1st Scottish Derby

We would love to all the lovely people who came and helped make our 1st Scottish Pedigree Whippet Derby such a great day, you and your dogs were all stars.

What we lacked in quantity we made up for in quality there were some cracking races and some shock results.

:thumbsup: The Club would love to thank Jane Rankin for the presentation Jackets which were absolutely brilliant and i think all the winners of them were very impressed. :thumbsup:

Main 14- 19

Heat winners.... My Wee Blue Highlander, My Baby Lollipop,* Mystify Me.

Semi Finals......* Mystify Me, My Baby Lollipop.

Final ......... 1. My Baby Lollipop. 2. My Wee Blue Highlander. 3. * Mystify Me. 4. Rch Baby Love.

Cons Final......1. *My Girl Lollipop. 2. Midnight Rose. 3. Typhoon Bill. 4. * Shropshire Lass.

Main 20 - 22

Heat Winners...Rch Blue Devil, Femme Fatale, Blue Highland Devil.

Semi Finals...... Rch Blue Devil, Femme Fatale

Final.............1.Rch Blue Devil. 2. *Ryamber Something In The Air. 3. Blue Highland Devil. 4. Femme Fatale.

Cons Final ....1. Wilsdon Billy Mac. 2. Mysterious Boy.

Main 23 - 25

Heat Winners.......* Quiver, Soft Black.

Final..........1. * Quiver. 2. Soft Black. 3. Blue Sea Of Ibrox. 4. Wizard Of Ozz.

Cons Final..1. * Fatal Attraction. 2. Crackerjack. 3. Ypres. 4. The Menin Gate.

Main 26 - 28

Heat Winners...... Mr Brightside, * Master Of Light.

Final ..........1. * Master Of Light. 2. Mr Brightside. 3. Devil's Law. 4. Little Bear.

Main 29 - 32

Heat Winners .....Rch Blue And White Dynamite, Wilsdon Starr, Rch Armistice Day.

Semi Finals.......Rch Armistice Day, Shropshire Jockey.

Final .......1.Rch Blue And White Dynamite. 2. Rch Armistice Day. 3. * Shropshire Jockey. 4. Mr Moonlight

Veteran 14 - 20

Heat ......Fuller Surprises

Final ........1. Fuller Surprises.

Veteran 21 - 26

Heat Winners .....Reason To Believe, Blazing Star.

Final...........1. Reason To Believe. 2. Highlander. 3. Blazing Star.

Veteran 27-32

Heat Winner ......Blueboy

Final ............1. Blueboy. 2. Thistle ' B ' Harry.

Consolation Supreme

1.* My Girl Lollipop. 2. * Fatal Attraction. 3. Wilsdon Billy mac. 4. Duke's Pride.

Main Supreme

1. * Quiver. 2. My Baby Lollipop.

Veteran Supreme

1. Fuller Surprise's. 2.Reason To Believe.

Over Weight and Over Hieght Races

Heat Winners ........... Sonny, Fynn.

Final............1. Fynn. 2. Fidget. 3. Sonny. Shropshire Pebble's W/d

Thanks again to everyone who entered and we hope you all had a great time and hope to see you next year.

Well done all :thumbsup:

Thanks to derek and mandy and the Scottish Thistle Club for a lovely weekend, :thumbsup: it was well organized and run for your 1st open, you had even booked great weather :sweating: It was so nice to receive such a warm welcome and a free cup of tea! ) Thanks to chris for helping us put up the tent :thumbsup: without you we would still be struggling :- Well done to all the runners and winners,especially all the Northern dogs and congrats to diane and dave on gypsy [reason to believe] winning her veteran final :thumbsup: Ethel says it was great to see all the family and is looking forward to meeting you all again at our champs :wub:

Ive added the piki's of winners to this thread too ! Had a fab time yesterday .Gr8 to see all the dogs .May have attracted some new members too ! Always a good thing ...More the merrier .xxx Paula

Well done all the winners., but wow the Blue Army did well didn't they! 3 winners is just a bit greedy :teehee: Sorry we didn't make it up this year. Sweep and Smidge's injuries made us reconsider the journey, but we hope to be there next year :thumbsup:

We had a good stay in Blackburn though - clean bill of health for our teeth at the dentist, and then a visit with old friends on Thursday night which was great, and on Friday visiting our "family". Sweep's sister Jemma, and Smidge's brother Lowry. It was great to see them again, and amazing how Jemma still remembers me when I don't see her from one year to the next.

You certainly had the weather on Sunday, and I bet the track was looking fab. Everything is so dry down here, but I noticed you'd had a bit of rain leading up to the event, which no doubt made the ground perfect :thumbsup:

congrations to all the winners at the 1st scottish derby

thanks to everyone who travelled to take part , you made what would have been a great weekend

a fantastic weekend , well done all :cheers:

quality of all the dogs was superb with some amazing finishes :sweating:

We had a fab weekend at the 1st Scottish Derby. Lovely company, brilliant sunshine & lovely food. :thumbsup: Thanks to Heather & Chad for the loan of the caravan :cheers:

Nothing was to much trouble for our Scottish friends & they made everyone very welcome. Thanks also to Tam & Pam for giving Wallace the once over :thumbsup:

A Big Congratulations to Mandy & Derek With Hateley Gazza, & Coisty doing the hat trick & Novo & Gio coming third in the finals :cheers:

A huge well done to Tam & Pam with My Baby Lollipop & My Girl Lollipop, they ran fab all day! :cheers:

A Big Congratulations to Jane with Quiver who ran along side his little sister Reiner to win the Supreme :cheers:

And a big well done to Forest & little Meadow doing the treble for Cheryl :cheers:

Almost forgot our own little Gypsy winning her vet final :cheers:

A big Congratz to all the Northern dogs who made it into the finals :cheers: It was lovely to see Ethel do so well again, I know Chris & Mark must be beaming from ear to ear :thumbsup: John & Nicky with Roger Bella & little Billy. Trish & Graham with Jacob Noah, Alfie & little Ozzy . Rob Naomi & Jack :wub: with Darcie & Richie. Rebecca with Lola. Tracy with Dukes Pride. & our little Mazie :wub:

Well done Brian & Nettie with Zeno & Ziggy running so well, it was lovely seeing all the pups again :wub:

Well done to our Southern friends Chris & Jacquie with Edee Ayda, Amber & Percy :thumbsup: Ray & Gay with Billy & Star :thumbsup: Hope you all had a safe journey home :thumbsup:

It was great to see all the pups back together again :wub: We will have to get some pics of them altogether at the North West Champs :wub:

Thanks to Mandy & Derek who Sponsored Seth's weight group This is the caption Derek wrote on the program

Dedicated in memory of Seth WCRA Half Coat Deadly Cocktail ( Gone But Never Forgotten) Thank you, it brought a few tears to our eyes.

A big thanks to Norman & Christine for doing the PA all day, after the trauma of Saturday night :cheers:

You are both stars :thumbsup: We hope you are well on the mend now Norman :luck:

A big thanks to Norman & Christine for doing the PA all day, after the trauma of Saturday night :cheers:

You are both stars :thumbsup: We hope you are well on the mend now Norman :luck:

Also to Derek & Brian who went to the hospital with Norm & Mandy for keeping a very worried Christine company :cheers:

The Wilsdon Team would like the thank Derek and Mandy for being such great hosts and friends , letting us use their caravan. We were so comfortable that we did not hear anything like sirens etc on Saturday night!! Big mac though frail seem to enjoy just pottering about when he felt like it, we kept forgetting to shut the door!!

We all enjoyed the banter and late nights plus the racing!! Well done to winners and especially to all the workers and helpers that made it such fun and last of all to the WEATHER, we had brought our coats and jumpers and did not need them.

all in all a very good weekend

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:thumbsup: Thank you so much everyone for all your kind words it was our pleasure to have you here.

We would love to thank say a Very Special Thank You to Norman and Christine Heaton for coming along ( with no dogs to run )

and after Norman being in agony and having to go to the Hospital in Stirling until 7.00am they still did the programmes and tannoy for us they are star's.

Another star on the day and deserves a Very Special Thank You was liz in the Kitchen we all struggled all day in the heat and yet Liz was in the kitchen from early morning till late in the evening ( the meal after words was a treat ).

We would just love to congratulate all the runners Finalist's and Winners you all made it a day to remember.

And thank you Paula for taking the picture's after the presentation :thumbsup:

bigmac said:

The Wilsdon Team would like the thank Derek and Mandy for being such great hosts and friends , letting us use their caravan. We were so comfortable that we did not hear anything like sirens etc on Saturday night!! Big mac though frail seem to enjoy just pottering about when he felt like it, we kept forgetting to shut the door!!
We all enjoyed the banter and late nights plus the racing!! Well done to winners and especially to all the workers and helpers that made it such fun and last of all to the WEATHER, we had brought our coats and jumpers and did not need them.

all in all a very good weekend

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You are very welcome Gaye and Ray you are both always great company and friends, so glad it was good weather for you after the long trip from Oxford, our Billy and Starr ran well for you.

And thanks for all the help with our bunch on the day.

Can't wait to see you again soon :thumbsup:

thanks for great weekend ,great racing and atmosphere.just catching up on the missed sleep.its going to take me a week to get all the dead mozzies of the front of the car (w00t)

Just back from a lovely 10 day break in Scotland Well Done to all the winners and finalists :thumbsup: Gio ran very well considering his long lay off :thumbsup: Also Ethel and Ozzy ran their little hearts out :wub: :wub:

I was over the moon with my little Edee "Rch Baby Love" for getting to the main final. At 5.5 years old and 10 weeks off due to an injury then almost dying four weeks ago because of a very bad reaction to a worming tablet :x I never expected her to get to the main final :wub:

Well Done Gypsy (Reason To Believe) winning the veterans for Dave & Diane and Wallace in the main final :thumbsup: Shropshire Joc-key and Shropshire Lass running well for Chris for his 40th Birthday!!!

Massive Well Done to the Scottish members for all the work they have done on their track (the best I have ever seen!) And for making myself and Chris feel so welcome :huggles:

It seems we missed a lovely weekend with lots of lovely people :teehee: Glad you all enjoyed it, the Scots are always so welcoming. Looking forward to seeing you all again soon :huggles:

well done to everyone it was a smashing day for racing all the thistle dogs did the club proud and there was some great runs from the travelling dogs as well hope everyone enjoyed the day as much as ourselfs and hope to see everyone back again next year

tom pam natalie and jack and all the lollipop whippets

First of all we have just arrived back from a few day,s in Scotland We must thank Brian for being sober and able to drive Derek for knowing where we were camping <as i didnt have a clue> and Mandy for staying up with me all night keeping me going after Norman,s problem,s you northern lot sleeped throught it lol so i now where my friend,s are lol . A big well done to the scotch for putting on a great open Thank,s again we would have been up the the wall without you x x Norman,s say,s your running track was second to none :thumbsup: Well done to everyone you all looked after us even the Northern lot when they woke up :blink:

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First of all we have just arrived back from a few day,s in Scotland We must thank Brian for being sober and able to drive Derek for knowing where we were camping <as i didnt have a clue> and Mandy for staying up with me all night keeping me going after Norman,s problem,s you northern lot sleeped throught it lol so i now where my friend,s are lol . A big well done to the scotch for putting on a great open Thank,s again we would have been up the the wall without you x x Norman,s say,s your running track was second to none :thumbsup: Well done to everyone you all looked after us even the Northern lot when they woke up :blink:

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Right that's it!! You lot can't keep mentioning that Norman wasn't well and not have the rest of us who weren't there in a state of worry about him. Christine I did think that you would tell us how he is.

So what happened to Norman and how is he? Just 'cause we weren't there doesn't mean that we don't care!

And don't be leaving it until the Glos Open to let me know 'cause by then I'll be having to extract the info from you all by direct action and possible torture. So what happened to Norman and how is he now?

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MILLGIRL said:

First of all we have just arrived back from a few day,s in Scotland We must thank Brian for being sober and able to drive Derek for knowing where we were camping <as i didnt have a clue> and Mandy for staying up with me all night keeping me going after Norman,s problem,s you northern lot sleeped throught it lol so i now where my friend,s are lol . A big well done to the scotch for putting on a great open Thank,s again we would have been up the the wall without you x x Norman,s say,s your running track was second to none :thumbsup: Well done to everyone you all looked after us even the Northern lot when they woke up :blink:

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Right that's it!! You lot can't keep mentioning that Norman wasn't well and not have the rest of us who weren't there in a state of worry about him. Christine I did think that you would tell us how he is.

So what happened to Norman and how is he? Just 'cause we weren't there doesn't mean that we don't care!

And don't be leaving it until the Glos Open to let me know 'cause by then I'll be having to extract the info from you all by direct action and possible torture. So what happened to Norman and how is he now?

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Well let,s just say he had a ride in DARE DARE to have the p..s extracted (w00t) What a time to get a water infection but he seem,s fine now think the silly sod drank to much beer instead of water Happy now Barbara LOL :-

MILLGIRL said:

BeeJay said:

MILLGIRL said:

First of all we have just arrived back from a few day,s in Scotland We must thank Brian for being sober and able to drive Derek for knowing where we were camping <as i didnt have a clue> and Mandy for staying up with me all night keeping me going after Norman,s problem,s you northern lot sleeped throught it lol so i now where my friend,s are lol . A big well done to the scotch for putting on a great open Thank,s again we would have been up the the wall without you x x Norman,s say,s your running track was second to none :thumbsup: Well done to everyone you all looked after us even the Northern lot when they woke up :blink:

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Right that's it!! You lot can't keep mentioning that Norman wasn't well and not have the rest of us who weren't there in a state of worry about him. Christine I did think that you would tell us how he is.

So what happened to Norman and how is he? Just 'cause we weren't there doesn't mean that we don't care!

And don't be leaving it until the Glos Open to let me know 'cause by then I'll be having to extract the info from you all by direct action and possible torture. So what happened to Norman and how is he now?

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Well let,s just say he had a ride in DARE DARE to have the p..s extracted (w00t) What a time to get a water infection but he seem,s fine now think the silly sod drank to much beer instead of water Happy now Barbara LOL :-

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(w00t) Oh no Poor Norman. :lol: Hey mate it has happened to ................... well some of us anyway. :- Maybe not so bad if you aren't a male though. Hope that that is the end to your troubles Norman. Especially as now the whole UK whippet world knows about it. (w00t) :-

Bloody hell Mo Mitchell last time I ask a question on your behalf. o What was that Alan we need to phone up Dynarod!!!!!