In the season of 1996 the course runners section organized it´s first lure coursing competition with 18 competing hounds from the nothern part of Sweden. In the picture above: the winner of the "saluqi course 1996" Khalils Bawaq. s
Because of the fact that 95% of our sections hounds is of the breed saluki we could naturly only make a competition for that breed. Our ambition are despite this to get the whippets, afghanhounds and the borzois on the track too. Within the SSC the lure coursing is a new activity,and it´s growing fast. So we believe that our ambitions will soon come through.
The Saluqi course
of 1997 went down the drain because I wasn´t physically fit.
But I am recharging my batteries for the season of 1998.
And I will work my ass off to make this an annual event.
The winner of Saluqi courset-98 Ch Shamali Yawir Khehilan.
At last, we are back!
This year we picked up and arranged a new edition of saluqi
courset. Saluqi courset-98 got visitors from Gotenburg as
well as Boden and Umeċ.This year the prestidges saluqi
courset mantle went to Gotenburg and Ch Shamali Yawir
Khehilan or "Virre" as he is usually calld!We hope that
the owner Ingela Hägg will return next year with Virre to
defend the title when the competition becomes an official
test.
The winner from Saluqi courset-96 Khalils Bawwaq placed
him self on a good second place, showing that he can be
one of the favorites in next years compitition!
In a hounourable 3 place came our own clubs big hope
Shamali Derwish Al Tajwal,that also is a hound that
are to be counted of next year!
This year the lure coursing competitions in Skellefteċ Sweden also contained a course for the whippets, of cause called "Whippet courset". And this first years course was overwhelmingly won by Sheza Solo power or Bree as she is called at home by her owner Duncan Mc Claud(You know him from the motion picture Highlander)or was it Dunkan Mc Kei? Anyway,this really small whippet puted on a show on the field that almost popped judges eyes out.-A real performens! -My guess is that this Whippet is going to give the Swedish Whippet elit a tuff chalange next year!
Harehunt in a desert?
No, but lure coursing in a sandfield in a village called Byske in Skellefteċ Sweden! Lure coursing in a sandfield with hights is comparable
with a real desertlandscape. This is in particular exciting
for the saluki that maybe is the most fitting sighthound
within the sighthoundgroup for deserthunting. The difference
between conventional lure coursing and lure coursing in a sandfield with hights is that the sandfield lure coursing
demands wery well trained hounds. Just think about it! The
track doesn´t only go to the left and to the right, it also
goes up and down. This is for us new lc territory and the unconventional landscape creates
new possibilities in trackmaking, and in the hounds way of hunting.
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-You can almost see in a saluki that, all of a sudden
it´s "home". The tactic within them becomes very visible
when they overlook the landscape and the "desert" in search
of the "hare". It stands there and makes planes infor the
hunt they know is coming. Without, in any way discredit
the traditional lure coursing, I must say that my opinion is that this
is the most total lure coursing experience for the hounds and the
owners.
Lure coursing in a sandfield with hights is not more dangerous
than ordinary lure coursing. The sand and the hights
makes the course go a lot slower and if the hounds for some reasonwould
fall, the sand insures a soft landing.-But they will get
dusty and dirty, IF they fall that is! Because the tracks
"rollercoasterlike apearence" the tracklayer has a big
responsibility when planning the track. One of the
groundrules in this kind of lure coursing is to lay the track
after the principle that the track can have maximum
uphills, but minimal downhills. This often results
in the fact that the finish is placed 20-30 meters
higher than the start. With this kind of lc we are
trying to duplicate the hounds natural environment
and huntingconditions. It may not bee 100% accuratly,
but I think we are somewhere near.
This is the ultimate fun for our salukis!
And always remember that: A HAPPY SIGHTHOUND IS A HUNTING SIGHTHOUND!!!!!! Rickard Salander
The 3 topwhippets in Whippet courset-98. From the left the winner Sheza Solo power,Klenods Paulina and Carry on The winner takes it all.
