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Hi All
It is with great regret that the Committee of the Northern have had to take the decision to change our 2nd open from a bend to a straight, This decission has been taken on the grounds of safety for the dogs.
as anyone who has been up recently will know we now share our ground with a local rugby team (or about 8 to be exact all kids teams) the ground we use for our bend is just to rough and lumpy to chance running a bend on it.
We did have the whole field rolled 2 days running by our local council (our landlords) last week which left it like a bowling green, but 2 days later the bend area of the field had been churned up again by the rugby, so anywork we did to get the track ready would be quickly undone.
So as our straight track is off the rugby pitch's and in very good condition we have decided that the only option will be to run 2 Straights this year, hopfully in the future we will be able to run our bends open again but for this year at least there will not be a bend open.
The 2 Opens details are now.
1st Open 4th May ~ 170yds Straight in 5 weight groups, Vets 150yds in 2 groups (as advertised in WN April edition)
2nd Open 29th June ~ 200yds Straight in 4 weight groups (vets 150yds in 2 groups)
entry forms for the 1st open are available from me now by e/mail.
It is with great regret that the Committee of the Northern have had to take the decision to change our 2nd open from a bend to a straight, This decission has been taken on the grounds of safety for the dogs.
as anyone who has been up recently will know we now share our ground with a local rugby team (or about 8 to be exact all kids teams) the ground we use for our bend is just to rough and lumpy to chance running a bend on it.
We did have the whole field rolled 2 days running by our local council (our landlords) last week which left it like a bowling green, but 2 days later the bend area of the field had been churned up again by the rugby, so anywork we did to get the track ready would be quickly undone.
So as our straight track is off the rugby pitch's and in very good condition we have decided that the only option will be to run 2 Straights this year, hopfully in the future we will be able to run our bends open again but for this year at least there will not be a bend open.
The 2 Opens details are now.
1st Open 4th May ~ 170yds Straight in 5 weight groups, Vets 150yds in 2 groups (as advertised in WN April edition)
2nd Open 29th June ~ 200yds Straight in 4 weight groups (vets 150yds in 2 groups)
entry forms for the 1st open are available from me now by e/mail.
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