Club Racing 18/05/08

[Joanna]

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It was lovely to see friends and whippets at Gloucester today after the unfortunate appearance of Kennel Cough in the sport and subsequent meeting cancellations . We were truly blessed that four of those attending today’s meeting had brought their completely adorable puppies with them and were willing to share them for cuddles :huggles: . The puppies were bred by Dave and Lyn Thomas and are out of Conway Celt X Time Keeper. Dave and Lyn own Tia :* , Judy and Nigel Booker, Hazard :huggles: , Gill Harcombe, Zephyr , and last but not least, Lesley Harris, Axel :huggles: :huggles: .

More good news on the puppy front, though this puppy has grown legs, is the successful clearing trials of Steve and June Jonigk’s Smidge :cheers: . Congratulations, they hope to race this lad as Whiphaven Mighty Smidge.

Racing was over 150 yds at ½ yd per lb as usual, there were plenty of trials also for dogs recovering from injuries and niggles.

There was the obligatory debrief in the pub afterwards, and as usual, a hugely enjoyable day for humans and hounds :thumbsup:

Heavyweight Heats

Duncton Crusader, Duncton Dark Legend

Finals

1. Time and Chaos

2. Duncton Crusader

3. Go Paris Go

4. Duncton Dark Legend (WD)

Consolation

1. Magical Mistery

Lightweight Heats

Darkling Dreamcatcher, Xile, Conway Gem, Daylight Katie

Finals

1. Conway Gem

2. Aur Cymro

3. Xile

4. Twmsioncatti

Consolation

1. Whiphaven Mighty Mouse

2. Darkling Dragonfly

3. Conway Flyer

4. Whiphaven Moondust

 

[The Bruvs]

Thanks for putting results on Joanna :thumbsup: sorry we missed it as Colin was'nt to well and one of my old boy's was ill also last nite

We will be there next week and look forward to seeing every one again :thumbsup:

 

[Joanna]

Thanks for putting results on Joanna :thumbsup: sorry we missed it as Colin was'nt to well and one of my old boy's was ill also last nite We will be there next week and look forward to seeing every one again :thumbsup:

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Hope you are all better next week, we missed you. See you next time :thumbsup:

 

[peppermint lady]

(w00t) well done smidge :thumbsup: june and steve must be over the moon with him :cheers:

looks like you all had a great day....il pretend to be pleased for you :- " :- "

well done all the winners

and i hope someone had a camera for piccys of the puppies

 

[Louise_Simon]

[SIZE=14pt]Well done[/SIZE] all the winners and runners :cheers:

[SIZE=14pt]Congratulations [/SIZE]Smidge :huggles:

Daisy apologises for over exciting Chyppe but if you've got it flaunt it she always says :b

 

[conway]

i was a great day tia says thank you for all the :huggles: she got.

all her big brothers are doing well and i think she enjoyed seeing them again, looking foward to seeing them all next week :thumbsup:

well done to smidge who ran like a true professional, roll on his 1st open :cheers:

 

[June Jonigk]

We are soooo over the moon with Smidge, and need to thank the people who lent their dogs to us today, and even pulled them out of racing to trial with Smidge and clear him for racing. Thanks to Lou and Daisy (sporting a diamond encrusted collar, and looking every bit the Diva in it ), Lesley and Ozzy, and Ginny with Sky and Katie. We also had offers from others, and it's much appreciated :thumbsup: The young dogs can't get cleared without older experienced dogs to train them with, and trial with, and everyone at Gloucester has been fantastic in helping us to train Smidge - who I have to say has been and Angel since day one. o Not at home though eh Smidge :rant: :teehee: :lol:

Well done to the winners today, brother and sister Time and Chaos, and Conway Gem :thumbsup: The Dunctons put on a good show today too :thumbsup: Then we retired to the pub, for a natter and a laugh :lol: We have had a great time racing this year, and it's not just because we have a youngster coming on - it's because of the friendliness and relaxed sociability of the members who make our club the best place to be. Thank you to you all, and look forward to the open in June :thumbsup: :huggles: I love Mushrooms :teehee:

 

[The Bruvs]

Oh yes Junnie and Judy I even brought you your Sherbert Dib Dabs each, so you will have to wait till the champs if you don't go back to Glous next week (w00t) (w00t)

 

[June Jonigk]

(w00t) well done smidge :thumbsup:   june and steve must be over the moon with him :cheers: looks like you all had a great day....il pretend to be pleased for you :- "  :- "

well done all the winners

and i hope someone had a camera for piccys of the puppies

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I know you're pleased for little Smidgy Julie Look forward to catching up with you again at the Champs :thumbsup:

 

[June Jonigk]

Oh yes Junnie and Judy I even brought you your Sherbert Dib Dabs each, so you will have to wait till the champs if you don't go back to Glous next week (w00t)   (w00t)

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Oh Tina - we're up at the Northern next week - don't let Judy eat mine (w00t) and thank you for being so thoughtful - I'll look forward to having it at the Champs :huggles:

 

[Joanna]

I love Mushrooms 

Well the mushrooms were exposed to the light a bit today

Will miss you next week, see you at the Champs and don't forget, TWO bottles of Calafornian and a big box of Alka Seltzer :cheers:

 

[June Jonigk]

I love Mushrooms 

Well the mushrooms were exposed to the light a bit today

Will miss you next week, see you at the Champs and don't forget, TWO bottles of Calafornian and a big box of Alka Seltzer :cheers:

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OK my mate - see you there :cheers:

 

[Trish]

well done to the winners and runners :thumbsup:

congratulations june on smidge passing his clearing trials,doesnt seem that long when i first saw him in your arms :huggles:

 

[Strike Whippets]

Congratulations little Smidge ...You're all grown up now .....

 

[Judy]

Well done Steve, June and Smidglet. Its always a relief to get those clearing trials out the way :thumbsup: but Smidge was always going to get through them easily. What a good boy he is

Hazard had a great time fighting with his brothers and sister. Wore him out it did -_-

Whats this about mushrooms? Must have missed that bit. I'm in the dark about that one

Looking forward to my sherbert Tina. Having nostalgic thoughts of sherbert fountains on the way back from school. Do they still look the same?

 

[Judy]

and i hope someone had a camera for piccys of the puppies

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Well I took loads Julie. Then I got home and discovered YET AGAIN that there was no card in the sodding camera :rant: I've done that at least half a dozen times now. Grrrrrrrrrr......

Hopefully some of the others will let me have theirs as they really did look cute when the racing started and they all lined up in a row at the front of the puppy pen to watch.

 

[June Jonigk]

Whats this about mushrooms?  Must have missed that bit. I'm in the dark about that one 

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That's cos you're a little mushroom too :huggles:

 

[Chilibang]

Well done to June and Steve, and of course Smidge for passing his proving trials :cheers: :cheers: what a little smasher he is :huggles: . Well done also to all the winners looks like you had a fab day as always.

 

[The Bruvs]

Yes Sherbert dib dabs are the same as far as I can remember :- "

 

[Darcia]

Thanks to everyone who helped out yesterday, was a really enjoyable relaxing day :cheers:

Ive said it once already but big well done once again to Smidge on becoming a grown up racing dog Smidge now and didnt he look great in his trials :thumbsup:

Thanks also to June & Steve for lending us Nibbs who brought about Chyppe's best two trials of the day, we hope to keep this up with the lovely diamond collared Daisy next week (as long as he can leave her alone to actually run up the track! LoL) :lol:

I think that all the dogs just enjoyed being back at it and stretching their legs, we certainly had a lot of happy tired dogs when we got home :thumbsup:

and Oooh what gorgeous puppies, I think Rob nearly ran off with Axel too (he was in the queue behind Jo) They are all beautiful :wub:

See you all next week.