ISLAND LIFE MAGAZINE
Bloodhounds Hunt Ball
A
round 180 guests enjoyed a night
to remember at the Isle of Wight
Farmers’ Hunt Ball at Gurnard Pines.
Guests arrived in full evening dress to be
greeted by Joint Masters Roger Broomfield
and Asa Wingate, both appropriately dressed
in their chestnut hunt livery for a traditional
hunt ball atmosphere.
Prizes for the best-dressed stallion and
filly were awarded to a kilt-wearing Andy
Robertson, visiting from Scotland, and Emily
Walsh.
In his after-dinner speech, Asa said
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the second season of the Isle of Wight
Farmers’ Bloodhounds had been a huge
success, particularly for the friendships
and camaraderie that have developed with
farmers and landowners.
Dancing was to top mainland band
‘Chartz’, who kept dancers going until the
early hours - and as a dramatic grand finale
to the evening, the fire alarm went off, swiftly
moving the high-spirited party outside, to be
met by a fire engine and friendly fire crew.
Pictures by Jill Broomfield