29/01/2021
EO and JOAWC2021
Dear Agility Competitors
After having a light of hope in mid-December, when consulting specialists in the field of statistics and virology, we saw the organization of the Agility events EO2021 and JOAWC2021 as very likely, having pointed to a Go / No Go decision in late April We are now facing a substantial worsening of the Pandemic situation, mainly in Portugal.
In view of this change, the opinion of the consulted experts has changed and they now foresee that it is not possible to safely organize any event with a large group of people, before the end of next summer. So we cannot guarantee safety conditions for all participants in these events.
In these circumstances, after consulting our sponsors, supporting entities and helpers, we decided to propose the postponement of both the events to 2022.
The proposal has received approval from the Portuguese Kennel Club, which has already sent it to FCI for approval.
We hope that the answer will meet our unwavering and convinced desire to maintain the organization of these events in 2022 in Abrantes - Portugal under the same circumstances as for 2021.
We would like to express a very special thanks to our judges, the Abrantes City Hall, Galican, and our collaborators for the fact that they will unconditionally remain with us also for 2022.
Our Proposal:
Considering the above and taking into account what has already been verified for the case of the FCI 2020 World Tallinn, whose postponement was authorized to 2021 due to the pandemic situation in 2020 and given that it is not in our hands to change the situation, we propose:
The authorization for the postponement to the year 2022 of the EO2021 and the JOAWC 2021 to be held in Portugal, in the city of Abrantes, along the same lines as foreseen for 2021, with the same judges and with the following amendment: In order to give a fair chance to the juniors born in 2002 and 2003, who will not be of regulatory age in 2022, a chance to say goodbye to the JOAWC, create an exceptional class for these two age groups. These participants will be allowed to compete for a single trophy and without continuity, in order to have a goodbye worthy of the junior competitions. Each participant will be allowed to participate with one dog alone.
