Maribor competition

What a great day! Perfect weather, superb premises, and a terrific international atmosphere. There were about 60 teams who came to Maribor from six different countries: the Netherlands, Hungary, Czech Republic, Poland, Croatia, and of course Slovenia. Organizationally there were a few hitches, but nothing too terrible, and considering it was our first time carrying out such an ambitious project, we did all right. AND we raised 250€ for the Horjul animal shelter through the Quadruped for Horjul fundraiser. Big thanks to everyone who participated, helped, competed, watched, cheered...I hope you all had an enjoyable time! And most of all that your dogs had a fun day out.

Full results and a photo gallery can be seen on the Flipsi website. Here's a taste:

The Dutch players in particular proved to be great showmen...




In addition to border collies ...




there was a nice variety of other breeds...

Our Flipsi registration team and official photographer, working hard all day in exchange for a few cookies...


Manca was kept so busy announcing she didn't even get a cookie...


Aleš, accurately predicting his final ranking in Time trial...


Peter, jumping for joy (I think)...


A truly international finish in Mindistance (Netherlands, Slovenia, Czech Republic)...


A slightly less international finish in Open freestyle...



And a group photo...we are all winners!




Thanks again to all of you!