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2nd Anniversary Charity Night (9th May 2008)

Sittingbourne RGT’s 2nd Anniversary Charity night on 9th May 2008 saw a record crowd of just under 2000 people who came along to support us and the total raised for the evening was £5029.16.
70 Retired Greyhounds some of whom were PAT Dogs (Pets As Therapy Dogs) and Medway Greyhound Support members as well as our own were in attendance and there were two parades to show our appreciation of the people that had homed them and to help raise awareness that greyhounds make great pets.
The families of the retired greyhounds in attendance were delighted that some of the trainers took time out to go down to see them.
It was noted that the greyhounds recognised the trainers and were pleased to see them again.

The South East Afghan Racing Club came along once again to support us and put on a very entertaining race which was won by ‘Twiggy’.
We are greatful to the Club for supporting us time and time again and for helping to make the evening as enjoyable as possible. (Photo’s to follow shortly)

It was nice to see Noreen and Ann from the Mildenhall RGT on the evening who took time out from their busy schedule to come along and offer support, thanks Ann and Noreen!

Caffyns of Tunbridge Wells sponsored the chance for people to win a brand new £10,000 Vauxhall Agila and we will be announcing if somebody has won it shortly.
Many thanks to Chris Loveys and everyone at Caffyns for their generous support.

One of the many highlights of the evening was the ‘Super Hero’ race which consisted of some of the Kennel Hands and Stadium Staff dressing up as ‘Batman’, ‘Superman’, ‘Bananaman’, ‘Spiderman’, ‘Mr Incredible’ and ‘Buzz Lightyear’ to run a 199m flat race, but what they didn’t know until just before the race was that they had to do the last 100 odd yards on a ‘Space Hopper’!
‘Bananaman’ slipped into the lead and won the race but to me the star of the show was ‘Buzz Lightyear’ who had to be carried across the line still sitting on the space hopper by Bill Buckley and Tony Killingbeck!
We would like to thank all the participants of the Super Hero Race for being great sports and I’m sure they will all be looking forward to what we dream up for them to do next year!!

We would like to thank The Stadium and their Staff for all their hard work and continued support.

A BIG THANK YOU also to all the Sponsors of the evening and to everyone that came along to help us celebrate and make the evening a great success.

Below is the video for the Super Hero Race and Alvin Melville’s cheque presentation for £1250
Photos of the evening will follow shortly.

Super Heros Line Up For The Fun Race