| Welcome Letter!
We don’t want to take up too much time at the Captain’s meeting covering all the events going on at Shamrock Showdown this weekend, so we’re including a lot of “need to know” information in this Welcome Letter instead. Captains, please forward this Welcome Letter to your team members. Thank you!
Line and Box Judging:
First, thank you to everyone who will be helping with line and box judging! We couldn’t put on a tournament without you!
Line judges will be writing the times on the racing sheets.
If you are unable to fill a seat during your assigned judging slot, please let someone from Top Dog Racers know so that we can find someone to take your place.
Tickets for the Judge’s Raffle are included in your Welcome Folder.
Racing:
This will be a one ring tournament.
Racing will begin each day at 7:30am. Saturday racing will conclude at the end of race #87.
We will have for every team’s first race on Saturday and Sunday. After each team’s first race, warm-ups will be 1 minute. Warm-ups will begin when the previous race’s boxes are up. Do NOT wait for the judge to start the warm-up.
Boxloaders – If you will need help moving your box, please make arrangements before the race. Please be courteous to the incoming team and be prepared to move your box as soon as your race is finished.
Per NAFA rules, the baseboards on the jumps are 6”.
Judges will be Lawrence Cox, John Fairbairn, and Karl Ruetz.
There will be a Captain’s at 7:15am Saturday morning. Please plan to have at least 1 member of your club attend.
If you discover a problem with scoring or any mistake in how the racing results were entered and posted, please find Karen Erz or Elizabeth Currin. DO NOT ask the table to help you with a problem or question. Thank you.
Lunch:
There will be No Lunch breaks.
A food vendor (Pappa Joe’s) will be on site both days for lunch. A sample of the menu items include: cheeseburgers, hot dogs, chicken fried steak burgers, homemade chili, frito pies, fries, and vegetarian selections, along with canned drinks, bottled water, and many other menu choices.
Special Events:
- Mat Time
- Friday night mat time will begin at approximately 5:30 pm or when the lanes are set-up, and will end at 7:30 pm.
- Sign up sheet will be available for 15 min slots (w/o lights) at the head table on Friday afternoon.
- There will be no charge for mat time.
- There will be no mat time Saturday night.
- Raffle
- Saturday drawing at 3:00pm
- Sunday drawing at 2:00pm.
- 50/50 Raffle - Top Dog Racers will also be holding a separate 50/50 Raffle. Special $5 Tickets will be available at the raffle table.
Here's how it works: One 50/50 Raffle ticket will be drawn on Sunday at 2:00pm. The owner of the winning ticket will win half the money that was collected from sales of 50/50 tickets.
- We have some great items in the raffle this year! Here’s a sample of what you’ll see: dog crates, lots of dog beds – large and small, an Aeron office chair, a photo session valued at $250 with professional photography studio “Ivey Photography” in the Dallas area, and much more!
- Vendors
- Auburn Kennels will be selling healthy dog treats both days.
- Sandra Ruetz of Ruetz Dogz Photography will be taking action and posed photos throughout the weekend. There will also be a gift certificate in Saturday’s raffle for a free photo from Ruetz Dogz Photography to have a photo taken on Sunday.
- Dr. Jackie Doval will be on site Sunday only giving chiropractic adjustments to both humans and canines. There will be a gift certificate in both Saturday and Sunday’s raffles for ½ off either a canine or human chiropractic adjustment. Gift certificates can be redeemed on Sunday, at future tournaments or appointments at her Houston office.
- All the vendors are listed on the tournament web page and have web site links for you to learn more about them.
- Games
- Every club will receive a Welcome Folder in their crating area that will contain game information.
- Lucky Dog quiz.
- Shamrock Showdown Scavenger Hunt! On Saturday and Sunday items will be hidden throughout the building. Find as many as you can. A display of the hidden items and how much each is worth will be located near the raffle table.
- All quizzes and scavenger hunt items must be turned in by noon on Sunday. Use the bag in your Welcome folder to turn in your scavenger items.
- The quiz and scavenger hunt scores will be combined to determine a club winner who will receive a gift basket during the awards ceremony.
- Lucky Dog Display
- Please visit the display highlighting this year’s Lucky Dogs to read their wonderful stories and get the answers to the Lucky Dog Quiz.
- There will be a special gift basket for 1 of this year’s Lucky Dogs. The winner’s name will be drawn at the awards ceremony.
- Anyone with a rescue can come by the Top Dog Racers’ crating area and pick out a shamrock bandana for your rescue.
Campers:
Please pay your camping fee at the raffle table. Make checks payable to Elizabeth Currin.
Site Information:
If you use the kitchen, please be sure to clean-up after yourself and leave the area in the same condition as you found it.
If you discover a problem in a bathroom, please notify someone on Top Dog Racers immediately.
There is no charge for tables, and feel free to use the wooden tables that are on site. If you use any tables please put them back where you found them. We are responsible for leaving the site exactly as we found it.
If you move any chairs that you find in your crating area when you arrive, or if you use any chairs, please return them to where you found them.
Please pick up any trash in your crating area before you leave. There will be numerous trash barrels located through out the building for you to use. We ask that you do NOT dispose of liquids in the trash barrels. Please empty liquids outside or in the bathrooms, whichever is appropriate.
Do not potty dogs in front of the building where the parking is. Please potty dogs on the side of the building (there is a door behind the box section leading to this area), and of course, please PICK-UP AFTER YOUR DOGS. Thank You!
Emergency Vet Info:
We hope that no one will need this information, but just in case, the nearest emergency vet is located in Conroe, TX. Hours are Friday at 6:00pm til Saturday at 8:00am and then Saturday noon through Monday at 8:00am. Phone number is: 936-539-3800. (calling ahead is recommended) Their address is: 920 West Dallas St., Conroe, Tx 77301. Web site is: www.emergencyvetconroe.com
We look forward to seeing everyone soon!
Karen McErz (Tournament Director)
Elizabeth O’Currin (Tournament Secretary)
Top Dog Racers
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