The clocks have changed, birds are whistling in the trees, there’s a “great stretch in the evenings” and our fixtures page is bursting at the seams.

JERRY DESMOND, Chief Executive of the Irish Coursing Club, was awarded a prestigious ‘Lifetime Commitment’ award by Irish Country Sports and Country Life (ICS&CL) magazine, at an awards ceremony in Shane’s Castle, Co. Antrim, recently.