Lure Coursing

Lure Coursing Working Party Contacts

Lure Coursing Working Party Chair – Jacki Winders, [email protected]

What is Lure Coursing?

Lure coursing is a performance sport developed in the early 70s by sight hound fanciers who hunted jackrabbits in the open field. They invented lure coursing as a safer, more controlled sport for sighthounds that would recreate the physical requirements of open field coursing, allowing them to continue testing the functional abilities of their hounds. Lure coursing aims to preserve and develop the coursing skills inherent in sighthounds and to demonstrate that they can perform the functions for which they were originally bred. The hounds chase plastic bags on a course laid out to simulate escaping game. The plastic bags are pulled around on a nylon string course, propelled by a hand controlled motor.

A coursing dog should have the ability to course without showing signs of undue stress or lack of fitness. Coursing tests many aspects of a dog’s physical structure and temperament. As a consequence, dogs who participant in lure coursing need to be both sound and fit.

 

Who can participate?

Lure Coursing is open to all breeds and associate register dogs. There are two streams with two separate sets of titles.

Sighthound stream breeds are: Afghan Hound, Azawakh, Borzoi, Cirneco dell'Etna, Greyhound, Ibizan Hound, Irish Wolfhound, Pharaoh Hound, Saluki, Deerhound, Sloughi, Whippet, and Italian Greyhound plus Basenji and Rhodesian Ridgebacks

The Coursing Ability stream is open to all other registered breeds and associate register dogs.

TITLES

LURE COURSING TITLES	TITLE	SASH
Junior Courser	JC.	NO
Senior Courser	SC.	NO
Lure Courser of Merit	LDM.	NO
Lure Courser Excellent	LCX.	NO
Coursing Ability	CA.	NO
Coursing Ability Advanced	CAA.	NO
Coursing Ability Excellent	CAX.	NO
Single Lure Courser of Merit	sLCM.	NO
Single Lure Courser Excellent	sLCX.	NO
Singles Field Champion	sFC.	NO
Veterans Field Champion	vFC.	NO

 

More information on titles and eligibility is available in the rules on the Dogs Australia website.

Try Out Days

Try out  & development days are an opportunity to see if your dog will run without the pressure of a trial. Assistance is provided to both dog and handler that is unavailable during a Sanctioned Event. 

For further information regarding Try & Development Days please contact the following clubs:

Fast Paws Sydney INC https://fast-paws.com

NSW Lure Coursing Association (Sighthound Development Days) https://www.nswlca.com.au 

Do I need to buy special equipment?

Not unless your dog is in the Sighthound stream and you plan to run your dog in Open or Field Champion Classes. If that is the case, once your dog has qualified as a Junior Courser and passed a Qualifying Course you will need to purchase “blankets” (racing jackets) for your dog in the recognised colours of yellow, pink and blue, along with a muzzle (non wire).

For more information contact the Lure Coursing Working Party at [email protected] or one of the club's that hold events.

More information

Lure Coursing Committee

Lure Coursing Huntmaster's NSW

Please find below a list of persons that have either undertaken the Dogs NSW Lure Coursing Working Party Huntmaster Training or deemed suitably experienced to perform the role of Huntmaster at a Lure Coursing Sanctioned Event, try out, fun run or Education Day.

Michelle Broadley	0414 685 137
Shell Gurney	0404 129 425
Jackie Winders	[email protected]
Kerry Hoffman	0422 513 296
Daniel Blackwell	[email protected]
Rachel Gambino	[email protected]
Claire Richards	[email protected]
Priscilla Hickie	[email protected]
Samantha Raines	[email protected]
Samantha Hendricks	[email protected]
Seamus Aloisio	[email protected]

Lure Coursing Lure Operator's NSW

The following Lure Operator’s are deemed suitably experienced and competent as per the Dogs Australia Lure Driver Competency Standards (Effective from 1 January 2023), to operate the lure at any Lure Coursing Sanctioned Events, Try Out or Education days:
* Bear Paintain (Lure Coursing, Lure Driver – Trainer & Assessor)
* Tony Maxwell
* Daniel Blackwell
* Jamie Ang

 Should an affiliate or individual have an enquiry regarding Huntmaster or Lure Operator training please contact the Dogs NSW Lure Coursing Working Party via email [email protected]