21st December 2008

Homer hands out presents to the younger diners in the Eurosuite restaurant with the help of Restaurant Manager Sam.

Cara Wilson has raised £457.96 by dressing up as Homer and collecting donations from around the Stadium this year, many thanks to Cara and everyone who donated.

Queenie is a sprightly black and white bitch. She is gentle and friendly and walks well on the lead and looking for a home that will spare her a space on the end of their sofa and love her forever.

Al is a handsome brindle dog who loves his walks although he can be a little strong on the lead at first but quickly settle down. He loves human company and would fit in as a family pet  and loving companion.

Could you give Al the home he is looking for?

6th December 2008 Canterbury Road School

A busy time of year for Father Christmas and his elves so Homer helps out with Bill and April and opens the fete. Everyone had a great day even though April spent most of the day on her bed. 

The total amount raised for the school was £800 with stalls, games, barbeque and Father Christmas. WELL DONE and thank you for inviting us along we thoroughly enjoyed the day.

 Homer enjoying some festive fun.

Below are some newspaper articles from The Gazette and Kent Messenger.

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Charity Night 28th November and 5th December

All set and everything organised except one thing “The weather” Every night that week it had been a cold but clear evening. The heavens opened that day but despite the weather people came to support us but Unfortunately the meeting had to be abandoned. The evening was set for a re-run on 5th December and although it rained there was a good attendance. The South East Afghan Racing Club came along and put on a good race. The shop was open and there was “Homer” the greyhound with his friends Minnie and Suzi to welcome everyone. Many Thanks to Anne Watson for bringing them along. Sumi Girl 12 years old came along to parade, she is the track record holder amongst other titles and is owned by Tanya Stevenson from channel 4 racing.

We would like to thank the Staff and Management at the Central Park Stadium for all their help and continued support also to the Sponsors and to those who attended. The total amount raised for the evening was £2072.39       THANK YOU

Below are a few pictures of the evening ……more to follow

Shop all set up and ready            Hamper kindly donated by Peter Bailey

One of the information points          Santa sleigh loaded with presents

Minnie in her christmas outfit          Homer by the Christmas Tree

“Sumi Girl” enjoying all the attention

Homer the greyhound makes an appearance at the Central Park Stadium to help raise funds for us. He has been busy this month with “Rockin’ Robin Carter” (the commentator at the Central Park Stadium) running the 10th John Smiths mascot race in Huntingdon on 5th October where he finished mid field and raised £205 for us so Well done and Thank you from all at the Sittingbourne RGT.

Homer will be at the stadium most Saturday evenings and will also be at our CHARITY NIGHT ON FRIDAY 28TH NOVEMBER. Click here for more detail.

Elvis who is 5 years old has just arrived at the kennel. Whilst the King is currently in the building with his good looks this white and blue dog is unlikely to hang around for long as we are sure someone will soon fall in love with him.

10TH JOHN SMITHS MASCOT RACE

Homer running the 10th John Smiths mascot race in Huntingdon on 5th October where he finished mid field and raised £205 for us so Well done and Thank you from all at the Sittingbourne RGT.

Below are some of pictures of the event.

Great Greyhound Gathering 27th September

The biggest day in the retired greyhound calendar was finally here. This year “Sittingbourne RGT” would have a presence. All branches were allowed to set up their stalls and sell their merchandise and also have a chance to nominate a dog and to give a reason why they thought their nominated greyhound should win the Retired Greyhound of the year.

We nominated Elvis because he had been in our kennels from the start, he was often overlooked because of his size but eventually a home was found for him. Never one to miss an opportunity to raise some funds we stuffed the van to capacity with mechandise and of course slotted April our retired greyhound in, who I could tell was thrilled to go as always. As you all know greyhounds are great magnets for attention and whilst we were parked at one of the services for a much needed stop we met a couple from the Brighton and Hove RGT with their greyhounds and before long Mark, Julia Bugsy and Wellington had joined us, so we were having our own gathering there in the car park. April as usual got bored and laid down, but the other greyhounds were excited at meeting each other and none of us had been to such an event before so we were looking forward to it as well.

The day started off a bit foggy but the weather forcast was good for the rest of the day and promised to be a glorious day. We arrived at the Nottingham racecourse at 7:30 am which was a miracle really as we were one of the first to arrive for once. We pitched the tent and started to unload the merchandise, the van seemed like the Tardis as the stuff just kept coming out. We were not planning on taking much back so all of what we had was to be sold that day. By 9:00 am everything was set and April had taken up her ususal position, on her bean bag and no one was going to move her this time.

We could not have wished for a better day. There was a steady stream of people through the gate and I have never seen so many greyounds in one place, all different colours, shapes and sizes but it was not just greyhounds that could enter in the shows, there were opportunities for other breeds of dog as well. There were also activities for children as well like go karting, bouncy castle farmyard pets and fairground games, there was aolso a sponsored walk around the race course, which April, Elvis and Mouse went on with Leah and Geoff. There was so much to see and do you could even have your dog washed in the pampered pooch corner.

Leah, Geoff, Elvis and Mouse arrived eager to register for the competition. Mouse was entered for one of the classes and came third winning a lovely rosette and toy. 

Elvis, unfortunately did not win the “retired greyhound of the year” competition, but to us all of the greyhounds that we have homed are winners. We had a brilliant day, and spoke to a lot of interesting people.

A BIG THANK YOU to Mark, Julia, Bugsy and Wellington. Leah, Geoff, Elvis and Mouse for their support. We all had a brilliant day and a good laugh.

THE GGG IS A DEFINATE MUST FOR 2009.

Below are some pictures of our great day in nottingham. 

Suzuki Club – Kent 21st September

Every year the Suzuki Club – Kent go on a “pet food run” collecting donations and food which they give to their nominated charity. This year they decided to nominate Sittingbourne Retired Greyhound Trust.

A few of the members arrived at the kennels eager to walk the dogs, drink lots of tea and dive into the biscuits. Brian, Steve, Paul and Graham stayed at the kennel for a few hours chatting and walking some of the retired dogs. They raised £134.60 on their way to the kennels. A big THANK YOU to them from all at the RGT.

THANK YOU