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FEW FACTS ABOUT ‘THE TYKES’.
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| The Tricky Tykes Terrier
Racing Display Team are the U.K’s premier Terrier
Racing Team. They have appeared at numerous major shows
throughout the country, frequently attracting press and
T.V. coverage. They are particularly popular with the
thousands who attend CRUFTS each year, and have been
invited by the Kennel Club to appear there every year since 1998. Due to their
success and popularity at CRUFTS, the Kennel Club also
invited the ‘TYKES’ to appear for four years in
succession at their other major show, ‘Discover Dogs’,
held each year at Earls Court in November. |
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In the words of one show organiser ‘IF THE TRICKY TYKES TERRIER RACING TEAM
ARE GOOD ENOUGH FOR CRUFTS, THEY ARE GOOD ENOUGH FOR
US.’ |
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As published in Crufts Souvenir
Programmes
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………..IF YOU KNOW TERRIERS
YOU KNOW THEY
CAN CAUSE CHAOS AND THE TRICKY TYKES TERRIERS PROMISE TO AGAIN CREATE
TOTAL BEDLAM AT THIS YEAR'S CRUFTS. |
| The following year……………..
THEY’RE BACK. BEDLAM TIME AT CRUFTS AGAIN AS THIS
PERKY PACK OF CHAOS CAUSING CANINES THWART EVERY EFFORT
TO DEMONSTRATE THE COUNTRY SPORT OF TERRIER RACING………..CHAOS
AGAIN TRYING TO ROUND UP THE EXCITED LITTLE TURBO
CHARGED HORRORS……..DESCRIBED AS PROBABLY THE MOST
AMUSING DISPLAY IN THE UK…AND FAMILIAR FACES ON
TELEVISION. |
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The year-upon-year re-booking of
the Tykes is not just confined to their popularity
at CRUFTS, other major shows, like the massive 3 day
Portsmouth and Southsea Show, also invite the Tykes
back year after year. To see why the Tykes are so popular, click on our Message Centre. |
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WHO ARE
THE ‘TYKES’. |
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The ‘Tykes’ are a brat pack of
little dogs, mostly terriers, who enthusiastically give
their all in the pursuit of a mechanically propelled
lure, as they demonstrate to crowds the length and
breadth of the British Isles, the age old Country Sport
of Terrier Racing. (Well, that’s the intention!). |
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Their principle trade mark is
to create chaos, laughter and mayhem where ever they go.
The ‘Team’, are presented by Lyn
Moran and John Goddard-Fenwick, and were first formed in the early 90's.. All of the terriers are owned by the Team
Leaders, and therefore they are at ease with each other,
which means that all their energy is directed to ‘getting
that lure'.
In their first year they won a
prestigious ‘Arena Display Team’ Award at the
Showman’s Show in Newbury, and haven’t looked back
since.!
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The public just can’t seem to get
enough of their antics! They have made hundreds of
appearances all over the British Isles, and shows have
invited them back again and again by public demand. As
another organiser said recently
‘THE TRICKY TYKES MAY BE COPIED BUT
NEVER EVER BETTERED’. |
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There are over 40 ‘Tykes’
actively taking part in the Team, and a static display
ensures that SHOWS HAVE SOMETHING FOR THEIR VISITORS TO
SEE ALL DAY. ‘Tricky Tykes – The Next Generation’
are on show and amuse visitors throughout the day of the
show. |
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Tricky Tykes
Terrier Racing
