JIMBOOMBA'S Game On Flyball Racing Club heads into 2020 as the defending national open division champions.
The club fielded a team of six dogs, in partnership with a Sydney club, to contest the Australian Flyball National Championships at Wacol in September last year and emerged victorious.
Game On Flyball Racing owner Peter Samuels said the club has made significant progress over the past 12 months.
"We have now got over 30 members and we are training more than 20 dogs," he said.
"At the beginning of last year we had half a dozen members so we have grown significantly and are entering local competitions."
The club regularly train at the Hills International College grounds on weekends and even led a flyball demonstration event at Hills' Spring Fair last year with more to come.
While members are currently on break, training will resume at Hills College on January 12 at 8am ahead of the first competition in March.
Mr Samuels said one of Game On Flyball Racing's best performers is a Labrador, named Loki, who was introduced to the sport in February last year and formed part of the team to contest nationals.
"Loki entered three competitions and three Flyball titles which was pretty amazing," he said.
"Everyone of our dogs that has debuted has a Australian flyball title on their first appearance."
Mr Samuels' dog is a nimble Hungarian Puli with dreadlocks, who also formed part of the winning national team.
Flyball racing is colloquially referred to as "drag racing for dogs".
It is a team relay sport involving two groups of dogs which race and jump over four small hurdles before catching a tennis ball and returning back.
The Jimboomba club includes various dogs which have reached different skill levels.
Other Flyball Racing clubs in Queensland are based in the Redlands, Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast and Maryborough.
Most dog breeds are suitable for training, which often takes 12 months to yield results. For more information email gameonflyball@intermode.on.net or visit the Game On Flyball Racing Facebook page.
