Members' Lunch 2013

This year we had another successful members' lunch at Thoroughbred Park. As you can see from the slideshow below it was very well attended.  We took over Silks restaurant for the day, and we had our own seating overlooking the racetrack.

After being greeted with a glass of champagne, we had time to mix before sitting down to an excellent lunch.

We popped outside regularly to see the races, but returned to the restaurant to enjoy the entertainment.  Unfortunately Mike Frame was sick and couldn't make it as he has in the past, but Manny Notaras stepped up and ran a great phantom racecall, sounding just like a professional racecaller.

We had our own Fashions in the Field competition that was judged by Marie and Rachel, our guests for the day.  We had selected Rachel last year as the Lightning Ridge Opal Queen, and Marie was the runner up that we selected at the Moruya Fashions in the Field earlier this year.

We also got to welcome some new members to Women in Racing - Lynne Lincoln, Anita Phillips, Kelly Walshe, Maile Steele, Nell Jeffery, Toni Logan, and Andy Peyton.
 




After lunch we headed outside to watch the Myer Fashions in the Field on the stage just outside our restaurant.  We waited for over 40 minutes while they set up, and as they did so, the sky got darker and darker.  Just as they were about to start, the rain came down.  In about 30 seconds, everything that they'd spent 40 minutes setting up just seemed to disappear.

Half an hour later I was walking through the Rich Rewards room next to Silks restaurant and I noticed that they'd set up the Fashions in the Field judging there.   So I raced back and got my camera.  Here are some pictures of the event.   It took the judges over half an hour to pick the final ten girls and then another forty minutes to pick the winners.  I'm so glad I didn't have to stand around all that time in ridiculus high-heeled shoes.

The judges ended up picking the girl that I had decided should win, so I was satisfied with the result.