Photos from Herning

Yvonne Östers photos http://www.hundfoto.com/Freestyle/NMDanmark/

Final Results

Freestyle, 1st round and team results

Sweden
Lina & Zing: 27,43 points
Li & Grynet: 22,93 points
Agnes/Pelle: 22,67 points
Linda/Holly: 22,33 points
The Swedish Team (the 3 best results are counting): 73,03 points - Gold

Denmark
Emmy & Biscuit: 25,7 points
Johanna & Soda: 24,23 points
Jette & Addi: 23,03 points
Annette & Neo: Disqualified
The Danish Team: 72,96 - Silver

Finland
Sini & Sonic: 27,13 points
Tiina & Anni: 23,01 points
Johanna & Mandz: 20,3 points
Camilla & Wunjo: Disqualified
The Finnish Team: 70,53 - Bronze



Freestyle, individual results

Gold - Sini & Sonic, Finland: 54,6 points
Silver - Lina & Zing, Sweden: 54,53 points
Bronze - Emmy & Biscuit, Denmark: 50,76 points
4th - Johanna & Soda, Denmark: 48,43 points
5th - Jette & Addi, Denmark: 46,64
6th - Tiina & Anni, Finland: 46 points



HTM, individual results

Gold - Emmy & Whisper, Denmark: 26,23 points
Silver - Anja & Queeny, Denmark: 24,3 points
Bronze - Sofie & Gaia, Denmark: 23,2 points

Briefing and Team dinner Saturday night

The participants from all 4 countries met on the Saturday night for a briefing and the traditional team dinner. Everyone had a great time and the night before the big day was spent in a positive and friendly atmosphere.

Show Manager Helle Ferrold bid everyone welcome to the Nordic Championships 2009.

A random draw decided in which order the teams were to compete. Here it is Sofie from the Danish HTM Team revealing the Danish draw.

The Swedish team supporters were making a video to promote HTM and Freestyle in Sweden and they came to the dinner and interviewed both the teams and the organizers.

Having a good time and relaxing before 'the big day'

The Danish team

Results Nordic Championship HTM

National Team competition

1: Sweden
2: Denmark
3: Finland


Individual Freestyle

1: Sini and Sonic, 54,6 p (Finland)
2: Lina and Zing, 54,53 p (Sweden)
3: Emmy and Biscuit, 50,76 p (Denmark)
4: Johanna and Soda, 48,43 p (Denmark)
5: Jette and Addi, 46,63 p (Denmark)
6: Tiina and Anni, 46 p (Finland)

Individual HTM

1: Emmy and Wisper
2: Anja and Queeny
3: Sofie and Gaia
4: Helle and Cookie

The norweigan show

Norway is not in the competition, but Merete Huser and Khan from showed us a impressive and funny boxing-routine and promissed that Norway will participate in the nordic freestyle championship next year.

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Norge er ikke med i konkurrencen i år, men Merete Huser og Khan viste os et imponerende og morsomt bokseshow og lovede at Norge vil deltage næste år.

Results of the HTM competition

Nr. 1: Emmy and Wisper
Nr. 2: Anja and Queeny
Nr. 3: Sofie and Gaia
Nr. 4: Helle and Cookie

Freestyle individual competition.

All the teams in the individual competition did convincing routines, some was even better than in the first heat.

Anja and Queeny showed a touching routine to music from "Lord of the Rings". Queeny showed some beautiful positions.

The last HTM team Emmy and Wisper did a convincing routine to music from the movie "Ratatouille". Wisper was very concentrated through the routine and had good positions.

Helle og Cookie

Helle og cookie leverede et overbevisende show til "Skibet skal sejle i nat". Cookie arbejdede koncentreret og havde flotte positioner.

HTM competition starts

Denmark is the only nordic country with a HTM team. First HTM team on the floor is Sofie E. Hjort an border collie 13 year old Gaia. The are performing a beautifull native american routine with a camp fire as a prop.

Results for the national team competition

The score for the three best teams counts in the national team competition. The result are:

Nr. 1. Sweden
Nr. 2. Denmark
Nr. 3. Finland

Congratulations to Sweden.

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De tre bedste ekvipagers resultater tæller i landskampen. Resultatet blev:

Nr. 1. Sweden
Nr. 2. Denmark
Nr. 3. Finland

Mange gange tillykke til Sverige.

Participants in the final Freestyle round

The best six teams has qualified for the final. The team are (in random order):

Siri and Sonic (Finland)
Johanna and Soda (Denmark)
Lina and Zing (Sweden)
Jette and Addi (Denmark)
Tiina and Anni (Finland)
Emmy and Biscuit (Denmark)


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De seks bedste ekvipager har kvalificeret sig til Freestyle individuel finale. Ekvipagerne er (i tilfældig rækkefølge):

Siri og Sonic (Finland)
Johanna og Soda (Danmark)
Lina og Zing (Sverige)
Jette og Addi (Denmark)
Tiina og Anni (Finland)
Emmy og Biscuit (Danmark)

The two last dogs in the preliminary freestyle round was both blue shelties.

Charming Biscuit and Emmys Beauty and the Beast-rutine was beautiful and very cute.

Defending nordic champion, Siri and eager Sonic, performed a convincing and very fast routine.

Pumi Zing and Lina

An impressive western routine with a vere attentive and keen little dog.


Preliminary results:

Nr. 1: Johanna and Soda
Nr. 2: Tiina and Anni
Nr. 3: Jette and Addi

Tiina and Anni

The happy and cute golden retriever Anni and her handler Tiina showed a refreshing break dance routine.

Foreløbige resultater

Nr 1: Jette og Addi from Denmark
Nr 2: Li and Grynet
Nr 3: Agnes an Pelle

Danish Annette and Neo was disqualified for having a toy in the ring and Finish Wunjo was disqualified for leaving the ring.

Johanna and Soda

Johanna and Soda showed a nicely performed, accurate sailor routine.

Finland and Sweden

Tailwagging flatcoted retriever Wunjo and Cammila from Finland was unfortunately discualified because the Wunjo left the ring.

Li and kelpie Grynet made a well perfomed very fast routine to Holding out for a Hero.

Jette and Addi

Charmerende lille gravhund Addi og danske Jette gav en overbevisende opvisning til Zorro.

Charming little dachs Addi and Jette gave an convincing performance to Zoro.

Rock 'n' Roll

Swedish Linda and keen little Holly showed a well performed, fast and funny Rock 'n' roll show too "Rock around the Clock".

Svenske Linda og DK/S gårdhund Holly viste et veludført, hurtigt og morsomt rock 'n' roll show til "Rock around the Clock".

Annette and Neo

Den første danske ekvipage i konkurrencen var Annette Dalgaard med Neo. De viste et flot bokse-show til Eye of the tiger.


The first danish team in the competition was Annette Dalgaard with Neo. They showed us a fast boxing show to Eye of the tiger.

Agnes and bordercollie Pelle

Agnes and her eager border colie Pelle made an impressive musical show to music from the musical Chicago.

Agnes og hendes meget ivrige border collie leverede et imponerende musical show til et nummer fra musicalen Chicago.

Den hvide hunds opvisning

Den danske freestyle reserve (Sofie E. Hjort og Quincy)åbnede gulvet til braveheart-remix. Første hund i konkurrencen var finske Johanna Anderson med newfoundlænder Manda. De lavede et meget sødt regnvejrsnummer med Raindrops keeps falling on my head, Singing in the rain og It's raining men.

The danish freestyle reserve opened the floor to a brave heart-remix. First compeeting dog was Finish Johanna Anderson med newfoundlænder Manda with a very cute rain-mix Raindrops keeps falling on my head, Singing in the rain og It's raining men.

The HTM nordic championship is opened

Jens Glavind, CEO of the danish kennelclub has opened the competition. The first team will be Sofie E. Hjort and Quincy.

Jens Glavind, direktør for Dansk Kennel Klub bød velkommen og åbnede det nordiske mesterskab i HTM.
Den første ekvipage er Sofie E. Hjort og Quincy, der laver freestyle opvisning.

God rejse! / Safe Journey!

I morgen vil være 'store rejsedag' og vi ønsker alle, der rejser til Herning en god og behagelig rejse. Det er vores håb, at NM 2009 kan afholdes i en venskabelig ånd. Vi er i Herning for at konkurrere, men vi er der først og fremmest for at danse og for at nyde vores talentfulde og loyale hunde. Vi glæder os til at byde jer velkommen til Danmark! Må det bedste hold og den bedste ekvipage vinde! Vi ses! :o)

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Tomorrow will be the big travelling day and we want to wish everyone travelling to Herning a safe and pleasant journey. It is our wish, that the Nordic Championships 2009 can be held in a friendly atmosphere. We are going to Herning to compete, but we are first and foremost going to dance and enjoy our talented and loyal dogs.
We look forward to welcome you to Denmark! See you soon and may the best team win! :o)

Danish Cheerleaders!

Så er der lavet en online instruktions video af vores cheerleading sang/dans!

The Danish Team have enthusiastic supporters and the team cheerleader hired 2 assistants to make this state-of-the-art instruction video:

Make video montages at www.OneTrueMedia.com

Messecenter Herning

Nordisk Mesterskab 2009 bliver afholdt i Hal E i Messecenter Herning med start d. 8. november kl. 9.00.
Klik her for at besøge Messecenter Hernings hjemmeside!

The Nordic Championships 2009 will be held in Hall E at Messecenter Herning and it will commence on the 8th November at 9 am.
Visit Messecenter Herning's website here!

Vi glæder os til at byde det svenske landshold velkommen til Herning/We are Looking Forward to Welcome the Swedish Team to Herning

Sverige har været nødsaget til, at foretage visse ændringer på deres hold, men ingen tvivl om, at det stadig er et meget stærkt hold, de sender til Danmark for at danse for de blå/gule farver.

Holdet består af:
Lina og pumien Zing, der også var på det oprindelige hold - Svenske Mestre 2009!
Li og australsk kelpie Grynet - også fra det oprindelig hold.
Linda og dansk/svensk gårdhund Holly, der deltog i NM 2008 og også kvalificerede sig i år, men valgte ikke at tage imod pladsen. Vi er glade for alligevel at se dem på holdet.
Agnes og Border Collie Pelle - Svenske Ungdoms Mestre.

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Sweden has had to change their team for the Nordic Championships, but no doubt it is still a very stong team that are travelling to Denmark, to dance for the blue/yellow colours!

The Swedish team:

Lina and the Hungarian Pumi Zing - they were on the original Swedish team and are winners of the Swedish Championships 2009.

Li and Australian Kelpie Grynet - also from the original Swedish team.

Linda and DK/S Gårdhund (Farmdog) Holly - they were on last years Swedish team and had qualified for this years team, but withdraw. We are pleased to see them on the team.

Agnes and Border Collie Pelle - Winners of the Swedish Youth Championships.

Program / Schedule

Bedømmelserne starter kl. 9:

• Konkurrencens 'hvide hund' (Sofie E. Hjorth med Quincy, den freestyle danske reserve) går i ringen og åbner konkurrencen.
• De indledende runder i freestyle konkurrencen - 12 ekvipager.
• Heelwork To Music konkurrencen - 4 ekvipager.
• Merete Andersen Huser med Khan fra Norge laver opvisning.
• Den individuelle Freestyle finale - 6 ekvipager.
• Evt. opvisning med den finske reserve.
• Præmieoverrækkelse

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The judging starts at 9 am:

• The 'white dog' (Sofie E. Hjorth and Quincy, the Danish freestyle reserve) opens the competition by performing a routine.
• First round of the freestyle competition - 12 teams will be competing.
• Heelwork to Music - 4 teams will be competing.
• Demonstration round by Merete Andersen Huser and Khan from Norway.
• The individual freestyle final - 6 teams will be competing.
• Possible a demonstration round by the Finnish reserve.
• Presentation

Til de danske supportere / For the Danish Supporters

Inge-Dorte har koreograferet en lille cheer dans, som de danske supportere nu har en uge til at øve sig på, inden det går løs ved NM i Herning!

Inge-Dorte has choreographed a 'cheer dance', which the Danish Supporters have a week to practise before the big day in Herning!

Cheer dans til NM i dogdancing 2009

Supporten er tænkt som en dans udført i samme øjeblik som ekvipagen bliver annonceret. Dansen er så kort at den max ”forstyrrer” mens handler og hund hilser på dommerne!

Dansen gentages inkl. bølger når ekvipagen har afsluttet og klapsalverne brager løs!!!!
Selvfølgelig med de aktuelle navne på den hund og handler, der går i ringen.

Bølgerne laves kun 2. gange.

Koreografi:

Go “Emmy” - go “Biscuit” (shake højre – shake venstre pom pom)

Go “Emmy” – go “Biscuit” (shake højre – shake venstre pom pom)

We are red (højre arm op (rød pom))
We are white (venstre arm op (hvid pom))
We are Danish dynamit (4 slag som viserne på et ur: kl. 12, kl. 13.50, kl. 15.15, kl. 16.20).

- - - stop her ved intro af ekvipage - - -

Uhhhhhh (bølge fra højre: start m. begge hænder på højre knæ, først venstre arm efterfulgt af højre i en stor bue opad – slut med begge hænder på venstre knæ).

Uhhhhhhh (bølge fra venstre: start m. begge hænder på venstre knæ først højre arm, efterfulgt af venstre i en stor bue opad – slut med begge hænder på venstre knæ).

Bølgerne laves så man først begynder sin bølge når sidemanden er halvt færdig - højre bølge startes af yderste højre supporter, venstre bølge startes af yderste venstre supporter

Rosetterne er kommer / The Rosettes Have Arrived

Sverige gik foran sidste år og vidste hvordan præmier ved et NM bør se ud... Danmark prøver at gøre det lige så godt i år :o)

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Sweden showed us last year how the prizes at a Nordic Championship should be... We are trying our best to live up to that this year :o)

DVDer fra NM / DVDs from the Nordic Championships

Stig Rex Andersen fra www.abertil.dk har lovet at producerer en DVD fra Nordisk Mesterskab. Han vil også forsøge at filme så mange af de opvisninger, der også laves i forbindelse med NM, som muligt.

DVDen kan bestilles og betales på dagen eller den kan bestilles via Abertils hjemmeside efter konkurrencen.

Pris: 115 DK kr.

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Stig Rex Andersen from www.abertil.dk has promised to make a DVD from the Nordic Championships. The DVD will contain all routines from the competition and as many of the demonstrations as possible.

The DVD can be ordered and paid on the day or it can be ordered from Abertil's website later.

Price: 115 Danish Kroner

Landsholdssamling / Team Meeting

Det danske landshold havde landsholdssamling i dag. Der var en række praktiske spørgsmål, der skulle afklares og ellers blev der bare snakket og hygget. En del tog ud og trænede sammen efter mødet - andre kørte hjem. Ikke alle har samme behov op til en vigtig konkurrence.

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The Danish team met today. There were some questions and decisions to make, but it was mainly about building up the team spirit. Some team members trained together after the meeting - others went home. There are different needs and ways to prepare for such an important event.

Landshold og dommere / National Teams and Judges

Det danske Freestyle Landshold/The Danish Freestyle Team:
Emmy Simonsen & The Charmed Ones Biscuit In Blue, Sheltie
Johanna Allanach & Kojima E-Physical Graffiti, BC
Annette Dalgaard & Kløvermarkens Jack Sparrow, BC
Jette Haastrup & Precenta’s Addi, Gravhund/Dachshund
Reserve: Sofie E. Hjorth & Fæhunden's Quincy Lad, BC

Det danske HTM Landshold/The Danish HTM Team:
Emmy Simonsen & Bridacre Wisp, BC
Anja Christensen & Fæhunden's Queeny Las, BC
Sofie E. Hjorth & Solfari's Gardenia Gaia, BC
Helle Larssen & Blue Border's O'Jara, BC
Reserve: Johanna Allanach & Stensedal's Twist'N'Shout, BC

Det svenske Freestyle landshold/The Swedish Freestyle Team:
Karolina Pettersson & Arbetsmyrans Ai, Pumi
Li Stenberg & Roscanaille's Real Star, Australian Kelpie
Frida Binette & Somollis Poppy, BC
Susanne Jaczewski & Guideline's Lucky Number, Labrador

Det finske Freestyle landshold/The Finnish Freestyle Team:
Johanna Anderson & Destellion Nostalgia, Newfoundlander
Sini Eriksson & Mutkis Onnensoturi, Sheltie (forsvarende Nordisk Mester/defending her Individual title from 2008)
Camilla Katonen & Chiccoxen Is This Love, Flatcoated Retriever
Tiina Paavola & Greenhills Zesty, Golden Retriever
Reserve: Johanna Tammiala & Agabelle's Friendly Felicia, Dværgpinscher

Som repræsentant for norsk freestyle/Representing Norwegian Freestyle:
Merete Andersen Huser & Khan, BSD

Dommere/Judges:
Førstebedømmer/Headjudge: Kath Hardman (UK)
Rolf Gustavsson (S)
Henriette Ortmann (DK)