field fayre challenge

[gss 2]

was there ever a coursing competion or running dog comp called the field fayre chalenge?think i read something years ago in old shooting news.can anybody shed any light on this cheers in advance

[shaka1 0]

i think it was 19994,paul harrigans lucy won it.

[stomdog1 0]

  On 22/10/2010 at 01:58, shaka1 said:

i think it was 19994,paul harrigans lucy won it.

Yes your right mate

[Netmaker 911]

  On 22/10/2010 at 01:58, shaka1 said:

i think it was 19994,paul harrigans lucy won it.

Yes mate you are right Paul Harrigan

beat Len [ginger] French in the final

I had it on vid but the blasted

vid player pulled it in and snapped

it

[shaka1 0]

yes it was gingers dog mink that lucy beat.

[bigears 205]

  On 22/10/2010 at 08:31, shaka1 said:

yes it was gingers dog mink that lucy beat.

no it wasn't ginger dog , he fetched a mate with him and entered his dog, and yes i was there

[gss 2]

  On 22/10/2010 at 01:58, shaka1 said:

i think it was 19994,paul harrigans lucy won it.

cheers so was it a coursing event for long dogs?

[bigears 205]

yes mate Daron Gallagher organized it and they ran it on Geoff Ogden and Gary lees land

[gss 2]

  On 22/10/2010 at 15:27, bigears said:

yes mate Daron Gallagher organized it and they ran it on Geoff Ogden and Gary lees land

cheers mate.next question was there not a comp for lurchers as well cant mind the name but sure i read in the then shooting news.

[zigzag dan 784]

Ive got the video , but nothing to play it on !

[samba 534]

wasnt mink a k hall bred dog think g fletcher ran his dog tay in same

video

[J Darcy 5,871]

  On 22/10/2010 at 16:36, samba said:

wasnt mink a k hall bred dog think g fletcher ran his dog tay in same

video

 

Frenchie was on the film saying that the dog had been specially bred for that comp! I think it was in yorkshire the week before!

[bigears 205]

  On 22/10/2010 at 16:36, samba said:

wasnt mink a k hall bred dog think g fletcher ran his dog tay in same

video

g fletcher got knocked out in the first round by g lees sergent

[im slippy 4]

a lad i know saw lucy run,and his other 2 bitches t bag and meg,meg was sister to dancer,t bag was litter sister to hammys nancy...paul harrigan was a real gent,hope he gets over his illness,a true sportsman

[bigears 205]

  On 22/10/2010 at 18:24, im slippy said:

a lad i know saw lucy run,and his other 2 bitches t bag and meg,meg was sister to dancer,t bag was litter sister to hammys nancy...paul harrigan was a real gent,hope he gets over his illness,a true sportsman

why whats up with paul? not spoke to him for years, like you say a true sportsman and a gentleman, probably the fist lurcher man to put the northeast on the doging map, pm me if you don't want to put his illness on a public forum