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£75  No 194       Lee Wall Carlisle.

£25  No 164       K Bunting Grasmere.

The HTA offers its condolences to the family of George Birkett ,of Little Langdale,  who passed away last night.  A Warrior to the end, God bless.

The breeding programme is underway for the 2018 season .

Up to press 32 pups have been whelped.

Fireman Sam – Aspire  (9)

Huntsman’s Hope- Howgill Blondie ( 11 )

Free Spirit – Miterdale Force     ( 8)

Jenny’s Choice – Thorn Girl      ( 4 )

 

 

 

 

Westmorland Area presentation night on Saturday 25th February .

Windermere Social club . Tickets £7 . Pat .015394 44635.

Carlisle and Penrith presentation night on Saturday 11th March.

Penrith Cricket Club.Tickets £8  Amy, 01228 712025.

The AGM of the Hound Trailing Association will take place at Hundith Hill  Hotel Cockermouth on Sunday 5th February 2017 at 2pm.

John Bromage is the new treasurer.

Fletchers , Irton, Holmrook, CA19 1TD.

TEL 019467 23714.

Fees : Under 18    £5

Adults 18-64    £20

65+               £15.

50p joining fee for new members.

Kennel Insurance   £10

May Day trails Mon 1st May.

Sat 10th June bitch produce .

Sat  1st  July  Dog produce.

Thurs 27th July Ambleside Sports.

Sat 29th July Cockermouth Show.

Thu 10th August Ings Dog Trials.

Sat 12th Aug Premier Trails.

Thu 17th Aug Rydal Dog Day.

Sat 19th Aug  Rusland Show.

Sun 27th Aug Grasmere Show

Sat 2nd Sept Lowick Show

Sun 3rd Sept Loweswater Show.

Sat 14th Oct Wasdale Show.

Dog and Bitch produce entries.

Bitch Produce 10 th June Keswick.

Dog Produce     1st July Westmorland.

 

 

 

Casanova – Sparrowmire Jill.

D — Northern Star                J. Graham .Kendal

Paddywack                    D. Crowe    Eskdale

Sandyman                      J Bromage  Eskdale

Sparrowmire Casanova   J . Graham Kendal

B— Cracking Star                    W. Mellon  Appleby.

Sparrowmire Jan              E. Blenkharn  Kendal.

Endeavour – Calypso.

D  Atlas                                     R. Smith          Kendal.

Cuhulainn                            I    Dooley         Allithwaite

Steel End                            J. Loan             Keswick.

B   Artemis                                V. Simpson        Kendal

Nikita                                   J Simpson         Kendal.

Endeavour – Jenny’s Rascal

D Black Legend                         G Whitfield         Moor Row

Hi Mac                                   D. McGee          Cleator Moor

Huntsman’s Magician             L. Reid              Cockermouth

Miterdale Shadow                  A. Steele            Eskdale

Uldale Tramp                         H. Park             Egremont

B   Jenny’s Breeze                      J. Bland             Patterdale

Provincial                               J. Crosby          Whitehaven

Thorn Diamond                      J. Satterthwaite  Kelsick

Try Again – Jenny’s Pride

D    Foxparke Golden Balls           R Napier           Egremont

Huntsman’s Major                  D Bland            Patterdale

Red Will                                 G Reid             Cockermouth

B     Crazy                                     J Moore            Cleator Moor

Newman – White Diamond

D     Rio                                          J Abram            Dearham

B     Impulse                                   C Henderson     Wigton

Jenny’s Choice – Silver Spangle

D     Bronco                                     D Todhunter      Maryport

Del Boy                                    A Blacklock       Kirkbride

Mac’s Choice                           D McGee          Cleator Moor

McNally                                    N McMaster      Dearham

Nixon                                        L Steele            Seaton

Showcase                                 A Horn              Wigton

B      Huntsman’s Mist                       D Bland            Patterdale

Rodney Rascal                         D McMaster     Dearham

Langdale Ranger – Dark Mist.

D – Overwater Stanley                      E. Irving   Uldale.

Raven Crag.                                I. Fleet     Camerton.

B –  Cloudy Mist                               G. Woodend Seaton.

Diamond Mist                            G Woodend  Seaton.

Hawkswood                                D.Peare        Little Langdale.

Overwater Gemini                       E. Irving        Uldale.

Endeavour – Bluebird.

B – Blue Solo                               J. Fearon             Cleator Moor.

Try Again – Foxparke Homeward Bound.

D– Foxparke Billy Elliot                          R.Napier        Coulderton.

Foxparke Homeward Again          R. Napier       Coulderton.

Miterdale Chance                                A. Steele       Eskdale.

Prospect Patch                  S Smith     Distington

Sergeant James                W Birkett Lt Broughton

B –  Escape                             J. Moore Cleator Moor.

Foxparke Homeward Pride N. Napier Coulderton.

Foxparke Lucy Loo              R. Napier Coulderton.

Mystery Bound                     G. Farren Arlecdon.

Westgate Kyza – Foxparke Blackbird.

B-  Foxparke Diamond                    N. Napier   Coulderton.

Foxparke Juicy Fruity                N. Napier    Coulderton.

Foxparke Katy Lou                     N. Napier    Coulderton

Brad- Sawdust.

D-  Captain America                          A Reay        Frizington.

Flash Gordon                              M. Reay      Frizington.

Say It As It Is                              R. Dixon        Frizington.

B-   Kinniside Meg                              A Jackson    Cleator Moor

Kinniside Mel                               A Jackson     Cleator Moor.

Kinniside Molly                             A. Jackson    Cleator Moor.

 

Senior Hounds.

Deepdale Frank                                     J. Bradley      Wigton.

Gambler                                                 A. Horn          Wigton.

Showtime                                                A. Horn         Wigton.

Name Changes.

Boston  –  Wansfell                                  B Laidler Windermere

Nevada –  West Tip.                                 B Laidler Windermere.

All registrations , transfers,and name changes are subject to approvement by the local  Area Committee.

 

 

 

 

It is with a heavy heart that I have to inform all trailers that last evening Gerry Meneaud from Ambleside passed away. Gerry will always be remembered for his willing ways , cheeky smile. If you weren’t personally acquainted – he was the starting trailer for Kirkstone, Ambleside and Rydal, Ings and finishing end at Applethwaite. And the “waller” at Kirkstone, seen in his left hand drive truck with his bandana. We extend our heartfelt sympathies to his wife and family, our thoughts are with you, God bless- RIP Gerry.

10.  On a hot day at Bridekirk , Steve Riley turned up” suitably “dressed in a pair of shorts that would have done justice to somebody a ” shade” smaller. Remember Linford? now you’ve got the picture!

9. Mary Benson remarked, on observing Emily , laying a trail up the steep slope of Haystacks in the Buttermere valley. ” She has walked up that  fell on her hands and knees”.

8.  After being told that his hound has been picked up at the Tallentire trails and was being brought in. The look on Phil Graham’s face when he discovered it was in Dickie Smithson’s car boot and would be brought back when the last trail had finished.

7. On making a passage through a hedge I inadvertently dislodged my ‘ flat ‘at’ and it was now nestled in the thorn hedge where it stayed for two days until the next trail when on checking the opening in the hedge I discovered it, put it back on , never missed it.

6 This season’s driving award- No ! not Dennis, Geoff Jones – off- roading at Marton.  What happened Geoff? The side of the road looked solid as he let a car pass only to discover a ditch about the depth of a car wheel and ” down he went ” .Barbara remarked “solid” ! Who’s solid?

5 The award for the best dressed trailer of 2016 goes to– It has been jointly won by the “twins”  les and Graham Reid for their impression of two canaries ( anon description) .

4 Ambleside sports – phone call to the starting end trailer, who was on the top of the fell in dense low cloud. ” Hiya Garry”

” Where are you”?

“Have no idea !  but hang on the clouds lifting ”  ” F*** we are above Grasmere, we will get the next bus.”

3 Geoff and Barbara again!

Barbara- ” hurry up Geoff I’m bursting”

Baz-” No problem Barbara everyone’s  gone home, you can pee here”

with that I got in my car and proceeded to leave the field but I didn’t, with a quick turn about and with a whoop and horn blowing , I circled the lone car like an Apache on the warpath!

No palefaces but a fast disappearing pale a***.

2 . Another Geoff – this time Geoff Higgins.

Millstone moor , end of season, a lady with two hounds destined to be re-homed.

She stood talking and was asked ” which is that hound” ” Kinniside ” she said,” it received a card last week” ! With that said a rather flustered Geoff appeared with another hound, ” Excuse me ” that hound you’ve got is running in the next trail , you should have been given this one ” and they swopped hounds much too lady’s surprise and she remarked ” I thought they could tell them miles away ”

1 Well !  Number one for 2016 again features Geoff Higgins and Ian Rudd.

They both went to watch their pup at the only road crossing at Dearham.  They watched the pups cross and both came to the conclusion that it hadn’t gone by;

Asking permission to catch their wayward hound ; they then;  stood at the entrance to the footpath , opposite each other like two slip catchers at a cricket game, and waited and waited and waited.

Meanwhile back on the trail field the pups had finished and ‘ low and behold’ there was an unclaimed hound amongst the also-rans,

Who’s is it,? no prizes for guessing., Morecambe and Wise,? Laurel and Hardy ?. Little and Large ?

No Higgins and Rudd !

The question then asked was- ” should we tell’em or leave them !”

So if you are travelling between Dearham and Tallentire and see two fellas at the roadside ” Tell ’em nowt”!  LOL

The person who compiled this list remains anonymous .

signed Baz.

20 members were present at the December meeting.

Donald McLean was made an honorary member and John Bromage was appointed treasurer of the HTA.

All the recommendations were defeated.

A discussion regarding the mixture endorsed rule 70.1. The formula for trail mixture is 100 ml of aniseed and 4 litres of paraffin.

The problem highlighted- was the mixture responsible for respiratory problems in hounds and that some areas were paying 28p per litre and some £1.30p  per litre.

The results were inconclusive and further investigation was deemed necessary!

A request from the bookmakers regarding payment on the official result was passed on to the Executive as was the timing and clashing of dates with other sporting events.

JENNY’S AURA                   34   4   5   3   1   2

LIZ                                        24   9   7   5   2   4

GENERAL JAMES               19  20   4   6   6   2

SILVER DUSK                      13   8   7   3    2   3

BUBLE                                    9   3   4    1   0   1

OVERWATER ROGER           7   7   8   4    5   3

MITERDALE COPPER            5   7   4   5    5   5

MITERDALE RUSTY               5   5   7    6   6   3

ECLIPSE                                  5   5   1    3   1   2

OVERWATER HALLY              4 11    6   7    4   1

SWEET HARMONY                 3   9    8   8    4    3

LARTY CARTY                         3   1    7   3   0    2

MARGARET ROSE                   3   0  10   3   2    3

JUST MICK                                2  12  13  6   5    3

TELSTAR                                   2    6    3   2  3    2

QUIET OTTER                            2   4    5   7   7   6

HUNTSMAN’S LOYAL                2    4    1   5   3   1

QUEEN                                        2    0    1   1   3   4

MISHA                                          1    9    6   5   5   2

CANNY MOVER                           1    7    3   4   6   4

KENMORE                                    1    3    6   4    5   3

SILVER DAWN                              1    3    5   6    6   1

COOL ENOUGH                             1   1    2    3  11   5

PHOENIX                                        1    0   0     0   1   1

 BRACELET                         22   12   4   4   2   1

OVERWATER ARNIE           16    5    4   1  7   1

GALEMIRE GRACE              11   10   5   4  0   0

MARLI                                    11    5   2   2  1   0

JENNY’S DELIGHT                10    9   4   5  4   5

THORN DANCER                   10    3   3   6   0  3

JAZZ SINGER                           7    4   2   1   0  0

ENDURE                                    6   15  11   5   4  1

HUNTSMAN’S JEWEL               5    5    7  4   5  5

TRY AGAIN                                5    4    6   2   0  1

OVERWATER BESSY                4    1   3   2  1   2

ARIZONA                                    4    0    4   7  7  3

WASHINGTON                            3    4   5 13 10  2

TOMMY’S LEGACY                     3    3   1   1   1   4

SAMBUCA                                   3    2   4    1   5  2

HUNTSMAN’S JENNY                 3   0   6   2    2   7

EXPLORE                                    3   0   3    4   3  3

LADYBIRD                                    2   2   7    6  4  2

MEADOW DIXIE                           2   1   2    3  5  6

J L S                                              2   1   1    3  2  1

SONGBIRD                                   2  1   1    1   2  1

ISSABELLA                                   2  0   2    6   3  2

BEDAZZLED                                 1  5    0    1  1  0

PERSIAN BAY                               1   4  6    8  5  2

LADY BETHAN                              1  4  5     4  3  7

BEDAZZLED                                   1   5   0   1  1 0

JENNY’S CHOICE                           1   4   1   3  4  1

TRY TIME                                        1  2    2    1  2  1

WESTGATE BELLE.                        1   2   1   1   2  7

DEBRA                                             1  1   1   0    4  0

DAWN                                              1  1    1  0   1  0

SERENITY                                       1  1    0  0   0   1

LANGDALE RANGER                     1   0   3  2   1  0

MARLOU                                         1  0    2  1   3  1

FREE SPIRIT                                  1  0   0   0   2  2

FLAWLESS                                     1   0  0  0   1   0

 

 

 

Aspatria and Wigton .

13 members attended the meeting , Chair Colin Satterthwaite was re- elected as was the rest of the committee.  Congratulations were in order for the Senior champion Bracelet and runner – up Overwater Arnie and Senior maiden points winner Jazz Band,  thanks were also extended to the organisers of the October trails at Gamblesby.

The treasurer reported that they had a balance of £476.00 and that £600 had been distributed to local charities.

AOB> A discussion on All In  trails and it was recommended to the December meeting that there should be one per week, also alteration to rule allowing HTA major trails to be run on Sunday. Also recommended to the December meeting was the abolishment of the prize money for 7-10 at HTA major trails.

The quality of the mixture was also debated and although it would be better if one source was used for all areas. the practicality of this was brought into question.

Ulverston.

The area had ten meetings in the season resulting in a loss of £26 .

John Lyon was elected onto the committee and it was the members wish that Donald Mc Lean should be made an honorary member of the HTA.

Concern was made over the loss of some fixtures including that of the David Howson memorial trails.

It was recommended to the December meeting that all scouts should wear hi-viz jackets , all road crossings should have a warning sign , hounds crossing, and there should be a risk assessment for all trail layers.

 

Whitehaven.

22 members were present , a minutes silence was observed ,and the chair congratulated all points winners and mentioned the new trail venues and the new treasurer John Bromage, who reported a profit on the season of £633 and a balance of £6608 56p.

The area has 106 members and 30 kennels, it had 44 meetings last season made up of  S -44 P -44 OR 26- M 7 PM 4 OM 30 V 5 ONW 4 All-In 4.

Addition to rule 30

To authorise the promoter to refuse an hound entry and to report in writing within 48 hours to the Area Committee , the secretary and the hound owner, the reasons why.

This was carried.

Rule 76 Hounds partaking in HTA trails that are affiliated to another Association will qualify to run in trails under the rules of the HTA. recommended to the December meeting.

A discussion followed on – Is there any need for the continuation of ear – marking now that all hounds are chipped.

And is there an answer to why so many hounds are “under the weather” this last season.

Both ended inconclusively.

 

Cockermouth and Workington-.  The meeting got off to an inauspicious start when regular timekeeper David Hogg was late and after being reprimanded was told to stand in the corner by chair Mr Brown.

18 members were present and in the chair were Neil Brown and Phil Graham, who acting as spokesman congratulated the area for a record season, As treasurer he reported that the area funds stand at £4863 00. £700 was donated to charities including mountain rescue, local shows, rugby club and junior hound trailers. He reserved a special thank you to Margaret Pattinson , dedicated entry and gate person. Also the area had played host to the International trail and a profit of £1148.00 was made. The area itself had 46 trail meetings and has 60 members and 23 kennels  And also benefitting from the trails at Bridekirk was the Isel ward at Cockermouth hospital and cancer research from the Wythop trails.

Area hounds were also congratulated including Liz, Silver Dusk, Washington, Endure, Just Mick, Jazz Lyric and Jazz Band ( two areas) Eclipse,

Recommended to the December meeting also the abolishment of 7-10 prize money at major trails , an improvement in the quality of rosettes at major trails.

KESWICK.

David Loan welcomed nine members to the meeting apologies from Graham and Julie Birkenshaw.

The area had a quiet season only 6 meetings but a successful one with Jenny’s Aura winning the puppy championship. The chair thanked Margaret for her contribution to the Keswick reminder.

The treasurer reported a profit of £306 on the year and this was to be divided amongst local charities and the chair would donate £50 to the junior club.

The balance in the account was £1300.

The secretary reminded the meeting that they would be hosting the Bitch produce in June. There followed a general discussion on various topics including fixtures, ways of raising finance, a presentation day trail. It was intimated that Rosthwaite  could be back on the fixture list.

 

Senior Champion.       Mr A Blacklock’s  Bracelet.

Runner-up                   Mr J and E Irving’s  Overwater Arnie.

Junior Champion         Miss J . Bland’s and Mr A .LIttle’s  Jenny’s Aura.

Runner-up                    Mr L. Reid and Mr D . Allison’s   Liz.

HTA points Winners.

Open Maidens            Sunset Ridge

Open Non Winners     Spring Rose

Open Restricted          Razzle Dazzle.

Senior Maidens           Jazz Band.

Puppy Maidens           Speed On .

Veterans                     Artisan

Aspatria / Wigton   Wed Nov 2nd , Wigton Rugby Club.

Cockermouth / Workington. Thursday 3 Nov Seaton Rugby Club.

Ulverston           Friday 3 Nov Jutland Club Flookburgh.

Whitehaven     Mon 7th Nov Catholic Club Egremont .

Keswick          Thursday 10th Nov   Con Club Keswick.

Westmorland  Mon 14th Nov  Ivy Leaf Club Kendal.

Carlisle/ Penrith Tues 15th Nov Globe Inn Calthwaite