Our biggest event of the year! THE most exciting dock diving event in Western Canada is coming up August 11-13th 2023.

SPECTATORS – Click HERE for more info/directions.

Features:

• The Western Cup Challenge multi-event cumulative scoring competition, including NDSA sanctioned Long Jump, Grab Jump, Speed Swim, and Fast Fetch events.
• Goody bags with complimentary samples and items from our sponsors
• Saturday Evening Potluck and Social
• Long Jump Finals on Sunday afternoon
• Smiling Blue Skies Cancer Fund raffle & fundraiser Saturday/Sunday
• Dry camping is available on site for $10 per night!- must pre-register
• Prizes and awards for top competitors in each discipline and for the overall Western Cup Champion

*** for 2023- Spectators ARE permitted, invited and welcome!!! – we do ask that if competitors are inviting spectators, please relay any site rules (which include not bringing a spectator dog!) ***

The Western Cup Challenge is a unique event that combines the sanctioned NDSA dock diving pursuit of titles with the cumulative scoring competition format that determines the overall Western Cup Challenge winner! Dogs competing in all of the WCC events earn points towards the Cup- points are calculated based on their placement in their own division. Dogs who were successful in each event will earn a minimum of 1 point per event, and more depending on how their placement and how many dogs were in their division. Therefore, you don’t need to have the biggest jumping or fastest dog overall to be competitive- just be competitive within your division in each event to score well!

In order to accumulate points for the WCC, teams will need to enter the following events:

Official NDSA rules and divisions are in play for each of the 4 event types:

Speed Swim: We will offer 2 rounds of Speed Swim- each round will count towards NDSA titles and your fastest score (whether you enter one or both rounds) will count towards your overall WCC points).

Fast Fetch– one round of Fast Fetch on Sunday

Grab Jump – one round one Saturday afternoon

Long Jump -WCC points will be calculated from the average of your top 3 splashes entered on Friday and Saturday. You must enter at least 3 distance splashes over the Friday and Saturday to get an average and qualify towards the Western Cup Championship. (PLEASE NOTE- the Long Jump event on Sunday counts towards usual NDSA titles- but is not included in WCC Scoring). Note that the top 6 dogs in each division (based on best-3 average of Friday/Saturday Long Jump rounds)- will also compete in our fun Finals on Sunday. Finals offer the big prizes for long jump and win points for NDSA scoring, but are not part of WCC Scoring.

TIE BREAKERS: In the event that there are two or more dogs tied with the exact number of Western Cup Challenge points, the Tie Breaker standings are as follows: a) the Dog with the most WCC points earned in the Long Jump category will be the winner. If a tie still exists- b) WCC points earned in Speed Swim- and the final tie breaker c) WCC points earned in Fast Fetch

ENTRY INFO:

Registration: Entry/Premium is available HERE. Watch our Facebook Page for most recent updates.

PRIZES! We offer great prizes for the overall Western Cup Champion and for individual event winners! Prizes are provided by Eromit AIRcademy – http://www.eromitk9.com and other sponsors.

All qualifying jumps in NDSA sanctioned events are awarded a blue ‘Q’ strip ribbon. Placements ribbons are also awarded for each division for each splash of Distance diving. Any titles earned in Distance or Air Retrieve will receive the appropriately sized Rosette.

Teams who earn a personal best in any event over the course of the weekend will be awarded ‘Personal Best’ prizes.

*** Prize Sponsors are always welcome! Please contact me at erin@kinderdoggin.com if you would be interested in sponsoring any specific awards for the Western Cup Challenge! ***

Our Smiling Blue Skies raffle/auction fundraiser is also looking for prizes. If you own a business or have an item you’d like to donate towards the charity fundraiser, please let me know. Smiling Blue Skies is one of the most amazing charities in Canada with a focus on funding canine cancer research and we are proud to be able to assist in fundraising for this organization. Www.smilingblueskies.com

WCC Schedule:

Thursday 3pm – Site opens for campers/ set up

Friday, August 11th:

7:30 am – site opens for tent set up/camping. Check in at the admin desk- you’ll need to sign a waiver and collect your goody bag!

8:30 Judge’s briefing – must be present if you are entered in Long Jump 1.

9 am- Long Jump 1- followed by Speed Swim 1, Long Jump 2, Long Jump 3

Saturday August 12th–

7:30 am – site opens for tent set up/camping. Check in at the admin desk.

8:30 – Judge’s briefing

9 am – Long Jump 4, followed by Long Jump 5, Long Jump 6 and Grab Jump 1

~6pm (after conclusion of Grab Jump)- Potluck Supper and Social

Sunday August 13th

7 am – site opens for tent set up/camping. Check in at the admin desk

830 – Judge’s briefing

9 am Speed Swim 2, followed by Fast Fetch 1, Long Jump 7

~2 pm Long Jump Finals, followed by Awards.

Sample Scoring for Western Cup Challenge Points:

Ember – Speed Swim -1st out of 6 in the senior division to earn 6 points; Fast Fetch 8th out of 8 to earn 1 point- Grab Jump- finished 3rd out of 9 in the senior to earn 7 points. Finished 4 out of 10 dogs in the master division Long Jump (7 points) = 21 points total

Kimber- 3rd out of 6 in senior to earn 4 points in Speed Swim; Fast Fetch 3 out of 8 in the senior to earn 6 points, Grab Jump finished 3rd out of 3 in the junior division to earn 1 point; finished 4 out of 14 dogs in the senior division of Long Jump (10 points) = 21 points

Vino- – Speed Swim- 1st out of 9 in the Master division to earn 9 points; 2nd out of 7 in the Elite division of Fast Fetch to earn 6 points, Grab Jump- finished 5 out of 9 in senior to earn 5 points; finished 6 out 8 dogs in the elite division of Long Jump (3 points). = 23 points

In this example, Vino would win with the most overall WCC points. Kimber and Ember tie for overall points, but Kimber earned more in Long Jump, which is the first tiebreaker, so she ends up 2nd and Ember 3rd.