About Us

WDTC currently provides agility training near Steventon, South Oxfordshire.

Training classes are taught by experienced agility competitors/instructors, many of whom are also active club members with their own dogs.

Several of our trainers attend training courses in order to keep up to date with modern training methods. Most trainers hold recognised training qualifications from Agility Club and/or Agility 1st after successfully completing those training courses.

As well as regular weekly training sessions, the club holds occasional social events for members, their families and friends.

Committee

Chair: 
Treasurer: Sue Cuddon
Secretary: Gill Rhodes
Show Secretary: Joanna Tidmarsh
Agility Rep: Jill Lowe
Member: Claire Jones
Member: Dave Bossom
Member: Martha Preece
Member: Kevin Pearce
Member: Lizzie Sanderson
Member: Wendy Botto
Member: Andi Bancroft

Agility Trainers

Jill Lowe
Kevin Pearce
Claire Jones
Joanna Tidmarsh
Lee Harfield
Sue Midgley
Gill Rhodes
Wendy Botto
Martha Preece
Dawn Graham

The annual subscription is £10 for a single adult, £15 for an adult couple and £20 for a family. Those of pensionable age and anyone in full-time education are half price. You will be given a membership form once you are accepted into the club. Training fees are currently £20 a month per dog.

Annual subscriptions to the club are due on 1 January each year. The AGM is held in October.

Please note that we usually have a waiting list for agility – like many other clubs in our area.

For more information please contact us via email.

We train agility on Thursday evenings from 7:30pm at:

The Malthouse Centre
Hanney Road
Steventon
OX13 6AP

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Jo and Pixel at training October 2018

WDTC organise a large two day agility show every April at Newbury Showground. This show has about 11-13 rings running each day and attracts over 7,400 entries. The income from the show subsidises our training, pays for new equipment and guest trainers.

A show this size needs lots of helpers so we hope all our members would like to help at our show.

We take part in a winter league series, competing against other local clubs. We encourage all our members to take part in this as soon as they are ready to compete.

Winter League 2022-23

After many members were not available in the first match, we finished the season with a respectable 3rd place overall.

Several of our dogs had their first ever competitive run here. We achieved 100 Clears, 99 rounds with faults, and 133 Es.

Several evenings a year we hold special ‘course nights’ to give less experienced handlers and dogs course practice. We also organise something special around Christmas time, which generally includes food, drink, fancy dress and Secret Santa!

WDTC will organise demonstrations of agility at local events when this does not clash with other events or shows we are attending. Either as a standalone, or as part of a wider day of entertainment.

We showcase the wide variety of breeds and size dogs that can take part in agility, the competing partnerships, and demonstrate how we train.

We charge a fee to the organisers of the event in order to cover costs and the maintenance and servicing of our trailer, which is essential for these events.

For more information please contact us via email

Contact Us
Enquiries
Chair
Secretary
Treasurer
Events

Annual Show Contact
Show Secretary
Camping and Helping at the Show
Tradestands
Measuring