Flyball & Fireworks 10
WELCOME LETTER

So glad you are joining us for the tenth anniversary of Flyball and Fireworks--the oldest continual tournament in Region 13. We want you to have a fantastic time, and the members of ARFF and Boston Stragglers will do all we can to make sure that happens.

Friday night set-up will be available from 5 - 8 PM. We will have assigned areas for each club, so look for your club's space when you arrive. (Please do not enter the building before 5 as parents are picking their kids up from camp, and the facility manager has specifically asked us to stay out of the way until that's over.) As always, we ask you to respect the facility and clean up after your dogs. And, above all, have a really fun time with your four-legged friends!

Saturday Schedule:
7:00 AM - Building Opens
7:30 - 8:00 AM - Measuring
8:00 AM: Captains' Meeting
8:15 AM: Racing Begins
6:00 PM: Racing Ends

Sunday Schedule:
7:00 AM - Building Opens
7:45 AM - Racing Begins

Facility Information:
Teamworks is a two-level building with racing and crating on the lower level and the Replays Lounge on the upper (ground) level. All parking is on the upper level. To unload your stuff, drive around the right side of the building and down the hill to enter through the cargo door on the same level as the racing and crating areas. (Please bring floor covering to use under your metal crates and x-pens.) There is an elevator in the building providing accessibility to both levels. After you finish, please drive your car back up to the main parking lot so there will be room for others to unload.

Racing Information:
All Divisions are Round Robin Format, 3/5. In addition, Regular Divisions 1, Multi 1 and Multi 2 will run a Single Elimination. Divisions with elimination racing will use the Round Robin for elimination seeding. Final placements will be determined by combining results for the Round Robin and Elimination racing.

In Round Robin racing, winning teams will receive 1 point per race won.

Ties will be be broken by:
Fastest time overall during the tournament.

There will be awards for all participating teams!

Food and Restaurants:
Due to holiday staffing, the Replays Lounge will not be open during our tournament. Feel free to bring your team's usual meals and snacks, and if there's enough interest, we'll do a pot luck lunch. (To be determined before the tournament--we'll let the captains know.) There are many restaurants within a mile of the site. (In fact, there's a Subway inside the WalMart across the Street, a McDonalds in the WalMart parking lot, and a Wendy's across Route 9. Dunkin Donuts are all over the place, and there's an Outback Steakhouse, Pizzeria Uno, Ruby Tuesdays, as well as many other independent restaurants within a mile or two. For fried clam lovers, there's Harry's Diner--about two miles east on Rt. 9 on the north side of the street.)

Directions to Teamworks Centers: http://www.teamworkscenters.com/
It's really easy to find, but my suggestion to anyone who is traveling on the Mass Pike would be to get off at Exit 11A (Route I-495) and go North (take left ramp after tolls) to exit 23B (Route 9 West). Teamworks is less than five miles from I-495 (turn right at the 4th light. The WalMart will be on your left after you turn up Otis Street.)

Emergency Veterinary Care:
Tufts (Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine) Animal Hospital Emergency Care (about 20 minutes from racing site)

Looking forward to seeing everyone in Northboro for our annual 4th of July flyball celebration!

Barb (Black)
ARFF Tournament Director