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Dog Agility Competition Of Florida
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Hello DACOF Membership!
DACOF 2024 is "in the history books" and we have already received many compliments saying each year is better than the last, which of course, is always the goal of the Board.
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We would like to start this year’s closing message by thanking Deb Smith, our retiring DACOF Secretary, who has been on the Board during two separate tenures now, for her many years of service and dedication to DACOF.
Next, we would like to welcome and thank our new Board Member,
Ashley Escobar as the “Newly Elected” DACOF Secretary. Ashley is a retired college professor of mathematics and owner of Ashley's Dog Sports located in Jacksonville Florida. She participates in UKI agility and AKC agility, conformation, rally, and scent work with her Border Collies P!nk and Teal! and Australian Shepherds Starr and Sealah. She has served for multiple years on the board of Pals and Paws agility club in Jacksonville Florida. Ashley has two young children Mason and Scarlett who are also active in agility and conformation sports with AKC and coaches a large group of junior handlers in agility at her facility.
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Now, we would like to applaud the 2024 DACOF winners!
(ALL the 2024 DACOF Scores and Results have been posted to the DACOF Facebook Page “Files” section and we are working to get them uploaded to our web page, dacof.com at the “History” tab, “Winners/Results” drop down.)
First, Congratulations to Rhonda Koeske!
She is our 2024 Randy Reed Memorial Award Recipient.
Rhonda has selflessly dedicated significant purpose and time towards DACOF throughout the years by serving on the Board, helping with Run-Thru’s, and being the unifying force bringing Teams from many Organizations to DACOF. Additionally, the “Outstanding Sportsmanship Award” is directly attributable to Rhonda’s thoughtful creativity in recognizing the many positive aspects of camaraderie and sportsmanship that occur each year at DACOF. We cannot thank Rhonda enough for all her past and continued efforts to make DACOF such a special event. She is exceptionally deserving of this award.
Outstanding Sportsmanship Awards were presented to:
Debbie & Max Bates from Jupiter Agility’s “The Dogtors,” for helping a fellow DACOF Rv-er, by driving to purchase an electric hook-up adapter.
Phil Albertz a helper from Jupiter Agility’s “The Dogtors,” for his assistance in wrangling a loose dog!
2024 High in Trial Junior Handlers:
12 Years of age and Under – Morgan Johnson with her teammate Anka
13 Years of age and Older – Sophia Weaver with her teammate Dana
2024 Team Winners:
1st Place – Dog-On-It Dynamos
2nd Place – Moist Makers / Home Schooled Kids
3rd Place – Potcake Power / aGILLity
4th Place – Welcome to the Jungle / Paws in Motion
5th Place – Honor Roll / Practice Makes Pawfect
The Dog-On-It Dynamos will have the honor of choosing the obstacle for the 2025 DACOF Pin!
2024 CATCH (Crating Area Team Challenge) Winners:
Paws in Motion - Large Team 1st Place ($100 towards 2025 Team Entry)
Practice Makes Pawfect - Large Team Runner-up ($75 towards 2025 Team Entry)
TCKC Teams WTF – Honorable Mention
Jupiter Agility/The Dogtors - Small Team 1st Place ($75 towards 2025 Team Entry)
Endless K-9’s - Small Team Runner-up ($50 towards 2025 Team Entry)
SOTC Speedsters – Honorable Mention
Bill Becker, Kathy Marble Brown, Jen Young and Erica Benson are all honored to have been reelected to the Board once again for DACOF 2025.
Additionally, this year, the board (excluding Bill Becker) created a new award for any current active individual with DACOF.
The award, proudly named the "Bill Becker" Shine Your Light Award, embodies, all those wonderful qualities we find in our DACOF President, Bill Becker.
Exceptional Leadership, Extraordinary Service to the DACOF Organization and its Members, Energy, Enthusiasm, WIN-WIN Attitude, Fairness, Patience, and Positivity.
Bill was the inaugural recipient of this award which may or may not be presented each year.
A Special Thanks to Jean Murray for once again helping with the transition to our new Trial Secretary, Jacqui O’Neill, who did a wonderful job in her first year, and to Jill Roberts who rounded out the scoring Team in 2024!
Finally, a GIANT Thank-you to our entire Membership!
DACOF Works because “we all work,” and this year was exceptional!
And please know, the Board has already taken notes on a few hiccups that occurred this year and we are already working on remedies, so they do not occur again next year. Additionally, we are already acting on some ideas we have had, as well as a few suggestions we have received from Members, to try and make 2025 even better!
Thanks again for an exceptional DACOF 2024,
Bill, Kathy, Jen, Erica & Ashley
P.S. Save the dates of June 27, 28 & 29 for our DACOF 2025 Event!
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