Healesville Whippet Race Fun Day Sept 21st.

[Kirislin]

Hello Members and friends!

we're back after the winter break and hope you are all as keen as we are to shake off the winter blues and get some cool mountain air into those whippet lungs.

Our next fun day will be Sept 21st. We hope to start at 11.30 but there is just a chance that the greyhounds wont be finished trialling.

It's not something we can control, so if there are still greyhounds around when you arrive, please keep your whippet/s in the car.

Also please make sure you keep your whippets on a leash at all times unless they are actually running.

As per usual we will have the barbie fired up, soft drinks for sale and complimentary tea and coffee. And please, dont forget to buy some tickets for our raffle there's some really lovely prizes.

We are located at Healesville Greyhound Track, Don rd Healesville, Melways ref 278 H5 enter the sports complex by the 2nd (southern most) gateway.

Let us know if your whippet has never chased a lure before and we will try to put it with some who know what to do. We will just be having fun runs so dont worry

if your whippet doesn't chase. It's just meant to be a fun day.

Oh! and dont forget to bring your camera!

Some Ground Rules

*only 1 dog per handler. You cannot take more than one dog onto the track. If you need help just ask.

*pick up your dogs poo. We will have bags available for free. We are guests at this track and the whippets are allowed to go where the Greyhounds aren't, but we

need to make sure they dont leave unwelcome deposits all over the grass for punters to step in.

* To retrieve your whippet once it's run you have to walk on the outside of the cyclone wire fence. Yes, I know it's the long way round but for safety reasons we cannot have people walking on the inside or worse, on the actual track. It's Greyhound track management rules but we agree with them.

Helpers!

We always need more as there's only 5, sometimes 6 of us to run these days. If you want to help in any way please let us know. Things we might need are, a cook for the barbie, people to help in the catching pen and maybe someone to sell raffle tickets.

AGM

We will be having our AGM at the start of the November fun day (it shouldn't take long) and if any members would like to be part of our fledgling club this is your chance to get on the committee.

I ask all members to please consider it.

If I've forgotten anything or you have any questions just email me. y v w r c @ hotmail . com (leave out the spaces) Hope to see you all on the 21st.

Linda

(el presidente )

Edited September 7, 2008 by Kirislin

[Kirislin]

Just thought I'd post some pics of our April meeting. I didn't have this computer then so was unable to post the pics I'd taken with my new camera. Hopefully the weather will be as lovely as it was on that day.

some of the crowd, there was more but it's hard to herd them all together, they're as bad as their whippets, heading off in all directions.

this is the indoor, well, under roof section anyway. I think we have just about the best facilities you could want.

waiting for their turn, looks like there's a ring in there too

heading for the start

rrrrrrrracing!

and the winner is....um I dont know

Feather running the wrong way down the track but it gives you an idea of how lovely it is.