SUNDAY 25 July 2010 - at Stonecroft, Honeycombe Leaze, nr Fairford See report and pictures
Even though the weather was awful our supporters braved the wind and the rain to come and spend with us. We thank them and all the helpers too that fetched and carried, manned tables etc. and generally made it a great success. A big 'Thank You' to you all.
We had a very enjoyable day at the Christ Church Autumn Fayre, the weather was perfect, non-stop sunshine all day, thank you to all who came, spent and said hello.
GPTR would like to thank the management of the Coventry Greyhound Stadium for enabling us to hold the raffle (at a race meeting on Saturday October 10) of which the proceeds were shared with the East Midland Greyhound Rescue and ourselves. A thank you also to all the people that spent and supported us throughout the evening.
GPTR spent a lovely day out at the 40th Greyhound Breeders Festival. The weather was absolutely perfect, and the festival was enjoyed by all ages. We thank Mr Bob Gilling and Emma Johns, the organisers of the event, for the invitation and the help and the warm welcome that we received; a big thank you.
SUNDAY 26 July 2009 - at Stonecroft, Honeycombe Leaze, nr Fairford See report and pictures
At June's Garden Party Mr Graham Young and the Trustees of Fairford Town charity presented six packs of essential items with which each GPTR greyhound is homed. The Fairford Town Council raise monies from their annual Festival and part of the profits are distributed to charities operating around Fairford.
SUNDAY 28 June - An All Breeds Companion Dog Show and Greyhound & Lurcher Rally at Longlevens Rugby Football Ground, Gloucester, GL2 9EU.
Further to the generous donation from the team at Longlevens Show, we would like to acknowledge and thank Barclays Bank plc for a 'pound for pound' donation of £750.00 Our grateful thanks also to Neville Phillips for liaising with the Bank on our behalf. We have had several successful re-homings recently and all these donations will be put to very good use in our continuing efforts to find homes for more of these beautiful dogs. AGAIN, THANK YOU BARCLAYS BANK plc.
GPTR had a fabulous day out at the Longlevens Dog Show on Sunday. Although one should never complain about the sunny weather it turned out to be a real scorcher, apart from the occasional overcast sky which brought a very welcome breeze with it. There was lots to see and do for everyone; so the buying and selling went very well indeed. The children enjoyed their entertainment which came requiring various forms of required energy levels. They had great fun taking part on our tombola too as did the adults.
The highlight of the day was the Dog Show itself. It was very well attended and the entries up on last year. So with many beautiful dogs taking part and many proud owners parading their dogs afterwards, showing off lots of winning rosettes, everyone had a fantastic time.
We would like to thank the Greyhound Support Team for their very generous donation of £750. Jan and her team work so hard to make this event a success, they are Neville Phillips, Lanie Phillips and her family, Pat Burton, Jan Edwards, Graham Howell, Ian Hellier, Bob Smith, and Jan Hellier, also all the Judges and Stewards and all the stalls that attended too, they all did a wonderful job and last but not least to Jan herself (who didn't want a mention) Thank you for a wonderful show Jan. We also thank all the people and their 4 legged friends who came, spent, and supported Jan (and us) to make this show so enjoyable. A big Thank You to you all.
GPTR in the Marquee at Fairford Festival, Walnut Tree Field, Fairford. We thoroughly enjoyed our day at the festival. Despite the weather it was fairly well attended and our giant Teddy tombola was a huge hit with everyone. We would like to thank the organisers and all who came and spent with us. Thank you to the helpers who did their usual fantastic job in making it all possible. Last, but certainly not least, to our loyal supporters - a very big thank you to all.
Congratulations and well done to Denise Bridges who ran the London Marathon 2009 on behalf of our charity. A grand total of £1082 was raised by her splendid effort. Denise completed it in 3 hrs 43.15 mins; what a brilliant result. A BIG THANK YOU TO DENISE from all the team at Greyhound Passport to Retirement.
Chris Marsden