Island Life Magazine Ltd February/March 2009 | Page 87

EQUESTRIAN - Sponsored by Brickfields and Froghill Tack

Isle of Wight
Foxhounds
Diary Dates
Isle of Wight Grand
National and Ashey
Scurry - Sunday 29
March
Come and enjoy the thrills
and spills of horse racing as
Island riders test themselves
over big hedges and water
on the Island's original race
course at West Ashey Farm,
near Ryde. Children's races will
also be run and there will be
refreshments area including a
tea tent, a beer tent and a hot
food stand . See local press
for details or telephone Susie
Sheldon on 756050. www.
iw-scurry.co.uk

IWHSC Tri-Sport
Relay Race with
£100 to the winner,
Gatcombe, nr
Newport
Good Friday 10 April
It's easy. All you need is an
able cross-country runner, a
speedy mountain-bike rider
and and a horse and jockey to
enter this three-person (and
a horse) relay race. The start
and the finish will be from the
Isle of Wight Foxhounds Hunt
Kennels, Gatcombe, entry £10
per person or £30 per team.
If you can't run, bike or ride,
then come and be a supporter
and enjoy a fun day out.
For entries and more
information, please contact
Eve Ablitt 882191

IWHSC Cream Tea
and Easter Egg Hunt
at the Ferguson
Museum, Kings
Manor, Freshwater

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Easter Sunday 12
April
This is your chance to see the
Ferguson Museum, which
is not normally open to the
public. Come and discover
the history of the 'Little Grey
Fergie' that we all know and
love and learn about the
remarkable man who invented
it and the many other things
that you probably didn't
know he was responsible for.
You will also be able to stroll
around the gorgeous gardens
and there will be an Easter
Egg Hunt for the children. £5
a head to include a Cream Tea
and entry to the museum. For
tickets and information, please
telephone Heather Calloway
867804

Hunt Ball
The Isle of Wight Hunt Ball
2 May 2009 Marquee in the
grounds of a beautiful manor
house with Champagne
Reception: 7pm, Four Course
Dinner, Live Band & Dj,
Heads and Tails Competition,
Horn Blowing, Grand Raffle,
Carriages: 2am, Black Tie.
Tickets are £60 per person
to include table wine. Tables
of 10: ticket applications
close 2 April 2009. R.S.V.P.,
The Hunt Ball, C/o Island
Marquees, Southbank,
Newport, PO30 3BG
01983 529292 - Iowhuntball@
yahoo.com

IWHSC Triathlon
This will be an event where
the competitors will pick three
disciplines from a selection
which will most likely include,
Fishing, Shooting, Driving,
Bike Riding and Running.
More details available soon.
Contact Eve Ablitt 882191 for
information and entries.

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