Trainers Championship (greyhounds)

The Trainers' Championship currently rebranded as the Trainers' Judgement Night is a competition for the leading greyhound trainers in the United Kingdom.

Trainers' Championship
Trainers' Judgement Night

Charlie Lister OBE (6 times winner)
Class	Feature
Inaugurated	1977
Sponsor	Premier Greyhound Racing
Race information
Distance	Various distances over six races
Surface	Sand
Qualification	Six leading trainers based on points accumulated throughout the previous year.

History

The competition was inaugurated in 1977 at (Brough Park) and is contested by the six leading trainers based on points gained from open race success from the previous year.^[1]

The competition should not be confused with the Greyhound Trainer of the Year which is awarded to the trainer who achieves the most points for winning open races on the Greyhound Board of Great Britain annual racing calendar.^[2] The 2020 edition was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic^[3] and when it returned in 2021 it was rebranded as the Trainers' Judgement Night following sponsorship by Arc & Entain. The new format was similar but saw a reduction from eight races to six.^[4]

Sponsors

• 1977–1979 (Ladbrokes)
• 2021–2021 (Arc/Entain)
• 2022–2025 (Premier Greyhound Racing)

Past winners

Year Winner Championship Venue Notes/ref 1977 Natalie Savva & Geoff De Mulder (Brough Park) tied[5] 1978 Ted Dickson (Monmore) [6] 1979 John Honeysett (Crayford & Bexleyheath) [7] 1980 Ted Dickson (Crayford & Bexleyheath) 1981 Joe Cobbold (Crayford & Bexleyheath) [8] 1982 Adam Jackson (White City - London) 1983 Natalie Savva (White City - London) 1984 George Curtis (White City - London) 1985 Kenny Linzell (Walthamstow) 1986 Kenny Linzell (Wembley) 1987 Geoff De Mulder (Wembley) 1988 Ernie Gaskin Sr. (Walthamstow) 1989 John McGee Sr. (Oxford) 1990 Bill Masters (Hove) 1991 Linda Mullins (Reading) 1992 John McGee Sr. (Reading) [9] 1993 Linda Mullins (Walthamstow) 1994 John Coleman (Walthamstow) 1995 John Coleman (Wimbledon) 1996 Ernie Gaskin Sr. (Hackney) 1997 Linda Mullins (Walthamstow) 1998 Ernie Gaskin Sr. (Sittingbourne) 1999 Linda Jones (Walthamstow) 2000 Nick Savva (Sittingbourne)

Year Winner Championship Venue Notes 2001 Charlie Lister (Hove) 2002 Brian Clemenson (Hove) 2003 Brian Clemenson (Sittingbourne) 2004 Brian Clemenson (Coventry) 2005 Charlie Lister OBE (Perry Barr) 2006 Mark Wallis (Wimbledon) 2007 Charlie Lister OBE (Hall Green) 2008 Seamus Cahill (Wimbledon) 2009 Charlie Lister OBE (Sheffield) 2010 Mark Wallis (Doncaster) 2011 Charlie Lister OBE (Wimbledon) 2012 Nick Savva (Perry Barr) 2013 Charlie Lister OBE (Yarmouth) 2014 Paul Young (Sheffield) 2015 Kevin Hutton (Sittingbourne) [10] 2016 Kevin Hutton (Sittingbourne) [11] 2017 Kevin Hutton (Towcester) [12] 2018 Mark Wallis (Towcester) [13] 2019 Angela Harrison (Sheffield) [14] 2020 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic [3] 2021 Kevin Hutton (Nottingham) New name[15] 2022 Mark Wallis (Monmore) [16] 2023 Patrick Janssens (Perry Barr) [17] 2024 Liz McNair (Hove) [18] 2025 Mark Wallis Perry Barr [19]

Trainer's with 3 or more titles

Name	Titles
Charlie Lister	6
Mark Wallis	5
Nick & Natalie Savva	4
Kevin Hutton	4
Ernie Gaskin Sr.	3
Brian Clemenson	3