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Newsletter Issue 21 |
June 2011 |
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Win Two Tickets to Ladies Day at Newbury!
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Ladies Day at Newbury Racecourse is renowned as a sensational day's racing with elite Flat races during the day, gastronomic hospitality from a choice of restaurants serving seasonal and locally sourced cuisine, and a fantastic Ladies Day fashion celebration.
This year’s Ladies Day, 13th August, will see the second Party in the Paddock performance from ultimate ladies' man Tom Jones, who will perform live after the racing, with hits such as ‘What’s up Pussycat’ and ‘Sex Bomb’.
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Newbury Racecourse
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Newbury Racecourse in Berkshire has historic origins dating back to 1805, but the present racecourse was opened for Flat racing in 1905. National Hunt racing followed shortly after in 1906.
Newbury has strong associations with the Royal family, and its most famous race is the Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup, first run in November 1960.
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A Day at the Races |
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Get the most out of your day's racing with our simple etiquette tips. Check out the dress codes and adhere to them, or you may be turned away. Be a gracious gambler – no gloating over winnings or sulking over losses. Pace yourself – it's a long afternoon and it's best not to over-indulge.
The Debrett's Guide to Racing Etiquette will ensure that you never make a social (or sporting) blunder...
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Midsummer Highlights
The strawberries are in season, a sure sign that summer has finally arrived. We're getting ready for all the events and rituals that make an English summer so memorable.
Summer is wedding season, so why not take a look at our advice on Wedding Style, with our recommendations for the myriad ways in which you can stamp your own individuality on the big day.
We're also preparing for some of the highlights of the English sporting year, looking forward to the evocative smell of newly-mown grass, the thud of leather on willow, and the excited buzz of the Wimbledon crowd.
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Wedding Style |
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Many people who are planning a wedding will have watched the Royal Wedding with fascination and admiration. The attention to detail, from the trees and flowers in Westminster Abbey to the choice of music and the bridesmaids' headdresses, all worked to evoke a deeply English sense of both modernity and tradition.
We can offer plentiful advice on choosing a dinstinctive style for your wedding day, and using every single detail – from the choice of location and season to colour themes, flowers and favours – to reinforce that theme.
Whatever the theme of your wedding, whether you have opted for a flower-bedecked English country wedding in summer to a chic, modernist city wedding in midwinter, you will find advice and inspiration on our website.
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Sporting Summer |
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The summer sporting season is really kicking off, and many enthusiasts are settling down for a range of sporting highlights.
In the wake of the England cricket team's triumph in retaining the Ashes in Australia last winter, this summer sees the arrival of the cricket World Cup champions, India, and runners-up, Sri Lanka.
Proceedings start with a three-match test series against Sri Lanka, and continue – later in the summer – with a four-match test series against India. Test matches are interspersed with One Day Internationals, which take in a range of famous test grounds.
The clay court tennis season is nearly over and lawn tennis fans will feel a sense of expectation as the covers come up on the Aegon Championship at the Queen's Club in West London and the BNP Paribas Classic at the Hurlingham Club in Fulham.
These are, of course, preludes to the greatest lawn tennis championship of all – Wimbledon will be opening its gates on 20th June for its 125th Championship.
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Read all about the Sporting Summer at Sport |
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