there is no definite time for the second walk through - it depends on the number of dogs running).

The cost is:

• Non-members - $5 per run,
• FRAC Members - $4 per run.

The courses will be mostly standard courses (with contacts). The courses will have two running sequences marked, one for advanced/expert and one for intermediate/novice. Each dog will have 90 seconds of running time starting when the handler leaves the dog at the start line the first time. You don't need to run the marked courses - practice the parts of the course as much as you want to up to the end of your time. Most of all - HAVE FUN!

Dogs not running MUST be on leash or in a crate. DO NOT block main aisle in front of the bleachers. This also applies to dogs in any class at the back of the building.

Schedule Overview for Drop In Mondays

The basic schedule for any Drop In Monday is:

• noon = trailer arrives at BCFG
• noon until 5pm = Liz classes at west end of arena
• 4pm = start of drop in course set up
• 5:30pm = start of Rob's classes at west end of arena
• 6pm = start of drop in walk through
• 6:30pm = start of drop in first runs

Schedule

Drop In dates for Fall/Winter 2011/2012 are:

Location

Boulder County Fairgrounds
9595 Nelson Road
Longmont, CO

This is the NE corner of Hover (95th)and Nelson in Longmont. Best access is on Nelson east of Hover at the street next to the Longmont Humane Society.

Volunteers Needed - Especially Coordinators

Volunteers are needed to set up, operate and pack up each Monday.

Two coordinators are needed for each Monday night. The coordinators are responsible for finding three additional people (helpers) required for set up, operation and pack up. The 1st half coordinator (set up) handles the 1st half of the evening including set up and the first half of the evening's runs. The 2nd half coordinator (pack up) handles the second half of the evening's runs and packing up. Note that if one coordinator wants to do the entire evening that is OK too - but we are trying to eliminate the need for the volunteers to be there the entire evening (basically 4pm to 10pm).

Coordinators are also responsible for:

• Having the building heat turned on (when need) by calling the BCFG office before Monday noon.
• Posting email notice of the drop in to both the FRAC email list and to the Yahoo Colorado Agility list.

Helpers will receive two free runs on the night they help or must ask for a voucher that can be used at a future time.

Set Up, Operation, Pack Up

Anyone helping to set up or pack up or running a dog MUST SIGN A CURRENT FRAC LIABILITY WAIVER FORM!

The equipment trailer will be moved to the fairgrounds at noon time. Set up helpers must be there by 4pm in order to receive their free runs. Only the first three helpers will receive free runs.

Set up consists of the following:

• Set up course, number courses and check for safety.
• Set up timer and horn.
• Set up running order boards.
• Set up sign in table next to running order boards.

As soon as set up is done, the 1st half (set up) coordinator and the set up helpers may take turns running their dogs until 6pm. Walk through for first runs is from 6pm until 6:30pm. First runs begin at 6:30pm.

The 1st half (set up) coordinator turns over operation of the drop in to the 2nd half (pack up) coordinator at 7:30pm (or at some arranged time). The pack up cooridnator runs the drop in until everone has had two runs. Hopefully this will be by 9pm. Then the 2nd half (pack up) coordinator and up to three helpers pack up the equipment so that the trailer can be out of the arena building by 9:45pm.

Coordinators and Helpers List

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2011-2012 Drop In History

NOTE: The following is just for record keeping so we know who gets vouchers, etc.