Break From Racing

[Doreen Hopkins]

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Hi everyone,

anyone else now getting bored with being at home every week-end.

We don't race Blue ( Blue Reflections ) on the bends, so he hasn't had a run since the BWRA Championships in August.

Our nearest Southern club is S.E.W.R.C at Thurrock, this is a 200mile round trip for us ( through the Dartford Tunnel ) not a fun place to be when the traffic is heavy.

We do go to watch the Thurrock dogs if they are away racing on the bends

to cheer them on.

I would like to take this opportunity to wish Fordingbridge WRC good luck for 2008.

This is a lovely venue in the New Forest area, and it's always very relaxing when you go there.

Blue will be 5yrs old in September 2008, so we have been thinking about getting him a mate to start training before we retire him, but when you look at the geography of where a lot of the opens are , it makes you think twice, not only because of the expense but also the time it takes to get to opens from where we live close to Portsmouth. You can't get any further South than where we live, across the water is France. The same goes for Jane & Bert Madgwick, and Tony & Sue

Fordingbridge is our nearest WRC, and even that is about a 100mile round trip

People often say that whippet racers are crazy ( it makes you stop and think )

Anyway no doubt we will still travel in 2008, so good luck to everyone in 2008

Best wishes

Doreen :luck:

 

[sherry]

yup we r all nutters and i think its a very long winter with no straight racing. we r quite lucky that we have a h/cap on the doorstep but its not the same as an open is it? rol on march is all i say lol all the best to u doreen & family for 2008 xxx :cheers:

 

[comeonsteveuk]

Hi everyone,
anyone else now getting bored with being at home every week-end.

We don't race Blue ( Blue Reflections ) on the bends, so he hasn't had a run since the BWRA Championships in August.

Our nearest Southern club is S.E.W.R.C at Thurrock, this is a 200mile round trip for us ( through the Dartford Tunnel ) not a fun place to be when the traffic is heavy.

We do go to watch the Thurrock dogs if they are away racing on the bends

to cheer them on.

I would like to take this opportunity to wish Fordingbridge WRC good luck for 2008.

This is a lovely venue in the New Forest area, and it's always very relaxing when you go there.

Blue will be 5yrs old in September 2008, so we have been thinking about getting him a mate to start training before we retire him, but when you look at the geography of where a lot of the opens are , it makes you think twice, not only because of the expense but also the time it takes to get to opens from where we live close to Portsmouth. You can't get any further South than where we live, across the water is France.  The same goes for Jane & Bert Madgwick, and Tony & Sue

Fordingbridge is our nearest WRC, and even that is about a 100mile round trip

People often say that whippet racers are crazy ( it makes you stop and think )

Anyway no doubt we will still travel in 2008, so good luck to everyone in 2008

Best wishes

Doreen    :luck:

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hi doreen i know where your coming from the cost of fuel and the time its takes on the m25 thurrock is an hour and half from our home on a good trip in the summer they trial on a wednesday evening which is totaly out of the question for us it could take you three hours or more to get to thurrock in the last two years i got them sponsorship in the way of the jan keeble gold cup we have this sight k9 and our own website house phone and mobile phones yet we dont get to know when the club is running on a sunday which has happened many times since last summer ie this sunday 30th december 07 nothing on k9 nothing on sewrc website not even a phone call so when you say dorreen you and bill are bored me steve williams and angela , colin and joan are pissed off we have between us four we have six dogs to run what with the price of fuel going up over a pound a litre and now i here that the membership has increased which doesnt help new members coming in to the sport its the future of whippit racing that has got to be looked after its ok for people living a short drive from there club even in the summer has well has the winter lakeside shopping centre can be a nightmare with shoppers and traffic has you say dorreen fordindbridge for you is a shorter distance from you to travel and they do put on k9 when they are going to be there on a sunday i do hope this topic has the desired effect on all clubs and commitees we all need to encourage people into this sport . heres wising all whippit racers a happy new year and injury free 2008 :luck: