The Vale of Lune Harriers and The Three Counties Bloodhounds

Sunday 5th July

Fancy pitting your dressage skills aginst our Huntsman? Once again the VLH Hunt Supporters have organised a day of combined training. The event will be held at Myerscough College and of course Novices and Beginners are welcome, as well as those who want to spectate and cheer people on from the sidelines.

There are three classes to choose from depending on your skills:

• Class 1. Prelim 10. Height of showjumps 2”3 – 2”6
• Class 2. Prelim 18. Height of showjumps 2”6 – 2”9
• Class 3. Novice 32. Height of showjumps 2”6 – 2”9

Class 1 & 3 are qualifiers for Myerscough Championship on 22nd August.

First 5 per class to qualify. Full details will be given to those who qualify.

Entry £12 per class combined / £6 per single discipline.

All tests, jumping and warming up on prepared surfaces.

Refreshments and BBQ available.

Contact Debbie Conway on: 07703 269285 for further details or download and read the Entry Form and Poster.

CLOSING DATE – 1st July 2009
Ring 01772 690525 on Friday 3rd July between 7pm and 9pm for times.

Please do not email the website with queries – our webmaster will be surfing in Cornwall and unable to reply to your questions.

For maximum accessibility the Entry Form and Poster are available in PDF format. To read it you may need to download and install Adobe Reader. This is free software available here.

Saturday 27th June 2009

The annual hound race is approaching.

Keen to be off and running

Entry £5 per car and 1st race starts at 6.00pm. There will also be a barbecue and cash bar and of course all are welcome!

There are sponsorship opportunities for the races and hounds and if anyone would like to know more, please contact Sarah Clegg on 07967 567962.

As usual donations towards cakes and buns are appreciated from any hunt followers.

For maximum accessibility the hound racing flyer is available in PDF format. To read it you may need to download and install Adobe Reader. This is free software available here. Please print and display the flyer locally.

Sunday 7th June 2009

Clive, Johnny and The Bloodhounds

Our Master and Huntsman Clive Richardson, and his son Johnny thrilled crowds at the Myerscough College Open Day and Country Fair this weekend just gone with a display of Three Counties Bloodhounds. The pack performed to a packed and appreciative audience in the International Arena and on Brock Meadow, and even without a man to hunt showed the skill in training and handling of the hounds.

Hands On for the Kids

Children of all sizes and ages certainly enjoyed a chance to get in the ring and meet the hounds up close.

A great show by Clive and Johnny.

Lakeland Rugwash kindly do the washing, drying and reproofing of horse clothing for the hunt. They offer reasonable rates for anyone in the area, and promise careful cleaning and air drying of your rugs, numnahs, leg wraps, bandages etc. For those who need an urgent turnarounds an express collection and/or delivery service is available if required.

For more information see the flyer (why not print it out and pin it up at your livery yard?) or contact Gill on a plethora of numbers:

• 01539 823061
• 079211 93170
• 0780 825 6226

For maximum accessibility the flyer is available in PDF format. To read it you may need to download and install Adobe Reader. This is free software available here.

Saturday 11th April 2009

A Day At The Races

What a glorious day of sunshine and racing! We hope that you had a grand day out. We now have some photos from John Vine and Nick Wallis in the gallery.

Johnny Richardson Toasts A Great Day

Many thanks to all the organisers, helpers, and sponsors, especially to whoever organised the weather.

The photos Midge Todhunter took at the Hawkshead Park meet are now online at The Masters Voice, where you can also order prints.

At the same time we have also added some black and white photos kindly sent in by Michael Markey to the gallery.

Saturday 28th March 2009

By kind invitation of Mr & Mrs Alex Pimbley.

The Pimbleys

Well the season certainly ended with a meet that lived up the hype about the VLH being a “redoubtable hard-riding hunt” in this weeks Horse & Hound.

Photos from Paul Conway and Tony Akroyd are now in the gallery, 42 pages if you’re counting, and there may yet be more to follow.

Don’t think that because the season has ended you can turn out your faithful hunter to grass for a well-earned rest and hang up your coat until September. It is only a fortnight to the point to point, over the Easter weekend. Then there is combined training to look forward to in July, and our regular fence building programme over summer is looking even more ambitious this year. Before you know it you’ll be bringing in your trusty steed for the ambles!

Kennels, Hornby

Saturday 21st March 2009

Joint Meet with the Blankney Foxhounds

On the Horizon

Our webmaster has spent an evening working through photos by Kirsty Wallis which are now in the gallery.

Many thanks to all who helped with the organisation of this meet, in particular to Leonard Metcalfe who had arranged for his land to be perfectly rolled and tramlined to provide the best surface the hunt must ever have had the fortune to ride across. Rather unusually this season the sun shone rather than the soaking drizzle we have often had, and consequently the Lune was shallow enough for two crossings and no drownings. It wasn’t long between arriving back at kennels, and starting the evening soiree at the Loftus’ which was as well attended as the meet itself.

Andrea Shaw on Wacko enjoys the Lincolnshire countryside

The recent visit of the Vale of Lune to the Blankney Foxhounds is featured in this months issue of The Masters Voice. Words by our very own Sarah Clegg and photos by Nick Wallis.

Back in January the Vale of Lune Harriers played host to journalists from Norwegian newspaper Dn.no, and you may have seen the photos by Jeff Gilbert. We have since received the six page article that made it into the weekend section of the paper.

Google translate is your friend.

Pages reproduced by kind permission of dn.no.