We’ve had some less than stellar trial days in November and December – sometimes fast but poor control, and sometimes great teamwork but Griffin doesn’t seem to be trying hard. As a result – we’ve not be en entering as many trials as we try to figure things out. His training has been great, with some of the best intensity and speed we’ve ever had.
Gamblers P2: I entered the wrong class, but the secretary was able to move us up. I was glad I asked! Some events are very strict and the secretary gets grumpy about the request/question and other times it’s not a problem. Gamblers is one of our strengths – even though we can “design our own” course we try to go for as many points as possible. We intentionally did the weave poles twice to prepare for standard. We ended up running my ideal plan with about 2 seconds to spare. The gamble/distance challenge was easy for us but Griffin knocked the last bar. The jump was really close to the jup and I’m not worried – he was trying his best! I loved how fast and responsive he was – this was just like he runs on good training days.
Standard: P2: Mostly good, he was a little slower and less responsive – and popped out of the weaves.But we did the ‘hard’ parts and his table stay was great, I was confident enough to get quite far away.
Snooker P1: Our favorite strategy game. We took a greedy plan to try and get a lot of points without being unreasonable. It worked, great run and our only qualifying score for the day.
I’m still not comfortable enough to ask other people I don’t know well to do video, so here’s part of a training session.
Our next event isn’t a trial but one of the many informal competitions that are now occurring. 2 weeks!