The Schedule

Thursday, August 15th:

6:30am – 6:00pm 

  • Check-in / Registration

6:30am – 7:00am

  • Measuring for pre-qual competitors (at registration area)

10:00am – 6:00pm

  • General Measuring throughout the day (at registration area)

PRE-QUALIFIER ROUNDS (Rings 1 & 2)

7:00am – 7:30am

  • Warmup ring open for pre-qualifier entrants only

7:30am – 8am

  • Pre-Qualifier Rounds Judge’s briefing and walkthrough

8:05am – 1:00pm. 

  • Pre-qualifier Rounds (see schedule and running order below)

WARMUP RING (Ring 3)

8:30am – 10:30pm

  • Warmup rings open. 

WARMUP RING (Ring 1)

2:30pm – 4:30 pm

  • Open on completion of prequalifier rounds

JUNIOR AGILITY STAKES (Ring 3)

11:30am – 11:45pm

  • Junior Handler Agility Stakes Judge’s Briefing and walkthrough

11:45am – 1:30pm

  • Junior Handler Agility Stakes (see schedule and running orders)

IFCS team tryout rounds (Rings 3 & 2)

2:00pm – 5:30pm

  • National Team Tryouts

Friday, August 16th Morning:

6:30am – Noon 

  • Check-in / Registration 
  • Measuring 

7:00am – Noon 

  • Warmup rings open (Ring 3) – alternating
  • Warmup rings open (Ring 2)

7:30am – 8:00am 

  • Steeplechase briefing and walkthrough

8:15am – 1:30pm

  • Steeplechase run – Ring 1 (see schedule and running orders )
  • Biathlon Jumping – Ring 2
  • Biathlon Standard – Ring 3 (following completion of Jumping)

Friday, August 16th (Following Sanctioned events):

OPENING CEREMONIES

2:30pm – 3:00pm

  • Opening ceremonies in the Fairground centre field (to follow completion of Steeplechase)
  • General Briefing and Official Announcements

Friday, August 16th Afternoon (Following Opening Ceremonies):

3:00pm – 3:30pm 

  • First Nationals class briefing – Gamblers 1
  • Walkthrough – Rings 1, & 3 – split into three walkthroughs in each ring.

3:30pm – 6:00pm

  • Nationals Gamble 1 runs (see schedule and running orders )

Saturday, August 17th:

Jumpers – Round 1 – Ring 2

Standard – Round 1 – Ring 1

Gamblers – Round 2 – Ring 3

6:30am – 7:00am

  • All rings open for general walkthrough

7:15am – 8:00am

  • Official Announcements / General briefings
  • Judge introductions and ring allocations
  • Judge’s briefings. One briefing at the beginning of the day for each event. No individual group briefings.

8:10am – 8:40am

  • Group rotation individual walkthroughs

8:45am

  • Group rotation first dog on the line (see schedule and running orders below)

Lunch Break

  • After Group rotation 2

Sunday, August 18th Morning:

Jumpers – Round 2 – Ring 2

Standard Round 2 – Rings 1 & 3

6:30am – 7:00am

All rings open for general walkthrough

7:15am – 8:00am

  • Official Announcements / General briefings
  • Judge introductions and ring allocations
  • Judge’s briefings. One briefing at the beginning of the day for each event. No individual group briefings.

8:45am

  • Group rotation first dog on the line (see schedule and running orders below)

Sunday, August 18th Afternoon (Following Round 2 Jumpers and Standard):

Steeplechase Finals – Ring 1

Sunday, August 18th (Following Steeplechase Finals):

AWARDS CEREMONIES

4:30pm – 6:00pm

  • Closing Ceremonies
  • Awards – Lifetime Awards of Merit; Nationals Aggregate Podium Placements; Top Junior in Nationals Aggregates; Three Dog Team

RING ALLOCATION

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