Once again Women In Racing supported Retina Australia (RA) by turning out for their annual raceday at Thoroughbred Park.
We had a great 2-course lunch, however it seemed that, at our table at
least, everyone who was served chicken wanted the ham, and everyone who
wanted the ham got chicken. There was so much swapping of plates that
everyone got confused, especially the waiters who were about to put down
a plate of chicken only to find out that it should be a ham...
During the lunch the guest speaker was Dr Terry Diamond spoke about his marathon-distance run through each of the State capitals to raise money for RA. It took a lot of planning so that he could run a leg and then jump on a plane for the next city and his next marathon.
During the day there was a raffle running that seemed to provide WiR members with a significant number of prizes, with a noticeable stack piling up in front of Les and Dawn. Les was disappointed that this year he didn't win a hat to match the one he won last year.
ACTAB had donated $100 betting vouchers that RA was selling for $50 and many tables took them up on the offer. One table did particularly well as a result of its obviously superior punters. With 10 people investing $5 each, they each finished the day with $130 in their pockets. I understand that ACT Treasury want to offer them jobs.
A slideshow of the day is shown below. If you can't see it properly, just click here.
Monday, December 31, 2012
Sunday, December 16, 2012
Christmas Party 2012
This year for Christmas, Women In Racing had their party aboard the MV Southern Cross for a cruise around Lake Burley Griffin.
Starting with drinks and nibbles on the dockside, we were treated to perfect weather - warm and sunny, with no wind at all. The Hawaiian theme meant that many people had transformed their appearance, so it sometimes took a while to work out who you were actually looking at. For many, it was was an opportunity to wear outrageous fashions bought on holidays past that never actually seemed to suit any subsequent events. For example, Burl turned up in a Fijian sulu wrap-around skirt that would probably get him accosted if he wore it out in Civic.
At 6:30 the boat headed off, with the Skipper having to earn his pay avoiding the fleet of sailing boats circling around us. We cruised around the main part of the lake seeing the major buildings, such as the Carillion, the headed down Kingston way, and then back up towards Black Mountain. Many people stayed outside a lot of the time to enjoy the view.
We were treated to an exhibition of Hawaiian dancing performed by the Committee. With gyrations and swivelling hips they performed two floorshows, one downstairs and one upstairs. Each show was followed by applause and cheers from the appreciative audience. It's clear that they could hire themselves out as exotic dancers if necessary, but looking at some of their faces afterwoods, it may have felt like an aerobics exercise class.
Santa made a surprise appearance, and walked through the boat handing out chocolates to the good boys and girls. If anyone missed out on getting some chocolates, then maybe they should take the hint from Santa.
All too soon the trip was over and we had to return from Hawaii back to Canberra. It was clear that everyone enjoyed themselves because the crew almost had to turn off the lights to get people to get off the boat.
Our thanks to to the Committee for organising this event and the others during the year and making membership of Women in Racing such good fun and value.
A slideshow of the event is below. If it doesn't show on your browser just click here and then click on the slideshow button.
Starting with drinks and nibbles on the dockside, we were treated to perfect weather - warm and sunny, with no wind at all. The Hawaiian theme meant that many people had transformed their appearance, so it sometimes took a while to work out who you were actually looking at. For many, it was was an opportunity to wear outrageous fashions bought on holidays past that never actually seemed to suit any subsequent events. For example, Burl turned up in a Fijian sulu wrap-around skirt that would probably get him accosted if he wore it out in Civic.
At 6:30 the boat headed off, with the Skipper having to earn his pay avoiding the fleet of sailing boats circling around us. We cruised around the main part of the lake seeing the major buildings, such as the Carillion, the headed down Kingston way, and then back up towards Black Mountain. Many people stayed outside a lot of the time to enjoy the view.
We were treated to an exhibition of Hawaiian dancing performed by the Committee. With gyrations and swivelling hips they performed two floorshows, one downstairs and one upstairs. Each show was followed by applause and cheers from the appreciative audience. It's clear that they could hire themselves out as exotic dancers if necessary, but looking at some of their faces afterwoods, it may have felt like an aerobics exercise class.
Santa made a surprise appearance, and walked through the boat handing out chocolates to the good boys and girls. If anyone missed out on getting some chocolates, then maybe they should take the hint from Santa.
All too soon the trip was over and we had to return from Hawaii back to Canberra. It was clear that everyone enjoyed themselves because the crew almost had to turn off the lights to get people to get off the boat.
Our thanks to to the Committee for organising this event and the others during the year and making membership of Women in Racing such good fun and value.
A slideshow of the event is below. If it doesn't show on your browser just click here and then click on the slideshow button.
Sunday, December 9, 2012
Cooma Cup 2012
It was a great day for racing: the sky was blue, the day was warm, and the champagne was ice cold.
We had an uneventful trip down to Cooma, with of course the cool kids at the back of the bus and the well-behaved in the front under the watchful eyes of our own schoolmarm.
Women in Racing sponsored one of the races, and Sue presented a new horse blanket to the winner on behalf of WiR.
Apart from the racing, the other entertainment for the day was the various Fashions in the Field competitions, ranging from under-8's to over-18's. There are plenty of photos below of the different competitions.
A few Women in Racing competed, but were unsuccessful despite being the pick of the bunch. Maybe the judges had eye problems. They seemed totally unaware that Sue's outfit had previously won Fashions in the Field at Lightning Ridge. I heard a comment that our gang would have more success if they had a Gorgeous Grandma category.
After a successful day at the races, we headed home. We also got to learn the song that Sue wrote specifically for the Celebrity Challenge that she entered to raise funds for Cerebral Palsy. We stopped for a barbeque dinner at Breadbo where the TAB's mobile betting caravan caught up with us. Obviously we lost lots of money to them at Cooma and they wanted to see if we had any more.
We got back to Canberra around 8:30. Another successful trip.
If you have any problem viewing the slideshow, then click here and then on the "slideshow" button.
We had an uneventful trip down to Cooma, with of course the cool kids at the back of the bus and the well-behaved in the front under the watchful eyes of our own schoolmarm.
Women in Racing sponsored one of the races, and Sue presented a new horse blanket to the winner on behalf of WiR.
Apart from the racing, the other entertainment for the day was the various Fashions in the Field competitions, ranging from under-8's to over-18's. There are plenty of photos below of the different competitions.
A few Women in Racing competed, but were unsuccessful despite being the pick of the bunch. Maybe the judges had eye problems. They seemed totally unaware that Sue's outfit had previously won Fashions in the Field at Lightning Ridge. I heard a comment that our gang would have more success if they had a Gorgeous Grandma category.
After a successful day at the races, we headed home. We also got to learn the song that Sue wrote specifically for the Celebrity Challenge that she entered to raise funds for Cerebral Palsy. We stopped for a barbeque dinner at Breadbo where the TAB's mobile betting caravan caught up with us. Obviously we lost lots of money to them at Cooma and they wanted to see if we had any more.
We got back to Canberra around 8:30. Another successful trip.
If you have any problem viewing the slideshow, then click here and then on the "slideshow" button.
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