Ireland The Sporting Whippet Club Of Ni Charity Dog Show And Raceday Sunday 20Th September 15

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The Sporting Whippet Club of NI Charity Dog Show and Race Day at Richardsons Estate, Moyallen, Portadown, Co Armagh Sunday 20^th September15.

 

 

 

The superb Richardson Familys Moyallen Estate, Portadown was the idyllic setting and venue for the 2^nd Annual Charity event, held by The Sporting Whippet Club of NI on Sunday 20^th September. This magnificent location, set in 30 acres of rolling countryside grandeur, lent itself to the Canine men and women of the Lurcher, Terrier, Whippet and Strong dog fraternity for a great and well supported Charity Dog Show and family day out. As the field filled up, the sound of barking dogs could be heard all over the beautiful Bann Valley countryside.

 

 

 

 

From10.30am onwards as families and trailers began to arrive, the burgers and sausages on the grill were very much in demand.

 

 

 

It was nice to see so many new faces at our show on Sunday. The weather was good for the first half of the show, but later in the afternoon there was prolonged down pours. But this did not dampen the spirits of our avid show supporters.

 

 

 

 

With the rings up and the racing area marked out, judges at their remit, it was soon time to start our 2^nd annual charity dog show and raceday for the Sporting Whippet Club NI.

 

 

 

**Here are the Showing and Racing Results. Hopefully the names and dog names are correct. The result sheets got soaken wet and badly smudged, and had to be dried out by the fire during the night.

 

 

 

Showing:

 

Childrens Handling Class

 

Jamie Dumigan with Diesel

 

 

Ladies Handling Class

 

1/ Janet Boyce with Penny

2/ Natalie Mercer with Epic

3/ Allanah Harpur

 

 

Gents Handling Class

 

1/ Emmet Patterson with Dakota

2/ Neil Pinkerton with Belle

3/ Ricky Galloway with Chief

 

 

 

 

Terrier Pup:

 

1 D Macken/Haig

2 E Norman/Tara

3 T Barry/Pip

 

Working Dog/Bitch

 

1 T Carville/Ned

2 D Macken/ Soda

3 Marty McNeill/ May

 

Border Dog/Bitch

1 E Norman/Harley

2 N Colhoun

 

Russell Dog/Bitch

1 D Macken/ Bounty

2 D Macken/Lucy

3 P Camberton/Bruce

 

Lakeland Dog/Bitch

1 Marty McNeill/Gary

2 D Macken/Mick

 

Veteren Dog/Bitch

1 Sam White/Soda

2 J Norman/Todd

3 J Duke/Sky

 

**Overall Champion Terrier:T Carville/Ned

 

**Reserve Champion : E Norman/Harley

 

Strong Dogs

 

Pups

1 K Kirkwood/Tai

2 D Burn/Buzz

3 Adam Greenaway/Letti

 

Small Staff Dog/Bitch

1 S Greenlee/Rosie

2 M McAllister/Ice

3 L Greenaway/Jax

 

Large Staff Dog/Bitch

1 N Mercer/Ice

2 D Burn/Buzz

3 K Kirkwood/Tai

 

Wheaten Dog/Bitch and Any other Variety

1 T Barry/Shamgar

2 P Camberton/Maeve

3 B O'Neill/Larkin

 

Working Dog/Bitch

1 T Barry/Shamgar

2 B O’Neill

3 P Camberton/Maeve

 

Any other Variety

1 D Scullion/Sid

2 D Scullion/Clem

 

**Overall Champion Strong Dog: S Greenlee/Rosie

 

**Reserve Champion : D Scullion/Sid

 

Whippets

 

Pup:

1 Tracy Gill/Ebony

2 Chontelle McMeekan/Benson

3 Davy Best/Kelly

 

Whippet Dog

1 Ray Wilson/Odis

2 Davy Best/Harley

3 Barry Chambers/Joey

 

Whippet Bitch

1 Seamus Harte/Emily

2 Tracy Gill/Scarlett

3 Davy Best/Penny

 

Working Whippet

1 Michael Quinn/Finn

2 Barry Chambers/Ruby

3 Connor Reynolds/Fionn

 

Veteren Whippet

1 Tracy Gill/Lola

2 John McStay/Silver

 

**Overall Champion Whippet: Michael Quinn/Finn

 

**Reserve Champion : Ray Wilson/Odis

 

Lurchers:

 

Pups

1 Mal McFall/Jock

2 M Quinn/Hoss

3 ?

4 Billy Craig/Bonny

 

Smooth Under 23” Dog/Bitch

1 Paul Fyffe/Gypsy

2 Joe Leonard/Gypsy

3 Billy Harper/Lady

 

Smooth Over 23” Dog/Bitch

1 Kirsty Harper/Skylar

2 Sean Burke/Jack

3 M Quinn/Lady

 

Rough Under 23” Dog/Bitch

1 Tracy Gill/Maeve

2 C Loughran/Scooby

3 Brendan Carruthers/Nell

 

Rough Over 23” Dog/Bitch

1 Ricky Galway/Chief

2 Glen Doherty/Diesel

3 Leeroy McCullough/Blade

 

Bull Cross Dog/Bitch

1 Micky Quinn/Lady

2 S Burke/Jack

3 Paul Fyffe/Gypsy

 

Terrier Cross Dog/Bitch

1 Glen Doherty/Diesel

2 A Hughes/Susie

 

Collie Cross Dog/Bitch

1 Steven Dumigan/Blade

2 Billy Craig/Beauty

3 Neil Pinkerton/Belle

 

Hare Dog/Bitch

1 S Burke/Kash

2 Leeroy McCullough/Kesh

3 M Quinn/Mochara

 

Lamping Dog/Bitch

1 Nathan McKee/Ruby

2 A Mahoney/Rosie

3 G Leonard/Flynn

 

Veteren Dog/Bitch

1 Fiona Devlin/Maverick

2 S Dumigan/Dash

 

Pairs

1 Darragh McMahon/Rocky and F

2 Neil Pinkerton/Dipper and Smokey

 

**Overall Champion Lurcher:

Kirsty Harper/Skylar

 

**Reserve Champion:

Sean Burke /Kash

 

***Overall Champion and Best in Show went to :

Kirsty Harpur with Skylar

 

***Reserve Champion :

Samantha Green with Rosie

 

 

***Overall Champion Pup and Best in Show

Mal Mc Fall with Jock

**Reserve Champion Pup

Dessie Macken with Haig

 

A Big Congratulations to Kirsty and Samantha, Mal and Dessie,and to all the very worthy winners on the day.

 

 

**RACING RESULTS

 

Terriers:

1 Brian Crothers/Maeve

 

Whippet Pup

1 Susan McCann/Seabass

2 John Shaw/Ghost

 

Whippets

1 Susan McCann/Bella

2 Roy Hill/Briar

 

Lurcher Pup

1 Billy Craig/Scooby

2 Billy Craig/Seven Up

 

Lurcher Under 21”

1 Joe Leonard/Not Scared

2 Rose McCoy/Taylor

 

Lurcher Under 23”

1 Finbar Leonard/Never Scared

2 Finbar Leonard/Tracy

3 Rose McCoy/Luna

 

Lurcher Over 23”

1 Michael Quinn/Mochara

2 Mal McFall/Fergie

 

Bull Cross

1 Kirsty Harper/Skylar

2 Kirsty Harper/Regan

3 Adam Hughes/Nelly

 

Terrier Cross

1 Neil Pinkerton/Dipper

2 Mal McMurrey/Smokey

3 Glen Doherty/Diesel

 

 

 

A Big Congratulations to all above winners, and well done.

 

 

 

And Finally, may I take this opportunity to thank the Judges : - Whippets : Walter Albert/ Lurchers: Barry Holland/Terriers/ Strong Dogs : Martin Hamill, for duties carried out to perfection, well expierenced in each ones field, and a job well done.

 

 

 

Deirdre McCoy and Margaret McStay were there with their camera, and took some lovely photographs, which will be seen on all the forms shortly. Many thanks to Deirdre and Margaret for that.

Nigel Quinn gave a great helping hand in the Whippet ring on Sunday, by taking on the duties of ring stewart. Nigel you are a real gentleman with a very kind heart and thank you for all your help.

 

 

Many thanks to our very generous sponsors this year:

 

Barry Holland and Joe Boggs/ Mickey Quinn/Margaret and John Mc Stay, and to everybody who donated gifts for the raffle. Your generosity has been very much appreciated.

 

 

 

This 2^nd charity dog show would not of been such an overwhelming success if it had not of been for the following people. Chairman : Paul Reynolds/ Vice Chairman John Mc Stay/Carol Hill /Margaret Mc Stay/ Patsy Mc Coy/Deirdre Mc Coy/ Mickey Quinn, Kirsty Fyffe, Michael Quinn, and John Shaw, who all worked tirelessly behind the scenes to make this charity dog show a roaring success.

 

 

 

A special word of thanks to our racing team on Sunday, Racing Manager Patsy Mc Coy/Carol Hill/Mickey Quinn/ Chontelle Mc Meekan/ Mark Mc Callion and Brian Crothers. The racing went without a hitch despite the terrible continued down pours of rain, and well done to all people involved. Your hard work and meticulous team work paid off on the day, and above all, everyone enjoyed themselves.

 

 

 

And Finally, Finally, lets not forget the man at the helm on the day. Without his generosity, this successful event would not be possible.

 

 

 

Yes, a big thank you to Johnny Richardson and the Richardson Family for giving the Sporting Whippet Club of NI the use of this stunning 30 Acre setting for our 2^nd annual Charity Dog Show. The Sporting Whippet Club NI donated a Perputal Cup, to be put up anually in memory of Johnnys late father Hugh Richardson as a token of the clubs appreciation. This cup is for Champion Whippet in Show at each yearly Charity show, and is named aptly as “The Hugh Richardson Perputal Cup”.

 

 

 

This prestigeous trophy was won this year by Michael Quinn from Lurgan, with his top whippet Finn. Many congratulations Michael and Finn.

 

 

 

It is nice to know, that from your generosity of supporting our shows, two Charities will benefit :

 

 

The Heart/Chest /Stroke Association, chosen by Victor Mc Donald of Dunsilly Kennells, Antrim, to the value of £250, and a Cancer Charity chosen by Johnny Richardson of Moyallen Estate, also to the value of £250.

 

 

 

May I take this opportunity on behalf of The Sporting Whippet Club NI, to thank everyone for coming out to support the club on Sunday and all our other shows during the year. Hopefully your generosity will help to make somebodys life a little easier to cope with during their life or nearing the end of their life as a result of your contribution.

 

 

God willing we will do the same again in 2016.

 

 

 

Margaret Mc Stay

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited September 24, 2015 by appleblossom

[Lenmcharristar 10,397]

Well done, sounds like a good show, after reading the amount of classes, il def take the mrs n we girl next year.