The three day event saw some great racing and great success for trainers
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There was a tremendous crowd in attendance for the three days of Templetouhy’s outstanding 3 day Coursing meeting which concluded last Sunday. Despite some testing weather conditions the Club saw perhaps their largest ever attendance at their well-appointed Longorchard Grounds for what was the 50TH running of the Premier Cup Meeting. Templetuohy Coursing club was established in 1928 and has a long and proud tradition in the local area and has always been deeply embedded in the life of the community especially over the winter months when the netting of hares comes into full swing and preparations kick off for the annual meeting. The establishment of the Premier Cup in 1971 as a 32 runner, nominator event for All-Aged greyhounds as the feature event of the meeting was a notable departure and the club has proudly maintained that tradition over the intervening 50 years. Indeed, this year the Premier Cup was the only 32 runner All-Aged event to take place across the Club season and was also the most valuable with €4,000 going to the winner. Also on offer were 9 Champion Stakes qualification points to the winner which would almost certainly guarantee the winner entry into the elite 8 runner All-Aged event at the National Coursing Meeting in Powerstown Park in Clonmel at start of February. Needless to say, the attractive prize pot saw a very strong field assembled to claim this prestigious Cup and there were a lot of previous Cup and Trial Stake winners in the field on Friday morning. 20 dogs took their chance with 12 bitches making up the full complement of 32. The bitch’s section of the event incorporated the Templetuohy Champion Bitch Stake and Hennessy Cup and there was an additional €700 on offer for the last surviving bitch left in the Stake provided she wasn’t withdrawn. In the event, the final pairing after some outstanding Coursing over Friday and concluding on Sunday saw Bexhill Flare, owned in Glin in Co. Limerick by John Barrett & Con Sheehan and trained in Newry in Co Down by the legendary
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There was a tremendous crowd in attendance for the three days of Templetouhy’s outstanding 3 day Coursing meeting which concluded last Sunday. Despite some testing weather conditions the Club saw perhaps their largest ever attendance at their well-appointed Longorchard Grounds for what was the 50TH running of the Premier Cup Meeting. Templetuohy Coursing club was established in 1928 and has a long and proud tradition in the local area and has always been deeply embedded in the life of the community especially over the winter months when the netting of hares comes into full swing and preparations kick off for the annual meeting. The establishment of the Premier Cup in 1971 as a 32 runner, nominator event for All-Aged greyhounds as the feature event of the meeting was a notable departure and the club has proudly maintained that tradition over the intervening 50 years. Indeed, this year the Premier Cup was the only 32 runner All-Aged event to take place across the Club season and was also the most valuable with €4,000 going to the winner. Also on offer were 9 Champion Stakes qualification points to the winner which would almost certainly guarantee the winner entry into the elite 8 runner All-Aged event at the National Coursing Meeting in Powerstown Park in Clonmel at start of February. Needless to say, the attractive prize pot saw a very strong field assembled to claim this prestigious Cup and there were a lot of previous Cup and Trial Stake winners in the field on Friday morning. 20 dogs took their chance with 12 bitches making up the full complement of 32. The bitch’s section of the event incorporated the Templetuohy Champion Bitch Stake and Hennessy Cup and there was an additional €700 on offer for the last surviving bitch left in the Stake provided she wasn’t withdrawn. In the event, the final pairing after some outstanding Coursing over Friday and concluding on Sunday saw Bexhill Flare, owned in Glin in Co. Limerick by John Barrett & Con Sheehan and trained in Newry in Co Down by the legendary