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The Ely Chamber of Commerce will kick off the summer season with a new event June 6-8 in Whiteside Park. Ely will team up with DockDogs, the independent governing body for dock jumping and dock diving canine performance sports.

The Ely event will feature the Big Air, Extreme Vertical and the Speed Retrieve. The Big Air features dogs running down a 40’ dock and diving into a pool of water after an object, in which they are electronically judged for the length of their jump. The Extreme Vertical competition is a ‘high jump” for the dogs as they lunge to snag a ‘bumper” suspended in the air. With each grab, the height increases in 2 inch increments. And finally, the newest form of competition is the Speed Retrieve where the dogs are put on the clock to see how fast they can run down the dock, jump into the water, swim to the end of the pool and retrieve an object which is held by a modified extender arm.

Friday, June 6, 2008
4:00 pm Check-in/Open Dock
4:45 pm Judges Briefing
5:00 pm Big Air Wave #1
6:30 pm Extreme Vertical Cadets/
Top Gun

Saturday, June 7, 2008

7:30 am
9:45 am
10:00 am
1:15 pm
1:30 pm
3:45 pm
4:00 pm
6:30 pm Check-in/Open Dock
Judges Briefing
Big Air Wave #2
Judges Briefing
Speed Retrieve
Judges Briefing
Big Air Wave #3
Big Air Wave #4

Sunday, June 8, 2008

8:30 am
9:45 am
10:00 am Check-in/Open Dock
Judges Briefing
Novice/Junior/Senior Finals
Top 12 Master/Elite Finals