First Heat

[RossM 8,121]

if no dogs picked up injuries i dont see how it was a problem? anyway unlucky minion mate and well done to fieldmarshall!

[minion 29]

Amazing how someone who didn't have the confidence in their own dogs ability, and didn't enter the competition, is now telling the people who DID enter, how to run the competition !! As I said in previous posts, it was a call only the ENTRANTS on the night could make !! Sitting in your warm room, in front of a PC, you wern't in any position to judge !!

Cheers.

 

 

Exactly!

 

Plus there were fields we chose not to run on if they were too hard. Most of them were grass and were fine to run on.

Edited December 2, 2008 by minion

[miss lurcher bitch 319]

well done to both of you hope weather is better next year all the best mlb

[whin 463]

was out last nite and well didint let the dogs lamp minion my ol;d bud along way to travel mate if the weathers no [bANNED TEXT] u should have saved yourself a journey but well its all fun but along drive for not much crack better for fereting mate wi nets and the odd bolter on good soft grass

[Malt 379]

Congrats to both, and nice one Fieldmarshall!

[minion 29]

I understand the point stej is trying to make but we are not school kids. We actually care about our dogs and choose what fileds to run them on.

 

The fact that both dogs are okay prooves we actually were right

 

My dog is a KC reg ped whippet and I cant afford to run her on ground that I think will damage her as she would damage alot easier than a well bred lurcher.

 

Filedmarshall is a very experianced lurcher keeper and would not risk damaging his dog either.

 

 

Its not right to slag of the comp tho IMO

[minion 29]

was out last nite and well didint let the dogs lamp minion my ol;d bud along way to travel mate if the weathers no [bANNED TEXT] u should have saved yourself a journey but well its all fun but along drive for not much crack better for fereting mate wi nets and the odd bolter on good soft grass

 

the drive back was fun!

 

Glad I had the landrover!

 

Actually stopped off at Deantown on way back and gave the field a quick shine to see if there were any hares. Saw about 8.

[RossM 8,121]

was out last nite and well didint let the dogs lamp minion my ol;d bud along way to travel mate if the weathers no [bANNED TEXT] u should have saved yourself a journey but well its all fun but along drive for not much crack better for fereting mate wi nets and the odd bolter on good soft grass

 

the drive back was fun!

 

Glad I had the landrover!

 

Actually stopped off at Deantown on way back and gave the field a quick shine to see if there were any hares. Saw about 8.

not fancy a wee sly one?

[minion 29]

was out last nite and well didint let the dogs lamp minion my ol;d bud along way to travel mate if the weathers no [bANNED TEXT] u should have saved yourself a journey but well its all fun but along drive for not much crack better for fereting mate wi nets and the odd bolter on good soft grass

 

the drive back was fun!

 

Glad I had the landrover!

 

Actually stopped off at Deantown on way back and gave the field a quick shine to see if there were any hares. Saw about 8.

not fancy a wee sly one?

 

nathe fields were covered in snow. Like to think im a sportsman

 

I will be back tho

[RossM 8,121]

was out last nite and well didint let the dogs lamp minion my ol;d bud along way to travel mate if the weathers no [bANNED TEXT] u should have saved yourself a journey but well its all fun but along drive for not much crack better for fereting mate wi nets and the odd bolter on good soft grass

 

the drive back was fun!

 

Glad I had the landrover!

 

Actually stopped off at Deantown on way back and gave the field a quick shine to see if there were any hares. Saw about 8.

not fancy a wee sly one?

 

nathe fields were covered in snow. Like to think im a sportsman

 

I will be back tho

 

quite right mate, read about 2 numptys on another forum who thought it was "sport"

[fieldmarshall 13]

I hope everyone dosent have a go at me here but i think the HEAT should not have went ahead

the weather was terrible,both dogs will not have ran there best,in the tempritures we have had they should have stayed in there kennels,

in that weather its a lottery who would win,so we might not have seen the best dog win,frost does alot to a dogs feet

and i thaught you lads would have known better,the heat should have waited till a decent night,

if i had a dog in it i would not have turned up,i respect my dogs to much to take them out and have there feet cut to pieces,

and you have just said (the heat went ahead because you had traveled down)

I AM REALY SORRY BUT THE COMPETITON IS NOT ABOUT YOU (ITS ABOUT THE DOG YOU ARE ENTERING)

the whole competition is naw a farse!

 

 

when we want your opinion we ll beat it out of you

 

it was great to meet you minion and it was a good night and a good write up.

Edited December 25, 2008 by fieldmarshall

[inan 841]

The first round heat between myself and fieldmarshall was ran last night and the b*****d won

 

Firstly I would like to say he is a top bloke and even offerd me a room at his house to save me travelling back last night. His mate Mel was the judge and again he was brand new too.

 

Basically I left the house at 4pm and met them at 7pm. I jumped into their car and an hour later we arrived at their permission.

 

The ground was frozen solid but we decided to go ahead due to the distance I had travelled. Not udeal conditions but they were the same for both dogs.

 

I had the first slip and callie ran the rabbit but lost it over the brow of the hill then chris slipped bez and he picked up his first rabbit with ease. Rabbits were very thin on the ground but about 15 - 20 minutes later I slipped Callie on her second and she gave it a great run but lost it. Chris then slipped Brz but he missed (closeley) his second rabbit of the night so it was back to me. We only managed a few runs each and the final score was 4-0 to Chris and Bez.

 

Even though Callie didn't pick any up I am happy with her effort but my only dissapointment was that she had trouble seeing the rabbits in the beam. Normally I lamo fairly small fields and she looks down the beam and spots the rabbits but last night she just couldnt see them for some reason. When I walked her closer and they moved she was off like a rocket and was great to see her running on larger fields but to be honest I will need to work on this.

 

Chris kept appologising for the lack off rabbits but unfortunatly that is out of our control. Both dogs got equil slips and had the same chance. He took his chances and won. Fair and simple.

 

It would be easy for me to say that the conditions were not right etc etc but the better dog won. Plain and simple. Not just the better dog on the night but the better dog. There is no argument that his lurcher is a far supperior dog than Callie. It was everything a lurcher should be and even if we had the perfect conditions Callie would not have beat him.

 

It was strange to see the diferance in styles. The lurcher looked effortless and Callie was like a rocket. Callie was twisting and turning and was great to watch but Bez was nailing the rabbits and thats what counts.

 

After the comp Mel gave his dog a run as he had just bought it last week and to run salt in the wounds the b*****d caught its first run

 

Again another good looking dog.

 

Will Callie make the grade? who knows but to be honest she has a home for life anyway. Perhaps I have the wrong attitude but I would have been happy watching her run all night with out catching as I just love to see her run.

 

Like I said well done to Bez and chris but I hope you get f****d in the next round - Just jestin!!!! All the best of luck and I really do think it will take a good dog to beat Bez.

 

I am going back down in Jan for a night out again to see if I can get my revenge ha ha

 

Well after a 350 mile round trip I finally got home at 4am due to the bloody blizzards on the A1 and kids were up at 6.30!!

Someone asked "what was the point of this competition"?The sportsmanship shown by both these lads answers that I think. Well done to both lads for taking part.