Scope Newbury Race Day

Owners, trainers and racing enthusiasts attended Scope’s first-ever charity Race Day at Newbury Racecourse on 13 May 2011.

The charity luncheon began with a Laurent-Perrier champagne and canapés reception on the Pavilion Lawns where there was a special raffle of a beautiful John Boyd ladies hat raising a fantastic sum of £1,300.

Over 200 guests attended the charity luncheon where they took part in a raffle including a star prize of an oil painting, ‘Tacking Up’, by Nicky Leigh, as well as a year’s membership at Guards Polo Club.

After lunch, guests took part in an auction kindly conducted by Charlie Brooks and included a five-day internship on the foreign desk at The Sunday Times, a painting by Katie O’Sullivan and a cooking lesson and day in the kitchen at The Pollen Street Social with Jason Atherton raising over £12,000.

Following an afternoon of racing, guests were joined at tea by Eloise and her family, who benefit from support from one of Scope’s services, Ingfield Manor School.

The event was a huge success, raising over £20,000 for Scope.

Scope Newbury Race Day: committee

Chair: Mrs Celia Woollett
Mrs Elizabeth Adair
Mrs Emma Benyon
Lady Eyre
Mr Luke Harvey
Mrs Jane Hearn
Mr Charlie Hills
Gillian, Lady Howard de Walden
Mrs June Howell Jones
Lady Huntingdon
Mr Peter Lewis-Crown OBE
Lady Eliza Mays-Smith
Lady Shawcross
Mrs Loretta Shekerdemian