Gundogs, Terriers & Lurchers

Great Game Fairs of Ireland All Ireland Game Fair Championships
The largest and best sponsored Gundog events at any Fair in Ireland are staged at the two Great Game Fairs of Ireland at Shanes Castle and Birr Castle. That is why the Fairs host the All Ireland Game Fair Championships for Retriever Handlers.

Gundogs

Ireland's Top Gundog Events are at the Great Game Fairs of Ireland at Shanes Castle and Birr Castle. In 2009 Shanes Castle hosted the Retriever Handling Championships with a £2,550 watch won by the Champion handler.

The Gundog events at Birr are sponsored by Massbrook Dog Foods

SPANIELS

Saturday 22nd August National Open & International Spaniel Tests (organised by Eddie Kirk and the ESS of Ireland) Starts 9.00am.

Saturday afternoon features a North/South International team test.
Prize Structure : International : Top Dog (overall) Dog transporter box sponsored by Stuart Dunn. Members of winning team £100 voucher off price of Dog Boxes or Trailers produced by Stuart Dunn.
Winning team: Also win Massbrook dog food and €200.

Open Test :
1st Tuffies Dog Bed plus €100 plus Massbrook Dog Food.
2nd and €75 plus Massbrook Dog Food
3rd €50 plus Massbrook Dog Food
4th €25 plus Massbrook Dog Food

Preliminary and Novice Tests including the Barbour All Ireland Novice Retriever handling Championships.

On Saturday the Irish Water Spaniel Club will be organising Preliminary and Novice Retriever Tests with special prizes for AV other than Labrador Retriever. The Novice test is a heat for the final of the new Barbour All Ireland Game Fair Novice Championships and a qualifying heat for the 2010 Championships to be staged at Shanes Castle. The top four novice dogs at Birr will meet the qualifiers from Shanes Castle 2009 to compete for the Championship, a specially engraved tankard and the top prize of a Barbour Linhope coat worth £400.

RETRIEVERS on Sunday

National Open and International team events. These events are organised by Derek Harford and the Broadmeadows Gundog Club.

Prize Structure: International: Top Dog (overall) Dog transporter box sponsored by Stuart Dunn. Members of winning team £100 voucher off price of Dog Boxes or Trailers produced by Stuart Dunn.
Winning team: Also win Massbrook dog food and €200. Runners up receive €100 and Massbrook Dog Food.

National Open Retriever Test: Prizes
1st An RG Rapid Launcher & dummy plus a Dokkens Mallard Dummy Dog Food - Value £300 sponsored by H&J Petfoods plus a bag of Massbrook Food.

Fantastic training kit

2nd €50 plus a bag of Massbrook Food
3rd €30 plus a bag of Massbrook Food
4th €20 plus a bag of Massbrook Food

TERRIERS &LURCHERS

organised by the Mid Antrim Terrier & Lurcher Club

The 3rd South of Ireland Terrier & Lurcher Championships
The largest and best terrier and lurcher events in their respective parts of Ireland are staged at the two Great Game Fairs of Ireland at Shanes Castle and Birr Castle.

2007 Champion's

Birr Castle Game Fair Terrier & Lurcher Show Sunday 23rd August at 1.00pm

Family Dog Show
Any Variety shown by a child under 12 years of age
Any Variety shown by a Lady
Any Variety shown by a Gent
Champion Handling Class from the above classes

ROI Terrier Championship Show
1. Terrier Pups under 1 year
2. Working Terrier Class
3. Terrier under 12"
4. Best Pair of Terriers
5. Jack Russell Type Dog or Bitch over 1 year old
6. Lakeland Type Dog or Bitch over 1 year old
7. Fell or Patterdale Dog or Bitch over 1 year old
8. Border or Cross Bred Dog or Bitch over 1 year old
Championship 1st placed terriers in classes 2,3,5,6,7,8

Champion Terrier receives €50 sponsored by Albert Titterington from Irish Countrysports and Country Life Magazine plus all class winners receive an annual subscription to the magazine.

ROI Lurcher Championships
1. Whippet/Lurcher Dog or Bitch over 1 year old
(NO PURE BRED WHIPPETS)
2. Any Variety Lurcher Pup under 1 year old
3. Best Pair of Lurchers
4. Any Variety Lamping Lurcher
5. Smooth Lurcher over 23" over 1 year old
6. Rough Lurcher over 23" over 1 year old
7. Rough or Smooth Lurcher under 23" over 1 year old
8. AV Hare Lurcher
9. Collie or Terrier Bred Lurcher over 1 year old
10. Any Fox Lurcher
Championship 1st placed Lurchers in classes 1,4,5,6,7,8,9,10

Champion Lurcher receives €50 sponsored by Albert Titterington from Irish Countrysports and Country Life Magazine plus all class winners receive an annual subscription to the magazine.

All Ireland Whippet Championship
1. Whippet Pup under 1 year old
2. Whippet Dog or Bitch over 1 year old
3. Working Whippet Class
Championship 1st from classes 2 & 3

Whippet Champion Receives a Tankard sponsored by Albert Titterington from Irish Countrysports and Country Life Magazine plus all class winners receive an annual subscription to the magazine.

The Champion Terrier, Whippet and Lurcher compete for Best in Show (Overall Champion). The Overall Champion will win €100 plus a specially engraved Champion's Tankard sponsored by Albert Titterington from Irish Countrysports and Country Life Magazine

Rosettes and Trophies in all classes.

Experienced working and show judges.

Whippet, Lurcher and Terrier Racing Saturday 22nd August at 1pm

Ireland's Real Game Fairs