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  1. AlbertJ
    I speak frankly and don't mind frank talk and I admire a man who can say he's even a little bit wrong! If I get it wrong and like all forthright people I do - I am never afraid to say so. Hope to see you at Shanes and hear your opinion of the judges there. As with Ballywalter we will announce them so that people who do not like a particular judge don't have a wasted journey. Albertj have you decided on the judges for shanes castle yet? and are you going to reveal them? We have the terrier & lurcher judge selected just waiting for confirmation of the whippet one.
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    I think Ballywalter has been 'flogged to death' I have tried to answer all the posts but except for waiting to hear from Kirsty a definitive statement on the breeder and breeding of her dog and making comment on that I do not intend to post further. Our team having completed the 'clear up' at Ballywalter are now totally focused on making our 50th Fair at Shanes Castle the 'golden event' it deserves to be. I hope to see and meet both critics and supporters for two great days at Shanes Castle on the 7th & 8th July. Our 2012 Web site www.irishgamefair.com will go live next week. Thanks t
  3. AlbertJ
    I speak frankly and don't mind frank talk and I admire a man who can say he's even a little bit wrong! If I get it wrong and like all forthright people I do - I am never afraid to say so. Hope to see you at Shanes and hear your opinion of the judges there. As with Ballywalter we will announce them so that people who do not like a particular judge don't have a wasted journey. Albertj
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    Just finishing off site clear up and some urgent work for Shanes. Photos will be posted on hear, Facebook, K9 and the fair website by the end of the week. Albertj
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    never seen any of the final's like i said on the other thread to albertj suppose the filth watching never helped the classes and thats maybe why i thought it was poor because the classes i was interested in where dropped but thinking about it reckon it was maybe for the best to try and stop anyone else getting in bother with the law u think it was sh1te mate, f**k me with all going on in here think ill lev the pups at home lolol. people yas dont need to prove your dogs to anybody if yas are happy with how they work yes mate like i said could've been because they had to drop afew classes filt
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    We had our own professional photograher employed. He did take Terrier & lurcher photos as did Deirdre. But obviously our photographer was there to cover the whole fair. Albertj
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    A very timely bit of advice!
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    Lesley, If anyone had assualted young Matt or anyone else at our fairs would have been banned for life and I would make sure charged.
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    Mally, We have tried to sort this problem out - at fairly great expense I may add - by introducing novice lurcher events to let ordinary guys run without having to meet 'elite' racing dogs. We have also tried KC registered and non ped split - that got criticism because people couldn't afford or be bothered to register their dogs. This time round we had 'Pure Bred' whippets and non ped /Under 21 classes. Still disputes. I really do wonder why I bother. I was asked personally to look at three whippets to rule on whether they were 'pure bred'. It was easy on two - the other I thought marg
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    Kirsty, Winner is right on this. Time to step up and state unambiguously who bred the dog and what is his breeding. Albert
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    CG , we tried that at Birr last year and there was still bitching from people who hadn't registered their dogs.
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    Thanks for letting me know how to run Game Fairs and terrier & lurcher shows - I am only the person who launched the first sustainable Irish Game Fair in 1979 and who agreed to host one of the first major terrier & lurcher shows in 1980! Our aim is to be inclusive and encourage as many people as possible enjoy their dogs. you mean so you can enjoy their money,lets face it you wouldnt sit at a hole where theres no rat Firstly anyone who knows me will tell you that my motivation in starting the fairs and continuing to run them is not for money. Regarding Ballywalter it might inte
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    What a dreadful example to set to a young enthusiast. With top prizes only bettered in Ireland by Shanes or Birr, a top terrier judge brought in from England - what on earth could you see wrong with that? I would suspect its because you didn't have the balls to enter or you entered and didn't win. . Young Man too his beating like a 'man' when he must have been very disappointed when his dog was pipped in the last few yards by a very fast little terrier with an amazing final kick. I think he could teach many about sportsmanship and I hope he continues to enjoy his dog and competing. Yo
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    never seen any of the final's like i said on the other thread to albertj suppose the filth watching never helped the classes and thats maybe why i thought it was poor because the classes i was interested in where dropped but thinking about it reckon it was maybe for the best to try and stop anyone else getting in bother with the law u think it was sh1te mate, f**k me with all going on in here think ill lev the pups at home lolol. people yas dont need to prove your dogs to anybody if yas are happy with how they work yes mate like i said could've been because they had to drop afew classes filt
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    Mally, We have tried to sort this problem out - at fairly great expense I may add - by introducing novice lurcher events to let ordinary guys run without having to meet 'elite' racing dogs. We have also tried KC registered and non ped split - that got criticism because people couldn't afford or be bothered to register their dogs. This time round we had 'Pure Bred' whippets and non ped /Under 21 classes. Still disputes. I really do wonder why I bother. I was asked personally to look at three whippets to rule on whether they were 'pure bred'. It was easy on two - the other I thought marg
  16. AlbertJ
    Thanks for letting me know how to run Game Fairs and terrier & lurcher shows - I am only the person who launched the first sustainable Irish Game Fair in 1979 and who agreed to host one of the first major terrier & lurcher shows in 1980! Our aim is to be inclusive and encourage as many people as possible enjoy their dogs.
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    What a dreadful example to set to a young enthusiast. With top prizes only bettered in Ireland by Shanes or Birr, a top terrier judge brought in from England - what on earth could you see wrong with that? I would suspect its because you didn't have the balls to enter or you entered and didn't win. . Young Man too his beating like a 'man' when he must have been very disappointed when his dog was pipped in the last few yards by a very fast little terrier with an amazing final kick. I think he could teach many about sportsmanship and I hope he continues to enjoy his dog and competing. Yo
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    WNM, What a jaundiced view for your £25 you got a £15 Voucher for Shanes and a €20 voucher for Birr Free ringside parking inside the fair and a free programme - which if you had taken time to read would have shown you that there was a continuous of main arena entertainment from 10.00 to 5.30 plus 164 stands with lots of bargains. AND for your own interest events the chance to win excellent trophies, and prizes - only bettered by our fairs at Shanes & Birr. I sometimes despair of lurcher people like you, All you seem to do is want to bitch about things. Albertj
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    I don't think this is true at all.
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    We were very lucky with the weather - with the worst swerving round us. But we had heavy weather on Friday and worked hard, as we always do to keep the ground good. My motto is to plan for bad weather & hope for good!
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    Kirsty, Well done for coming forward on this. As you know I made many of the points you make about Sox directly to you. Might help if you confirm his breeding and who bred him. Albert
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    only the terrier wer not muzzelld YM, Your dog was like yourself - perfectly behaved!
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    All dogs were muzzled but as you know aggressive dogs can still make their presence felt.
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    CG, I made a point of seeing as much as I could of this part of the show. I thought the Glenbank Club had improved their organisation and should be congratulated on it. And it was a personal delight to meet our young enthusiast 'Young Man'. I have three sons myself and I love to see kids enthusiastic about their animals and sport. Massive number of cars in the terrier and lurcher car park and a great entry of lurchers. The terriers had a top judge in Barrie Wade and I cannot see how anyone could complain about the quality of the three finalists. The runners up were very sporting in t
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    Which 'non ped' was that? the one that won the whippet racing was that harper had the non-ped ?is that one of the 2 he got from martin tucker and he got rid of the one with the hairy tail? it was the talk of the show,its now public knowlege that he is a cheat,why cant he be stopped?because he is billy harper! racing was a shambles,disgrace how many dogs got to distroy races with fighting,or the results would have been very different. Winner, I think you are being unfair to the two matts on the organisation of the racing. How on earth can any organising team know what dogs will do
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