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Great Yarmouth Greyhound Homefinders - Fundraising
The BIG Shave!
East Norfolk Operatic Society member raises funds for Yarmouth Greyhound Homefinders Bearded greyhound racing kennel hand, Graham Anderton, agreed to have the beard, he has had for at least twenty years, shaved off, so he could take his place in the East Norfolk Operatic Societies, Fiftieth Anniversary Year Show, Gilbert and Sullivan’s Mikado, provided people sponsored him in aid of Yarmouth Greyhound Homefinders.
With £770 pounds pledged at the start of Saturday’s Bank Holiday greyhound race meeting at Yarmouth Stadium, there was no way out for Graham and after race eight, Philip Jones from PJ’s Hairdressers in Deneside, Great Yarmouth, carried out his most public shave ever, witnessed directly by the crowd on the Bookmaker Terraces and broadcast throughout the Stadium on the TV screens. Further monies were donated on the night taking the final total to £930.
Racehorse runs to support greyhounds
Following
gentle persuasion from one of her friends and greyhound owner,
Keith Parkin, who also happens to be a member at Fakenham Horse
Racecourse, one of Yarmouth Stadium’s greyhound Trainers Julie
Green decided to enter the annual Ames Nissan Amateur Riders
Charity Flat Race, supporting the Norfolk Countryside Alliance
and local Charities, at Fakenham.
This is not an inconsiderable undertaking, to enter the race required a donation of £750 to the Countryside Alliance, then Julie had to obtain a temporary Jockey’s Licence, involving a day at Newmarket riding both a mechanical and a real (large) racehorse. After that, again with Keith’s assistance, Julie could raise money for her chosen charity Yarmouth Greyhound Homefinders. Local Racehorse Trainer Christine Dunnett lent a super racehorse for the occasion and allowed Julie to attend her stables, training for the big event – riding daily, plus mucking out – Julie also followed a serious diet.
Things were going well, Keith Parkin contacted the customers of his company, New Dawn Leisure, specialists in touch screens and soon sponsorship monies were being pledged from as far afield as Edinburgh, Dorset and Cardiff, but then a shock for Julie, the owners of the horse she was to ride were in two minds, either race him in a hurdle race at Fakenham, or to sell him. There was a chance that Christine Dunnett could find another horse but Julie decided to make an offer for the original choice Lawyer To World and the owners agreed to sell him!
Snow had forced the cancellation of the original race meeting, scheduled for Friday 27th February but Julie Green didn’t have to wait too long as Fakenham Racecourse was granted an extra day’s racing, on Friday 13th March,. Off the pace for the first lap of the course, Julie and Lawyer To World came through to take a creditable third place. When Keith Parkin gathered in all the promised sponsorship monies he found the total had reached the great sum of £2,393. The money will help the Yarmouth Greyhound Homefinders, a group of volunteers who specialise in finding pet placements for greyhounds that have raced mainly at Yarmouth Stadium.
Presentation Photo Shows:- Keith Parkin presented the cheque for £2,393 to Yarmouth Greyhound Homefinders Committee member Julia Knights, between them are Lawyer To World and his owner and jockey Julie Green.
East Norfolk Operatic Society member raises funds for Yarmouth Greyhound Homefinders Bearded greyhound racing kennel hand, Graham Anderton, agreed to have the beard, he has had for at least twenty years, shaved off, so he could take his place in the East Norfolk Operatic Societies, Fiftieth Anniversary Year Show, Gilbert and Sullivan’s Mikado, provided people sponsored him in aid of Yarmouth Greyhound Homefinders.
With £770 pounds pledged at the start of Saturday’s Bank Holiday greyhound race meeting at Yarmouth Stadium, there was no way out for Graham and after race eight, Philip Jones from PJ’s Hairdressers in Deneside, Great Yarmouth, carried out his most public shave ever, witnessed directly by the crowd on the Bookmaker Terraces and broadcast throughout the Stadium on the TV screens. Further monies were donated on the night taking the final total to £930.
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Racehorse runs to support greyhoundsFollowing
gentle persuasion from one of her friends and greyhound owner,
Keith Parkin, who also happens to be a member at Fakenham Horse
Racecourse, one of Yarmouth Stadium’s greyhound Trainers Julie
Green decided to enter the annual Ames Nissan Amateur Riders
Charity Flat Race, supporting the Norfolk Countryside Alliance
and local Charities, at Fakenham.This is not an inconsiderable undertaking, to enter the race required a donation of £750 to the Countryside Alliance, then Julie had to obtain a temporary Jockey’s Licence, involving a day at Newmarket riding both a mechanical and a real (large) racehorse. After that, again with Keith’s assistance, Julie could raise money for her chosen charity Yarmouth Greyhound Homefinders. Local Racehorse Trainer Christine Dunnett lent a super racehorse for the occasion and allowed Julie to attend her stables, training for the big event – riding daily, plus mucking out – Julie also followed a serious diet.
Things were going well, Keith Parkin contacted the customers of his company, New Dawn Leisure, specialists in touch screens and soon sponsorship monies were being pledged from as far afield as Edinburgh, Dorset and Cardiff, but then a shock for Julie, the owners of the horse she was to ride were in two minds, either race him in a hurdle race at Fakenham, or to sell him. There was a chance that Christine Dunnett could find another horse but Julie decided to make an offer for the original choice Lawyer To World and the owners agreed to sell him!
Snow had forced the cancellation of the original race meeting, scheduled for Friday 27th February but Julie Green didn’t have to wait too long as Fakenham Racecourse was granted an extra day’s racing, on Friday 13th March,. Off the pace for the first lap of the course, Julie and Lawyer To World came through to take a creditable third place. When Keith Parkin gathered in all the promised sponsorship monies he found the total had reached the great sum of £2,393. The money will help the Yarmouth Greyhound Homefinders, a group of volunteers who specialise in finding pet placements for greyhounds that have raced mainly at Yarmouth Stadium.
Presentation Photo Shows:- Keith Parkin presented the cheque for £2,393 to Yarmouth Greyhound Homefinders Committee member Julia Knights, between them are Lawyer To World and his owner and jockey Julie Green.