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Alaska Summer Solstice
Flyball Tourney Archives (2006 - 2010)

Alaska Dogs Gone Wild has successfully hosted two sets of flyball tournaments in June each year since 2006. In addition to our own local participants from ADGW and Northern LightSpeed, competitors have come from North Carolina (DogGoneFast), Saskatchewan (Good2Go), New Hampshire (White Mountain Mayhem), Michigan (QuickSilver), Alberta (Bark 'N Mad), California (INXS), Nevada (Atomic Dogs), Colorado (DEO Speedwaggin' and RUFF), and Wyoming (Hole-In-The-Wall Gang)

Check out the following archived information:

Photographs
Tourney media coverage
Comments from participants
Archived messages posted to flyballdogs.com
Tourney flyers
Tourney results

Photographs

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Coming soon!

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Flyball tourneys
Flyball wedding
BBQ get-together
Photos from David Ramey Photography
Photos from White Mountain Mayhem's travels and our tourneys

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Tourney media coverage

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Coming soon!

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Newspaper articles

Frontiersman
June 25, 2009
"Ruff Competition: Dogs, owners elevate fetch to fast-paced relay sport "
Download a PDF file (813 KB)

TV news

TV news coverage for 2009 tourneys -- coming soon!

Other

Watch the final race of the tournament for first place between DEO Speedwaggin' Freezin' and RUFF Gone Wild. Very close competition!

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Newspaper articles

Frontiersman
June 26, 2008
"Dogs gone wild"
Download a PDF file - larger with additional photos (478 KB)

Alaska Dog News
July 2008 issue
"Flyball" (pdf, 1.29 MB)

TV news

TV news coverage for 2008 tourneys -- coming soon!

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Newspaper article

Anchorage Daily News
June 22, 2007
"Dogs are catching on to wild sport of flyball"
Download a PDF file (111 KB)

TV news

Received coverage through the local NBC TV news (links no longer active)

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Newspaper articles

Anchorage Daily News
June 14, 2006
"Flyball comes to Palmer"
Download a PDF file (236 KB)

Frontiersman
June 23, 2006
"Dogs gone wild"
Download a PDF file with photos (2.37 MB)

TV news

Received coverage through the statewide ABC TV news and the local NBC TV news (links no longer active)

Comments from participants

2009 Tourneys --------------------------------

"It was a pleasure and a real adventure for me to join you at your unique tournament. Meeting all the crazy, enthusiastic Alaskan dog lovers and their spirited athletes was the high point of the trip for me. I'm grateful for having the opportunity to gain so many new friends. Everyone made me feel welcome and made every effort to make all of us comfortable... I'd be delighted to see any and all of you at a region 19 event."
--Walt Marshall (Hole-In-The-Wall Gang)

"Bottom line is we had a BLAST and we WILL be back..."
--Keri Caraher (DEO Speedwaggin')

"We flew the dogs to Alaska for the 4th annual Alaska Dogs Gone Wild Summer Solstice Flyball tournament. There were 4 days of racing with a day off in the middle. We had a blast up there and used the 19.5 hrs of sunlight to explore the area. When we weren't racing, we went hiking, fly fishing and site seeing."
--Lindsey and Travis Cooper (RUFF)

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"We had a blast up there and have decided to come back again. It might take us 10 years from now, but we will be back!! I can't stop telling everyone about what great hosts you were!!"
-- Deanne Stolk (Bark 'N Mad)

"Once again I want to thank you for the great tournament that Alaska Dogs Gone Wild hosted this week. Mercury and Pixie really enjoyed competing and representing Atomic Dogs in your great state."
--Bob Baker (Atomic Dogs)

"Had a great time and wish I could afford to do it every year. You guys are the best."
--Steph Doerr (INXS)

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"Well I just got back from one of the most wonderful trips I have ever taken!....I can't say enough about the friendly people who made all seven of us out-of-towners feel like family....The Wednesday night cookout/reception out at one of the team members homes on a lake overlooking snow capped mountains in the distance will be something I will always remember....So flyball people if you are adventurous and want to take the trip of a lifetime start planning for Alaska's Summer Solstice Flyball tourney next year you won't be sorry!"
-- Gail D'Avolio (honorary teammate of White Mountain Mayhem)

"We had a blast!.... To anyone on this list who has thought of traveling to AK and running in this tournament all I can say is DO IT... Alaska is beautiful, it is a land of extremes but it is worth the effort."
-- Trish Gedney (White Mountain Mayhem)

"Jerry and I (and Xandr and Wylee) can't express how much fun we had up there and how thankful we were for all of the fantastic hospitality. Your entire team was wonderfully helpful and so open and generous...[the experience was] hopefully the beginning of a lifetime of friendships."
-- Linda Sell (QuickSilver)

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DogGoneFast blog

Good2Go blog

"I would personally like to thank you and your group for the best time I have had at a tourney yet! Probably will never be beat as you set the bar very high for your first!"
--Todd Beedle (Good2Go)

"We had a GREAT time. Do yourself a favour and go to their tournament in 2007. Curtis and the crew from ADGW put on the best show we have ever been a part of...well maybe a close second to a G2G Tournament. :) . No really..we have NEVER been treated better and we come from a great region."
-- Darcey Sare (Good2Go)

Archived tourney messages posted to flyballdogs.com email list

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