CASTLEISLAND / MILLSTREET change to Day 1 start

Please note that the first day (Saturday) of the Castleisland/Millstreet meeting will start at the later time of 1.00pm (weather permitting). Please check in here for any further updates.

BALLINAGAR

Saturday, Sunday 24^th & 25^th October  

Judge: Liam Kelly 

Slipper: Padraig Reynolds  

Start 11.30am both days      

Saturday: Twice through Oaks TS. Once through Derby TS.       

Sunday: Start with All Age Bitch Stake, Oaks TS, Derby TS and back to RD2 All Age Bitch Stake before first interval. Complete card.

MILTOWN MALBAY

Saturday, Sunday 24^th & 25^th October  

Judge: Bernard Goold   

Slipper: David O’Connor  

Start 11.30am both days      

Saturday: Twice through Derby TS and Oaks TS. Once through All Age Bitch Stake and All Age Dog Cup.      

Sunday: Start with Three Course Duffer Stake, Jimmy Marrinan Memorial Stake, National Workers Qualifier and complete card.

MALLOW / CHARLEVILLE     
At Mallow 

Friday, Saturday, Sunday, 23^rd, 24^th, 25^th October  

Judge: Martin Mulcahy              

Slipper: John O’Connell   

Start 11.30am all three days. 

Friday: Twice through Charleville Oaks TS. Once through Charleville Derby TS, Charleville All Age Bitch Stake and Mallow/Charleville National Workers Qualifier.             

Saturday: Twice though Mallow Derby TS. Once through Mallow Reserve Oaks TS, Rakes Of Mallow All Age Cup and Mallow/Charleville National Workers Qualifier.  

Sunday: Start with Charleville Oaks TS and complete card.

THURLES / CROHANE & KILLENAULE    
At Beakstown, Thurles

Saturday, Sunday, Monday 24^th, 25^th & 26^th October  

Judge: Michael Kelly             

Slipper: Joe Egan   

Start 11.30am all three days. 

Saturday: Twice through Thurles Derby TS and Thurles Oaks TS. Once through Crohane/Thurles National Workers Qualifier (at end of day).            

Sunday: Twice though Crohane & Killenaule Derby TS. Once through Crohane & Killenaule Oaks TS. Once through Thurles Richie Maher Memorial Cup (immediately after interval).

Monday: Start with Crohane & Killenaule Oaks TS, Thurles Richie Maher Memorial Cup and complete card. All semi-finals after first interval.   

CASTLEISLAND / MILLSTREET     
At Tullig, Castleisland

Saturday, Sunday, Monday 24^th, 25^th & 26^th October  

Judge: Grace Vallely. Asst Judge: Ava Lyons              

Slipper: David Galvin   

Start 1.00pm Saturday, 11.00am Sunday and 11.30am Monday.   

Saturday: Twice through Castleisland Derby TS and Castleisland Oaks TS. Once through Island Cup (immediately after interval) and once through Castleisland National Workers Qualifier (at end of day).            

Sunday: Twice though Millstreet Oaks TS and Millstreet Derby TS. Once through Millstreet Three Course Championship Qualifier, Millstreet National Workers Qualifier and Castleisland Local Bitch Stake (at end of day). 

Monday: Start with Millstreet Oaks TS, Castleisland Derby TS, Island Cup and complete card. All semi-finals after first interval.   

NEW ROSS

Please note that New Ross are now running a combined All Age Cup (8 Dogs & 8 Bitches) with a winner’s prize of €2,500 at their meeting on Sat,Sun,Mon 31st Oct & 1,2 Nov. This is instead of the separate Dog All Age & Bitch All Age originally advertised. Their Three Course Championship Qualifier is also increased to 16 runners. Small number of vacancies in both stakes, contact Liam 087 6481274. The draw takes place this Sunday evening, Oct 25th.

NENAGH

There are a small number of vacancies in the Six To Five All Age Cup (16 Dogs & Bitches, drawn separately, winner €1,500) at Nenagh on Friday, Saturday, Sunday 30th, 31st Oct, 1st Nov. Draw takes place this Sunday evening Oct 25th. Contact Martin 087 2418290.

LISTOWEL

There are a small number of vacancies in both the John Prendiville Cup (16 All Age Dogs winner €2,000) and the All Age Bitch Stake (16 Winner €1,650) at Listowel on Friday, Saturday, Sunday 30th, 31st Oct, 1st Nov. Draw takes place this Sunday evening Oct 25th. Contact Norah 087 9955291 (between 7pm and 9pm only).

FRESHFORD

The All Age Bitch Stake at Freshford on October 29th & 30th may be run as a 12 or 16 with a first prize of €1,250. (Advertised originally as 8). The draw takes place this Friday evening, October 23rd and the draw will be published here on Saturday.

BALLINAGAR

Please note that with permission of the Irish Coursing Club, the All Age Bitch Stake at Ballinagar this coming weekend is a 16 runner-event with a first prize of €1,500. However will Club Secretaries please note that any change to All Age events (number of runners and/or prizemoney) from what was originally advertised on the Sporting Press must be flagged with the ICC at least 48 hours before the draw is made. (ICC Directive No 16).

We have had a number of requests to publish the Championship Points System. Please see below.

Champion Stakes Points System 2026/27 Season

8 ALL AGE	PRIZEMONEY	WINNER	RUNNER -UP	SEMI-FINALIST
	€750 – €999	2	0	0
	€1,000-€1,249	2.5	0	0
	€1,250 – €1499	3	0	0
	€1500-€1999	3.5	0.5	0
	€2000 or >	4	1	0
16 ALL AGE	PRIZEMONEY	WINNER	RUNNER -UP	SEMI-FINALIST
	€1,000-€1,499	4	2	0
	€1,500-€1,999	5	2.5	0
	€2,000 – €2499	6	3	1
	€2500 – €2999	7	3.5	1.5
	€3000 or >	8	4	2
32 ALL AGE	PRIZEMONEY	WINNER	RUNNER -UP	SEMI-FINALIST
	€2,000-€2,999	10	6	3
	€3,000-€3,999	11	7	3.5
	€4,000 or >	12	8	4

It was a super start to the season for The Future Syndicate with its newest runner, ‘Ballymac Berma’ winning the Oaks Trial Stake at Kilflynn in style. Ballymac Berma’ (Watchman ex Ballymac Ber) was provided and trained by Liam Dowling and family for the Future Syndicate. We are very grateful to Liam for his generosity and his continued support of our young members.

There is good news too on ‘Shineon‘, who is back in training with Brendan Matthews after her trial stake success at North Kilkenny last season. Her win gave syndicate members a day to remember and we look forward to seeing her out again this season in All Age company.

The very popular Three Course Championship will be run for the third time in the 2026/27 season with the final once again taking place at the National Meeting. The winner will be presented with the Powerstown Cup.

A small number of changes have been made to the stake conditions and the full list of conditions can be viewed when you click here (PDF – opens in new window).

The following is the list of Clubs (in alphabetical order) who have applied to run a Qualifier.

	CLUB
1	Abbeydorney
2	Co Carlow
3	Co Kerry
4	Cork
5	Dungarvan
6	Kilflynn
7	Liscannor
8	Listowel
9	Loughrea
10	Millstreet
11	Miltown Malbay
12	Nenagh
13	New Ross
14	North Kilkenny
15	Rathcormac
16	Thurles
17	Wexford/Enniscorthy

We are delighted to announce that the Bobby Browne National Workers Championship will be run for the second time in the 2026/27 season with the final once again taking place at the National Meeting.

A small number of changes have been made to the stake conditions and the full list of conditions can be viewed when you click here (PDF – opens in new window).

The following is the list of clubs (alphabetical order) who have applied to run a Qualifier. Clonakilty & Sevenhouses, as hosts of the preliminary round of Grand Final, may also nominate a greyhound to go into the draw for the preliminary round.

	CLUB
1	Abbeydorney
2	Abbeyfeale
3	Ardpatrick & Kilfinane
4	Balbriggan
5	Ballyduff
6	Ballyheigue & Dist
7	Borris In Ossory
8	Borrisoleigh
9	Cappoquin Clogheen
10	Cashel
11	Castleisland
12	Cavan/Dungannon/Westport
13	Co Carlow
14	Co Kerry
15	Cork
16	Doon
17	Dundalk & Dowdallshill
18	Dungarvan
19	Ennis Clarecastle
20	Enniscorthy/Wexford
21	Freshford
22	Glanworth / Fermoy
23	Glin
24	Johnstown & Urlingford
25	Kilflynn
26	Killimer Kilrush
27	Knockgraffon
28	Listowel
29	Lixnaw
30	Loughrea
31	Mallow/Charleville
32	Millstreet
33	Miltown Malbay
34	Mooncoin
35	Nenagh
36	New Ross
37	Old Kilcullen
38	Rathcormac
39	Rathdowney
40	Regional
41	Thurles/Crohane
42	Tradaree
43	Trim
44	Waterford
45	Westmeath Utd
46	Sevenhouses
47	Clonakilty

The following are the Clubs which will be holding Reserve Trial Stakes for the 2026/27 season.

Reserves for Derby and Oaks (Club alphabetical)
	OAKS			DERBY
1	Ballyheigue & Dist		1	Cappoquin
2	Co Carlow		2	Co Cavan
3	East Donegal 2		3	Doon
4	Freshford		4	Ennis Clarecastle
5	Galbally		5	Johnstown & Url
6	Mallow		6	Kilflynn
7	Mitchelstown		7	Killimer Kilrush
8	Old Kilcullen		8	Macroom
9	Rathcormac		9	Sevenhouses
10	Tradaree		10	South Clare
11	Trim		11	Waterford

Owners and trainers should again note the rule passed at the 2025 AGM of the Irish Coursing Club which brought about a change to the system of replacing qualifiers who are unable to take their place in the Derby and Oaks. They will now be replaced by Reserve TS winners, instead of TS runners-up, which will create an enhanced status for reserve trial stakes.

Where necessary, additional greyhounds will be added to the National Meeting reserve list, consisting of the next best performers: greyhounds that ran up multiple trial stakes etc, and they will be subject to a draw in the event of a number of greyhounds being equal in terms of performance.

Some photos from a great night at the ICC Awards and Dinner Dance on Sunday last. Huge thanks to our sponsors Greyhound & Pet World Abbeyfeale, Flaherty Family Galway, Clonmel Cabins (Billy & Marie Roche), National Meeting Bookmakers, James & Sharon Coss Portlaoise, Bridget Byrne, Surrey/Duagh and Michael Horgan, Mitchelstown. We couldn’t have done it without them. Our cover photo shows connections of Five O Five, Coursing Greyhound of the Year, receive their prizes from Award sponsors, Liam and Helen Murphy, Greyhound and Pet World.

Brendan Matthews receiving his Hall of Fame Award from sponsor Bridget Byrne

Connections of Daoimean Dubh were presented with the Coursing Bitch of the Year Award kindly sponsored by the Flaherty Family, Galway

Billy & Marie Roche, Clonmel Cabins presented Ray Conroy & Leah Eustace with awards for Coursing Brood Bitch of the Year, Laurina

James & Sharon Coss presented James Morrissey and Maria O’Sullivan with award for Open Coursing Greyhound of the Year, Party Diamond.

Denis Gould, representing the National Meeting Bookmakers, presents the Coursing Stud Dog of the Year Award to connections of Upper Hand.

Naomhan Farrell representing Edenderry CC was presented with their €5,000 Club Award by sponsor Michael Horgan.

Niall Curtin & Jack Foley representing Abbeyfeale CC were presented with their €5,000 Club Award by sponsor Michael Horgan.

A Special Merit Award was presented to Aidan Supple, Rathkeale CC & Team Powerstown, accompanied by his wife Phil.

A Special Merit Award was presented to Geraldine Doyle, Johnstown& Urlingford CC

Anne Marie O’Brien made a presentation to Donal Malone, Dan Brassil & John Harty to mark the success of Aran View in the Champion Bitch Stakes at the National Meeting.

Anne Marie O’Brien made a presentation to Ray Conroy, Gerry Holian, Jackie Farrell & Ethan Moloney to mark the success of Seven Barrows in the Derby at the National Meeting.

Anne Marie O’Brien made a presentation to Brian Murphy representing John Boyle to mark the success of Ashmore Mac in the Una O’Sullivan Memorial Irish Cup.

Bridget Leen representing her brother Michael receives the €10,000 first prize in the Classics Club Oaks draw from Michael Sheil.

John Flynn receives the €10,000 first prize in the Classics Club Derby draw from Michael Sheil.

Bill & Breda Lonergan are presented with their cheque by Damian Matthews for winning this season’s Fantasy Coursing competition.

Cormac Thompson is presented with his cheque for winning this season’s Charity Fantasy Coursing competition.

The Votes have been counted and we can now announce the winners of this season’s Coursing Awards in all five greyhound categories. We are also delighted to announce that Mr Brendan Matthews will be inducted into the Irish Coursing Club Hall of Fame (Award kindly sponsored by Mrs Bridget Byrne). Special awards for contribution to our sport will also be made to Mrs Geraldine Doyle (Johnstown & Urlingford) and Mr Aidan Supple (Rathkeale). The 2026 Coursing Awards will be presented on Sunday, May 3rd.

Coursing Greyhound of the Year
Kindly sponsored by Greyhound & Pet World, Abbeyfeale

FIVE O FIVE

Coursing Bitch of the Year
Kindly sponsored by The Flaherty Family, Galway

DAOIMEAN DUBH

Coursing Brood Bitch of the Year
Kindly sponsored by Clonmel Cabins

LAURINA

Coursing Stud Dog of the Year
Kindly sponsored by The National Meeting Bookmakers

UPPER HAND

Open Coursing Greyhound of the Year
Kindly sponsored by James Coss, Portlaoise

PARTY DIAMOND