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[posh totty]

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as some of you will know we have been doing some fun running at the grounds near to me and we have had a good response, so after having a chat with a few regulars we are aiming to start a new fun running club for hounds and all types of dogs wishing to run , for some people great yarmouth is too much of a distance every fortnight so we have kindly been offered the Total Lurcher grounds to use and this is in peterborough.

we would like to know just how many of you could possibly become regular attenders of either venue ?

how often would you like to run?

would you like to see lure coursing too in the future?

please state your ideas here on the board so we can all have a good look and see what viable for the club?

we already have insurance in place

so please have a think and see what we can all come up with , this will be a friendly running club and a chance to meet new faces

we have the Total Lurcher Event just around the corner so anyone wishing to attend then please come along with your dogs and enter a few classes!!!

look forwards to your response

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[beaubeau]

Sounds like a great news for a new club and thought that it was well attended at Yarmouth, showing much potential to grow as a club. Can I ask why the change in grounds has been proposed? Wherever you have the club there will be people who live too far away. Have you thought of sharing the racing between Peterborough and Yarmouth? Or was this the idea?

 

If it's a 'fun running' club then people who just race for a bit of fun will be less likely to travel the distance but for the more committed and competitive they won't mind, as they will want to train their dogs and enter racing around the country.

 

At the moment I have observed both fun running and the much more competitive and experienced, at Yarmouth. It's great to see both ends of the scale and hope that it will encourage more folk to bring there dogs along.

 

Obviously, with me only living 40 minutes from Gt Yarmouth this would be my preferred venue. I also know that there are a few others from another site expressing an interest in coming along to Yarmouth.

 

Something I'd like to see would be the opportunity to try a few solo runs with dogs who need to gain a little experience before running with other dogs. This could be done a hour earlier for those who felt their dog would benefit from it.

 

Good luck with a new club either way :thumbsup:

 

 

Tracey x

 

[posh totty]

running will be at both venues :thumbsup:

its to help new members and those thinking the trip to yarmouth might just be too far, so therefore encouraging for all concerned :thumbsup:

we will be needing the orange type netting to help make running lanes , also heavy weight blanket thingy to run the lure under too,

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[Jessr123]

Peterborough is more convenient for me but I dont mind travelling to Gt Yarmouth sometimes, its a shame there is nowhere in between Thetford way maybe...

 

[AnnSa]

No way could i get to Peterborough

 

[lillybet]

Brill idea

When me move I shall attend as much as poss at the moment we are stuck here in no mans corner miles from anywhere.

It will be great to let the dogs Iggy's especially do what they love and is so natural for them , running !!!!!!!

Can't wait

Lillybet

 

[urchin]

Am bang up for this Tanya, but Yarmouth is too far away for me to be a regular ..... Peterborough is much more possible from Birmingham.

Are you thinking of sticking to Fridays? Coz realistically, even with just a 2 hour drive to Peterborough I wonder just how often I would do it after a hard week at work.

But weekends, once a fortnight in Peterborough and I bet I'll be there for most of them :thumbsup:

 

[posh totty]

im stuck to fridays here as thats when thomas goes to his club, 6-8.30pm, but the 2 branches of the club will enable a further spread of members, if we could possbly but another lure then cant see why we cant still run fortnightly at yarmouth and peterborough? :thumbsup:

jess get a field and a lure hun and your away (w00t)

the club is for the members so as much input as poss is needed, have been asked to do just puppy nights and non runner nights, also bigger dog nights and of course iggy nights but will have to be sensible and combine all :thumbsup:

 

[AnnSa]

Its seem's a shame that everybody was happy at Yarmouth and now suddenly everbody wants its moved to different places.................

 

I had a great night, there was plenty of running for the dogs, i met some nice people

but now it looks like everybody's going somewhere else and no-one will be left to run at yarmouth

 

[posh totty]

no ann yarmouth will still be going ahead, this is an extra venue :thumbsup:

 

[Jessr123]

Ann we will still come sometimes - although prob less when I am teaching as I will be very busy...

 

[AnnSa]

no ann yarmouth will still be going ahead, this is an extra venue  :thumbsup:

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Yes but who's going to be there..........you, Tracey and me by the sound of it :unsure:

 

[posh totty]

we have several others some of which will be here tonight whom you have not met as yet, they will also try to bring people too, dave and carrie will also be attending when they can as will charlie ( with her posh tea) so numbers really shouldnt decline for our end hun :thumbsup:

 

[urchin]

Its seem's a shame that everybody was happy at Yarmouth and now suddenly everbody wants its moved to different places................. 

I had a great night, there was plenty of running for the dogs, i met some nice people

but now it looks like everybody's going somewhere else and no-one will be left to run at yarmouth

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Ann - it's a 4 hour drive for me to Yarmouth! Apart from anything, there's no way I'd get to Yarmouth before about 9pm on a Friday after work

and even if it were on a weekend day - 8 hours driving on a regular basis would just wear me out ..... so having something just a little closer to home is going to be key for me to come regularly.

As it is, Peterborough is about halfway between my house and Yarmouth - 2 hours from either, so maybe you could do a bit of travelling too??? :huggles:

 

[AnnSa]

I dont drive Charlie

How about you get friday's as a day of and stay at Tanya's for the weekend,

Do you go by Carrie and Dave's..........you could pick them up on the way :lol:

 

If only it was that simple hey )

 

[CHRIS DOYLE]

Travel distances will always be a problem unfortunately and out of theway places like GY and to a lesser extent Peterborough will always be a challenge. I personally will not go to Peterborough due mainly to the fact that I do lots of travelling when I go to Harvel( 4.5 hours ) and with the lure coursing season and other things due to start, Peterborough would be a bridge too far. I will though attend at GY if suitable disciplines and ground rules can be put in place.

Tanya. We will be there tonight(NO DOGS THIS TIME SADLY) Henrietta couldn't have her x rays and investigations today as she was as sick as a dog :wacko: last night after eating a pigeon and the vets did not want to put her out.

I'll bring a camera so get ready to smile everyone

LAMPY :thumbsup:

 

[posh totty]

oooo hang on let me get the face on ready!!!! think readycrete do an out of hours service???

poor henrietta give her lots of hugs from us and wish her well very soon :huggles:

 

[beaubeau]

Its seem's a shame that everybody was happy at Yarmouth and now suddenly everbody wants its moved to different places................. 

I had a great night, there was plenty of running for the dogs, i met some nice people

but now it looks like everybody's going somewhere else and no-one will be left to run at yarmouth

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Ann - it's a 4 hour drive for me to Yarmouth! Apart from anything, there's no way I'd get to Yarmouth before about 9pm on a Friday after work

and even if it were on a weekend day - 8 hours driving on a regular basis would just wear me out ..... so having something just a little closer to home is going to be key for me to come regularly.

As it is, Peterborough is about halfway between my house and Yarmouth - 2 hours from either, so maybe you could do a bit of travelling too??? :huggles:

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Hi Charlie, Can't believe that there's nothing your side of the country! are there no lurcher racing clubs closer to you? I'll have a search.

 

The original setup for the 'fun runs ' was Yarmouth and it looks like this will be the obvious place to start, with it being Tanya's home town and already has plenty of interest.

 

The idea of getting another Lure for Peterborough is a sound one, that way another club can be set up there too.

 

I agree Charlie, Friday evenings are the worst time for a club to survive. I could have several sports halls to run my sport on a Friday evening as there are always free spaces but you can't get people to commit to a Friday evening. Can I get a hall during the week? Not a chance :angry: darn those badminton players :angry:

 

Tracey X

 

[AnnSa]

After last night's meeting im a lot happier...................what a great turn out

for a new club, it was a really nice evening, plus it seemed more organised

than the first meeting. I think all the dogs got a few runs in and the younger

dogs that came to watch had plenty to look at.

Well done everybody...........hope there's lots more nights like that coming

 

I didnt get back to Tanya's for the after race yapping as i didnt feel a 100%

but i went round earlier and had a cuddle with Kaya so that was ok. Hope my

nose didnt miss to much

 

Once the peterborough end gets up and running maybe we could meet up

now and again or something as it would be nice to get to know all the members

from both ends )

Forgot to say i was well chuffed with Sada, she ran properly every time

last night.........well we wont go into detail about the time where she

ran half the course, turned of to do a big circle and the joined back in the race

Where was lampy....hiding in the tree's :lol:

 

[hellybobs]

I almost got my hopes up here but the OH has just told me it would be a good 4-5 hour all round journey for us...

There's nothing remotely close to us that offers the same as this...shame cos Inca loves to race.