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24th January 2012

STAGE IS SET

The draw has been made and all qualifiers for coursing’s greatest stage are now aware of who they will face in the first round. The very best of luck to our own Trial Stake winners, Holy Lady and Blackpool Swank who represent our club and of course our lucky junior nominators Harry & Kathlyn Drohan and Emily Power.

Other Kilsheelan runners who went on to win a trial stake elsewhere include Marshals Duchess, Gallie, Shaunanne Flyer, and Bigwood Virginia (Res.) in the Oaks and in the Derby our runner-up Ballyblue Eoin, Eoin Roger and Dustys Blueboy (Res.) also picked up their ticket. Fermoy OTS winner Carrollsdesquare ran in our all-age bitch stake as did Party Flamingo who runs in the Champion Bitch Stake. Of our Tipperary Cup runners, only winner Caesar Music managed to qualify for the Champion Stakes, but he is fancied by many to become the sixth greyhound to do this particular double.

CLASSICS CLUB

Well done to our neighbours Waterford & District who did a fantastic job on the Classics Club draw on Friday last. A large gathering of local enthusiasts were in attendance and many were lucky enough to be pulled out for a runner. Indeed our own club ticket was drawn for a runner in the Oaks who turned out to be none other than Daisycutter, who qualified at Waterford & District!! We wish her connections the very best of luck, and remind them that we could do with the money!!

GALLOP

Please note arrangements for the gallop during coursing week. The gallop will be closed on the Monday & Wednesday of the National Meeting but will open on the Thursday morning instead. We return to normal hours from the Saturday.

On behalf of the club and it’s members, especially those who use the gallop, our very best wishes go to gallop stalwarts Johnny O’Connell and Kevin Morrissey and their fellow members of the Ballyglasheen Syndicate as their Fives Treasure goes for Oaks glory next week.

14th January 2012

LAST CHANCE

This weekend sees a last chance for Powerstown hopefuls with the last remaining Oaks ticket available in Sevenhouses along with a Reserve Trial Stake for the Derby.

ENGLISH STAKE

The culmination of a season-long series of stakes hosted by Irish clubs for our neighbours, who have been without coursing of their own since the introduction of the hunting ban, takes place in Sevenhouses this weekend. A novel and welcome idea.

CLASSICS CLUB DRAW

Waterford & District Coursing Club are the hosts for this year’s Classics Club Draw which takes place in “The Cotton Mill”, in Portlaw this coming Friday night at 9pm. All supporters of coursing are welcome on the night regardless of membership of the Classics Club.

Waterford Secretary Alan Walsh tells us that there will be some excellent door prizes on offer and it is hoped there will be a good turnout of local enthusiasts for what is a proud occasion for the Waterford club. Hopefully members of the other south-east clubs will support their neighbours as they kick-off the build-up to the National Meeting.

2011 SITE STATISTICS

The site usage continues continues to grow, which is encouragement enough to keep going here at kilsheelancoursing.com.

Our busiest year to date with over 9,000 visitors in 2011 which would represent an increase of almost 50% over 2010 figures. Obviously the busiest time is always around our own meeting and November saw over 2,000 visits. May was our quietest month with less than 500.

There are plans for a bit of a facelift for the site over the summer because the competition is getting hot as more and more clubs join us online. The online clubs now include Ballyduff, Castleisland, Doon, Fermoy, Macroom and Tradaree along with ourselves. There may be one or two others with blogs or Facebook pages so if we have left anyone out feel free to drop us a line at info@kilsheelancoursing.com.

5th January 2012

HAPPY NEW YEAR !!

Hopefully all our readers are refreshed after a good Christmas and looking forward to the fast approaching business end of the season.

Thankfully, the weather held up over Christmas and there were no postponements over the busy holiday period. A busy weekend this weekend also with a three-day three-club fixture taking place in Tubbercurry, Templetouhy flying the flag in Co. Tipperary with their Premier Cup meeting, and Clonakilty catering for enthusiasts in the south-west of the country. Only Macroom and Sevenhouses remain for the following week, and with luck the season will be complete with no interference from the dreaded frost that has played havoc over the last couple of years.

MOONCOIN

Well done to our near neighbours Mooncoin, who ran an excellent meeting in their traditional St. Stephen’s Day slot. Fantastic hares were the order of the meeting and all present were remarking that the field looked an absolute picture.

21st December 2011

SLACKING OFF

Almost a full month without an update, somebody would want to crack the whip here at kilsheelancoursing.com !!

Kilsheelan runners have fared well in the meantime with Marshals Duchess and Ballyblue Eoin both collecting their Powerstown tickets in Newcastlewest. Ocean Tolula collected an all-age bitch stake at Killimer the week after making her seasonal debut at Kilsheelan.

Newcastlewest also saw another success with a Kilsheelan link as Fives Treasure, owned by the Ballyglasheen Syndicate, emerged victorious from a very hot all-age bitch stake installing herself as antepost Oaks favourite in the process. A nice double for the club gallop too, in that both Treasure and the Duchess would be regulars on the Kilsheelan sawdust.

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Gallop - Opening hours

Mondays, Wednesdays & Saturdays

9.30am - 11.30am

Please note that the Gallop will be CLOSED during the National Coursing Meeting, Monday January 30th &

Wednesday February 1st.

There will be an EXTRA SESSION available at the gallop on Thursday February 2nd at the usual time. Normal service will resume on Saturday February 4th.