Club Results 2003

[Vicky]

22nd February 2003

Today some of us went down for a longed for run! All the dogs were well keen, the winter break obviously worked wonders, all the pups went well as did the more experienced racers (one of which i believe had started wimpering in the car as it turned off the East Lanc's road - 5 mins away!!). Nice to see Alan with Leg's & Lips having a good blow out after just getting the all clear, Cassie's times were spot on proving she is well on the mend (My tip for another title this year).

The track surprisingly looked pretty good considering the recent weather, luckily today we had the sun shining down on us.

 

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Tearnie trapping

 

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Beth on dog minding duty

 

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Mick being very brave holding Ella !!

 

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Pointless trapping (Cool Breeze x Maralyn)

 

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Terry & Sheila's Pedigree Ben glad to be back at Gin Pit after his recent injury, thankfully he came off ok.

 

[Vicky]

16th April 2003

Well done to all those that turned up last night! Not that bad a turn out considering some stupid football match was on!!

The majority of the handicap dogs were timed in & some pups were shown the ropes, all doing very well.

The dogs that timed in were :

Pointless - 8.60

Taylor Maid - 8.63

Red Ranger - 8.69

This Way - 8.73

Stormcloud - 8.79

Pointblank - 8.90

Maralyn - 9.00

Betty's Blue - 9.07

Poker - 9.21

Pipedream - 9.81

Hopefully the rest will time in next week & we can get the racing underway!!

 

[Vicky]

23rd April 2003

Move over Stockton - mega turnout of Scratch dogs (i'm sure this was the most we've ever had)!

35lb & over Scratch

Heat 1

True Faith

This Way

Masai - Winner 8.56

Heat 2

Pointless

Moonpie - Winner 8.53

Red Ranger

Main Handicap

Heat 1

Taylor Maid Sc

Pointblank 4 1/2 - 8.80

Betty's Blue 7 1/2

Heat 2

Stormcloud Sc - 8.86

Maralyn 3 1/2

This heat was very close 30yd from the line but once Stormcloud had caught Maralyn he passed pretty easy.

Heat 3

Poker Sc

Fingers Crossed 3

Pipedream 10 - 9.78

Consolation Racing

Heat 1

Taylor Maid Sc

Maralyn 6

Poker 9 1/2 - 9.10

Heat 2

Betty's Blue Sc - 9.60

Fingers Crossed 5

FINALS

Scratch Final

Masai

Moonpie - 8.62

On paper this Final looked like it was going to be very close but Moonpie managed to get in front & stay there to win by 2yd.

Handicap Final

Stormcloud Sc

Pointblank 2

Pipedream 17 - winner n/t

Pointblank pulled up injured & Stormcloud couldn't make up the 17yd which left John's bitch Pipedream to take the race easily.

Dogs that timed in this week were:

True Faith 8.59

Fingers Crossed 9.39

Merrynights 9.84

We had a handful of pups trial from Kipper x Crystal Bay, Sunshine x Pipedream, Cracked It x Coursing Bitch.

 

[Vicky]

30th April 2003

All times back to scratch

35lb & over Scratch

Heat 1

Red Ranger - 8.56

Pointless

Heat 2

This Way

Moonpie - n/t

Main Handicap

Heat 1

Taylor Maid Sc- 8.75

Poker 9 1/2

Heat 2

Stormcloud Sc

Maralyn 5

Rolling Thunder 12 1/2- 9.35

Heat 3

Scout Sc - n/t

Betty's Blue 3

Tearnie 5

Scratch Final

Red Ranger

Moonpie - winner

Handicap Final

Taylor Maid Sc

Scout 4

Rolling Thunder 14 1/2 - 9.38

Consolation

Heat 1

Maralyn Sc - 9.06

Betty's Blue 1 1/2

Heat 2

Stormcloud Sc - n/t

Poker 8 1/2

For some reason tonight my clock wasn't playing hence a few heats were without times.

It was nice to see Keith Earnshaw back tonight - his doctor's note was to get some holts bitter down him as he had been having withdrawel - maybe next week ey Keith?, his dog had obviously missed Gin Pit track as he timed in then went faster with every run!

I & everyone at the club wish him good luck for the Northern open this weekend!

 

[Vicky]

7th May 2003

All times back to scratch

Nice to see a few new faces tonight & a bit of different breeding, coming all the way from Bradford was Mark with his Wor John x Time to Fly pup who went very well!

Scratch

Heat 1

Red Ranger - 8.53 (Xspell x Hobgoblin)

Moonpie

Watch out for Michelle & Tony's youngster who is due an open outing soon, his times are coming on brilliant.

Heat 2

Pointless

This Way - 8.56

Main Handicap

Heat 1

Taylor Maid Sc - 8.78

Betty's Blue 9

Foys Boy 10

Good to see Paul back racing his dog Foys Boy, won't be long before he's winning the handicap again.

Heat 2

Maralyn Sc

Rolling Thunder 6 1/2 - 9.35

Heat 3

Stormcloud Sc - 8.87

Pointblank 2 1/2

Tearnie 8

Stormcloud was never troubled to pass the other two to win pretty easily.

Final

Taylor Maid Sc

Stormcloud 2 1/2

Rolling Thunder 14 - 9.33

PARTI COLOURED OVERLOAD!!!!! All we needed was John Greenwood's parti's & we'd have cracked it, i've still got spots in front of my eyes now. Dino ran well, fresh from his runs at Northern, he's now getting back to some sort of form after his layoff (all Keith fault) & i believe he did his best time tonight too. Someone get this dog a girly for dog sake, me & michelle didn't know where to look :b when he kept humping keith's leg.

Scratch Final

Red Ranger - 8.60

This Way

Consolation

Maralyn Sc - 9.09

Foys Boy 2 1/2

Tearnie 3

All the above dogs are booked in at the local animal sanctuary tomorrow, Alan's Leg & Lips came & showed us all up with her cracking time & personal best of 8.65!!

Another sponsor of a weight class for the open from Rob & his dad, these two have got themselves 4 pups between them & are willing to help out with anything at the club, the pups are coming on really well, lets hope they fetch some mates into the sport - these are the sort of people we're lacking.

I think this year is also a record with the number of memberships we've had - keep them coming!!!!

 

[Vicky]

I've been told to get my act together by Keith Earnshaw, so heres the last few weeks results!!

14th May 2003

Heat Winners

Stormcloud

Taylor Maid

Pipedream

Foys Boy

Final, Pipedream withdrew with injury leaving the lineup as follows

Taylor Maid Sc

Stormcloud 2 1/2

Foys Boy 11 1/2 WINNER

 

[Vicky]

21st May 2003

Only a handful of dogs today due to the bad weather

Heat wins for Foys Boy & Poker.

A few new faces today on the back of the advert in the Leigh Reporter, we also had a visit from Rebecca & her pedi Texas Tea.

 

[Vicky]

28th May 2003

Ht 1

Stormcloud Sc

Maralyn 7

Bettys Blue 9

This heat was a win for Beth Browns Betty's Blue, whos still getting the hang of this racing malarky he doesn't really know what all the fuss is about just yet - Well Done.

Ht 2

Foys Boy Sc

Poker 3 1/2

Rolling Thunder 6

A good win for Keith's Rolling Thunder who despite being a pedigree is going up the handicap like a shot & making some really good races.

Ht 3

Fingers Crossed Sc

Pipedream 3 1/2

A good win for Mick's little pup Fingers Crossed pulling herself out to catch & overtake John's Piper.

Final

Micks, Fingers Crossed held onto her start & ran on well to take her 1st ever final from Rolling Thunder 2nd & Betty's Blue 3rd - Well Done!

Consolation Ht 1

Stormcloud Sc

Poker 9

A win for Poker off his good start of 9yd.

Consolation Ht 2

Foys Boy Sc

Maralyn 1 1/2

Pipedream 10 1/2

Maralyn hung on to her 1 1/2yd start from son Foys Boy & overtook Pipedream half way up to win comfortably - Well done old girl.

SCRATCH

This has become a popular race these last few weeks, a few bitches just out of season & a couple of youngsters finding a bit every week is making for some good racing.

Ht 1

Masai

Moonpie

Red Ranger

Moonpie ran well & being a few weeks out of season now, you can tell she's getting back if not better than her normal self.

Ht 2

This Way

Leo

Taylor Maid

This heat was won pretty easily by Taylor Maid another just out of season bitch (and fresh from her championship success - NOT).

Scratch Final.

A really good race between the two sisters with Moonpie just taking it 20yd before the line.

Scratch Consolation

Masai

Red Ranger

Leo

This should have been a close race with there being inches between these 3 dogs for the last few weeks but it was Red Ranger who won by a couple of yard.

 

[Vicky]

4th June 2003

Not a brilliant turn out probably due to the weather but everyone had 2 runs & all was happy at Gin Pit

Rob trialled his pups who are coming on great & i believe aren't long off their first puppy outing, one of them is still going a little bit too fast for her legs but they are all so mad keen for the lure it's not surprising, the two brindle one's being half sisters to legs & lips & the absolute spitting image could be something special & the little red one ran like an old timer.

Heat 1

Scout Sc

Rolling Thunder 8

Rolling Thunder held onto most of his start to win comfortably.

Heat 2

Foys Boy Sc

Bettys Blue 2

Poker 3 1/2

Foys Boy overtook the others by half way up & ran on well to win.

Final

Foys Boy made up a slight margin on Rolling Thunder but not enough to threaten him, Dino hung on to win.

Consolation

Scout Sc

Bettys Blue 5 1/2

Another win for beths dog Bettys Blue.

Scratch

Heat 1

Red Ranger

Moonpie

This was a close race for the first 50 yd as Red Ranger trapped really well leaving Moonpie, her finish soon kicked in though & she widened the gap.

Heat 2

Leo

Taylor Maid

This Way

This Way got his trap & won this one by a nose on the line.

Scratch Final

Moonpie

This Way

Moonpie won from This Way who too left Moonpie at the traps.

Scratch Consolation

Red Ranger

Taylor Maid

Consolation winner Taylor Maid in a really good close race ran ever so slightly on the right hand side by the pair of them

 

[Vicky]

11 June 2003

Well last night was another good turn out with 4 heats in the main handicap & a couple of heats made up by the pedi's & the usual scratch race which is quite popular. 4 new pups timed in ready for the handicap so the next few weeks should be good as they find time!

Another Pedi in the club has just had a litter of 8 pups, Mick has just got his-self another pup (Cracked It x Fleetwood Fox ), Newcomers to the sport George Meakin has got himself a (Casino x Dazzlyn Anne) pup on order & Beth Handley has got herself a (Wynn's Wonder x Darrens Domino) Pup. The club wishes all the above owners the best of luck!!

Everyone had enough runs, including the lurcher & the 3 spaniels were very tempted.

Heat Winners,

Casper (Cracked It x Coursing Bitch)

True Faith (Soapy Joe x Blue Monday)

Foys Boy (Micks Mystery x Maralyn)

Poker (Cool Breeze x Maralyn)

Consolation Winners,

Stormcloud (Stewart x Hobgoblin)

Bettys Blue (Cool Breeze x Maralyn)

Final Winner,

A first final win for Poker who is getting a bit more bottle just recently, in a very close race with True Faith only a nose behind on the line.

Scratch Winner,

Pointless (Cool Breeze x Maralyn) from Keith's This Way.

 

[Vicky]

18th June 2003

Quite a few dogs missing from the main handicap due to injury and one thing & another but we still managed 3 heats & the usual scratch race.

Donalds lurcher was back in training ready for the lurcher racing at the show, i'm told she's ready to defend her title!!!

Ht 1

A good win for Marks improving youngster Sail Away (Wor John x Time to Fly) this his first time in the handicap.

Ht 2

Rob's 17lb pup Casper hung on to a decent amount of her start to win from Keith's Rolling Thunder.

Ht 3

Beth's Betty's Blue won this one from litter brother Poker (Cool Breeze x Maralyn).

Scratch,

A cracking race between Pointless & Hobgoblin (yeh she's back!!!!) which resulted in Hobgoblin getting up on the line.

Final,

Sail Away Sc

Betty's Blue 1 1/2

Casper 8

Betty's Blue came from no-where & looked like a different dog passing Casper with ease leaving the other younger two to follow him to the line.

Consolation,

Ht 1

Rolling Thunder Sc - winner

Cheeky 2 1/2

Ht 2

True Faith Sc

Foys Boy 6 - winner

Poker 11 1/2

 

[Vicky]

Tomorrow 25 June 03, we will be racing for the Cool Breeze Trophy in a 25yd dash with the usual 2 1/2yd lift for the ped's.

Please let me know if you want to be entered vickyharper@lycos.co.uk so that we can kick off asap.

Anyone wanting to trail etc will still be catered for!!!

 

[Vicky]

25th June 2003

Nice to see Stephen Thacker & Rebecca Hough down at the track with their tribe of ped's hopefully next time they will get to stay a bit longer.

Donald's Lurcher was back again looking that bit fitter & ready for her big day at the lurcher show.

Four heats for the 25yd Dash, this was a good turn out considering a lot of the regular racers didn't run!!!

Ht Winners,

Rolling Thunder (Ped)

Sail Away (Wor John x Time to Fly)

True Faith (Soapy Joe x Blue Monday)

Daisy (Ped)

Final,

This looked to be a close race on paper, True Faith a previous winner & Rolling Thunder who's always been a finalist, but it was Rolling Thunder who never looked challenged once he came out of the traps like he did to take home the Cool Breeze Trophy.

Consolation Winners,

Ht 1, Dove (ped)

Ht 2, Poker

Ht 3, Spooky

Consolation Final Winner, Tony's veteran Spooky (Madison x Blue Monday)

Scratch

Hobgoblin

Pointless - Winner

 

[Vicky]

2nd July 2003

A lot of handicap dogs missing this week, no pedi's at all due to injury and one thing & another and no lurchers, even after all this we had 3 heats & 2 heats of scratch racing which we can't really complain about.

Ht 1

Won by Stormcloud after he took advantage of Fingers Crossed being a little bit wary just before the line in a time of 8.88

Ht 2

Bettys Blue got another win this week for Beth 9.06

Ht 3

Casper (Cracked it x Unraced) 9.40 from in 2nd litter sister Gypsy

Final

Casper hung on to a good amount of her start 9.35 from Betty's Blue.

Consolation Ht 1

Poker 9.25

Consolation Ht 2

Gypsy 9.53

Scratch

Ht 1

Red Ranger won from kennel mate Moonpie n/t

Ht 2

Taylor Maid out trapped the others & hung on to win from a fast finishing Masai 8.62

 

[Vicky]

9th July 2003

Still some dog's down in the handicap but we had 8 pedi's & 3 lurchers to compensate.

Ht 1

Betty's Blue 9.12

Ht 2

Fingers Crossed 9.29

Ht 3

Gypsy 9.48

Scratch

Moonpie - 8.46

Red Ranger

Pointless

Final

Fingers Crossed hung on to her 5yd start to win from Gypsy in a time of 9.24

Consolation

Stormcloud Sc - 8.81

Casper 7

Cheeky 12 1/2

Scratch Cons

Red Ranger

Pointless - 8.70