Ireland Dog Show And Race Day In Rathnew Co Wicklow Sunday 5Th July 15

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Dog Show and Raceday in Rathnew Co Wicklow Sunday 5^th July 15

 

 

Rathnew, is a village in Co Wicklow, located south of the capital of Dublin, along the M11 between Dublin and Wexford. As it was Charity Dog Show day down there in the beautiful garden of Ireland, we were up with the dawn chorus at 5.15am. With our car loaded up, we headed down the motorway to Rathnew. There were no wrong turns this year, as David Dickenson and his good wife Marie, had the venue well sign posted. Very soon Mrs Sat Nav with her dolcit tones, informed us we had arrived at our destination safe and early.

 

The racing began at approximately 11.30am . The racing is a little different than we would have up North. If you wished to race your dog, you paid 2 euro and away you go, and the winners received a small monetary prize at the finishing line. This was a great bit of craic and created some laughter and excitement. I must say it was very relaxing to watch, and I really enjoyed this part of the show immensely . Well done to the Dunphy family who run the racing to perfection.

 

 

There was a chip van, toilet facilities, a bird of prey to entertain the children, and a very good PA system on site. The weather was not totally in our favour, but there were some good spells of sunshine, in between the very heavy showers.

 

I met up with some lovely people yesterday, some old friends and also made some new ones. Quite a few Northern folk came down to support this worthy cause. I met up with Peter Morgan along the way. As usual, Peter had some top class terriers with him and went home with a couple of bags of nuts to feed the Terriers for the week. Mickey and Michael Quinn from Lurgan was there too. Lady done Mickey proud again coming first in the bull class and Tara done Michael proud coming 2^nd in the Whippet bitch class. Ryan O Neill came all the way down from Strabane in County Tyrone to enjoy a day out in County Wicklow. Quite a few Dublin huntsmen were there with their loyal canine friends. These dogs all show in the Summer and work in the feld in the winter.

 

 

Racing started at 11.30am, followed by the showing at 1.30pm.

 

***A big Congratulations to Peter Cummins on winning Overall Show Champion and Best in show with his beautiful Lurcher Harry ***

 

**Overall Whippet Champion went to : Irra Rodgers with Rocky

**Overall Lurcher went to Peter Cummins with Harry

**Overall Terrier went to Cullen Mc Grath with Harry

***Overall Puppy Champion went to Karen Cummins with Ben

A big congratulations to all the winners and well done.

 

 

And Finally, I would like to thank the judges as requested by David Dickinson , for carrying out your remit so diligently on the day.

Lurchers : John Moriarity/ Whippets : Margaret Mc Stay/ Terriers : John Hendrix/ Pets : Niall O Calloghan and Aisling Carey.

Many thanks for a job well done.

 

Bluebell ( Deidre Mc Coy ) was there in full swing with her camera recording all our moments of glory. Deidre, what would we do without you . Had some great laughs with you there yesterday. The photographs are up on Dog Shows in Ireland and on my timeline.

 

 

We cannot forget our sponsors , Mr Albertj Titterington who sponsored £50 for the Overall whippet

 

Alan Hunter Crosbie and Tracy Crosbie, who kindly donated the Glass engraved trophys

 

Frankie Sports in Wicklow Town for engraving the "Art Dickenson Memorial Cup", which was presented to the Champion Lurcher by Dorothy Dickenson, in memory of her late husband Arthur.

 

Every single shop and business within Wicklow who kindly donated towards the charity, the organisers are truly grateful.

 

 

And Finally, Finally, may I take this opportunity to thank most sincerely David Dickinson, his wife Marie, daughter April, my ring stuart Paula, and family, and all loyal band of helpers on the day, for a great family day out at this charity dog show. I know there were some sleepless nights before the show, and a lot of hard work and organisation input. But everything went like clockwork on the day, well organised, and was a credit to the Dickenson family.

 

 

It is also nice to know that Wicklow Cancer Support Group will benefit from all our loyal Canine friends showing their pedigrees off on the day to the value of 1,333 Euro . Definitely a man and womans best friend in every sense of the word.

 

 

Hopefully the revenue generated at this show on Sunday will help ease the pain and suffering of some individuals in need of help or on their way, departing from this life. All Cancer support groups are dedicated people we could not do without, and deserve a helping hand along the way

 

 

David we all enjoyed ourselves down there in Co Wicklow on Sunday. Many thanks for the beautiful Bouquet of flowers and silver placque you presented to me. Your generosity knows no bounds, and I appreciate it so much. I must say I really enjoyed judging at your show, and I am looking forward to next years show already.

 

Margaret Mc Stay

 

 

 

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Margaret who did a great job judging the whippets, just some of the pics i took on Sunday....

 

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Lovely Photographs Deirdre, we had a great day in Wicklow, some great laughs , met lovely people, Thanks David Dickenson for the memory, you are a true gentleman, and I admire the work you do for Cancer Charity. Someone suffering somwhere will benefit from your kindness