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.
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