JIMMY WHITE POOL NIGHT.

On Friday 29th February Jimmy " The Whirlwind" White blew in to Wimbledon Stadium and raised a storm playing all comers at Pool. Whilst raising that storm Jimmy also raised over £5,000 for Wimbledon Retired Greyhounds. This was the second year that Jimmy had donated his time and undoubted talents to supporting Retired Greyhounds. He has indicated that he would like to see this as an annual event, and whilst he can still devote the time and he will always remain popular, we will still stage the event. The night was underwritten by "Betfair", who donated £2,000, and supported the night by taking five places to play pool, and sponsoring eight races, which raised another £1,300.00. Betfair have said how pleased they were with the night and have asked if they can have first refusal on 2009
The whole profile of the Retired Greyhounds and the work of the welfare staff was raised by an excellent piece shown on the Saturday on London Tonight News, who sent a camera and reporter to interview Jimmy, and some of the players. There is a DVD recording of the piece, but one well known retired greyhound supporter, who was also interviewed (and came over very well) is willing to pay good money that it never sees the light of day again .
Bob would like to thank all those people who supported the night, especially those from the Hersham Kennels, and readers of the Hersham Hounds website, who as usual were badgering him to let them be involved, many making donations and pleading not to be made to play.
*All of us at WGW would like to thank Jimmy for once again giving us an evening to remember. For all those involved in organising this event, our heartfelt thanks. To our friends and supporters- once again you came up trumps, thank you for supporting us.*
Advance Notice

" Sharpen your arrows, and get ready on the oche, it's "180", and you can't "beat a bit of bully"
Betfair are keen to organise a similar night to Jimmy's but with a Darts Player, look out for the details

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