appleblossom 687 Posted September 12, 2010 Report Share Posted September 12, 2010 The wet day did not dampen the spirits of all Canine lovers,as all roads led to the 32 County Champion of Champions held by the North West Lurcher,Terrier and Whippet Club. The venue was Barron Top Fun Farm, Strabane, Co Tyrone and was held on Saturday 11th September. Barron Top Farm is set on top of the magnificent hills of Co Tyrone over looking the thriving town of Strabane. The views from Barron Top across the valley of Tyrone/ Londonderry is and always will be etched in my memeory for the rest of my days. A fantastic place for a Dog show, as it provides a unique combination of activities for the children in a safe environment, while the adults can relax and enjoy the dog showing at its best. The showing commenced at 1.30pm under the supervision of the efficent and caring committe members Joe Boggs/Terry Moore/ and Barry. Congratulations to the Whippet /Lurcher and Terrier and Puppy winners. Ann Forsythe and Eamon Feeley came up triumphs with their winning Puppy Jet winning the Puppy Championship. A big well done Ann and Eamon.In the 32 County Champion of Champions Lurcher Winner, Fiona Devlin did the women proud again, winning this prestigeous title with " Maverick. Maverick is a great showman, and never lets Fiona down. The 32 County Champion of Champions Terriers was one by the Little Black Terrier owned by his proud owner John Heaslip. That little dog was my favourite of the day. The way that dog stands is just a treat, and I am fully convinced enjoys every moment of the glory, excellent showing John, and a very well deserved winner. Lady luck was really following John all day as he won 2 or 3 bags of meal in the draw aslo. Definately your day John. And last but not least, the gentleman who won the 32 County Champion of Champions with his beatiful Whippet. What a real nice Whippet . I am sorry I did not get your name, you have a beautiful dog and a real winner there . Congratulations well done. Congratulations to our good friends Mickey Quinn and his son Michael. Mickey won won the working class with his excellent working Whippet, and also Reserve Champion, and Michael got a first in his class with his winning lurcher. Well done you two. It must be them lovely buns Mrs Quinn is baking. Mickey you are a big gorb, he only left one for me Mrs Quinn. I know you meant I was to get more than one. A great winning combination you two. Rose Mc Coy, always a winner. Rose won her class with her beautiful fawn lurcher. Rose,Also what a beautiful dog and a winning handler. Well done Rose. Bluebell is real proud of you. Rose is Bluebells daughter. Congratulations to all the show class winners. Also another great days racing was held at Barron Top Dog Show. Congratulations to the Terrier winner, a great wee racer, Sorry dident get your name. Lurcher Winner unders, Kieran with Mitch, a great wee showman. I had the honour to stand in the ring with him at the showing, and he is a real we gentleman. Well done Kieran. Lurchers overs was won by Sukie, owned by Janet Young. You will never know how much this meant to this lady having her dog win this race. Janet well deserved, Sukie will never let you down. I am sure the celebrations are still going on. And what more can I say about the Whippet racing. Eddie and Liz Mc Kinistry, you both must be proud owners today of Buddy and Cody. What a win. Them 2 Whippets are in a class of their own. It must be nice to day Eddie and Liz to be able to say your 2 Whippets Buddy and Cody won in the 32 County racing Champion of Champions for Whippets. Well done Eddie and Liz And finally, although at times the rain came down pretty heavy, " Bluebell " our resident photographer at all the dog shows , managed to get the camera out through thick and thin and take wonderful photographs on such a memorable occassion. You must of been a tired wee bunny last night Deidre, because everywhere I saw you, you were clicking that camera. Look forward to see them up soon. Well done Bluebell. A big thank you to all the judges who did a magnificent job on the day, and to the people who made it all happen, and what a remit that was. Terry, Joe and Barry and all your excellent helpers thanks for a great show. I must not forget The owner of Barron Top George Mc Garrigle for his courtesy, kindness and help shown to everybody at the show. George, sorry we did eventually make it over for the our bowl of stew, but were too late , the shop was closed. I know you never forget to hold them over for us, but there was so much activity going on in our camp, the time just flew by. Thanks again George. Well sadly folks, I presume we are coming to the end of the season for the open shows, but I must say we are 25 years keeping dogs, and 15 years going to dog shows, and I can honestly say with hand on heart, this year has been the best year of our lifes at dog shows. We have met old friends and made quite a few new ones, had a few big wins with our Whippets and Lurchers, and had so many happy times along the way. Already looking forward to next year already if the good Lord spares us. Margaret Mc Stay Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brun 19 Posted September 12, 2010 Report Share Posted September 12, 2010 I dont know what racing you were watching it was an absolute joke!!! about as far from great as you could get! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pigsy 34 Posted September 12, 2010 Report Share Posted September 12, 2010 What was turn out lke how many dogs ran in the overs and unders how many whippets raced but must importantly how much money was raised for for charity these blokes do Quite abit for charity Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brun 19 Posted September 12, 2010 Report Share Posted September 12, 2010 (edited) What was turn out lke how many dogs ran in the overs and unders how many whippets raced but must importantly how much money was raised for for charity these blokes do Quite abit for charity there was a good turn out during the day but when it came to the races there was hardly any people there. there was only 3 dogs in the overs and about 5 in the unders. The man operating the lure ruined it! the first dogs nearly caught it and then the big dogs nearly caught it which allowed the winner to gain on the leading dog and take the race by a head and the unders race had to be run 3 times because the dogs kept catching it! it was an absolute joke! Edited to say that quite a good bit must have been raised so it wasn't all bad. Edited September 12, 2010 by Brun Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pigsy 34 Posted September 13, 2010 Report Share Posted September 13, 2010 thats what great about this site tell it as is not all back clapin and tellin each other how wondefful you are and what a wonderful show What a wonderful dog you have Feel for the blokes run this event put so much effort into it well done to you and well done to the folk who brought there dogs to the start line and gave the crowd abit of what the dogs are bred for in fact Iam only in from a trip out with lamp and doin what my dog was bred for Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lurcherdave 6 Posted September 13, 2010 Report Share Posted September 13, 2010 i wasnt able to make the show has anyone got any pics of the winning dogs Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brun 19 Posted September 13, 2010 Report Share Posted September 13, 2010 thats what great about this site tell it as is not all back clapin and tellin each other how wondefful you are and what a wonderful show What a wonderful dog you have Feel for the blokes run this event put so much effort into it well done to you and well done to the folk who brought there dogs to the start line and gave the crowd abit of what the dogs are bred for in fact Iam only in from a trip out with lamp and doin what my dog was bred for Theres nothing wrong with the racing in my eyes as it keeps the dog fit all summer. We have a single handed 5/8th fox dog - a proper lurcher - and racing these dogs that are breed to to race was hard. the majority look like full hounds, or as close as you can get. at the races this year we've had 4 2nd's and a 3rd, this time he was leading from the start and with 50 yrds to go the man operating the lure ruined his race. To think we put all the work into him getting him ready and for someone to ruin like that is sickening!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
appleblossom 687 Posted September 13, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2010 I dont know what racing you were watching it was an absolute joke!!! about as far from great as you could get! Sorry Brun, I dont mean to offend you in any way, with my write up.We dont race ourselves, just show. I just get the results of the racing and include them in my write up.To me results are great, and if your dog had won I would compliment you in the same way and feel proud to do so.But most importantly you are entitled to your views and comments which I dont get involved in, but I fully respect them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brun 19 Posted September 13, 2010 Report Share Posted September 13, 2010 I dont know what racing you were watching it was an absolute joke!!! about as far from great as you could get! Sorry Brun, I dont mean to offend you in any way, with my write up.We dont race ourselves, just show. I just get the results of the racing and include them in my write up.To me results are great, and if your dog had won I would compliment you in the same way and feel proud to do so.But most importantly you are entitled to your views and comments which I dont get involved in, but I fully respect them. im not offended in any way and i enjoy reading your write ups. but i have to call things how i seen them. as you can probably tell im still not happy with how it went on Sat but this has nothing to do with you or your write up, just what happened on the day. we just have to get on with it now eh? keep going with your reports, there always a good read! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lurcher330 2,297 Posted September 13, 2010 Report Share Posted September 13, 2010 great write up Margret it was a great day up there on saturday hope to see next show season and all the best to yourself and John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
appleblossom 687 Posted September 13, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2010 great write up Margret it was a great day up there on saturday hope to see next show season and all the best to yourself and John Good luck with the hunting Graham, get Ann out on the lamp. Look forward to seeing you both next season Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Joe from NWLTC of Ireland 0 Posted September 14, 2010 Report Share Posted September 14, 2010 Thanks to every one who attended and I hope to see you in 2011. Congratulations to all the winners on the day.I acknowledge there were some glitches and hope these can be sorted out the next time. Many thanks Joe on Begalf of the Club. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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