The Hooligans train weekly and offer sessions where we teach members of the public flyball. Our training grounds are at Church View Fields Farm, Barwell, LE9 8BB. This is on the B4468 Leicester Road, Barwell. If you are interested in joining the starters group please contact Barbara via the contact page to make sure we can accommodate you as we don't like to train too many dogs at once so training spaces are limited. Use the contact page to check when the next block of training starts. Winter training is held on Saturday morning from 10am. Summer training is held on Tuesday evenings at 7pm.
When both handlers and dogs are ready they can both have a go at a starters tournament. This gives handlers the opportunity to try out the sport, and to decide if they want to commit to a team, or the team wants to commit to them. Moving on from starters when ready, dogs and handlers can move into the intermediate group and begin to enter open tournaments. Some dogs and handlers just simply want to train once a week. Either way we do it all for FUN. Winter training is held on Saturday morning from 10am. Summer training is held on Tuesday evenings at 7pm.
Hoolies Intermediate Dogs All photographs courtesty of Tony Brealey Productions
Evie the Border Collie is Lucy's second dog, she is also tri coloured. She has a lovely nature but is very high spirited and mischievous particularly when having fun at flyball. Unfortunately Evie had a very bad accident while out on a walk with Lucy injuring a back leg and is not able to take part at present.
Mollie is another black and white Border Collie owned by Loz. She has got such a cute face and is a really loveable dog. She will run and collect the ball but often drops it and leaves it for someone else to pick up!
Millie a chocolate Labrador cross, good enough to eat! Is owned by Chris and is besotted by him. She has taken to flyball with ease, is progressing well and should become a reliable team dog.
Starter DogsAll photographs by courtesy of Tony Brealey Productions
Daisy is a pure bred lemon roan working Cocker Spaniel. She is a pretty girl, very lively and loves nothing better than giving her mum Nicola the run around.
Lottie a West Highland White and a real cutie. Rescued from the RSPCA by Mary and Tony as a puppy. At home she thinks she is Princess Charlotte and has her dad wrapped around her little paw!
Little Jack a tri coloured Jack Russell. Rescued in February 2009 while he was on 'death row', having been rehomed several times for his aggressive behaviour. He lives with Shirley, her family and 4 other dogs. Shirley is working very hard to 'tame' him.
Tia a rescued black and white Border Collie. Lives with Emily who says she is a good girl even though a bit of a 'fruit cake'. Tia is excellent at and likes nothing better than herding any dog she comes across.
Maggie is a brown and black Kelpie. She lives with Stephen who has had her since she was a puppy. She loves nothing better than running for a ball and would run all day if Stephen let her.
Murphy is owned and handled by Jack, one of our junior team members. Jack has had Murf since he was a tiny bundle of fluff, they are soulmates. As you can see from the photograph he is a very happy little chap.
Evie the Border Collie is Lucy's second dog, she is also tri coloured. She has a lovely nature but is very high spirited and mischievous particularly when having fun at flyball. Unfortunately Evie had a very bad accident while out on a walk with Lucy injuring a back leg and is not able to take part at present.
Mollie is another black and white Border Collie owned by Loz. She has got such a cute face and is a really loveable dog. She will run and collect the ball but often drops it and leaves it for someone else to pick up!
Millie a chocolate Labrador cross, good enough to eat! Is owned by Chris and is besotted by him. She has taken to flyball with ease, is progressing well and should become a reliable team dog.
Daisy is a pure bred lemon roan working Cocker Spaniel. She is a pretty girl, very lively and loves nothing better than giving her mum Nicola the run around.
Lottie a West Highland White and a real cutie. Rescued from the RSPCA by Mary and Tony as a puppy. At home she thinks she is Princess Charlotte and has her dad wrapped around her little paw!
Little Jack a tri coloured Jack Russell. Rescued in February 2009 while he was on 'death row', having been rehomed several times for his aggressive behaviour. He lives with Shirley, her family and 4 other dogs. Shirley is working very hard to 'tame' him.
Tia a rescued black and white Border Collie. Lives with Emily who says she is a good girl even though a bit of a 'fruit cake'. Tia is excellent at and likes nothing better than herding any dog she comes across.
Maggie is a brown and black Kelpie. She lives with Stephen who has had her since she was a puppy. She loves nothing better than running for a ball and would run all day if Stephen let her.
Murphy is owned and handled by Jack, one of our junior team members. Jack has had Murf since he was a tiny bundle of fluff, they are soulmates. As you can see from the photograph he is a very happy little chap.