Ireland All Ireland Championships At The Irish Game Fair

[AlbertJ 569]

IRELAND's LARGEST WORKING DOG WEEKEND : The 28^th ANNUAL ALL IRELAND TERRIER, WHIPPET and LURCHER CHAMPIONSHIPS at the IRISH GAME FAIR 27th & 28th JUNE

The 28th Annual All Ireland Terrier & Lurcher Show and Racing Championships is being staged at the Irish Game Fair, Shanes Castle on Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th June. It is SPONSORED BY Irish Countrysports and Country Life magazine, CAI - Countryside Alliance Ireland, Feedwell, Gardiner Bros Jewellers, Barbour, Red Mills, Jaydee Coats & Whippet Supplies and John Humphries. The championships are organised by Working Dog Director Tom Barry and the Irish Working Terrier Federation.

PLEASE NOTE: Only the Master McGrath Race is pre entry. All other events are enter on the day in order that our All Ireland Champions can be true Champions of Ireland having beaten ALL COMERS on the day.

RACING SATURDAY 27th June starts 12.00noon with the RED MILLS Master Mc Grath Final to find the fastest lurcher in the UK and Ireland

The winner receives £400 Rosette, The ANTIQUE Master McGrath Plate to keep, a bronze Lurcher Trophy and a bag of RED MILLS and holds the Philip Lawton Memorial Trophy for one year. The runner up receives a £100 Voucher from Smyths of Coleraine a Trophy, rosette and a bag of RED MILLS.

Both winner and runner up receive a presentation coat for their dog sponsored by Jaydee Coats and Whippet Supplies.

All qualifiers receive a special qualifiers limited edition cap

THE FEEDWELL All Ireland Terrier & Lurcher Racing Championships

1. Lurcher Pups

2.Under 21” Elite

3.Under 23” Elite

4.Over 23 “ Elite

5.Under 23” Lurcher

6.Over 23 “ Lurcher

7.Traditional Lurcher ( Hairy Dog/Collie Type)

8. Bull bred Lurcher

9. Greyhound Race

10. Terrier Race

11. Members ONLY whippet racing run by the Sporting Whippet Club.

All Winners Championship Rosette; Trophy and Bag of Feedwell Dog Food.

Please note eligibility to run in a particular race will be decided by the organisers.

Note racing starts 12.00 noon Master McGrath Final followed by All Ireland Championship Racing. All qualifiers for the Master McGrath Final must have their completed forms returned to Albert Titterington irishgamefair@btinternet.com before the 16th June. They must all register on the day with David Titterington at Game Fair HQ by 11.00am when they will receive their Master McGrath Qualifying Cap.

The 28^th ALL IRELAND CHAMPION TERRIER, LURCHER & WHIPPET SHOW sponsored by NUTTS Sunday 28th start 12.00 noon with pet show and 1.00 sharp for breed classes.

OVERALL SHOW CHAMPION Barbour Coat, £50 and Rosette and a presentation coat for the dog sponsored by Jaydee Coats and Whippet Supplies.

CHAMPION TERRIER, LURCHER & WHIPPET receive special bronze trophies to keep plus £50 & BAG OF NUTTS & Rosette. The Champion Lurcher receives a portrait of the dog by john Humphries.

The Champion Lurcher and Terrier qualify for the Red Mills Irish Countrysports and Country Life magazine Five Nations International Lurcher and Terrier Finals at Birr Castle on the 30th August and the Countryman's weekly Champion of Champion Contest. They also receive two tickets to the Birr Castle Fair and a year's subscription to Irish Countrysports and Country Life magazine. The Prize fund for the Red Mills Irish Countrysports and Country Life competition prestigious finals will be c €1,000.

PUPPY CHAMPION: Trophy & £25

IRISH GAME FAIR SHOW CLASSIFICATION - Show starts at 12.00noon with children's and gents/ladies handling classes

Each Class Winner Receives a TROPHY & a Bag of Nutts Dog Food and Rosette

Rosettes 1-4

All Ireland Championship Terrier Show

1. Terrier Pups under 1 year
2. Terrier under 12"
3. Best Pair of Terriers
4. AV Working Terrier Dog
5. AV Working Terrier Bitch
6. Russell Type Dog over 1 year old
7. Russell Bitch over 1 year old
8. Lakeland Type Dog over 1 year old
9. Lakeland Type Bitch over 1 year old
10. Fell or Patterdale Dog over 1 year old
11. Fell or Patterdale Bitch over 1 year old
12. Border Dog or Bitch over 1 year old
13. Cross Bred Dog over 1 year old
14. Cross Bred Bitch over 1 year old
15. Veteran Terrier over 8 years old

Championship 1st placed terriers in classes 2,4-15

All Ireland Lurcher Championships Show:

1. Any Variety Lurcher Pup under 1 year old
2. Smooth Dog Over 23”
3. Smooth Bitch Over 23"
4. Smooth Dog Under 23"
5. Smooth Bitch Under 23"
6. Rough Dog Over 23"
7. Rough Bitch Over 23"
8. Rough Dog Under 23"
9. Rough Bitch Under 23"
10. Lamping Dog Or Bitch
11. Coursing Dog or Bitch
12. Terrier Cross Dog or Bitch
13. Racing Bred Dog or Bitch
14. Pairs
15. Veteran Dog or Bitch Over 7

All Ireland Championship Whippet Show:

1. Whippet Puppy Dog under 1 year old
2. Whippet Puppy Bitch under 1 year old
3. Whippet Dog over 1year old
4. Whippet Bitch over 1 year old
5. Working Whippet Bitch
6. Working Whippet Dog
7. Veteran Whippet
8. Whippet Pairs Championship 1st from classes 3,4,5,6,7

Family Dog Show:

Any Variety shown by a child under 12 years of age -Thanks to the Irish Water Spaniel Club for donating £25 to the winner of this class

Any Variety shown by a Lady

Any Variety shown by a Gent

Champion Handling Class from the above classes Receives a Bag of Nutts & Rosette.

The FINAL of the FEEDWELL FIVE NATIONS WHIPPET CHAMPIONSHIP

JUDGED BY A THREE JUDGE SYSTEM WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE MAIN ARENA AT 5.30pm on Sunday 28th June. WILL ALL QUALIFIERS REGISTER WITH FAIR HQ BEFORE 12.00 noon. The Winner of the Five Nations Whippet Championship will receive a variety of prizes including £400; a special bronze trophy to keep and a bag of Feedwell and a presentation coat for the dog sponsored by Jaydee Coats and Whippet Supplies

Runner Up receives a watch sponsored by Gardiner Bros, a presentation coat for the dog sponsored by Jaydee Coats and Whippet Supplies, a trophy and a bag of Feedwell.

All qualifiers receive a limited edition Five Nations Cap.

PLEASE NOTE THERE WILL BE NO CAMPING ON SITE.

Edited June 22, 2015 by AlbertJ

[AlbertJ 569]

In case of any confusion it is the NI Countrysports Fair that has relocated NOT the GAME FAIR. THE GAME FAIR will be bigger and better than ever at its normal superb venue of Shanes Castle, Antrim on the 27th & 28th June.

[Fat-Ferret 857]

Looking forward to Shanes Castle , a great weekend to meet up with like minded genuine lurcher enthusiasts.

Edited May 20, 2015 by Fat-Ferret

[lurchers ireland 367]

Looking forward to it Albert, just looking at class ten in the racing would it not be possible to have hairy dog racing as a separate class as, having collie cross running in the class would lead to 7/8 greyhounds 1/8 collies running against hairy dogs

[AlbertJ 569]

Looking forward to it Albert, just looking at class ten in the racing would it not be possible to have hairy dog racing as a separate class as, having collie cross running in the class would lead to 7/8 greyhounds 1/8 collies running against hairy dogs

 

I think this is for genuinely 'hairy dogs' but I'll raise this with our Director Tom Barry.

[poacherslad22 122]

Good luck with the show Tom,it certainly looks like a good line up..

[AlbertJ 569]

Good luck with the show Tom,it certainly looks like a good line up..

And our best wishes for your show PL- there is great variety between the two events giving everyone with a working dog two great opportunities to have a bit of craic.

[AlbertJ 569]

Rather than have a spat on the forum on the thread for the Gilford Club's Show I have decided to deal with the rather ill informed post by Huntandfish attacking me for clarifying that when PL mentioned the game fair relocating to Scarva that he meant the NI Countrysports Fair and not the Irish Game Fair which will of course take place at Shanes Castle on the 27th & 28th June. From the anonymity of his alias Huntandfish went on to launch a tirade against me " "the generic terms of Game Fair and Game and Country are not copyrighted. If they were then no doubt someone would have brought legal action instead of appearing petty and ill mannered and typing endless rants about it. No one cares if Moira/ Scarva Shanes Castle Ballywalter or Birr are referred to as Game fairs or country sports fairs or Game and Country."

 

To put this person straight I make no apology for making clarification about our event when there could have been confusion AND it should be made clear that 'Irish Game Fair' and 'Irish Game and Country Fair' are not only our well established brand names but are registered trademarks. Over the 36 years of our fairs we have spent a great deal of money and effort on promoting these brands and trademarks. We do have the right in law to protect both brands and trademarks but, to date, have chosen not to do so - although our patience on this has been sorely tried by another event organiser appearing to wish to cause confusion by registering on twitter as 'irishgamefair' and actually attempting to register our brand name and trademark 'Irish Game and Country Fair' as his trademark. I suppose HuntandFish thinks this sort of behaviour is not petty or ill mannered but very sporting and quite acceptable. We would simply prefer other event organisers to promote their events under their own brand names rather than using terms which could cause confusion with ours and we genuinely can see no good reason why they would want to do otherwise.

Edited June 2, 2015 by AlbertJ

[AlbertJ 569]

Final lot of trophies arrived today - so we now have some superb trophies to keep for the top winners and all race and show class winners also get a trophy plus a 15Kg bag of dog food.

 

Plus as you can see unrivalled prizes throughout at the premier working dog event in Ireland.

Edited June 3, 2015 by AlbertJ

[AlbertJ 569]

See a couple of changes to the programme we will keep updating this post with further news of IRELAND'S TOP WORKING DOG WEEKEND

[Chid 6,376]

Looking forward to it Albert, just looking at class ten in the racing would it not be possible to have hairy dog racing as a separate class as, having collie cross running in the class would lead to 7/8 greyhounds 1/8 collies running against hairy dogs

can you not get hairy dogs that are 7/8s greyhound ???

Edited June 14, 2015 by chid21

[AlbertJ 569]

 

Looking forward to it Albert, just looking at class ten in the racing would it not be possible to have hairy dog racing as a separate class as, having collie cross running in the class would lead to 7/8 greyhounds 1/8 collies running against hairy dogs

can you not get hairy dogs that are 7/8s greyhound ???

 

Chid, The race organisers will make the decision on the day about what way this race should be run.

[AlbertJ 569]

Sorry - should have said there will be terrier racing.