Championship Program - Information

Overview

Each year U-FLI acknowledges a U-FLI Champion in seven different divisions. These Champions will be determined from the results of an annual Championship Tournament. In order to compete in the Annual Championship Tournament, clubs must qualify through Qualification Tournaments.

Qualification Tournaments

Eligibility

  1. Clubs, participants and dogs must be in good standing with U-FLI.
  2. Clubs must have competed in at least two different U-FLI events held on separate weekends, during the 18 months leading up to the closing date of the Qualifier being entered.
  3. Only one team from each club will be allowed to enter a Qualifier.
  4. U-FLI will designate a club’s seedtime, based on the club’s fastest tournament time posted during the 12 months leading up to the closing date of the Qualifier being entered.
  5. Clubs may only enter dogs that are eligible for entry on their Regular Team.
  6. Once a club earns a spot in the Championship Tournament they are ineligible for future Qualifiers in that same year.

The Qualifiers

  1. Qualifiers may be held on the same weekend as a U-FLI tournament. Any dogs entered in a U-FLI qualifier may enter no more than three classes of competition. The Qualifier in this instance will be counted as a class of competition.
  2. 2008 Qualifier schedule:
     

    Date

    Location

    Host Team

    April 5, 2008

    Tulsa, OK

    Dogs Gone Wild

    May 3, 2008

    Ventura, CA

    Rocket Dog Racers and Leap of Faith

    June 21, 2008

    Hastings, MI

    RPM

    July 26, 2008

    Amana, IA

    Hawkeye Hustlers

    August 30, 2008

    Talladega, AL

    The Gamblers

Qualifier Format

  1. Clubs will be placed in one of the following divisions based on their seedtime.

    Division #

    Low End

    High End

    Break Out

    1

    Under

    16.000

    NA

    2

    16.001

    17.000

    15.751

    3

    17.001

    18.000

    16.751

    4

    18.001

    19.000

    17.751

    5

    19.001

    20.500

    18.751

    6

    20.501

    22.000

    20.251

    7

    22.001

    Over

    21.751

  2. Each division will race a round robin format. Divisions may be combined as necessary. Divisions that are too large may race a “Bracket Format”.
  3. Dogs participating in the Qualifier will earn U-FLI points.
  4. Unless specified in the U-FLI Championship program, all other U-FLI rules of racing will apply.

Annual Championship Tournament

Eligibility

  1. Clubs, participants and dogs must be in good standing with U-FLI.
  2. Clubs will automatically qualify by placing First, Second or Third within their division in a Qualifier.
  3. In the event that a qualified team is unable to attend the Championship their spot will be filled in the following order:
    1. The fourth place team in the same division from their qualifier.
    2. The fastest of all other fourth place finishers in the same division.
  4. Clubs may only enter dogs that would normally be eligible for entry on their Regular Team.
  5. Clubs will compete in the same division of the Championship Tournament for which they placed in the Qualifier.
    1. The exception to this would be:
      1. When a Club races a faster time than their current division during or after the Qualifier.
        • If the faster time is run at a tournament prior to the closing date of the championship tournament, as a result, the Club would move to the faster division to compete at the Championship.
        • If a Club breaks out at a Qualifier, that time will be recorded and become the Clubs new best time
      2. If a Club breaks out three times at the Qualifier, they would be disqualified.

Championship Format

  1. The Tournament will consist of the same divisions and seed times used during the Qualifiers.
  2. Each division will race a round robin format on Saturday. Divisions that are too large may race a “Bracket Format”.  The round robin placements will determine the seeding for the double elimination racing on Sunday.
  3. Dogs participating in the Championship will earn U-FLI points.
  4. Unless specified in the U-FLI Championship program, all other U-FLI rules of racing will apply.

2008 Championship

  1. 2008 Championship will be held in Memphis, Tennessee on October 11 and 12.
  2. The Tournament will be hosted by Fetchin’ Frenzi.

Bracket Format

A bracket format may be used in Qualifiers and the Championship Tournament to separate large divisions into smaller brackets.  Each bracket will race a round robin format.  The first and second place finishers of the brackets will compete against each other in a round robin format.  The placements of the final round robin will be the placements for the Qualifier or Championship Tournament.