Kirislin Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 Hey all you whippeteers! Are your whippets itching to stretch their legs and run off all that Christmas Pud? Well we have just the thing for them and you. Our next fun day of course. We are planning it for Sunday Feb 21st commencing 11am (provided the greyhounds have finished trialling). **Due to unforseen circumstances (the bushfires being one) we had a few late notice cancellations or change of venues last year so I will send out a confirmation email to everyone on our mailing list, as well as posting here, the day before that the fun day will definitely be going ahead.** For those who haven't been to our fun days before, well, you dont know what you're missing. We now use a drag lure, which is just a bit of fur on a string that scoots along the ground at just a bit more than whippet speed, over about 200 metres. We run the dogs on the actual greyhound track which is a beautifully maintained straight grass track. We have lovely facilities, shade, picnic tables and we also provide for sale a barbeque (snags) and cold drinks, as well as FREE tea and coffee. Come along and make some new friends for yourself and your whippets. *Fun runs will be open to all whippets over 12 months old, $5 per dog for Members, $10 per dog for NON members, this entitles your dog to as many runs as it wants. We ask you to excercise good judgement and not run your dog until it's exhausted. Make sure your whippet is fit enough to run and not carrying any injuries. You run your whippet at your own risk. ***NOTE. If you dont know if your whippet will run at all, it's just $2 for a tryout. If your whippet is keen and does run then prices as stated above.*** All whippets must be muzzled to run, we have muzzles for hire or sale, just ask. Oh! before I forget, many thanks to all those who purchased our whippet calendars, we sold quite a few! http://www.redbubble.com/people/whippeteer...grace-and-speed At all our fun days this year I will be trying to get some exciting action shots to include in next years calendar, so if you want your whippet to be a calendar pin up you need to attend! If you have any questions please email us, y v w r c at hotmail. com leave out the spaces and replace at with @ and here's a pic of some of the crowd, just so you dont think I am imagining it all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirislin Posted February 20, 2010 Author Share Posted February 20, 2010 weeeeeee! it's all systems Go for tomorrow and thanks to those keen whippeteers who've already contacted me to ask if our day is going ahead. Good news, yes it is. It's going to be warm and the greyhounds should be finished a bit earlier, which means we can start earlier too. We hope to start setting everything up at 10am so fun runs should get underway by 10.30am. The weather forecast is for a cool change around midday so that should be nice, but be sure to keep your dogs cool. There are hosing down bays available to use and make sure both you and your whippets drink enough fluids. Dont forget we will have snags and cold drinks for sale, as well as free tea and coffee, and of course please support our club by buying some raffle tickets. See you all tomorrow and if you dont turn up I am going to send Tag the zombie whippet to your house to deal with you. So be warned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swizzlestick Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 We were really looking forward to this one, but are now going on a loooonnngggggg road trip to pick up a surprise! Will try for the next one (again) Have a great day all!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirislin Posted February 20, 2010 Author Share Posted February 20, 2010 We were really looking forward to this one, but are now going on a loooonnngggggg road trip to pick up a surprise! Will try for the next one (again) Have a great day all!! so where do you live so I can send Tag the zombie whippet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrm88 Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 Just a quick question.... I dont have a doggy but I would love to come down and practice some photography. Is this allowed? Can I get close enough to the track for some good photos? thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swizzlestick Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 Tag is welcome here, but don't count on getting him back !! He might just be held hostage with me LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirislin Posted February 21, 2010 Author Share Posted February 21, 2010 Just a quick question.... I dont have a doggy but I would love to come down and practice some photography. Is this allowed? Can I get close enough to the track for some good photos? thanks! Oh wow, I wish I'd seen this earlier, YES you are most welcome to come along to take photos. If you get any good ones we'd love to put them on our photobucket site. If you want me to let you know about our upcoming days PM me with you email address and I will put you on our mailing list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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