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Tomato Lake, Oats Street, Belmont. Registration Confirmation & payment from 9:30am Races start @ 10:30am SHARP! All ferrets will run in the heats for Overall Championship. Non-place getters will then run in either the Male or Female Championship heats, and there will be a special race for the physically disabled ferrets. This is an all day event, so please be prepared to stay until the end. REGISTRATION closes Sunday 22nd June 2003 (no late entries accepted). To register, email Race Coordinator with your name, membership #, each ferret's name, ferret's sex, and whether they are disabled or not. Alternatively, post your registration details to 329 Lord St, Beechboro WA 6063, or phone Shirley on 9377 6478. Payment is on the day. You can pack a picnic or barbeque, or buy hot or cold food from the Tomato Lake Kiosk. Bring your favourite drink, a chair or blanket, food and drink for your ferrets, and share in a day of camaraderie! |
Shona & Chris [ member #230 ]
 Thu 10 Apr 03 @ 1:36 am
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1. The races are open to WAFFS members only - membership must be current. Bring along your membership card to make processing faster. 2. Registration fee is $1.00 per ferret and no late entries will be accepted. 3. A maximum of 5 entries per membership, including disabled ferrets is allowed. 4. Ferrets will race through 12 metres of PVC piping. 5. Pipes will be placed parallel to each other, at least half a metre apart. 6. Stopwatches will be used to time each race. 7. Heats will be held for each category and finals held after all heats have been completed. 8. The order of races will be determined on the day. 9. At the start of the race, ferrets will be placed at the beginning of their pipes. 10. After placing their ferret in the pipe and putting the pipe-cap in place, each starter will move immediately to the end of the course (behind the marked line). 11. All viewers will remain behind the roped off area so as not to distract the racing ferrets. 12. There will be no movement of the pipes or other distractions apart from verbal encouragement. 13. The winning ferret is the first to emerge from the pipe without any physical help from its starter and may only be touched by a Marshal until all place-getters have been selected. 14. The ferret's four legs must be out of the pipe before it is deemed to have completed the race. 15. Judges are independent and will be selected on the day. 16. Any queries about the results or running of a race are to be discussed with the judges before the start of the next race. 17. There will be trophies / prizes for winners and place-getters in all categories. |
Shona & Chris [ member #230 ]
Mon 09 Jun 03 @ 8:05 pm
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Are the races still on ? In view of the weather forcast perhaps we should consider postponing the event, yes ? |
Patrick, Joyce, Penelope, Pamela [ member #274 ]
Sat 28 Jun 03 @ 1:07 pm
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photos now in the photo gallery. see here. (rain, hail or shine, the ferret races proceed :) |
Shona & Chris [ member #230 ]
Sun 29 Jun 03 @ 5:18 pm
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Of the 104 ferrets that raced, the winners were: Open Championship 1st Ester Hewett 2nd Pixel Hewett 3rd Muffin Clarke Champion Jills 1st Cinnamon Clacy 2nd Panda Pettit 3rd Bundy Richards Champion Hobs 1st Coucous Rowles 2nd Frisk Western 3rd Midnight Cahill Disabled Champions 1st Dustbuster Robinson 2nd Tiny Rohowicz 3rd Tia Woodcock Fastest Ferret: Recipient of the Fox Memorial Trophy - Holly Clacy @ 13 seconds! |
Shona & Chris [ member #230 ]
Mon 11 Aug 03 @ 8:45 pm
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