North West Lurcher,terrier, And Whippet Show

[Margaret Mc Stay]

The Sun shone brilliantly, the crack was good,and the showing and racing was top class at Barron Top Fun Farm today at Donemana,Strabne Co Tyrone.The occassion was the North West Terrier,lurcher and Whippet dog show. Barron Top Fun Farm has a touch of natures magic about it,the fresh air,and sights and scenery of Co Tyrone can be seen from all of them hill tops. Also there is pets corner,play areas and amusements for children of all ages,day tours, and a nice comfortable tea room for the grown ups to go and have a cup of tea and chat about the days happenings. The owner of Barron Top George Mc Garrigle was there on hand to welcome everybody and mingled with the crowd during the day. Barron Top is the ideal place to bring your family for a real family fun day out. Many thanks George for your hospitality to day. John and I really enjoyed the Irish Stew and the chat with you at the end of the day.

The was a big turnout of Terriers, Lurchers, Whippets and Gun dogs at this show today. The judges were excellent in the job they done and carried out their duties to perfection.The showing started at 1.30,and the 3 rings were soon full with top dogs, a judges nightmare. Tracy Gill was one happy girl, taking home with her " Overall Puppy Champion. Tracy a big congratulations to you and your beautiful dog "Breeze ". Well done.It was a real thrill to see the the smile on Billy Craigs face when he won the "Overall Lurcher Champion" with his winning lurcher "Diesel" What a nice dog. You know thats what these shows are all about, fun pride and excitement and Billy you got all three in one today.A well deserved win. Reserve Champion went to Kieran Neeson with Mitch.Well done Kieran, Mitch never lets you down.You have a real winner there. Well done.

Overall Terrier Champion went to : John Heaslip with his winning terrier.This little dog is a real professional, and never lets his proud owner down. Well done John.

Overall Whippet Champion went to up and coming young lad Shane Farrell with his outstanding Whippet " Sparky ". Shane was one proud young fellow, and I have no doubt this young man and his beautiful Whippet will win many shows in years to come. Well done Shane.Proud parents tonight. Good news on the home front too. My other half John Mc Stay took" Reserve Show Champion Whippet" with our Whippet " Silver ". Silver is a free spirit and never lets us down. If I may say so, well done John Boy with Silver.

Overall Best in Show went to John Heaslip with his winning Terrier "Gambler" A top dog with a top showman. Well done John.

Reserve best in show went to Shane Farrell with his winning Whippet " Sparky". As I have said before this young lad is going to go far with this winning Whippet. Well done Shane.

3rd Best in Show went to Billy Craig with his top lurcher "Diesel" Well Done Billy.One happy man tonight.

Spoke to a few class winners at random:

Eamon Mc Anespie ( found out he is from my home town )It was nice to meet you Eamon and your lovely wife today.

Eamon got a 1st with his terrier Mac. Well done Eamon

Gene Gallager who run the Sligo Show and his friend John Gilroy got two 3rds with their Jach Russels.

Wesley Scott got a 2nd with his Terrier.

Kit & John Gibson got a 1st with their Labrador dog

Chantelle Mc Meekin 1st smooth bitch over

Charlene Rafferty came 2nd

Declan Mc Loughlin 1st with his Springer Spaniel

Conor Gamble 1st Fox Dog Class

Charlene Rafferty 1st Collie Cross

Eamon Cregan 1st Puppy Lurcher

Conor Gamble 1st Lurcher Pairs

Eamon Cregan 2nd Lurcher Pairs.

John Mc Stay 1st Vetern Lurcher Jessie

John Mc Stay 1st Whippet Pairs Rio and Reilly.

I also had the pleasure of speaking to David Cregan, a lovely man, with a great sense of humour.David posed a question,which I promised i would put up for him. " Do you think David Cregan is going back into Lurchers "Socks and Bill " ??? Dont know what David means but I am sure he will explain.Congratulations to all the worthy winners,could not mention everybody, or I would be here for a week.

Racing Results

Whippets

Janet Duke 1st with Vixen

Michael Quinn 2nd with Blue

Lurchers Unders

Rose and Deidre Mc Coy 1st with Zola

Fiona Devlin 2nd with Diva

Lurchers Overs

Chantelle Mc Meekin 1st with Ellie

John Lynch 2nd with Blue.

Got no terrier results

Congratulations to all the winners.

Finally, I would like to thank the organisers Barry Holland and Joe Boggs and their commmitte, and George Mc Garrigle for the most professional and curteous way they carried this show today and for all the hard work they put in to make to day such a happy fun filled day for all parents and their families at Barron Top Fun Farm Today. Barry and Joe, It is much appreciated by all. I cannot forget the star of the show and my colleague in crime "Bluebell" for her undying loyality to all the shows over the summer.If it were not for Deidre we would have no photographs of our moments of glory. Many thanks Deidre for taking to days photographs, and we all cannot wait to see them up on this forum very soon. A great day was had by all and looking forward to being back at Barron Top on the 4th September for the final show of the year.

 

[Bluebell]

I had a brilliant day, after the racing a few of us stayed behind, had a bowl of stew, tea & sandwiches and a a few drinks, then a tour of the zoo, which was good craic, will put some of the pics of the zoo ones up in facebook

You worked hard yesterday Margaret and a lovely write up as always :thumbsup: Rose was pleased at Zola coming 1st in the U23" Racing bet you were glad to get them boots off when you got home will put the pics up soon...

Thought this pic was cute...