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Fundraising Activities: 1. UCSW
Prize Draw - Tickets have been
sent out to all members for this year's
1st Prize £200
Please
return all tickets to the UCSW Office, PO Box 129, Banbury,
OXON,
If you
would like to take part, please contact us. Tickets are £1 Tel/Fax: 01295 712719
2.
UCSW at Warwick Racecourse
for their Countryside Day on Thank you to all those who came and supported the Countryside Day at Warwick Racecourse on Sunday 14 March. As well as a full day's National Hunt racing our Committee members Matt Allen and Rob Lowe were demonstrating farriery, Barrie Wade brought along his terriers on the National Working Terrier Federation stand, Tony Huggett had on display his array of hunting horns and whips in the UCSW marquee. Ed Law from the Warwickshire Beagles brought along two nine month old beagles. John Kennelly, huntsman of the Atherstone (see below) paraded his hounds in between the 3rd and 4th races. Elsewhere there were fly-fishing demonstrations, ferret racing and falconry displays. The Warwickshire and Northamptonshire Air Ambulance were also present.
******************* 2009 - two notable events were: 1. Auction - thank you to all those who took part in our Sporting Auction in November 2009. A report on this will be in the next issue of Livin' Country due out at the end of February. 2. Report on Charity Race at Southwell Racecourse - 15 March 2009
CHARITY RACE at SOUTHWELL RACECOURSE The UCSW and Notts & Lincs Air Ambulance Charity Race was held on Sunday 15th March at Southwell after a card of seven National Hunt races. Seven riders (see picture) participated in the thrilling race, which took place on the all weather course over 1 mile 4 furlongs. Dora Lenge, a stable lass, who was taking part in her first race on an English racecourse, won in style on Ruud Revenge, a locally trained horse from Bawtry. Ned Sangster, a student, came second on the Charles Egerton trained The Local and farrier, Jonathan Clayton was third on the Graham Smith trained Nayodabayo. Mel’s Moment, owned and trained by UCSW Committee member Rob Lowe (a farrier from Hereford), was fourth under jockey Harry Crump. David Hilton from Brackley finished fifth in his first ever ride on a racetrack on Court Alert with racehorse trainer Charles Smith coming in sixth on Phileas Phog. Last but by no means least was Per Ardua Beagle Master and Huntsman, Tim Rogers on Shinko Shadow. All jockeys were given a bottle of champagne and various goodies from the UCSW. The first three home were given a voucher from MacWet for their “all grip no slip” gloves. Mementos were presented to the winning owner Mr Budge and to the jockey who raised the most money, Charles Smith. Apart from the racing, visitors to Southwell enjoyed amongst other things a farmers market, farriery demonstrations, a beagle display by the Per Ardua beagles and a hound parade by the Grove & Rufford Hunt. The Air Ambulance were delighted with the support they received during the day. They rely heavily on voluntary contributions needing to raise 1.5 million every year. As their spokesman said: “You always hope that it is something you won’t need but you are always glad its there when you do.” The UCSW was set up to preserve the tradition of country sports with particular emphasis on the jobs of those involved in the sports. The money raised will help pay the expenses of a legal case at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg with the ban on hunting at the centre of the case. If the case in Strasbourg proved to be successful, hunting would become entrenched as a human right under the Human Rights Act and no Government would be able to ban it again. Link to: Southwell Racecourse |
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