A huge thank you to everyone who supported the Welford Park Cricket Club Race Night on Saturday. There were around 70 attendees, who all seemed to appreciate the good food and the fun racing on the big screen. I would also like to thank everyone who contributed to the catering and to the Social Club for running a fantastic bar for us. Many thanks to everyone who became an owner of a horse or its jockey and, of course, to everyone who placed a bid in the final auction race of the night which raised £295. Finally, I would like to thank JSC Communications for their continued sponsorship of this evening together with the individual race sponsors listed below.

The evening started off with the James Barrett Stable again in fine form, winning the opening race of the night, making it 6 winners in a row over the last two race nights. He eventually ended up with 2 winners from his 5 horses but Upendra Deshpande also had two winners from his 3 horses running to end up as joint top owners. Alex Hutchinson ended up as top Jockey with 3 winners from his 4 rides. The results were as follows:-

The money raised will help to pay for essential new sight screens for the Club as the old ones have not survived another winter.

We hope to run a Race Night again in March 2018 and look forward to you joining us then.

Many thanks again to everyone who has supported our fund raising.

Ian Herrington – On behalf of the Welford Park C. C. Fund Raising Committee

Race night – Great Shefford Village Hall, Saturday 4^th March 2017

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Welford Park Cricket Club are pleased to announce the return of “The Race Night”. The event will again be sponsored by JSC Communication to whom we are most grateful.

Doors will open at 19:00 with the first race scheduled for 19.30.

This is a great evening out and will support your local cricket club at the same time. There will be an eight race card (plus a 9^th auction race at the end) with a break in the middle to allow a two course meal, based on Jacket potatoes to be served. Many thanks to those people who have offer to produce the chilli, veg curry and tuna and sweetcorn options.

We would like to thank:-

• Sporting Agenda
• Westbrook Taxis

Who have agreed to be race sponsors but we are still looking for more businesses to become involved.

Now is the time to get involved. Become an owner for £3 and name your horse. Be a Jockey for only £1. Both the owner and Jockey win a prize if your horse is a winner on the night. There will be a tote run on the night with a 50% payout with the balance going into the club funds.  GET INVOVLED and make a note in your diary. (add event to your calendar)

Tickets for the evening are priced at £7 which need to be purchased prior to the event with your meal selection made. If you would like to attend, Sponsor a race or become an owner or Jockey please contact Ian Herrington on 07879 204696 or email him on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and he would be more than happy to deal with your request.

Welford Park cricket club would like to thank everyone who attended and helped with the very successful evening on Saturday 7^th March 2015 especially the Social Club for making their facility available to us and all the people who cooked the food and made the puddings.

The evening was attended by just over 70 people and the club’s aim of raising enough money to cover the repair of the sight screens that have been destroyed by the wind this winter seems to have been achieved.

Amazingly the James Barrett stable was in sparkling form, with 6 horses running on the night, he had 5 winners and 1 second so walked away with lots of prizes. Everyone seemed happy as he left prior to the Auction race which was won by owner Alex Woodward with Amy Folland being the Jockey.

We will run the event again in 2016 around the same date (which ever is a free 6 nations weekend at the start of March) and we look forward to seeing you all again next year plus a few of the people who missed out this year as they were away or double booked.

Many thanks to everyone again,

Ian Herrington on Behalf of the Welford Park C. C. Fund raising committee.