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DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE FALLING OUT AND FIGHTING ABOUT DOG RACING IN THE NORTH, IV BEEN ASKED TO POST A NOTICE TO ANY PERSONS INTERESTED IN FORMING A CLUB/FEDERATION UNDER THE RULES OF THE BRITISH WHIPPET RACING FEDERATION....

THIS NEW CLUB SHOULD BE KNOWN AS THE LURCHER AND WHIPPET RACING FEDERATION OF NORTHERN IRELAND...

ANY PERSONS INTERESTED SHOULD CONTACT ME AS IV BEEN ASK TO ARRANGE A VENUE FOR THE FIRST MEETING...

 

THE AIMS OF THE CLUB WOULD BE TO RUN UNDER RULES AND REGULATIONS TO ANY DOGS AND PERSONS RACING IN THE NORTH

1. ANY PERSONS VERBALLY/ ABUSING ANYBODY ELSE AT THESE EVENTS IS TO BE GIVEN A WRITTEN WARNING AND THEN BARRED...PERMANENTLY

2.THREE STEWARDS ARE TO BE APPOINTED AT EACH MEETING TO REPORT ANY DOGS THAT ARE GUILTY OF CAUSING INTERFERENCE BY FIGHTING OR PLAYING, THE SAID DOGS SHALL BE DISQUALIFIED AND THE RACE RE-RUN WITH OUT THE OFFENDING DOG(S)THE OFFENDING DOG SHALL THEN BE REQUIRED TO DO A CLEARANCE TRAIL BEFORE HE CAN RACE AGAIN.ALSO 2 LINE UN-CONFERING JUDGES

3. ALL DOGS TO BE MEASURED IF THERE IS ANY DOUBT THEY ARE UNDER THE HEIGHT LIMIT ,AS A CHAIRPERSON IS TO BE APPOINTED

4.ADVENTUALLY A DATA BASE OF PEDIGREES IS TO BE FORMED,

 

 

OF COURSE, AS OVER HERE IS RUN BY HEIGHT NOT WEIGHT, THE RULES OF THE CLUB WILL BE MODIFIED TO SUIT LURCHER RACING, BUT ALL MEMBERS WILL HAVE TO PROVIDE EVIDENCE TO WHAT THERE DOGS PARENTAGE IS, THAT IS IF THEYRE IS ANY DOUBT OF THE DOGS BACK GROUND.

 

SO I WILL END THE NOTICE HERE AND HOPE THE INTEREST IS THERE TO MAKE THIS POSSIBLE..I HAVE BEEN GOING TO THESE EVENTS SINCE I WAS 12 YEARS OLD, AND IF SOME SORT OF REGULATION CANT BE MET I WILL NOT BE GOING FOR MUCH LONGER..

IT USE TO BE A BIT OF CRACK, NOW IT IS A COMPETITIVE SPORT, SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE TO STOP EVERY ONE FALLING OUT!

THE CLUB WILL BE FOR EVERY ONE...

THE ENGLISH AND SCOTS ARE MILES AHEAD OF US, ITS ABOUT TIME WE JOINED THEM, AS ARE DOGS ARE GOOD ENOUGH!

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DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE FALLING OUT AND FIGHTING ABOUT DOG RACING IN THE NORTH, IV BEEN ASKED TO POST A NOTICE TO ANY PERSONS INTERESTED IN FORMING A CLUB/FEDERATION UNDER THE RULES OF THE BRITISH WHIPPET RACING FEDERATION....

THIS NEW CLUB SHOULD BE KNOWN AS THE LURCHER AND WHIPPET RACING FEDERATION OF NORTHERN IRELAND...

ANY PERSONS INTERESTED SHOULD CONTACT ME AS IV BEEN ASK TO ARRANGE A VENUE FOR THE FIRST MEETING...

 

THE AIMS OF THE CLUB WOULD BE TO RUN UNDER RULES AND REGULATIONS TO ANY DOGS AND PERSONS RACING IN THE NORTH

1. ANY PERSONS VERBALLY/ ABUSING ANYBODY ELSE AT THESE EVENTS IS TO BE GIVEN A WRITTEN WARNING AND THEN BARRED...PERMANENTLY

2.THREE STEWARDS ARE TO BE APPOINTED AT EACH MEETING TO REPORT ANY DOGS THAT ARE GUILTY OF CAUSING INTERFERENCE BY FIGHTING OR PLAYING, THE SAID DOGS SHALL BE DISQUALIFIED AND THE RACE RE-RUN WITH OUT THE OFFENDING DOG(S)THE OFFENDING DOG SHALL THEN BE REQUIRED TO DO A CLEARANCE TRAIL BEFORE HE CAN RACE AGAIN.ALSO 2 LINE UN-CONFERING JUDGES

3. ALL DOGS TO BE MEASURED IF THERE IS ANY DOUBT THEY ARE UNDER THE HEIGHT LIMIT ,AS A CHAIRPERSON IS TO BE APPOINTED

4.ADVENTUALLY A DATA BASE OF PEDIGREES IS TO BE FORMED,

 

 

OF COURSE, AS OVER HERE IS RUN BY HEIGHT NOT WEIGHT, THE RULES OF THE CLUB WILL BE MODIFIED TO SUIT LURCHER RACING, BUT ALL MEMBERS WILL HAVE TO PROVIDE EVIDENCE TO WHAT THERE DOGS PARENTAGE IS, THAT IS IF THEYRE IS ANY DOUBT OF THE DOGS BACK GROUND.

 

SO I WILL END THE NOTICE HERE AND HOPE THE INTEREST IS THERE TO MAKE THIS POSSIBLE..I HAVE BEEN GOING TO THESE EVENTS SINCE I WAS 12 YEARS OLD, AND IF SOME SORT OF REGULATION CANT BE MET I WILL NOT BE GOING FOR MUCH LONGER..

IT USE TO BE A BIT OF CRACK, NOW IT IS A COMPETITIVE SPORT, SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE TO STOP EVERY ONE FALLING OUT!

THE CLUB WILL BE FOR EVERY ONE...

THE ENGLISH AND SCOTS ARE MILES AHEAD OF US, ITS ABOUT TIME WE JOINED THEM, AS ARE DOGS ARE GOOD ENOUGH!

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i wish you the best of luck with this club it can only be a good thing

 

robert

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sound idea there but just one thing, surely you dont need to include whippets, they have there own club and already race under rules, maybe ask them ones to help you out? just a thought, all the best with your idea.

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yes i here what your saying, i will be asking for the co-operation from the whippet club,as it will already be a massive task trying to regulate the lurchers alone, and all the other lurcher clubs around the north, and if plans go ahead and we do get this club set up,i will be inviting the whippet club members to are club events to tell us whats what...

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DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE FALLING OUT AND FIGHTING ABOUT DOG RACING IN THE NORTH, IV BEEN ASKED TO POST A NOTICE TO ANY PERSONS INTERESTED IN FORMING A CLUB/FEDERATION UNDER THE RULES OF THE BRITISH WHIPPET RACING FEDERATION....

THIS NEW CLUB SHOULD BE KNOWN AS THE LURCHER AND WHIPPET RACING FEDERATION OF NORTHERN IRELAND...

ANY PERSONS INTERESTED SHOULD CONTACT ME AS IV BEEN ASK TO ARRANGE A VENUE FOR THE FIRST MEETING...

 

THE AIMS OF THE CLUB WOULD BE TO RUN UNDER RULES AND REGULATIONS TO ANY DOGS AND PERSONS RACING IN THE NORTH

1. ANY PERSONS VERBALLY/ ABUSING ANYBODY ELSE AT THESE EVENTS IS TO BE GIVEN A WRITTEN WARNING AND THEN BARRED...PERMANENTLY

2.THREE STEWARDS ARE TO BE APPOINTED AT EACH MEETING TO REPORT ANY DOGS THAT ARE GUILTY OF CAUSING INTERFERENCE BY FIGHTING OR PLAYING, THE SAID DOGS SHALL BE DISQUALIFIED AND THE RACE RE-RUN WITH OUT THE OFFENDING DOG(S)THE OFFENDING DOG SHALL THEN BE REQUIRED TO DO A CLEARANCE TRAIL BEFORE HE CAN RACE AGAIN.ALSO 2 LINE UN-CONFERING JUDGES

3. ALL DOGS TO BE MEASURED IF THERE IS ANY DOUBT THEY ARE UNDER THE HEIGHT LIMIT ,AS A CHAIRPERSON IS TO BE APPOINTED

4.ADVENTUALLY A DATA BASE OF PEDIGREES IS TO BE FORMED,

 

 

OF COURSE, AS OVER HERE IS RUN BY HEIGHT NOT WEIGHT, THE RULES OF THE CLUB WILL BE MODIFIED TO SUIT LURCHER RACING, BUT ALL MEMBERS WILL HAVE TO PROVIDE EVIDENCE TO WHAT THERE DOGS PARENTAGE IS, THAT IS IF THEYRE IS ANY DOUBT OF THE DOGS BACK GROUND.

 

SO I WILL END THE NOTICE HERE AND HOPE THE INTEREST IS THERE TO MAKE THIS POSSIBLE..I HAVE BEEN GOING TO THESE EVENTS SINCE I WAS 12 YEARS OLD, AND IF SOME SORT OF REGULATION CANT BE MET I WILL NOT BE GOING FOR MUCH LONGER..

IT USE TO BE A BIT OF CRACK, NOW IT IS A COMPETITIVE SPORT, SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE TO STOP EVERY ONE FALLING OUT!

THE CLUB WILL BE FOR EVERY ONE...

THE ENGLISH AND SCOTS ARE MILES AHEAD OF US, ITS ABOUT TIME WE JOINED THEM, AS ARE DOGS ARE GOOD ENOUGH!

PM IF INTERESTED

can i ask a question or two with out being called a troublemaker,whos doin all the asking of you the maverick and can they not sort it themselves? how will this stop all the bitching when the bitches wont stop as they always were there? ive seen you write that the money is to blame but the bitching still happens when theres no money at the show,the way to stop the bitching is to stamp it out on the day,for the owners with complaints to speak in person and not on the net, theres always been racing bred lurchers in the 20 or 30 years ive been knocking about maybe not as many but they were there none the less.some people HAVE to win simple as that and they go to lengths to make it so.personally great if it gets going but it wont stop the arguing or internet heroes.if you want to race breed a race dog if you want to catch rabbits or foxes then breed a dog to do it why does anyone think they shoud have a say anyway, good luck with the club good racing and hunting kegs
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