Dog Sports Derby

🇬🇧 TEAM GB IQ EVENT – TOMORROW 🇬🇧
📍 Dog Sports Derby

We’re looking forward to welcoming everyone to Dog Sports Derby tomorrow for the Team GB IQ event! 🐾🇬🇧

⏰ MORNING TIMINGS
🐾 8:14am – Small course walking starts
🐾 8:22am – Medium course walking starts
🏁 8:30am – Judging for Smalls begins

⚠️ IMPORTANT VENUE INFORMATION

👟 CLEAN SHOES ONLY
Only clean footwear is permitted inside the building, including on the walkway and Astro. Dirty or muddy footwear is strictly not permitted. Anyone wearing dirty footwear will be asked to leave the indoor area.

🐕 CLEAN DOGS ONLY
Dogs must be clean before entering the indoor arena and Astro. Dirty or muddy dogs will not be permitted to run.

Please make sure your dog is clean and ready before your allocated running position. We are operating a strict running order, so if your dog is not clean when your turn comes, you may miss your run.

💩 DOG WALKING FIELD
Please clean up after your dogs when using the field and dispose of waste appropriately.

🌧️ NO PAY-ON-THE-DAY RING
Unfortunately, due to the recent wet weather, there will be no pay-on-the-day outdoor ring available tomorrow.

🇫🇷 FCI RULES
Please remember that the event is running under FCI rules.

• No collars may be worn by dogs when competing.
• A strict running order will be in place.
• Please make sure you are ready for your run – if you are late, you will miss your run.

☕ CAFÉ OPEN
Our café will be open throughout the event serving refreshments, food and snacks.

Safe travels everyone, and we look forward to seeing you tomorrow for a great day of agility! 🇬🇧🐾

Dog Sports Derby

🚨 DSD MEMBERSHIP JOINING WINDOW NOW OPEN 🚨

Bronze, Silver & Gold memberships are now open to join until 5th September.

If you want guaranteed access to quality indoor training throughout the autumn and winter, now is the time to get joined.

🌟 BRONZE, SILVER & GOLD

Join by 5th September and get the ability to book training hires up to 8 WEEKS IN ADVANCE.

🐾 ACCESS MEMBERSHIP

Available to join at any time, with hire booking available up to 4 WEEKS IN ADVANCE.
With the wet autumn weather already starting to show itself, securing your winter indoor training now means you’ll have far more choice when it comes to dates and times.

Why train at Dog Sports Derby?

🏟️ Large purpose-built indoor agility arena
🌱 Professional JUTA artificial turf
🐕 Competition-standard agility equipment
💡 Train whatever the weather or daylight
📅 Regular course changes and training opportunities
🏆 RKC shows, course running, steeplechase and members-only events
🌍 Guest trainers from the UK and overseas
🐾 Secure 5-acre exercise field
☕ On-site refreshments
🚐 Camping available for selected events
💪 Members’ gym facilities
🎁 Additional membership benefits, discounts and offers throughout the year

Whether you train regularly or simply want reliable access to a quality indoor venue through the winter, there’s a membership option to suit you.

👉 HOW TO JOIN

Visit dogsportsderby.com and head to the Memberships section to choose your membership and join online.

📅 Bronze, Silver & Gold: JOIN BY 5TH SEPTEMBER
✅ Access: AVAILABLE TO JOIN ANYTIME

Secure your winter training at Dog Sports Derby 🐾

Filling up fast… 🐾🔥

Some dates are already fully booked for training with Summer!

If you’re thinking of booking, don’t leave it too late — secure your place before the remaining spaces are gone. 👀

𝐍𝐎𝐖 𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐄 & 𝐀𝐕𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐀𝐁𝐋𝐄 𝐓𝐎 𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊
𝐄𝐗𝐂𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐖𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐀𝐓 𝐃𝐎𝐆 𝐒𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐒 𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐁𝐘 – 𝐒𝐔𝐌𝐌𝐄𝐑 𝐂𝐋𝐀𝐑𝐊

We’re really pleased to welcome Summer Clark to Dog Sports Derby for a series of training dates this October, November and December.

Our Silver, Gold and Emerald members currently have priority booking, with the remaining spaces opening next week to all DSD members, including Access, Bronze, Silver, Emerald and Gold.

𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐤

Summer brings a huge amount of experience as both a competitor and trainer:

Bronze Medal Finalist at the European Open 2025
Team GB handler
Agility Champion with her current competing dog, Arrow
YKC Agility Dog of the Year winner at Crufts 2024
Competed at Crufts for 10 consecutive years

Summer is known for her consistency, positive attitude and honest, thoughtful approach to training. She focuses on understanding why something is or isn’t working, helping handlers build reliable skills and giving you plenty to take away and continue working on after the session.

𝐎𝐂𝐓𝐎𝐁𝐄𝐑
12th October
5:00–7:00pm – Grades 1–4
7:00–9:00pm – Grades 4–7
13th October
9:00–11:00am – Puppy & Young Dogs up to 16 months
Also open to older dogs looking to work on foundation skills.

𝐍𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑
19th November
5:00–7:00pm – Grades 1–4
7:00–9:00pm – Grades 4–7
20th November
9:00–11:00am – Puppy & Young Dogs up to 16 months
Also open to older dogs looking to work on foundation skills.

𝐃𝐄𝐂𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑
14th December
5:00–7:00pm – Grades 1–4
7:00–9:00pm – Grades 4–7
15th December
9:00–11:00am – Puppy & Young Dogs up to 16 months
Also open to older dogs looking to work on foundation skills.

All groups are limited to just 6 handlers, giving everyone plenty of individual training time. £45 per space.

𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐲𝐞𝐭?
Membership starts from just £𝟗.𝟗𝟗 per month, giving you access to book events, training, arena hire and more at Dog Sports Derby.

🇬🇧 𝗟𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗢𝗡 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝗛𝗢𝗥𝗦𝗘 𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗞𝗦 🇬🇧

We’re bringing a taste of the London International Horse Show to Dog Sports Derby this November and December!

Dog Sports Derby is proud to be supplying the agility equipment for the London International Horse Show, and for two dedicated training weeks we’ll be setting up the same style of equipment here at DSD.

Think extra-large competition wings, sponsored feature wings, 6ft jump poles and courses designed by Amanda Luttman – judge at the London International Horse Show.

If you’ve qualified for London, this is a fantastic opportunity to prepare and proof your dog ahead of the big event.

Not qualified? You absolutely don’t need to be! Come and experience something different, proof your dog on larger and more imposing equipment and have a go at courses designed by the London judge.

🇬🇧 𝗡𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗠𝗕𝗘𝗥

📅 𝗙𝗥𝗜𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝟲𝗧𝗛 𝗡𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗠𝗕𝗘𝗥
Kennel Club Show – Grades 5–7
Judge: Amanda Luttman

Start the weekend by competing under Amanda Luttman ahead of her judging at the London International Horse Show.

This KC show will be run on our normal Dog Sports Derby competition equipment.

Entries are via Agility Plaza.

📅 𝗦𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝟳𝗧𝗛 𝗡𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗠𝗕𝗘𝗥
London International Horse Show Course Running

This is when the London equipment comes out!

We’ll transform the indoor arena with the London International Horse Show setup, including the larger wings, sponsored feature wings and 6ft poles.

You’ll then get the opportunity to run and train Amanda Luttman courses on the London-style setup.

Train it, break it down, work on individual sections or put the full course together.

🐾 Open to all DSD members
🎟️ 𝗕𝗢𝗢𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗡 𝗡𝗢𝗪

📅 𝟳𝗧𝗛–𝟭𝟮𝗧𝗛 𝗡𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗠𝗕𝗘𝗥
London International Horse Show Training Week

Following Course Running, the London equipment and Amanda Luttman courses will remain set in the indoor arena.

Members can book private arena hire and work through the courses at their own pace.

🇬🇧 𝗗𝗘𝗖𝗘𝗠𝗕𝗘𝗥

📅 𝟮𝗡𝗗–𝟲𝗧𝗛 𝗗𝗘𝗖𝗘𝗠𝗕𝗘𝗥
London International Horse Show Training Week

One final opportunity to get some London preparation in before the big event!

The London equipment will return to our indoor arena, once again featuring the larger wings, sponsored feature wings and 6ft poles.

Amanda Luttman courses will be set in the arena, giving you the opportunity to book your own training time and work through the London judge’s style of courses at your own pace.

𝗤𝗨𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗜𝗘𝗗 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗟𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗢𝗡? 🇬🇧

Get some valuable preparation in before the big day. Familiarise your dog with the larger equipment, proof those skills and practise Amanda’s style of courses before you step into the ring at London.

𝗡𝗢𝗧 𝗤𝗨𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗜𝗘𝗗?

Come and train it anyway!

This is a great opportunity to challenge your training, proof your dog on different equipment and experience a major-event-style setup here at DSD.

𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗧𝗢 𝗕𝗢𝗢𝗞

🥇 Silver & Gold Members
Arena hire can be booked up to 8 weeks in advance.

🥉 Bronze & Access Members
Arena hire can be booked up to 4 weeks in advance.

🐾 Course Running – open to all DSD members and 𝗕𝗢𝗢𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗜𝗦 𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗡 𝗡𝗢𝗪.

🏆 6th November KC Show – enter via Agility Plaza.

Not currently a member?

Access Membership starts from just £9.99 per month, giving you access to book arena hire, Course Running, events and more at Dog Sports Derby.

📍 Dog Sports Derby

𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗜𝗡 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗟𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗢𝗡. 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗢𝗙 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗗𝗢𝗚. 𝗘𝗫𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗘𝗧𝗨𝗣. 🇬🇧🐾

🐾 DOG SPORTS DERBY OPEN WEEKEND & GALICAN STOCK SALE 🐾

Saturday 5th September | 6pm–9pm
Sunday 6th September | 9am–3pm

Come and spend the weekend with us at Dog Sports Derby!
Whether you've visited us before or you've been wanting to see what DSD is all about, we're opening the doors for a weekend of agility, shopping, food and refreshments.

🐕 RUN YOUR DOG – £5 FOR TWO RUNS

Come along and have a go on our agility courses!
£5 gets you two runs.

Want four runs? Purchase two tickets. Want more? Simply purchase additional tickets and run again!

It's a great opportunity to train in a different environment, have some fun with your dog and experience the facilities at Dog Sports Derby.

🛍️ GALICAN STOCK SALE – UP TO 20% OFF

Across the weekend we'll also be holding a huge Galican stock clearance, with equipment in stock, discounted and ready to take away.

Stock includes:
• Competition jumps
• Level jumps
• Soft walls
• Soft long jumps
• Weaves
• Tunnels
• Contact Covers
• Jump poles in various sizes and colours
• 6ft jump poles, including stock produced for the London International Horse Show
• Tunnel sandbags in various colours
• Puppy bumps
• Back bumps
• Stride regulators
• Weave guides
• Training accessories
• Toys
• And lots more!

Up to 20% OFF selected in-stock equipment.
Stock will be available on a first come, first served basis and can be taken away with you.

☕ FOOD, DRINKS & CAKE

Our on-site café will be open with food, drinks, refreshments and plenty of cake!

⛺ COME FOR THE WEEKEND – FREE CAMPING
Travelling from further afield? Bring the dogs and make a weekend of it!

Camping is FREE for Open Weekend visitors. (email us at [email protected] to reserve your free camping)

Electric hook-up can be booked separately for an additional charge.

You can also book additional arena/ring hire around the Open Weekend if you'd like to get some extra training in while you're here.

🏠 DISCOVER DOG SPORTS DERBY

This isn't just a stock sale — it's a chance to come and experience Dog Sports Derby.

Have a look around our facilities, run your dogs, meet us and find out more about becoming a DSD member.

We'll be available throughout the weekend to talk through our different membership options, arena hire, events, training and everything happening at DSD.

📅 Saturday 5th September – 6pm–9pm
📅 Sunday 6th September – 9am–3pm

🎟️ £5 = TWO RUNS
⛺ FREE CAMPING
🛍️ GALICAN STOCK SALE – UP TO 20% OFF
☕ FOOD, DRINKS & CAKE
🐕 COME & EXPERIENCE DOG SPORTS DERBY

Come for a couple of runs, come to grab a bargain, or camp and make a weekend of it!

Everyone welcome 🐾

🐾 NEW RKC JUMPING ONLY SHOW – NOW OPEN FOR ENTRIES! 🐾

Another RKC show has just been added to the DSD calendar and is NOW OPEN for entry on Agility Plaza!

⚡ JUMPING ONLY SHOW ⚡

📅 Friday 16th October
🏆 Grades 1–3
🐕 All heights
👩‍⚖️ Judge: Kelly Bailey
📍 Dog Sports Derby

A full day of jumping – no contacts, just fast, flowing courses and plenty of fun! 🐕💨

🏠 Indoors at DSD
✅ Consistent all-weather surface
✅ Hard-standing parking
✅ Camping available

📅 Entries close Friday 2nd October.

Get your entries in now via Agility Plaza!

More autumn & winter shows coming soon… 👀🐾

🎉 REFER A FRIEND & EARN DSD CREDIT! 🎉

Love training at Dog Sports Derby? Bring your friends along and we’ll reward you with DSD credit when they become a member! 🐾

The membership they choose determines your reward:

🐾 Access Membership – £9.99/month
Refer a friend & receive £10 DSD Credit

🥉 Bronze Membership – £89/month
Refer a friend & receive £20 DSD Credit

🥈 Silver Membership – £150/month
Refer a friend & receive £30 DSD Credit

🥇 Gold Membership – £300/month
Refer a friend & receive £40 DSD Credit

And there’s no limit to how many friends you can refer! 🙌

Your DSD credit can be spent on eligible events, training, competitions, course running and venue hire – so the more friends you introduce, the more you can enjoy at DSD!

📣 MEMBERSHIP OPENS TOMORROW!

Our monthly joining window for Bronze, Silver & Gold Memberships opens tomorrow, 25th August, and closes on 5th September.

If you’ve been thinking about joining DSD, this is your opportunity to secure your membership for the month ahead.

🐾 Access Membership is different – you can join Access at any time throughout the month for just £9.99/month.

Already a member? Now is the perfect time to start referring your friends!

Your friend simply needs to give us your name when they join. Once their membership is active and their first payment has been received, we’ll add the relevant credit to your DSD account.

Please note: DSD credit cannot be used towards membership fees, upgrades or renewals. Full Refer a Friend T&Cs apply.

What a week at Dog Sports Derby last week! ❤️
🐾
We absolutely love receiving feedback like this. Creating a venue where people can train, compete, enjoy their dogs and leave feeling positive — whatever the result — is exactly what we want DSD to be about.

A few lovely comments from last week:

💬 “The Judges were fabulous. Absolutely putting you at ease, lovely courses… The positive comments picking the best bits out of everybody’s runs really make a difference.”
💬 “Thank you for doing a great job. We love competing at your fab venue.”
💬 “Lovely show… great courses. Thank you Lyla. 😍”
💬 “Loved your show today. Thank you so much 🙏”

And we loved seeing Neon & Pixie pull it out of the bag with a DOUBLE CLEAR at our Treat It, Train It, Time It afternoon with Pimm’s & cake! 🏆🐾

Last week also saw some fantastic KC competition, brilliant judging from Lyla Mason and Tilly Brennan, and new Access Members joining us every single day!

And now onto another busy week… 👀

🐾 MEMBERSHIP WINDOW OPENS TOMORROW!

Our Bronze, Silver & Gold Memberships are only available to join during our monthly membership window.

📅 This month’s window: 25th August – 5th September
After 5th September, Bronze, Silver & Gold will close to new members again until the next joining window.

Want to get started straight away? Our Access Membership is just £9.99 per month and is available to join at ANY TIME throughout the month.

And there’s plenty more coming this week…
🤝 We’re launching our brand-new Refer a Friend perk!
🏆 The Kennel Club International Qualifier comes to DSD this weekend, judged by Ian Armstrong.
📅 More events and training opportunities are being released.
🛍️ AND… towards the end of the week, keep your eyes peeled for our GALICAN STOCK SALE! 👀

Thank you to everyone who competed, trained, joined, helped, judged or supported us last week. It’s fantastic seeing the DSD community continuing to grow. ❤️💙

Have a question about memberships, events or anything happening at DSD?

📧 Email us at [email protected]

𝐍𝐎𝐖 𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐄 & 𝐀𝐕𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐀𝐁𝐋𝐄 𝐓𝐎 𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊
𝐄𝐗𝐂𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐖𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐀𝐓 𝐃𝐎𝐆 𝐒𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐒 𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐁𝐘 – 𝐒𝐔𝐌𝐌𝐄𝐑 𝐂𝐋𝐀𝐑𝐊

We’re really pleased to welcome Summer Clark to Dog Sports Derby for a series of training dates this October, November and December.

Our Silver, Gold and Emerald members currently have priority booking, with the remaining spaces opening next week to all DSD members, including Access, Bronze, Silver, Emerald and Gold.

𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐤

Summer brings a huge amount of experience as both a competitor and trainer:

Bronze Medal Finalist at the European Open 2025
Team GB handler
Agility Champion with her current competing dog, Arrow
YKC Agility Dog of the Year winner at Crufts 2024
Competed at Crufts for 10 consecutive years

Summer is known for her consistency, positive attitude and honest, thoughtful approach to training. She focuses on understanding why something is or isn’t working, helping handlers build reliable skills and giving you plenty to take away and continue working on after the session.

𝐎𝐂𝐓𝐎𝐁𝐄𝐑
12th October
5:00–7:00pm – Grades 1–4
7:00–9:00pm – Grades 4–7
13th October
9:00–11:00am – Puppy & Young Dogs up to 16 months
Also open to older dogs looking to work on foundation skills.

𝐍𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑
19th November
5:00–7:00pm – Grades 1–4
7:00–9:00pm – Grades 4–7
20th November
9:00–11:00am – Puppy & Young Dogs up to 16 months
Also open to older dogs looking to work on foundation skills.

𝐃𝐄𝐂𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑
14th December
5:00–7:00pm – Grades 1–4
7:00–9:00pm – Grades 4–7
15th December
9:00–11:00am – Puppy & Young Dogs up to 16 months
Also open to older dogs looking to work on foundation skills.

All groups are limited to just 6 handlers, giving everyone plenty of individual training time. £45 per space.

𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐲𝐞𝐭?
Membership starts from just £𝟗.𝟗𝟗 per month, giving you access to book events, training, arena hire and more at Dog Sports Derby.

🥂🐾 TREAT IT • TRAIN IT • TIME IT! 🐾🍰

Agility training with a bit of Pimm’s & cake thrown in… what more could you want?! 😍

Our Treat It, Train It, Time It sessions are designed to give you and your dog the chance to train in a competition-style environment — but without the pressure.

🐾 2 full agility courses
🐾 2 runs on each course

RUN 1 – TRAIN IT 🎓
Take your time. Reward your dog, repeat sections, work on handling choices and fine-tune anything that needs attention.

RUN 2 – TIME IT ⏱️
Your choice! Continue training OR put everything into practice and run the course against the clock.

🏆 Prizes for our winners!

These sessions are a brilliant way to:

✨ Get dogs comfortable in a competition environment
✨ Build confidence in the ring
✨ Practise start lines, contacts, weaves & handling under pressure
✨ Fine-tune those all-important competition skills
✨ Give young or inexperienced dogs valuable ring experience
✨ Have some FUN while doing it!

And, of course… Pimm’s & cake while you’re here! 🥂🍰

📍 Dog Sports Derby

These events are available to DSD Members.

Not a member yet? You can become an Access Member for just £9.99 per month, giving you access to book our events, venue hire and more.

Come and Treat It. Train It. Time It. 🐾⏱️🏆