Crazymaesy Agility Training

Dog Agility Training in Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Wiltshire

Crazymaesy and White Horse are unfortunately unable to take on new members as we operate strict control on the numbers in training sessions and our existing members tend to acquire more dogs rather then leave! The best source of information on dog agility training clubs and instructors is the excellent A-Z of Clubs on Agilitynet www.agilitynet.com. The contact information below is largely taken from this as at November 2005 and there are more details on Agilitynet.

AC Agility (Lechlade)	Anthony Clarke	http://www.acagility.tk/
Flying Dogs (Cirencester)	Gemma Miles	pennymiles@onetel.net.uk
GT Agility (Cheltenham)	Greg Derrett	www.gtagility.com
South Cotswolds (Stroud)	Michelle Cross	michelle.cross@tesco.com
Prestbury Park (Cheltenham)	Paul Hinchley	paulhinchley@hotmail.com
Reddings (Staunton)	Graham Wills	judy.wills@orange.co.uk
Whitminster (Gloucester)	Rachel Williams	rachel3williams@hotmail.com
Wye Valley (Newlands)	Jean Tod	terriers@tinyworld.co.uk
Charney Kennels (Faringdon)	Charney Kennels	http://www.charneykennels.co.uk/
Choice Few (Over Norton)	Jill Thompson	choice fewagility@jtconsulting.co.uk
Fair Weather (Bicester)	Jennie Fairweather	jennie-fairweather@ockcairns.co.uk
Sue Frazier (Witney)	Sue Frazier	suefrazier@virgin.net
Jump for Joy (Bicester)	Helen Wilkie	helenfinnie@tilltec.co.uk
Sassydogs (Woolstone)	Sue Choux	sue@sassydogs.wanadoo.co.uk
Souldern (Bicester)	Michelle Griffiths	mvgriffiths@onetel.net.uk
Springhill (Weston on the Green)	Kathy Fletcher	springhilldtc@jtconsulting.co.uk
Up n Over (Upper Heyford)	Dave Baker	training@upnover.freeserve.co.uk
Wallingford (Blewbury)	Ian Hutchinson	www.wdtc.info
Watts (Lower Heyford)	Jon Watts	www.wattsagility.com
Woolstone (Woolstone)	Karen Jones	karen.jones@arval.co.uk
Bincknoll (Wootton Bassett)	Angela Richens	angela.richens@ntlworld.com
Chippenham (Trowbridge)	Barbara Banks	www.chippenhamagilityclub.org.uk
Corton (Wootton Bassett)	Joyce Turner	joyce.turner@vf.vodafone.co.uk
Malmesbury (Tetbury)	Howard Coase	howard.coase@totalise.co.uk

If you offer dog agility training in this area and we haven’t listed you then email iain@crazymaesy.co.uk and we’ll add you to the list. Also please feed back if any details are out of date or incorrect.

We’re reluctant to recommend particular clubs. New clubs emerge, poor clubs improve and good clubs deteriorate as trainers and members move around. Also one club may be great for beginners and another for experienced handlers. One club may only take large dogs seriously and another may have a strong small and medium dog section. Try a few and see what suits you! That said here are a few suggestions based on personal experience.

· Anthony Clarke is the top Junior handler in the country, one of our members and an excellent dog agility instructor. We may be biased, but if you get a chance to work with Anthony, David Munnings, Natasha Wise, Simon and Lorna Peachey, Chris Kurzfeld or any other of our members or ex members who teach dog agility then we think you should take it!

· We’ve enjoyed our time as members and trainers at Corton, Chippenham and Wallingford in the past and they are all well respected KC registered clubs. Corton and Wallingford both do very well with small and medium dogs.

· We’ve also worked with some of the trainers at South Cotswolds, Wye Valley, Sassydogs, Souldern, Woolstone and Bincknoll at various times. We often suggest the last two to beginners.

· Greg Derrett, Jon Watts and Sue Frazier are all well known, experienced and very successful competitors with a good reputation as instructors.

Our advice to people looking to start dog agility in the UK is to contact a number of local clubs, get your name down on their waiting lists for beginners courses and ask for recommendations if they can’t offer such a course. Most people who catch the bug for the sport end up belonging to more than one club or training group.