Saturday 12th December—Meet & Greet at Park Farm Shopping Centre,Allestree, Derby, DE22 2QN

The weather was cold but dry for our Christmas meet and greet. The stall was quickly set up and shoppers responded in true Christmas spirit by filling our collection tins and purchasing our goods.

Our Christmas fancy dress competition was hotly contested and was eventually won by Father Christmas followed by the Christmas Angel and third place went to the Christmas Cook, which were Hugo, Polly and Molly respectively.Our thanks go to all our volunteers who made such sterling efforts with their costumes and those of their dogs which brought a real Christmas flavour to the whole event.

We would also like to thank Ken and Clare from Allestree Pet Supplies who kindly donated prizes for the winners and completed the unenviable task of judging the entrants.

Once again our special thanks go to our three Santa Claus (Hugo, Bob and Grace) Santas Little Helper (Blossom) the Christmas Angel (Polly) the Christmas Cook (Molly) Mrs Santa Claus (Mae), Santas Reindeer (Spoogle) and finally Murphy, Sophie and Madge. 

Due to the kindness of the visitors to our stall we raised £255.40 in donations and £212.90 in merchandise sales.

Sunday 29th November—Rufford Country Park NG22 9DF 
The drive to Rufford Park this time was very wet but right on cue the rain stopped as the walk began. We took the usual walk through the woods and round the lake and it was great to see some new adopters with their greyhounds, some old friends, as well as the 'seasoned regulars'. A slightly soggy but pleasant walk was followed by refreshments and greyhound chat at the cafe.

Sunday 15th November—Cromford Canal, Derbyshire Cromford Mill, Wheatcrofts Wharf, Mill Lane, Cromford, Derbyshire, DE4 3RQ
A small turnout for this walk, although one couple and their two lovely greyhounds were from Milton Keynes, but the weather stayed fine and we all had a pleasurable walk along the towpath followed by refreshments at the cafe.

Sunday 25th October—Wollaton Park

A large turnout of greyhounds and their human companions for this enjoyable walk around Wollaton Park on a lovely autumn morning, the rain holding off until almost everyone had gone home.

Saturday 17th October—Meet & Greet at Morrisons, Meteor Centre, Sir Frank Whittle Road, Derby, DE21 4RX

A warm thank you to Morrisons for allowing us to have our Meet and Greet on Saturday which turned out to be a lovely sunny day. We had a busy day with visitors to our stall and had a number of genuine enquiries about adopting a greyhound as a pet. Many thanks also goes to everyone who volunteered to support the day, and a huge thank you to the volunteers who collected donations inside the store whilst all the fun was happening outside! A special thanks goes to the wonderful homed greyhounds who gave up their valuable sleep time to help out on the day, including Millie & George, Blossom, Polly, Hugo, Wanda, Fen, Molly and Ellie. They all did a fantastic job in welcoming all the visitors to the stall and promoting how retired racing greyhounds make wonderful pets. Due to the generosity of all the Morrisons customers we raised a total of £250.15 in donations, and £90.00 in merchandise sales which will go towards the cost of kennelling, and vets fees for the greyhounds we have in our care. Thank you to you

Saturday 10th October—Meet & Greet at Bardills Garden Centre & Aquatic Centre, 225 Toton Lane, Stapleford, NG9 7JB

The staff at Bardills Garden Centre made us very welcome. Visitors were generous and there were several serious enquiries. The sunny weather obviously helped and thanks go out to the RGT owners who brought along: Billy, Bob and Grace, Hugo, Millie & George, Ellie, Molly, Wanda, Beth and Millie (sorry if we have missed any out) who all behaved very well even when the garden centre cats came out to see who was invading their home! The manageress at Bardills looks forward to hosting us again and is planning to sponsor us further in a few weeks time with the proceeds of a talk she is giving to a local garden club.

Sunday 27th September—Burnt Stump Country Park

A good turnout of familar faces and some of our recently adopted greyhounds for the walk around the woods and back to the Burnt Stump inn for refreshments

Saturday 19th September - Great Greyhound Gathering

The day was a great success, we were kept busy in the Pamper Pooch Area, clipping nails, micro chipping, giving dental advice and selling all things doggy. Thanks to everyone that supported us and to everyone that helped on the day.

Thanks also go to Brogan (pictured left) who was our representative for the Greyhound of the Year class, unfortunately he didn't win but did the branch very proud!

Sunday 13th September —Companion Dog Show at RSPCA Burton on Trent Branch

An early start saw us first at the venue and setting up on our own, although not for long, as all manner of dog breeds and their owners started to appear and show interest in our stall and the hounds. Some old friends arrived to say hello and some recent adopters with their new hounds popped in to see us. We had a several enquiries regarding adopting greyhounds, a Greyhound won one of the companion dog classes and the weather stayed fine, all in all a really good day. Our thanks go to the RSPCA and Derwent Valley Dog Club who organised the event but most of all to Molly, Fen, Bob, Grace, Wanda, Lucky, Ellie and Polly our Greyhounds in attendance. We took £121.92 in merchandise sales and £22.64 in donations

Sunday 6th September—Our 10th Anniversary Picnic Sherwood Forest Visitors Centre

Saturday 25th July 2009—Meet & Greet at Pets at Home, Unit 2 Daybrook Retail Park, Mansfield Road, Arnold, Nottingham, NG5 3GG

Luckily we chose the best day of the weekend to hold our inaugral meet and greet at the above venue. We were made very welcome by all the staff at the store, and we soon had our stall set up and it wasn't long before we had our first enquiries and from that point on we were kept busy most of the day. As well as the visiting Greyhounds we had a feathery visitor in the shape of a Mallard mother and her chicks.They caused quite a stir going into the store on a couple of occasions and wandering around behind our stall, but all our hounds behaved perfectly. A very special thank you to everybody at Pets at Home for hosting the event and for looking after us throughout the day, I'm sure we'll be back again. Once again our extra special thanks go to our Greyhounds, Billy, Lola, Lady, Blossom, Robbie, Rosie, Bridget, Bob, Grace and Merry who all behaved so well and proved what great pets Greyhounds do make. We took £22.50 in merchandise sales and £76.63 in donations.

Sunday 28th June— Rushcliffe Country Park, Mere Way, Loughborough Road, Ruddington, Nottingham NG11 6JS

Our last walk until Autumn was enjoyed by adopters and dogs alike, with time for a quick drink and chat afterwards before the sun came out!

Sunday 24th May—Meet and Greet, Pets at Home, Mansfield, Nottingham NG18 1HA

We were very grateful for the people who came to meet our dogs, find out more about greyhounds, give donations and purchase our greyhound merchandise. We took £47.61 in donations and £81.90 in merchandise sales making a total of £129.51.

Our greyhounds did a wonderful job of showing that greyhounds do make wonderful pets. I think at one stage we had 9 greyhounds together which was wonderful and all behaved impeccably.A huge, huge thank you to all the people who came along with their greyhounds and supported us, many of them giving up their whole day. A special thank you to the stars of the show, the greyhounds: Rosie, Brigitte, Blossom, Thomas, Daisy, Spencer, Bob, Grace, Flop, Hector, Murphy, and Barney—what wonderful ambassadors they were. Also thanks to the staff at Pets at Home for looking after us for the day.

Sunday 31st May - Vicar Water Country Park, Mansfield Road, Clipstone NG21 9AA

A relatively small turnout for this walk due to the very hot weather, and for this reason the walk was kept to approximately 30 minutes duration around the lake. On return to the visitor centre we relaxed in the shade on the grass for refreshments and the usual greyhound chat. This was a new venue for our monthly walk and we all thought we will return here in the future, hopefully on a cooler day.

Sunday 17th May—RSPCA Sponsored Dog Walk & Fun Day at Wollaton Park

It was positively balmy when we arrived in the Park to set up the stall. We were answering queries immediately and people were kindly buying our merchandise and placing money in our tin. Friends old and new appeared which created a lovely atmosphere for volunteers and visitors alike. Then it rained and rained and then rained a bit more. This was a really wet event, but we were not daunted and tables were moved back into the gazebo and we carried on regardless. We were able to pack up the stall in the dry, thank goodness, after a really rewarding day. Our thanks go to all our volunteers and everyone who visited the stall, but once again special thanks to our Greyhound ambassadors Bob, Grace, Billy, Fern, Annie, Murphy, Barney, Zoe, Blossom and Yenny. We took £173.30 in merchandise sales and £61.96 in donations.

Monday 4th May—Dove Valley Community Project Traditional Village Fete

There was a good turn out at the Hatton Village Fete even though the weather despite the weather. Many thanks to all the visitors to the stall who simply wanted to enquire and chat about how Greyhounds make wonderful pets after finishing their racing career and to those who made donations or purchased some RGT merchandise. Thanks to Lynne Saul for inviting us to participate at this event, and special thanks go to Lucky, Mona, Ellie, Lucy, Molly, Bob and Grace our greyhounds on duty for the day and who were the real stars of the show. We raised £24.58 in donations and £44.40 in merchandise sales.

Sunday 26th April— Elvaston Country Park

As we celebrate our 10th anniversary this year, we started the walk by having a group photograph taken by the Nottinghamshire Today photographer, who then joined us for part of the walk.

Sunday 29th March—Burnt Stump

A bright Spring day for an enjoyable walk through the woods and to the inn for refreshments.

Saturday 7th March 2009— Meet and Greet, Pets at Home, Derby

It was another cold and windy Saturday morning as we set up our stall for another day's meeting and greeting. We had our first visitors as soon as we had set up, not even time for a warming cup of coffee, and from then on we were kept busy with enquiries, and visitors throughout the day.

We raised a total of £46.21 in donations, and £46.00 in merchandise sales.We would especially like to thank all the helpful staff at Pets at Home for hosting the Meet and Greet at the Store, and particularly to Mike the Store Manager and Rachel the Deputy Manager. Special thanks also to Robbie, Molly, Ebony, Ellie, Bob and Grace our Greyhound ambassadors for the day.

Sunday 22nd February 2009—Wollaton Park

Sunday saw us have a nice stroll around Wollaton park, a breezy chilly day thankfully with no rain. All things greyhound were discussed over a coffee and cake at the park's cafe after.

Sunday 25th January—Rufford Park

A good turnout for a dry but muddy walk around the lake and back to the cafe for a chat over refreshments.

Sunday 27th December—

Elvaston Castle Country Park DE72 3EP

A good gathering of greyhounds and owners considering the weather conditions for a brisk walk around the frozen fields and paths. Hot drinks were very welcome after the main walk before returning to the vehicles. The cold weather prompted more than the usual number of greyhound coat sales.

Sunday 30th & Monday 31st August—Moorgreen Country Show

The weather was kind to us and attendance at the Show was good. We were kept busy throughout the two days with people enquiring about homing Greyhounds and selling our merchandise, but Bob and Layla still found time to win first place in the Greyhound and Veteran's classes respectively on the Monday afternoon. Congratulations were also in order to Maisy one of the dogs for adoption who took third place in the Greyhound class. Well done one and all. Thanks to all who attended and visited us at the stall for a chat and a special thanks once again to Billy, Layla, Fen, Bob, Grace, Molly, Scooby, and Maisy who all did sterling duty meeting and greeting throughout the weekend. We took £255.30 in merchandise sales and £55.33 in donations

Past Events 2009

Past Events 2009