MEET THE 2024 BOARD
RACHAEL CLATWORTHY
President
"SPRINGING SHARKS"
Meet Rachael and the family.
Life with Raleigh (and now Duke lol)
Raleigh is a 6-year-old English Springer Spaniel who enjoys a good snack and long walks by the river. The loathes pawdicures, getting up early and when his momma leaves for work. He enjoys chasing dragonflies and spending his summers by the pool, hence Dockdogs! Raleigh is a Certified Good Boy.
Personal Best
Big Air 16'3"
Extreme Vertical 5;2"
Speed Retrieve 10.015 Seconds
Iron Dog 2,219.84
Duke is a 1-year-old English Springer Spaniel who enjoys chasing shadows and flushing bugs out of the grass. He loathes when you’re not paying attention to him and giving him snacks. He too loves swimming, and we knew Dockdogs would be the fit for him! This is his first season and as of 5/12/23 in Big Air. If you see us out and about, stop and say hi!
Personal Best
Big Air 9'7"
President
"SPRINGING SHARKS"
Meet Rachael and the family.
Life with Raleigh (and now Duke lol)
Raleigh is a 6-year-old English Springer Spaniel who enjoys a good snack and long walks by the river. The loathes pawdicures, getting up early and when his momma leaves for work. He enjoys chasing dragonflies and spending his summers by the pool, hence Dockdogs! Raleigh is a Certified Good Boy.
Personal Best
Big Air 16'3"
Extreme Vertical 5;2"
Speed Retrieve 10.015 Seconds
Iron Dog 2,219.84
Duke is a 1-year-old English Springer Spaniel who enjoys chasing shadows and flushing bugs out of the grass. He loathes when you’re not paying attention to him and giving him snacks. He too loves swimming, and we knew Dockdogs would be the fit for him! This is his first season and as of 5/12/23 in Big Air. If you see us out and about, stop and say hi!
Personal Best
Big Air 9'7"
ALEX KORAB
Treasurer
"TEAM ALPHABET"
AKA The Flying O
Treasurer
"TEAM ALPHABET"
AKA The Flying O
eet Alex and the family.
Oscar The Flying O
Juno The Jumpin' J (smiling down from the Rainbow Bridge)
Sasha The Screamin' S
We have loved Portuguese Water Dogs since 2008 when we adopted a big goofball named Ringo (who would not have made much of a Dockdog - he hated swimming!) & soon after sweet little puppy Juno. Ringo & Juno were best buds. When Ringo passed, Juno was heartbroken. So, their breeder recommended us to another breeder with a litter coming soon.
Oscar was born in November 2015 just hours after his mama-to-be crossed the finish line at Ironman Arizona. Though we didn't know it then, he was destined to become an Iron Dog. As a puppy his energy was kinetic, & toy driven. We knew we needed to find a "job" for this working dog. One day, playing at our neighbor's pool, Oscar ventured up onto the diving board & flung himself off with wild abandon. After showing the video to a dog trainer friend, she told us about Dockdogs,
& team Alex and The Flying O was born.
We attended our first Chesapeake Dockdogs practice in 2018 and we were hooked! Oscar was a natural, consistently jumping high Senior jumps out of the gate with a beautiful air position & rock-solid sit-stay. Juno tagged along to events & practices, & eventually at the age of 11 decided to jump off the big dock, officially becoming The Jumpin J. She was a little novice plopper with a Nemo life vest, but it was lovely seeing her join in the fun. She even received two invites to Worlds! Sasha came along in 2021 and is gradually getting the hang of things with her signature screaming bark.
Oscar
Big Air 20.06
Speed 8.384
EV 5'0''
World's invites 2019 (BA, SR), 2020 (IronDog, BA, SR), 2021 (BA, SR, IronDog), 2022 (SR)
Other: 1# nationally ranked fastest Portuguese Water Dog in FastCAT - 2019, 2020, 2021 Winner of Best of Breed at FastCAT National Invitational 2020, 2021, 2022
Juno
Novice titled
World's invites BA and Legend 2020
Sasha - watch this space...just gettin' warmed up...
ANGELINA BRANNIGAN
Secretary
"TEAM BLAZIN' BELGIANS"
Meet Angelina Auntie of Zara, Kane, Syri and Nuri
Angelina fell in love with the DockDiving back in 2019 when she tagged along with her good friend Beth & Nuri to watch them compete. Along the way she met great people, gained awesome friends, fell in love with the community & the feeling of being around family (the members), that she decided to take her friend suggestion & try the sport. Needless to say, she is now an Auntie to not one, but many of the CDD's members dogs. She has progressed in the sport in less than a year and is now very honored to be a handler of Michelle Dudley's dogs. Zara & Kane & is absolutely loving it! Angelina is the only board member who does not have a dog! After losing her two dogs of over 17 years,
she accidentally turned in to a crazy cat lady!
However, she has never opted out on being a dog mom again, so look out!
Stats:
Zara
Big Air Master 21.03
Kane
Big Air Junior 15.07
Nuri
Big Air Novice 8.01
Secretary
"TEAM BLAZIN' BELGIANS"
Meet Angelina Auntie of Zara, Kane, Syri and Nuri
Angelina fell in love with the DockDiving back in 2019 when she tagged along with her good friend Beth & Nuri to watch them compete. Along the way she met great people, gained awesome friends, fell in love with the community & the feeling of being around family (the members), that she decided to take her friend suggestion & try the sport. Needless to say, she is now an Auntie to not one, but many of the CDD's members dogs. She has progressed in the sport in less than a year and is now very honored to be a handler of Michelle Dudley's dogs. Zara & Kane & is absolutely loving it! Angelina is the only board member who does not have a dog! After losing her two dogs of over 17 years,
she accidentally turned in to a crazy cat lady!
However, she has never opted out on being a dog mom again, so look out!
Stats:
Zara
Big Air Master 21.03
Kane
Big Air Junior 15.07
Nuri
Big Air Novice 8.01
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TONY NEWLEN Board Of Director "TEAM ON POINT" (Owner of Alpha Acres) |
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Castle and Tony started competing together in 2019. He has a senior, cadet, express and warrior titles. Tony loves the relationship aspect of dockdiving. "As much as we like competing I love the training aspect working through struggles or bad habits and getting the most out of your dog". said Tony. "This is part of the reason my wife and I started Alpha Acres Dockdiving to provide a place for dogs and handlers to train and build a relationship with one another."
We love to see teams achieve new personal bests and new titles.
We love to see teams achieve new personal bests and new titles.
MEGHAN CONNOLLY
Board of Director
"TEAM CHOCONUTS"
Meghan brought Fenway to a dock dogs practice in 2022 and quickly became hooked. She became a board member and judge within her first year of joining Chesapeake Dock Dogs. Fenway the chocolate lab (the original Choconut) LOVES water. If you've seen Fenway on the dock, you know how hard it is to get him back out of the water.
Fenway's first national event was Firecracker Splash '22 and he won 1st place for Amateur finals!
Isla the chocolate border collie was a bit skeptical at first about jumping off the dock, but she is quickly learning how much fun it is!
In their spare time, Team Choconuts can be found learning new tricks to earn more trick titles, playing on the rally course and hiking. They both enjoy frozen kongs and pupsicles
Stats:
Fenway: Big Air Senior Title; Best jump: 19'5"
Isla won the Dry Dog award in her debut at Firecracker Splash '24