Bennita Pickard, who has worked with the hounds at ‘Wimbledon Greyhound Welfare’ for 14 years in total, has decided to venture out of her comfort zone to raise as much as she can for the homeless hounds she so loves and has set herself a physical challenge to try and climb Mount Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa), […]
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As part of the Kennels 30th Birthday Bash event on Saturday 22nd April (11.00 am to 2.00 pm), WGW volunteer and Silversmith, Holly Staples, will be selling her handmade silver jewellery, and as well as her jewellery, she will also be selling special custom stamped silver dog tags. You can buy a tag for your
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A HAPPY EASTER Thank you to everyone who supported our Easter Saturday Coffee Morning. Special thanks to Stella & Blaise Murphy, Sharon Lucy Wells, Julia Renfree and Claire & Thea Zambanini. Thank you to Holly Keane for most of the photos on this post! The Easter Bonnet Parade was very difficult to judge, as everyone
HAPPY 30th BIRTHDAY WGW!! Join us at the kennels on Saturday 22nd April from 111am to 2pm to celebrate 30 years of WGW and 23 years at the current site in Hersham. Bring your hound, walk a kennel hound and enjoy browsing the hound goodies on offer while enjoying a home made cake or something from
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Bruno was more than happy to jump into my car and make himself at home for the journey back to Lingfield, only getting up to readjust. Once we got home he had a good explore throughout the house and greeted the rest of the family very politely. He had his dinner and a walk and
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A message from our kennels manager: Thank you very much to everyone who responded to yesterday’s emergency bedding appeal. We have been overwhelmed by your generosity and kindness and our storage is now bursting at the seams (in a good way!) We now find ourselves in the fortunate position of having to ask that if
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A huge and heartfelt thank you to everyone who has helped us combat the sheer volume of water that rushed ftom Turners Lane into the Kennels late last night (Friday 31st March \ Saturday 1st April), much more than forecast and made more difficult by the unexpected area power cut due to a local power
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At the kennels, Wear your best Easter Bonnet or dress your Greyhound in their finest Easter threads or accessorise your favourite kennnel hounds collar. Rosettes and prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place for Hounds and Humans. Kennels Caff will be open for refreshments.
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It’s CHRISTMAS and time to get out your Christmas hats and jumpers and dig out the tinsel for decorating your hound. The annual Blessing will take place on Saturday 16th December, on Vauxmead (secure field opposite St Peter’s Church) . Our lovely local vicar will bless the hounds and we will sing a carol. The
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A huge thank you to devoted volunteers and hound owners, Julie & John, Lynn & Nikky, for such a greyt community event last night, in aid of our homeless hounds. A lot of fun alongside the quiz, with hot dogs, chilli, cakes and a raffle, topped off with an amazing announcement that the charity will
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