Ireland Moira Game Fair Lurcher & Terrier Events Saturday 25Th & Sunday 26Th May

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The Weather report looks good for the weekend

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Ian, I was a little disappointed this evening, Bill Beckett was on Radio Ulster this afternoon ,promoting Moira Game Fair. In my estimation, he gave a good pitch for the Game Fair inside the Arena.He mentioned, and including a Russian en route from Kildare, clay Pigeon shootong, Fishing ,Birds of Prey and Scruffs Pet Dog Show, all inside the arena, but he never once mentioned the Good Lurcher, Terrier and Whippets men and women that are also going to have their dog show as part of the Game Fair, albeit outside the perimetre of the show grounds. Whats wrong. Why couldent he include our show in his pitch as part of the game fair. Our Lurcher, Terrier , and Whippet people play a big part in bringing in the crowds and familys to the show as well. Very Disappointed.

 

 

Margaret Mc Stay

 

Hi Margaret

I obviously cannot speak for Bill Beckett as to why he never mentioned us ( Lurcher,Whippet & Terrier folk ) on the radio show but im sure

if you see Bill at the fair this weekend he would be more than happy to discuss it with you,but what i would like to clarify is that both Derek & Bill

have always give their full support to our club when we have been organising our show at Moira Game Fair.And dee mac i do realise that some Lurcher &

Terrier folk feel like they are being left out of the main fair when our show is based just on the perimeter of where the main events are taking place.

But a lot of the folk attending our events are probably more than happy not to have to pay into the main fair so therefore if we were based inside

the perimeter would we get as big attendance as we do,but in hindsight you are never going to please everyone so i dont think there is a direct answer

to your valuable points regarding the whereabouts of the Lurcher & Terrier events at the game fair as i said a lot of folk are happy enough not to pay the £12

entry fee and just attend our show.

Thanks Ian

 

ian thats not the point im making everyone should be happy to contribute to the sucess of the fair as its for all fieldsports the gundog men go to run there dogs buy some new wellies or have a look at some guns there not really interested in the vintage tractors or the flying fishing demo s but they pay in all the same as they want to be part of the fair same as the fishermen , the men that fly birds of prey even the fella with the ferrets is part of the main fair its about wanting to contribute not hide away out of the way what would the veiw be if the organisers asked the terrier\lurcher folk to stay out of the main area now that would be a racket but still an all the terrier\lurcher folk think its ok to shun the rest of the fair just for there own means its ridculous and paints a very bad picture of our sport !

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If you take dogs to the terrier and lurcher events.......do you spend most of your day 'ringside' because your dogs are competing and that is your interest or do you:

 

(a)Trail the dogs with you round the stalls, main arena etc, where they get stressed and trampled underfoot?

 

( Leave your dogs locked in your (possibly overheated) car to suffer while you tour the stalls, main arena etc?

 

© Leave your car open for ventilation - risking getting your car and dogs nicked?

 

opinions please................

 

Littlefish im with you on this one, went to shanes castle last year,paid in as always ,done the showing ,done the racing waited for presentations ,there was no time left at the end of the day to have a look round the fair ,point im making is whats the point of paying in if you cant get round the fair ,at least at moira you have the choice ,most people i know do go into the fair anyway ,lastly every show and fair is different is that not a good thing ?after all if they were all ran the same people would just have "something else to give out about" , so maybe we should all look forward and just enjoy the day.

Gedro,

 

Your comparison with Shanes is not quite fair or accurate

The Shanes Castle fair started at 10.00 and showing and racing started at 12.30 - giving you 2.5 hours to walk round the fair. Also we have made substantial concessions to terrier, lurcher & whippet owners including a superb well prepared track, good prize structure which is well spread throughout the classes and equivalent to the top prizes in all of the competitions, the opportunity for top class competition; and good judges. In short we believe that the terriers, lurchers and whippet owners are part of the country sports community and should be part of the main fair. In some ways we actually favour them by giving excellent ringside parking within the fair and as you know there were two day tickets available for the price of one. So if you really wanted two of you could book these tickets and come for a £5 each. Of the £5 - £1 goes to VAT so i think we offer exceptional value to the terrier, whippet & lurcher folk who want to be inside our fair and take advantage of the offer. Now I appreciate that Ian runs good events and I applaud his initiative in running DIFFERENT events such as the simulated coursing, high jump, strong dogs etc and in entrants in the dog show & racing having the choice of going into the fair or not. At Shanes we do things differently but that is not as you suggest a negative - just giving people a different choice. My own recommendation- two good events run differently and if I had terrier, whippets or lurchers I would enjoy going to both! Ian sorry for intruding on your thread - other than posting judges - to get any negatives out of the way early and seeking some obedient lurchers I had held off promoting our event until yours was over. My best wishes for the weekend and although we are busy I hope to get sometime over the weekend.

Good stuff albert, I could go into much greater detail on this but thats not my style ,we will talk again .

ALbert trying to pm you would appreciate if you could make room.

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Is there a postcode

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Is there a postcode

 

BT670LE Follow the signs for Lurcher & Terrier events .

 

.Entrys taken from 10.30 for simulated racing

 

.Racing to start at 11.30

 

.Showing to start at 1.30

 

.High Jump will take place after show final.

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I'm looking forward to this show

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Can't wait 4 a good days crack hope the sun shines like last year

[young man 225]

Getting the nervous feeling, with the exitement , can't wait! ;D

[Themaverick 110]

Ian , can you tell me if the show was a qualifier for the midland gamefair ? as we are heading over this year...would be nice to have her qualified.

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,Simulated Racing Winners...

 

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