After many years with lurchers who showed no interest whatsoever in retrieving anything, Phil and Eileen are delighted that Finnegan has taken so well to Flyball but not particularly surprised as they can’t mention the word ‘ball’ at home without being mobbed!  After a year of hard training, this season (2007) Finnegan and Phil have progressed rapidly through starters to their debut in Division at Middlesbrough with 2 rosettes to show from 3 tournaments. 

The latest addition to the family – a lurcher puppy called Billy Bob (aka ‘anklesnapper’) has recently joined the Hillam Hotdogs nursery and when Eileen’s ankle is fully recovered (!) she will be training with him.

At home Finnegan and Billy Bob share their pad with a chatty puss and a lazy greyhound, Phil tinkers with cars and Eileen reads for England – when work doesn’t get in the way.

Finnegan also likes tinkering with cars but the less said about that the better!

An Ode To Finegan                              The Ballad Of Prissick Park