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I just wanted to say that this has been the first year that we have been away camping with the whippeteers and we have enjoyed ourselves so much, the atmosphere has been brilliant, we've made some fantastic friendships and watched some brilliant dog racing. We've cheered till we're hoarse and laughed till we've cried. I can't remember a nicer summer.

Perhaps everything looks better in hindsight and we will one day look back on this summer as just the good old days but I hope not :)
 
Fleesh said:
Lead by example all you oldies  :- "
But I ain't wearing a neck tie, hobnail boots and flatcap for anyone  (w00t) so you've no need to sell them John  :oops: .

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why not elise ? :lol:
 
LOTS OF THINGS ARE NOT LIKE 70S-8OS COST OF LIVING FOR ONE BUT YOU HAVE TO CUT YOU CLOTH ACCORDING BUT MAKE BEST WHAT WE HAVE GOT TO TODAY NOT YESTERDAY TRY TO MAKE THE FUTURE BRIGHT :cheers: :cheers:
 
I always enjoy myself the company you keep has alot to do with how good of a time you have ...
 
have to agree with john racing is not the same i like john have raced for over 30 years i myself like club racing when i started there was a lot of tracks close by they have closed if we did not have ella we would call it a day just like john just sick of the nastyness
 
anth said:
have to agree with john racing is not the same i like john have raced for over 30 years  i myself like club racing  when i started there was a lot of tracks close by they have closed  if we did not have ella  we would call it a day just like john  just sick of the nastyness
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anth you dont look 30 years old lol

only kidding ray :thumbsup:
 
ad some his birthday is this month he wil be :oops:
 
marielou said:
We've cheered till we're hoarse and laughed till we've cried. I can't remember a nicer summer.
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Couldn't have put it better myself!!, sometimes wonder if i'm in a happy little bubble all of my own.

I'm still just as addicted as i was when i was a kid, probably more so now ("eeeeeeee when i were a lad" in my best lancashire accent lol).

There are some fab people in this sport (Geoff with his stories :thumbsup: ), people you won't see for months on end and you meet up and it's as if you only spoke to them yesterday. Yet you bump into people you once worked with and you'd be stuck for conversation.

I still think the sport is on its way back up, some brilliant pups about and still lots of people starting out regardless of what folk think.
 
Fleesh said:
As the saying goes, "Life is what you make it". If we all turned up to just one event with the frame of mind, "this is going to be a great, fun day no matter what !!",
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The problem is that some are going with the mindframe of winning and there's others who are going for the gossip.

Don't get me wrong I'm sure we all have a competitve streak but for some it's at all costs.

Why do I go? I love watching dogs run, just seeing shot after shot of dogs with their eyes totally focused on the chase says it all to me.

The other reason is the people, the banter me and Vicky have is priceless, Mark rattling over the dogs always tickles me. Ricky who's probably one of the biggest characters in whippet racing, Steve Boyd who has a nack of making me blush, the domestics between the likes of Colin & Alison and Gary & Dee, Geoff and his stories, the list goes on with all of you getting a mention.

I remember Tony after going the english derby commented that it's like one big family and he's probably right, yeah we have our arguments but don't be sly and don't say anything that you wouldn't have the courage to say to someone's face because it's the bitching and the jealousy more than anything that would ruin whippet racing.
 
Vicky said:
There are some fab people in this sport (Geoff with his stories :thumbsup: ), people you won't see for months on end and you meet up and it's as if you only spoke to them yesterday.  Yet you bump into people you once worked with and you'd be stuck for conversation.I still think the sport is on its way back up, some brilliant pups about and still lots of people starting out regardless of what folk think.

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No way! :lol: Both did the same sort of post lol!
 
there are some verry nice people in the sport i have loved every moment but i think most people dont stay in for as long as i have they might have left then come back
 
wild whippies said:
Fleesh said:
As the saying goes, "Life is what you make it". If we all turned up to just one event with the frame of mind, "this is going to be a great, fun day no matter what !!",
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The problem is that some are going with the mindframe of winning and there's others who are going for the gossip.

Don't get me wrong I'm sure we all have a competitve streak but for some it's at all costs.

Why do I go? I love watching dogs run, just seeing shot after shot of dogs with their eyes totally focused on the chase says it all to me.

The other reason is the people, the banter me and Vicky have is priceless, Mark rattling over the dogs always tickles me. Ricky who's probably one of the biggest characters in whippet racing, Steve Boyd who has a nack of making me blush, the domestics between the likes of Colin & Alison and Gary & Dee, Geoff and his stories, the list goes on with all of you getting a mention.

I remember Tony after going the english derby commented that it's like one big family and he's probably right, yeah we have our arguments but don't be sly and don't say anything that you wouldn't have the courage to say to someone's face because it's the bitching and the jealousy more than anything that would ruin whippet racing.

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Maybe I'm a bit sensitive but I've gotten nothing but scowls and dirty looks from some certain members of the whippet racing fraternity this year, maybe they don't like it that they're in their little clicks trying to be a bunch of childish bullies, and the fact that I don't give a monkeys really winds them up :- " .

I'll keep going racing and having a laugh and a joke with anyone who wants to join in, I've met new people this year that I've never spoken to before. It's a great atmosphere when you can just appreciate other people having fun even when you're not involved. Be nice on occasion though if some people would lighten up, there's been some carry ons that I've heard of that seems to be a load of fuss over nothing.

Elise (aka Fleesh) who wants to make it clear that she is not a sweet innocent angel and is probably just as guilty as EVERYONE else :thumbsup: . (Before anyone starts getting personal o:) )
 
you should all come over to the NORTH WEST where whippet racing is treated as it should be a great fun pass time for all the family :clown: where everyone mucks in to help each other out be it club or open there is allways a social gathering at the end of the racing :cheers: . We don't get a huge turnout for our open events but almost everyone goes home happy :)) anyone who doesn't leave with a smile on their face its because theyve got one hell of a HANGOVER :x and a bit stiff after sleeping in the car because they had only planned on doing the one day but stayed for the second :wacko: Think the HOG ROAST was the culprit this year :- "
 
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:cheers: THE PIG WAS NOT SMILING (w00t) (w00t) LINDA :oops:
 
im glad it werent f**kin me either!!!!

although a few would have hoped!!! :oops:
 
you only need to read some of the topics on here to see whats dragging our (so called)SPORT down,ive seen it on tracks aswell,i must admit we are borderline as to giving the sport up.but why the hell should we.we,ve been in it for a long time.so come on bang your heads together and lets race our dogs in what supposed to be a FRIENDLY sport. :oops: :oops:
 
better not pack in robert and lesley n kate we need people like u in racing :thumbsup:
 
well a few of us were talkin town the club and the older few who can remember when the sport was thriving it was a mans sport and everyone if future years have brought women in to it dont know how true it is but 1 solution tho :oops: :oops: lol

just for you mr bailey
 
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