A Night at the Races.

Photos : Ken Tarbox
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.
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