Saturday 15th November - Heelwork To Music Day

The Championship opened at 08:15am so unfortunately the team once again had to be up really early to reach the venue in good time. Each handler had a specific time in the warm up ring - then a specified time for their routine - this was organisation at its very best!  Stewards were collecting handlers for their warm up time and informing them when to set off for the actual competition ring - a choice of stairs or lift and the route was cleared by marshals.  Perfect!

Good Luck wishes  from the other competitors!

There were 15  Countries entered - with 43 entries from Italy, Japan, Denmark, Russia, Sweden, The Czech Republic, Belgium, Great Britain, Switzerland, France, The Netherlands, Hungary, Slovakia, Finland and Germany.  The draws had been made about 3 weeks prior to the competition - drawing countries first and then a random draw of each handler per country. This worked really well as the Team GBR received their running orders as follows:
09:32   Number   8  Lucy and Skiffle
11:32   Number 19  Kath and Denby
13:24   Number 30  Kath and Amber
14:44   Number 40  Helen and Maia  
This gave time for each competitor to be supported and cheered on by fellow team mates!

Lucy and Skiffle

Super - fun routine!   Very well executed! Their score gave them 3rd Place!!

Denby ready for the start of his music

And the end pose!!

Kath with Amber

Concentration needed!!!  And finished in 7th Place

Helen and Maia - setting a good pace

Great footwork!  And finishing in 16th place

The HTM Team GBR worked really well and their combined scores gave them a well deserved 2nd place in the Team Championship!   WELL DONE HTM TEAM GBR!

The HTM Team GBR - Lucy Creek, Kath Hardman and Helen Dennis
led by Team Captain Karen Sykes - entered the Arena

 

All the HTM Teams were invited back into the Arena for the announcement of the Top Ten Finalists for the Individual Championship.  They would have to repeat their routines and the new score would be added to the earlier score for their final placings.

Nicci and Nala
HTM Team Reserves were given the opportunity to perform
their super routine and entertained the audience during the break

They worked really well giving a great performance

The Individual Final with Lucy and Skiffle first in for HTM Team GBR

Another great performance!

Followed later by Kath with Amber

Kath was pleased how well Amber worked for a second time.

The Judges : Katharina Henf (Germany) Nóra Karlyik (Hungary)
 Esther Niemeijer (The Netherlands) Heather Smith (Scotland) Attila Szukalek (England)

Kath with Amber finished in 9th Place

Lucy and Skiffle finished in 4th Place!!!

A very proud HTM TEAM GBR 

The HTM Team Trophy

The end of HTM Day with a parade around the ring.

HTM Team Winners Russia - HTM Team GBR Second Place and Belgium Third Place.