The 2020 NADD Competition Year will run from Oct 16th, 2019 until Sept 15th, 2020. At midnight on Sept 15th, 2020, all scores, rankings and invites are frozen.

• ALL dogs that receive invites will be required to have completed:
• OPEN (Including Lap & Veteran): at least 10 jumps throughout the competition year.
• AIR RETRIEVE: at least 5 jumps throughout the competition year.
• HYDRO DASH: at least 5 jumps throughout the competition year.
• Each dog that earns an invite based on the criteria below MUST have the minimum listed competition jumps (10 Open or 5 Air Retrieve/ Hydro Dash) throughout the 2020 season. If a dog does not have the required jumps for 2020 by midnight of Sept 15th 2020, any earned invite will be forfeited.
• All invites will be sent out, by email, no later than Sept 20th, 2020. Each invitee will have until Sept 25th 2020 to accept.
• The 2020 invites will cost $50.00 for each invite accepted.
• The 2020 Regionals will be run as follows.
• Each of the 9 Regions will have their date set in the month of October. At each Regional , the competition will be run on the assigned Mobile Dock.
  • 2020 NADD North East Regionals Oct 2-4
  • 2020 NADD Great Lakes Regionals Oct 2-4
  • 2020 NADD North West Regionals Oct 2-4
  • 2020 NADD North Central Regionals Oct 9-11
  • 2020 NADD Canada Regionals Oct 9-11
  • 2020 NADD South Central Regionals Oct 23-25
  • 2020 NADD South West Regionals Oct 23-25
  • 2020 NADD Gulf Coast Regionals Oct 23-25
  • 2020 NADD Atlantic Coast Regionals Oct 30-11/1
• For each Regional, Dogs will be assigned based on their owners zip code. There will be no adjustments made. 
• For each owner, the dog will be assigned which DAY of competition they will compete. This is based on the Owners LAST name. There will be no adjustments made. 
  • Fri: A-H
  • Sat: I-R
  • Sun: S-Z
• Each day of competition will be scheduled as below. If needed, due to COVID or Weather, changes will be announced to the schedules.
  •  Friday

    • 08:00 am: Splash #301 (Hydro Dash)

    • 09:00 am: Splash #1 (Distance Jump)

    • 11:00 am: Splash #2 (Distance Jump)

    • 01:00 pm: Splash #3 (Distance Jump)

    • 04:00 pm: Splash #101 (Air Retrieve)

    Saturday

    • 08:00 am: Splash #302 (Hydro Dash)

    • 09:00 am: Splash #4 (Distance Jump)

    • 11:00 am: Splash #5 (Distance Jump)

    • 01:00 pm: Splash #6 (Distance Jump)

    • 04:00 pm: Splash #102 (Air Retrieve)

    Sunday

    • 08:00 am: Splash #303 (Hydro Dash)

    • 09:00 am: Splash #7 (Distance Jump)

    • 11:00 am: Splash #8 (Distance Jump)

    • 01:00 pm: Splash #9 (Distance Jump)

    • 04:00 pm: Splash #102 (Air Retrieve)

• For Distance: Each dog will be required to jump in all 3 splashes on their assigned day of Competition. Their average of those 3 jumps will be the score used in the Final Rankings. 
  • Each dog will be given 3 minutes (The optional Practice jump will ONLY be available on the FIRST splash of the day.)
  • Dogs are required to complete all 3 splashes in order to get a Average score. 
  • As we are using an 3 jump average, there is no CAP system. If a dogs average is in the next division, that is the division they are ranked in.  
  • If a dog is invited in a higher division, but their average is in a lower division at Regionals, they will still be ranked in the higher assigned division. 
  • Tie Breakers: If dogs are tied in the Final Rankings:
    • 1st tie Breaker: Longest jump at Regionals
    • 2nd Tie Breaker: 2nd longest  jump at Regionals
    • 3rd Tie Breaker: Higher Recent average at the completion of the event.
    • 4th Tie Breaker: Higher Season Average.
• For Air Retrieve: Each dog will compete in the assigned day of competition and the score from that day will be used in the Final Rankings.
  • Dogs will be required to start at a distance NO LOWER than 2 feet below there RECENT AVERAGE.
  • There will be 1 1 foot CAP. This means each for each division, 1 foot is added. Anything longer than that moves the dog up to the next division. 
  • Tie Breakers: If dogs are tied in the Final Rankings:
    • 1st Tie Breaker: Dog with the least number of overall misses
    • 2nd Tie Breaker: The team with a successful grab at a lower distance than the other team.
    • 3rd Tie Breaker: HIgher Final Recent average from 2020 season.
    • 4th Tie Breaker: Higher Season Average.
• For Hydro Dash: Each dog will compete in the assigned day of competition and the score from that day will be used in the Final Rankings.
  • Tie Breakers: If dogs are tied in the Final Rankings: 
    • 1st Tie Breaker: Next fastest score on the 2nd run of the Splash.
    • 2nd Tie Breaker: Higher Recent average at the completion of the event.
    • 3rd Tie Breaker: Higher Season Average.

• Due to various COVID Restrictions in the different Regions, Your assigned Region may have to alter the schedule or running order to meet those restrictions. Also, each regional will clearly define and COVID restrictions and rules for the event. 
• For hotel and travel info for your assigned Regional, please go the that event page for details. Please forward all questions to them directly. 

AWARDS: The Top 3 in each category and division will be mailed their placement ribbons after the event. NADD will have to review each event and the final results will be posted within 48 hours. 

Awards will be given for:

• Top 3 Premier , Elite, Master, Senior, Junior and Novice in Open Distance
• Top 3 Elite, Master, Senior, Junior and Novice in Lap Distance,  Veteran Distance, Open & Lap AR, and Open & Lap HD.