Limerick & Clare Greyhound Owners & Breeders Association

Gala / Awards Night 7th January 2017

Prize Fund

In excess of 22,000

The Associations annual Gala / Awards Night will take place on Saturday 7th January 2017 where awards will be presented to the owners of the dog and bitch with the most races won at Limerick in 2016. In addition the owner, public and private trainer with the most race winners in 2016 at the venue will be the recipients of an award.

The racing programme on the night will consist of twelve sweepstake finals run over different distances from a broad cross-section of racing greyhounds.

The preliminary rounds of these sweepstakes will commence on Saturday 3rd December 2016.

The following schedule will apply;

24 Greyhound A3 and 24 Greyhound A4 525 commencing 3rd December 2016

24 Greyhound A2 525 and 18 greyhound A3 tri-distant 550, 575 & 600 commencing 9th December 2016

24 Greyhound A5 525 and 12 Greyhound A5 550 commencing 15th December 2016

12 Greyhound A7 525 and 12 Greyhound S5/S6 350 commencing 16th December 2016

12 Greyhound A1 550 and 12 Greyhound D3/D4 750 commencing 17th December 2016

12 Bitch A4 525 and 12 Greyhound S2/S3 350 will commence 22nd December 2016

Limerick & Clare Greyhound Owners & Breeders Association

Annual Gala/Awards Night Saturday 7th January 2017

The awards are a celebration of the talent, success and achievement bestowed on the recipients by their peers. They are a way of endorsing the winners abilities and rewarding their achievements through the hard work put into their accomplishments. The title Award Winner enhances ones reputation and has connotations of expertise.

The Award winners for 2016 are

Dog of Year
Ocean Jerry owned and trained by Mr Tom Fitzgerald, Parteen, Co. Clare.
From 22 starts Jerry won 9 was 2nd on 4 occasions and 3rd six times, a very worthy champion.

Bitch of Year
Mr Charley McLoughneys, Nenagh, Liosgarbh Ene, having competed in 12 races she won 6 was 2nd 3 times and 3rd twice, a remarkable strike rate by any standards.

Owner with most Race Winners
Mr Tim Gilbourne, Kilmeedy, Co. Limerick. Who had 25 winners, 14 seconds and 21 thirds

Public Trainer
Mr Denis P OMalley, Drombanna, Co. Limerick.
Denis sent out 32 winners, 44 of his charges finished second and 31 finished third.
This is his third successive year winning this award.

PrivateTrainer
Mr Donal Cooney, Broadford, Co. Clare.
Greyhounds trained by Donal won 16 races were 2nd 14 times and 3rd on 21 occasions.

Race programme

The race programme will consist of 13, all sponsored, finals over a broad cross section of grades over various distances from 350 yds. Sprints to 750 yds. Long Distance. Each winner will be presented with a piece of Galway Crystal and a walking out jacket.

Raffle
A raffle will also take place during the evening for a variety of prizes including hampers, meal voucher, a Limerick and a Clare Jersey signed by the current respective hurling panels together with a signed Munster Rugby Jersey.

The Association is very grateful for the generosity of its sponsors without whose support the event would have been impossible to hold.

Limerick & Clare GOBA is very proud of the magnificent stadium in Limerick where patrons can enjoy superb racing in plush surroundings.

A special word of thanks to track Management & Staff