Huge thanks have to go out to Karen Larocque who made the dream to have a 2nd DD club in Eastern ON a reality. Huge thanks also to her husband, Mark, who has been involved every step of the way and been a very, very big support to Karen. All of the board members have worked very, very hard to make 1000 Islands DD a thriving new club and our first event a resounding success!!! Woohooooooooooo!!! Brockville, Kingston, and Ottawa loved us!!!! And, they want us back next year . . . .so mark you calendars . . . . . Riverfest 2010 . . . Jul 1-4 !!
Board Members - BR: Heather, Kelly, Karen, Judy; FR: Cathie, Chic, StephanieAlso pictured: Larry (DD Nat'l Rep), Rachel (Stephanie's Mom), Riley (Kelly's son)
You can see the St. Lawrence River in the background
We had a huge crowd on Canada Day - the first day of our event! The clear water in the pool came right out of the St. Lawrence!
Huge freighter going by on the St. Lawrence River
I'm sure I speak for the other board members when I say that we were fairly nervous about our first event being 5 days, but it went better than expected and we all had sooooo much fun!!! From the huge crowds on Wed, Canada Day, and Sun, the Finals, to the rain in the days in between and even a micro-burst, which was as close to a tornado as we would want to be, everything ran very smoothly. Participants had lots of practice time; they were able to have one-on-one instruction with Heather McLeod, our DD certified Sportmutt trainer, and there were lots & lots of personal bests achieved over the course of the event.
Roo went off the dock for the fist time on the first day of our event. We tried to coax her off after her toy, but then decided she might better jump off after Lenny. So, we brought Lenny up on the dock, threw the toy for him, then for Roo, and on the third try . . . .off she leapt!! She was positively hooked after that - you couldn't keep her away from the dock - she LOVES dock diving!! She achieved a personal best jump of 9' 4" and placed 2nd in the Novice Finals as well as earning her Novice Title.
Roo leaping off the dock in her first-ever competitionChic achieved a new personal best jump of 13' 10" and placed 6th in the Junior Finals.
Air - borne Chic!!This was our third event of the season and Lenny had a very good week. He placed first in Masters Finals with a 22' jump. His BA jumps for the week were:
18' 7", 22' 6", 20' 6", 19' 3", 20' 8", 20' 4", 19' 9", 22' 10", 21' 1", 21' 8", 20' 8", 22' 1", 21' 4", 22'1"
Speed Retrieve: 7.75 secs & 7.14 secs in Heat #2; Finals - 6.89 secs & 7.62 secs for a second place finish
In Extreme Vertical: Lenny grabbed 5'2" for a 3rd place finish
Here are some pics from the week:
Registration, Information, Raffle tent - courtesy of Riverfest management
Our Ribbons
Of course, we had to have cake to celebrate our 1st event!!
Riley & Garrett squeeging the dock in the pouring rain - this was shortly before the micro-burst
After the micro-burst . . . . . that was our announcer/judging tent
Some of the banners from the dock nearly landed in the St. Lawrence River!
Some of the competitors:
Mark & Bond . . . . . yea, Bond jumped!!!
Karen Sandford's little dog, Rigby . . . . Rigby played it safe and always wore his life jacket
One of Melissa Vig's dogs flying high
Maiah flying after her toy 
Paul & Rudder
Stephanie & Phoebe, the flying beagle
This shot is during tear down - with a beautiful full moon reflecting off the St. Lawrence River
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