Czech
(photos by Kristina Kunclova)
Team Leader Barbora Smolkova
Hi, I'm Barbora and I'm a teamleader of the Czech national team. I have three border collies and besides rally obedience I am mainly involved in herding, agility and obedience. Our biggest achievement in Rally is 3rd place in Europa Open in RO3. I am very much looking forward not only to the performance of all teams in Finland, but also to meeting new friends.
Maria Nowak & Enzo
Hi, I am Mája and my dog bordercollie is Enzo. I am 27, and my work´s life is so far from the cynologically world because I am material engineer. My life as handler has started just before 5 years when I bought Enzo. So I am still a handler beginner. In addition to RO, we do also agility and dogdancing activly. Still we learn a lot of things, but we are enjoying our lifes.
Richard Pech & Balance & Orina
Allow me to introduce myself, but ladies first. Malinois Orina and Balance and me, Richard Pech - their partner, life friend, trainer, etc. Balance is in top Obedience and has already had her 2nd FMBB World Championships at 3 years old, we do IGP additionally. With Orina I finished top Obedience with last year's FMBB in Romania. We are currently enjoying the beauty of Rally Obedince. Both girls are in RO3 and FCI class. Hence, my only really time consuming hobby is dog sports. I became so interested in RO that I became a judge and training instructor. Our biggest Rally success is 1st place - gold at the 1st Czech Championship with Balance and we became Czech Champions. We are looking forward to participate in Finland.
Orina
Balance
Marek Remes & Faroth "Fik"
My name is Marek and I will be competing with my six-year-old border collie Faroth Hvezda Els. Faroth and I are involved in several sports together, currently mainly flyball and RO. I am proud that we can participate together in the 1st World Championship and I am looking forward to the performances of our friends and other racers. I hope that we will show the best we can do. I wish everyone good luck and fun, I believe we will all enjoy it.
Alena Smolikova & Foxy
My name is Alena Smolíkova and I have been training dogs for over 25 years.
Foxy is 7 years old border collie. She is very versatile and multitalented. Our main discipline is dogdancing and dogfrisbee. In both sports we compete at a high level. We also train obedience and rally obedience is a great combination of dogdancing and obedience and we love it!
Reserve 1: Lada Richterova & Tia
I am a Border Collie breeder, RO and OB judge and trainer of these sports. I have been involved in Rally Obedience and Obedience with our Border Collies since the beginning of these sports in the Czech Republic. In the past I have participated several times in the World Championships of Obedience. Tia is a young female and she is the 4th generation of my females. In rally obedience we compete in RO3 and FCI class. We do herding occasionally. Life with Tia is a joy. She is a great partner in training and in everyday life.