A
night at the races, organised by Martin Digweed and sponsored
by no less than eleven different businesses, was the latest
in a very successful run of Village Hall & Social club hosted
events.
The
betting took the form of a Tote. With a percentage taken for
the Village Hall and Social Club Refurbishment Funds. All
stakes were to £1 units and you could buy Jockeys for
each race. Jockeys were purchased on the night for £2.50
each. Each jockey at the end of the night was asked to pick
an envelope which contained a prize
All
races had 8 runners and horses were sold to owners at £2
Each - if their horse won, the Owners recieved £10 in
addition to any winning bets they may have placed.
Race Times 8pm
8.20pm 8.40pm 9.00pm
Race
Sponsors
Race One
The East Garston
Guineas
Finishing Touch
Valeting Newbury
Race Two
The Lambourn Cup
Lambourn Universal Stores
Race Three
The PG Murphy Mile
Pat Murphy Racing
Race Four
The J.S. Moore Stakes
Stan Moore Racing
Race Times 9.20pm
9.40pm 10.00pm and 10.20pm
Race
Sponsors
Race Five
The E C Racing Rated
Stakes
Eddie Creighton Racing
Race Six
The T H Handicap
Tony Hawkins Builders
Race Seven
The Cleaner Plate
Finishing Touch Valeting Newbury
Race Eight
The East Garston Derby
PJS Agricultural Services East
Garston
Martyn
Donno donated a bottle of Brandy which was used to turn losing
Betting Slips into winners. Tony Hawkins was the lucky
recipient.
Winning
Jockeys
Their
Prizes
Prize Sponsors
Jo
Darby
Rose Bush and a years supply of Manure
Arranged from within the Club
Jo
Darby
2
Centre court tickets to Queens Club Tennis
donated directly from the Artois Championship
Jo
Darby
Toy
Tractor plus 2 tickets to Newbury Show
PJS
Agricultural Services
Lorraine
Smith
Giant
Easter Egg
supplied
from within the club
Tracey
lane
Free
MOT
donated
by The headley Bodyshop.
Tracey
Lane
6
Bottles Wine
supplied
from within the club
Richard
Lewis
Free
Haircut worth £50
donated
by Jason Palmer Hairdressing
Jean
Hawkins
4
Club Enclosure Tickets Newbury racecourse
donated
by Newbury Racecourse.
The Winning
Owners were
Andrew Lewis, Kevin
Derby, Sue Keer, Mervyn Black, Steven Lane, Anne Digweed.
The
pictures say all there is to say about this well organised event so
the final words from Martin Digweed.
My grateful thanks to the helpers on the evening. Working
on the Tote were Jo Darby, Richard Lewis and Lyndsey Payne.
We raised £502 for the Refurbishment
fund and are thinking of running another race night later on
in the year.
Thank you to all who came and supported us and to all our sponsors
for there generous contributions to the evening.
