WITH US RIGHT FROM THE START
OUR LATEST OWNER PROFILE IS PERHAPS ONE OF THE MOST SENTIMENTAL TO LIZ AND I AS IT PROFILES OUR LONGEST STANDING OWNER DOUG WARLAND. DOUG HAS BEEN WITH US FROM THE VERY FIRST DAY AND HAS BEEN A TREMENDOUS SUPPORTER AND BELIEVER IN THE KENNEL AND LIZ AND MY ABILITY TO SUCCEED. INDEED IT WAS A CHANCE MEETING WITH DOUG AT OXFORD ONE FRIDAY AFTERNOON THAT WAS THE CATALYST FOR YOURS TRULY TO FIRST BECOME INVOLVED WITH THE SPORT OF GREYHOUND RACING. SO IF WANNA BLAME ANYONE ............ BLAME DOUG! LOL
DOUG GAVE (NOT SOLD) LIZ AND I HIS TRANSIT VAN WHEN WE FIRST TOOK OUT OUR LICENCE SO THAT WE HAD A SUITABLE VEHICLE TO TRAVEL THE DOGS IN. HE WAS ALSO THE FIRST PERSON TO ASK ME TO PURCHASE HIM A DOG TO RUN UNDER OUR CHARGE. THAT BITCH, LIGHTNING DRAW TURNED OUT TO BE OUR FIRST EVER WINNER WHEN WERE ATTACHED TO MILTON KEYNES. IN THE FOURTEEN YEARS THAT WE HAVE TRADED DOUG WARLAND HAS ALWAYS HAD A GREHOUND IN OUR KENNEL. OUR FRINDSHIP GOES BACK 30 YEARS TO WHEN DOUG WAS MY FOOTBALL MANAGER AS A TEENAGER. HE ALSO USED TO COME AND WATCH ME BOX WHENEVER HE COULD. HE IS A VERY CLOSE FRIEND TO BOTH LIZ AND I AND WE WILL BE FOREVER GRATEFUL FOR THE LOYALTY AND FRIENDSHIP HE HAS SHOWN US. NOW 73 HE HAS NOT BEEN IN THE BEST OF HEALTH OF LATE YET HE STILL FINDS TIME TO VISIT THE KENNEL (ABOVE) WITH HIS WIFE MARGARET WHO ALSO ENJOYS BEING AROUND THE GREYHOUNDS. ALL OF US AT LILYPAD RACING WISH DOUG A FULL RECOVERY AND ARE GRATEFUL FOR HIS CONTINUED SUPPORT ...... QUITE SIMPLY, DOUG WARLAND IS A GREAT GUY!