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Fundraising Activities: 1. UCSW
at Warwick Racecourse Countryside Day - Sunday 14th March - see 2. UCSW
Prize Draw - This year, as usual, the UCSW will be holding their
annual ******** 1.
UCSW at Warwick Racecourse
for their Countryside Day on Come and enjoy a great day out at
Warwick Racecourse with fantastic fun
and more... Gates open at 12 noon - 1st Race 2pm. DISCOUNTED entry rates for UCSW Members: 2 for 1 on £18 tickets purchased a minimum of 24 hours in advance. (£12 for concessions - over 65s & 18-24 year olds) Children 17 and under are free. To take advantage of the discounted ticket rate, purchase your tickets a minimum of 24 hours in advance via the Racecourse website at www.warwickracecourse.co.uk or via the Ticket Office on 08445 793013 quoting UCSW241. We look forward to seeing you there! ******************* 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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