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It’s healthy for us to compete against other like minded dog men/women, but ffs take it on the jaw if you fail to reach the same heights as the next man/woman. I don’t show or race dogs, why? Many moo

there was no complaining about the racing at the mourne and that was because i stated on the line if there was any problems then spit it out there and then and funny enough face to face there were no

i was over judging the clondulane show a few weeks ago and nothing wrong with that irish show, very well run and managed great prizes and everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves and the craic. also

  On 07/08/2012 at 19:56, Cobblerjohn said:

It would appear to me that there is nothing wrong with Irish shows. It's more to do with the people attending and after event mudslinging. Much the same happens over here in "Blighty" but with a lot less vigour.

One thing I have noticed over here though, is that racing is either advertised as an "open" meaning Greys are welcome to run or there is racing for Greys in the racing schedule.

Yes, you will always get the ones that must win at all costs and put up a grey in amongst the Lurchers but who are they really cheating?

 

money changes folk...cheating dont matter when there is a cash as a result

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  On 07/08/2012 at 19:36, Leeview said:
  On 07/08/2012 at 19:17, tango said:

there was no complaining about the racing at the mourne and that was because i stated on the line if there was any problems then spit it out there and then and funny enough face to face there were no complaints,the fact is all the mouthing happens from behind keyboards under false names and it doesnt matter about any prizes from there.I can tell you all under my own name weither you like it or not that the most of the ones who run the shows are sick of this goin on and if it keeps up it could be a long boring summer in 2013. YIS KIERAN

 

OK Kieran,hands up I've never been to one of your shows but still have an opinion,Did you have prize money on offer?

Y.I.S Leeview

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  On 07/08/2012 at 19:36, Leeview said:
  On 07/08/2012 at 19:17, tango said:

there was no complaining about the racing at the mourne and that was because i stated on the line if there was any problems then spit it out there and then and funny enough face to face there were no complaints,the fact is all the mouthing happens from behind keyboards under false names and it doesnt matter about any prizes from there.I can tell you all under my own name weither you like it or not that the most of the ones who run the shows are sick of this goin on and if it keeps up it could be a long boring summer in 2013. YIS KIERAN

 

OK Kieran,hands up I've never been to one of your shows but still have an opinion,Did you have prize money on offer?

Y.I.S Leeview

i think youre missing the point leeview,yes there was some money though not much but the fact remains that all the mouthing on here is from the same gang behind keyboards and false names. I really dont care who they are or weither they like me or not but if they are going to accuse someone of something then they should have they swingers to do it on the line and not on a screen under a made up name
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was your show not a qualifier for albertjs circus because i think there was money for the qualifiers. did the girls try to race their grews at your show and was foina jegging her dog there to only wasnt caught ? next year will be fun as theres probly going to be race horses entered...i wonder who has those ? :)

 

no rest for the wicket hi ho hi ho its of to work i go

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  On 07/08/2012 at 21:57, Wetnoseman said:

was your show not a qualifier for albertjs circus because i think there was money for the qualifiers. did the girls try to race their grews at your show and was foina jegging her dog there to only wasnt caught ? next year will be fun as theres probly going to be race horses entered...i wonder who has those ? :)

This is the sort of crap that starts all this shit,your meant to be into working your dogs,why do you get so worked up over the racing.
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i was over judging the clondulane show a few weeks ago and nothing wrong with that irish show, very well run and managed great prizes and everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves and the craic. also great hospitality from the organiser and all the irish i met including the owners whose dogs i judged .and must say real top class of lurchers over there as well if this is a typical irish show it gets big thumbs up from me . :thumbs:

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  On 07/08/2012 at 22:18, boyo said:

i was over judging the clondulane show a few weeks ago and nothing wrong with that irish show, very well run and managed great prizes and everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves and the craic. also great hospitality from the organiser and all the irish i met including the owners whose dogs i judged .and must say real top class of lurchers over there as well if this is a typical irish show it gets big thumbs up from me . :thumbs:

Here's a couple of pics for ye Boyo

 

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  On 07/08/2012 at 21:57, Wetnoseman said:

was your show not a qualifier for albertjs circus because i think there was money for the qualifiers. did the girls try to race their grews at your show and was foina jegging her dog there to only wasnt caught ? next year will be fun as theres probly going to be race horses entered...i wonder who has those ? :)

 

no rest for the wicket hi ho hi ho its of to work i go

wnm were you not at the mourne? albert did sponser things at the mourne and thanks to him for doing so because without the people like albert the charities would get less money because id have to spend more. as far as racing ,as i said above there were no questions on the line of any race on the day when dogs were raced.maybe instead of think things happen you should attend a few and support them!!
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  On 07/08/2012 at 21:57, Wetnoseman said:

was your show not a qualifier for albertjs circus because i think there was money for the qualifiers. did the girls try to race their grews at your show and was foina jegging her dog there to only wasnt caught ? next year will be fun as theres probly going to be race horses entered...i wonder who has those ? :)

 

no rest for the wicket hi ho hi ho its of to work i go

 

WNM,

 

As I said before we have similar prizes for the gundogs and much larger for the clay pigeon shooting - together with the club running the shoot we have managed to put up/acquire sponsorship of c €15,000 for the shooting. Two points I want to make about this :

 

1.Apart from the money we invest back into the competitions ourselves we can get sponsorship for clays because THERE IS NO HASSLE Or SLANGING INVOLVED AFTERWARDS. ANY DISPUTES ARE HANDLED THERE AND THEN ON THE DAY AND NOT RAKED OVER FOR WEEKS AFTERWARDS! Would you as a sponsor want to have your products associated with such negative publicity as that generated for terriers & lurchers on this forum?

 

2. Now 'hands up'- until we got some probably deserved criticism on this forum for NOT treating the terriers, whippets and lurchers like the other competitions in terms of prize fund we had not put back as much into their prize fund or given them at least one large prize at each show to aim at. I took up the challenge and tried to acquire sponsorship to help us pump prime the prize fund BUT the majority of the prize fund came out of our own pockets.

 

 

 

People ask me ( including my family who want me to retire) why I continue to run game fairs - I do it , as my colleagues do it because we are passionate about our sports and the defence of them and we feel that our events provide the best ways to promote and defend our sports. Through my own involvement with the terrier, whippet and lurcher fraternity I have met several very genuine people whose enthusiasm and passion for their sports matches my own for my sports, and who are determined to promote a positive image for terriers , lurchers and whippets. It has been a pleasure and a priviliege to help them prepare for probable battles to come by involving them fully in our shows and PR. In addition when I saw the work that a number of people were doing to (a) try to run well organised events which were a credit to the terrier & lurcher community and (B) raise money for charities which are close to Irene and my own sympathies we also gave some modest financial and other support to a number of other shows. We also do this for angling, shooting and gundog events.

 

Unlike other organisers we do not need our fairs for our livelihood and can concentrate on making them successful first and profitable secondly - that is why we are prepared to put back a significant part of our forecast revenue into our prize funds including terrier, lurcher and whippets.

 

However if the majority of genuine terrier , lurcher and whippet enthusiasts feel that it would be better for us to treat them differently to other competitors and reduce our prizes to nominal trophies and rosettes then we are happy to look at this again. Views please.

 

We have an objection system in place if anyone wants to use it at our events . So I suggest if you have an honest objection to make it as Tango says have the balls to do it at the event under your own name not bitch about it afterwards.

 

Albertj

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  On 07/08/2012 at 21:57, Wetnoseman said:

was your show not a qualifier for albertjs circus because i think there was money for the qualifiers. did the girls try to race their grews at your show and was foina jegging her dog there to only wasnt caught ? next year will be fun as theres probly going to be race horses entered...i wonder who has those ? :)

 

no rest for the wicket hi ho hi ho its of to work i go

jesus you seem like you want a argument??
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  On 07/08/2012 at 22:18, boyo said:

i was over judging the clondulane show a few weeks ago and nothing wrong with that irish show, very well run and managed great prizes and everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves and the craic. also great hospitality from the organiser and all the irish i met including the owners whose dogs i judged .and must say real top class of lurchers over there as well if this is a typical irish show it gets big thumbs up from me . :thumbs:

 

Thats because you ware at a show in the SOUTH of Ireland...all this cheating with greyhounds and bitching on the Hunting life is shows held in NI..... they never get on with each other up there

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  On 07/08/2012 at 22:39, lurcher330 said:
  On 07/08/2012 at 22:18, boyo said:

i was over judging the clondulane show a few weeks ago and nothing wrong with that irish show, very well run and managed great prizes and everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves and the craic. also great hospitality from the organiser and all the irish i met including the owners whose dogs i judged .and must say real top class of lurchers over there as well if this is a typical irish show it gets big thumbs up from me . :thumbs:

Here's a couple of pics for ye Boyo

 

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cheers .any of the lurcher champion and runner up . :thumbs:
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