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The Sporting Whippet Club NI 2nd Dog Show of 2017 Sunday 7th May.

 

The due was still on the freshly mowed grass, as we arrived at Dunsilly Kennells, Dunsilly, Co Antrim, on a fine Spring Sunday morning for the 2nd Sporting Whippet Club dog show and race day of 2017. It was not long to the sun broke through the clouds, cars and trailers started to arrive, sun parasols were going up everywhere, and very soon we were basking in mediterrian like weather in the beautiful Antrim countryside.

There was a good turnout of whippets, with twelve to fourteen dogs in the ring at any one time. It was nice to see so many young pups coming along, and proved the whippet community is growing bigger from year to year. Again this year there are many new faces in the crowd and many new club members.

The wee people were well catered for with a chippy van on site. Some tasty burgers and curry to die for. The raffle was just as popular as ever, with Nikki Fyffe and John Mc Stay winning everything in sight. Gladys Savage was well pleased with winning a pack of beer, and the icing on the cake for Alec and Gladys was their top whippet Billy BOB winning his grade in the racing .

Time passes so quickly when you are enjoying yourself, and very soon it was show time. Here are the results :

Judge – Darren Connolly

Children’s Handling Class
1st Abbie Fyffe

Baby Puppy (under 6 months)
1st Mick (Michael Quinn)
2nd Murphy (Gladys Savage)
3rd Alfie (Barry Chambers)

Puppy (6 – 12 months)
1st Levi (Janet Duke)
2nd Bark (Ryan Hunter)
3rd Florence (Tracy Gill)

Whippet Dog
1st Billy Bob (Alec Savage)
2nd Flynt (Kirsty Fyffe)
3rd Oscar (Janet Duke)

Whippet Bitch
1st Roxy (Nicky Fyffe)
2nd Pepsie (Colin Maguire)
3rd Kelly (Davy Best)

Working Whippet
1st Bolt (Graham Fyffe)
2nd Boss (Nicky Fyffe)
3rd Finn (Michael Quinn)

Veteran Whippet (Over 6 years old)
1st Ollie (Kirsty Fyffe)
2nd Harley (Davy Best)
3rd Finlay (Janet Duke)

Whippet Pairs
1st Ash & Oscar (Janet Duke)
2nd Pepsie & Sally (Colin Maguire)
3rd Alfie & Murphy (Barry Chambers)

BEST IN SHOW
– Levi (Janet Duke)
RESESRVE BEST IN SHOW
– Bolt (Graham Fyffe)

Member’s Class
Winner Frankie (Lisa Dumigan)

Racing Results

K.C. Registered Pups
1st Florence (Tracy Gill)
2nd Levi (Janet Duke)

Grade (A) K.C. Registered Adults
1st Oscar (Janet Duke)
2nd Bolt (Graham Fyffe)
3rd Boss (Graham Fyffe)
4th Odis (Rea Wilson)

Grade ( B )K.C. Registered Adults
1st Frankie (Lisa Dumigan)
2nd Flynt (Kirsty Fyffe)
3rd Sonny (Paul Morrison)

Grade ( C ) K.C. Registered Adults
1st Finn (Michael Quinn)
2nd Gretta (Gail Canning)
3rd Flame (Ryan Hunter)

K.C. Registered Veterans (6 years +)
1st Finlay (Janet Duke)

Grade (A) Non Registered Adults
1st Billy Bob (Alec Savage)
2nd Roxy (Liz Fyffe)

Grade ( B ) Non Registered Adults
1st Ruby (Barry Chambers)
2nd Willie (Sam White)

Grade ( C ) Non Registered Adults
1st Joey (Barry Chambers)
2nd Roe (Gail Canning)

Non Registered Veterans (6 years +)
1st Ollie (Kirsty Fyffe)

Congratulations to :
**Janet Duke winning Overall Champion Whippet and qualifying for 5 Nations Champion at Shanes Castle 2017, with her beautiful Whippet Levi .
**Reserve Champion Whippet went to:
Graham Fyffe with his winning whippet Bolt, an all rounder in the show ring , racing and in the field.

Also congratulations to all the worthy winners on the day.

And Finally, a big thank you to judge Darren Connolly for a job well done. A special word of thanks to David Campbell and Kirsty Fyffe who worked tirelessly on Saturday cutting the grass on the track and show ring , so we all could enjoy a care free family day on Sunday.

And finally, finally, many thanks to our hard working chairman, vice chairman, racing manager,secretary, treasurer, committee and anybody who helped in any way to make the 2nd Sporting Whippet Club NI Whippet dog show and race day a roaring success.

Looking forward to meeting up with you all again at Dunsilly on Sunday 18th June. This show will be the last qualifier before Shanes Castle 2017.

Margaret Mc Stay

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