The Weekly Wrap -Lil Dickie

This weeks wrap will focus on a club legend with the running of the Lil Dickie Oaks heats its fitting we reflect on what stalwart Lil was.

Lil was a colourful character and the heart and sole of the club, always the first to be here, doing everything and anything that needed doing around the place from running the trial sessions, selling trial tickets then on the return gate, running the qualie trails on the Sundays, handing out kennels tickets, running the office on race meetings, there wasn’t a job Lil couldn’t or wouldn’t.

Lil was on the Ballarat committee for 38 years but volunteered at the club for 45 plus years and with that service was appointed a life member of the club along with the naming of the Oaks in her honour. Lil retired at the ripe age of 86 but still attened meeting on a regular basis. The Ballarat Greyhound Racing Club will be ever grateful for her service and cannot thank her enough.

Mondays Racing 

Monday produced some handy runs that will see a few dogs going into Grade 5 class and keep winning.

Race 2 saw the John Higgins trained Ima Ebay fly the lids and break his maiden status in fine style in 25.49. that sorta run will see him go onto better things in the future.

Race 5 saw one of our Employees have his first winner as an owner with the promising Sunny Breaks. The son of Magic Sprite jumped with the pack before railing hard and putting the race away around the top turn winning in 25.58. Onya Trent!

Creswick trainer Stefano Cassar produced his greyhound to win Race 10 in fine style. The greyhound dropped back in class and made it count, easily accounting for his rivals winning by and ever widening 7 and a half lengths.

Sunny Breaks wins first up for new owners 

Wednesdy Nights Racing

Wednesday night we had 4 heats of the time honoured Lil Dickie Oaks.

Both first and second go through to the final.

Heat 1 went to the classy My Girl Chole for team Bravo in 25.52 and Mepunga Fame not far away in second.

Heat 2 was taken out by another Team Bravo greyhound in Time no money, flying late to nab Folio Bale in 25.45.

Heat 3 Peggy Dooley for Angela Langton went straight to the front and was never heading in 25.62 beating Sailaway Jackie

Heat 4 was won by the Jeff Britton trained Aplha Demeter in a slick 25.39 holding off the fast finishing Lyka Allen

it make for a ripping final next week and i cant wait.

Alpha Demeter holds off the fast finishing Lyka Allen

Was slim pickings this week for the local brigade with 5 winners in total.

Kosmik King for Digger Bridges at Geelong, Ima Ebay for John Higgins at Ballarat, Speed Chill for Alf King at Ballarat, Coca Potion for Stefano Cassar and Ballarat also and Velocity Saphire for Billy Donlon at Bendigo

Ballarat greyhound of the year