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[Fleesh]

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Looks like old DavidH has lost a few yards on his personal times then. Never mind Dave, back into training for you :- " .

 

[rob67]

After much research....Lol

If you look at last years thread/turnout you will see that you're not so badly off after all-

You had 25 dogs attending-last year

so you've got 1 more this year!

And 9 were from the North west!

3 being ours 8)

Karen

So were not as bad at supporting our opens as it's thought ............thanks karen, good research, at least we must have a few more local dogs running :thumbsup: And those from scotland too :cheers:

chris

 

[Karen-Coral]

After much research....Lol

If you look at last years thread/turnout you will see that you're not so badly off after all-

You had 25 dogs attending-last year

so you've got 1 more this year!

And 9 were from the North west!

3 being ours 8)

Karen

So were not as bad at supporting our opens as it's thought ............thanks karen, good research, at least we must have a few more local dogs running :thumbsup: And those from scotland too :cheers:

chris

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Nowp-Sorry

Overall......Although little change from previous years in actual No.s

Still not a brilliant 'North East' turnout

Without going through everyones postcode Lol....

Bruce/Di are not from the N.E

Year after year faces are missing.....and thats without starting on 2005 (w00t)

Yours truly...Roving reporter/research agent

Karen + Co.

 

[weathergirls]

how many points bend opens do we get up north :- " if we had a few more it would not be as far for the scotish racers even then they travel miles

there was one booked for wheatley hill and it ended up at portsmouth ????????

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just to clarify your comments David the NNWRF open booked for Wheatley Hill wasn't cancelled in favour of Portsmouth, there was allways going to be one at Portsmouth but due to unforseen circumstances dates had to be switched at short notice this left us with a slight problem with the timing of when the event at Wheatley Hill would fall after much discussion with the committee and sounding out views from some north east members it was decided it would go to Highgate instead we took into consideration the amount of opens that were staged in the south and the north and the distances in travelling etc (and boy do our southern members clock up some miles over the year ) as do our members from Scotland and it was thought this was the fairest outcome all round.

The racers who are allways at a dissadvantage unfortunately are our scottish members who rarely complain and the NWRF do our best by including them in the callendar with a golden jacket or puppy/yearling champs

 

[sherry]

After much research....Lol

If you look at last years thread/turnout you will see that you're not so badly off after all-

You had 25 dogs attending-last year

so you've got 1 more this year!

And 9 were from the North west!

3 being ours 8)

Karen

So were not as bad at supporting our opens as it's thought ............thanks karen, good research, at least we must have a few more local dogs running :thumbsup: And those from scotland too :cheers:

chris

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Nowp-Sorry

Overall......Although little change from previous years in actual No.s

Still not a brilliant 'North East' turnout

Without going through everyones postcode Lol....

Bruce/Di are not from the N.E

Year after year faces are missing.....and thats without starting on 2005 (w00t)

Yours truly...Roving reporter/research agent

Karen + Co.

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r u classing north yorks in with north east dogs? they r 2 different regions and the north east isnt a very big region and as chris said there was only a few north east dogs missing and thats becoz they dont do the bends or havent yet being round. as for north yorks dogs missing maybe it was becoz of injuries etc im not sure how big a region north yorks is but its prob bigger than the north east! just out of curiosity which faces did u notice missing? pm me if u like coz i really cannot think of any north east dogs that do the bends that were missing and im really curious now lol

 

[Karen-Coral]

Carole i was classing all north east dogs as north east --

even and including Albert and Greta ---Lucy and Arnie---Cumbria!!!!

though i am still at loss as to how when they live on the North West coast line they do and have for many years been classed as north east ----and i said at the outset of my comments they were not written in order to cause any upset at all ---

When you have clubs like Wallsend/Aycliffe /Dawdon?Biggsmain/Stockton/Horden---all in your area !!!!

Maybe as you say not your region surely you can see what i meant .

If you cant then i am very sorry ---Hope this clears this up

I am sure if you care to go back over this meetings prior attendances you will see what i was referring to---

steve

 

[rob67]

The only two clubs out of those you list steve that are 'North East ' clubs are Wallsend and Bigges Maine,huge shame that there are only two left when you think back to what there was not so many years ago..................not sure if I'm right but Wigton are also included within the NorthEast area...............the rest are North Yorkshire :thumbsup:

As you say, not the North east supporting their own opens, but the Northern region not supporting them would you say?.................although then i suppose you would technically have to include other Northern areas as such?

Difficult to divide issues up geographically i think.

Chris

 

[Karen-Coral]

I think without trying to upset anyone that the poor turn out is largely due to those who live in the north east not supporting their own opens and has been for some time now  i am sure there are lots more than 20 dogs in this area  running at clubs ---just my observations---i always support the n/east when possible and enjoy the trip and company ---but was unable on this occasion due to prior commitments---but hope to be there next week -- 

Steve

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Yes it would be difficult to divide-especially with Cumbria being classed as in the N.East

but I never mentioned regions, only area as above.... :thumbsup:

Steve

 

[sherry]

c when u say north east dogs not supporting their own open i thought of north east dogs ie members of the north east region and as i said b4 i cudnt think of any that were missing :blink: anyway 21 out of the 26 attending imo wasnt too bad for northern members supporting the open.

 

[sharon whincop]

I always wondered how Dawdon in the North yorks not north east we have to go 50 miles down the road to see the you are now entering the north yorks. We've always classed our selves as north eastener's

 

[sharon whincop]

Well I was there but wasn't running anything. same as this week nothing to run but still going. but then again i live 10 mins from the track and it's christmas and I'm getting P***ed. merry christmas everyone hopefully see two of every one saturday. :lol: :lol:

 

[rob67]

Aaaaaaaaah I see steve, you are classing us all north of where?..................as poor attenders of our opens? Not sure where the North east begins? If we are not speaking of regions as directed by The Whippet map then i presume anything North Of ?????Manchester is the North East?

Interesting topic I suppose........what some people see as supporting their own opens in which ever way they can can be viewed in a different manner by those further away. Strange tho.............I cant remeber thinking anything but "it's a shame there wasn't more people made the effort to attend Westhoughton's bend open cos the organiser's made a real effort" and certainly didn't think to criticise the people who might have attended from the area but didn't. Perhaps pulling together as a group of people is what it will take for whippet racing to become a greater supported sport.

chris

 

[Karen-Coral]

Aaaaaaaaah I see steve, you are classing us all north of where?..................as poor attenders of our opens? Not sure where the North east begins? If we are not speaking of regions as directed by The Whippet map then i presume anything North Of ?????Manchester is the North East?
Interesting topic I suppose........what some people see as supporting their own opens in which ever way they can can be viewed in a different manner by those further away. Strange tho.............I cant remeber thinking anything but "it's a shame there wasn't more people made the effort to attend Westhoughton's bend open cos the organiser's made a real effort" and certainly didn't think to criticise the people who might have attended from the area but didn't. Perhaps pulling together as a group of people is what it will take for whippet racing to become a greater supported sport.

chris

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Good for you !!!!! :thumbsup:

steve

 

[rob67]

Aaaaaaaaah I see steve, you are classing us all north of where?..................as poor attenders of our opens? Not sure where the North east begins? If we are not speaking of regions as directed by The Whippet map then i presume anything North Of ?????Manchester is the North East?
Interesting topic I suppose........what some people see as supporting their own opens in which ever way they can can be viewed in a different manner by those further away. Strange tho.............I cant remeber thinking anything but "it's a shame there wasn't more people made the effort to attend Westhoughton's bend open cos the organiser's made a real effort" and certainly didn't think to criticise the people who might have attended from the area but didn't. Perhaps pulling together as a group of people is what it will take for whippet racing to become a greater supported sport.

chris

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Good for you !!!!! :thumbsup:

steve

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:thumbsup: Glad to see you're in agreement steve

 

[Fleesh]

When we go to an open we always call it local if we can drive to it within an hour (that's 1 hour as the Mum drives not as the AA Route Finder says :b ).

That gives us:

Straight: Manton, Maltby, Asfordby, North Notts

Bend: Askern, Highgate, Stainforth

We are classed as the East Midlands but Old Hall is approx 1½hrs from here, as is the North West (A&T, Westhoughton). In fact it is sometimes quicker for us to go to North Yorks (Horden, Stockton, Newton Aycliffe, Easington all around approx. 1¼hrs). Worcester & Mid West is approx. 2hrs.

Long journeys (we try to make at least one a year) include South East, and Portsmouth as well as the Newcastle clubs. (2½ to 4hrs drive).

The real long haul would be Devon and Scotland (again try to do at least one a year), these times can vary due to towing etc. Never done Devon as it falls at the wrong time for us but Scotland can be managed in 5-6 hours towing and around 4½-5 not.

Never been to Fordingbride but I believe it would be considered a "long journey".

So I guess it goes to show that just because your local club is registered to a certain region it is not necessarily that region that hosts the opens "local" to you.

 

[jeffb]

we up here in hartlepool find it easy to travel about the country all we do is get our canoes out go down to seaton carew strap the dogs and in set sail last time paddling up to easington got lost ended up in panama

 

[milly]

we up here in hartlepool find it easy to travel about the country all we do is get our canoes out go down to seaton carew strap the dogs and in set sail last time paddling up to easington got lost ended up in panama

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Did you think to bring me some cigars back Jeff?