{"id":20,"date":"2013-10-12T13:18:08","date_gmt":"2013-10-12T13:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/94.136.40.103\/%7Ewestberksracingclub.org.uk\/home\/?page_id=20"},"modified":"2026-03-06T11:41:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T11:41:58","slug":"news-and-events","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.westberksracingclub.org.uk\/home\/?page_id=20","title":{"rendered":"Past events"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Club events during 2025:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Visits:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Emma Lavelle<\/li>\n<li>Sara Bradstock<\/li>\n<li>Jonathan Portman<\/li>\n<li>Charlie Hills<\/li>\n<li>Mark Grant<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Club events during 2026:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Visits:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Charlie Longsdon<span style=\"font-size: revert; text-align: center;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Racedays:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cheltenham Festival Trials Day (with Charlie Longsdon stable visit &#8211; 2026)<\/li>\n<li>The club was proud to sponsor, the six furlong West Berkshire Racing Club Handicap, at Newbury Racecourse in October 2025. M<span style=\"font-size: revert;\">embers enjoyed a private box on the third floor of the Berkshire stand.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.westberksracingclub.org.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_6034-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1167233 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.westberksracingclub.org.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_6034-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"Sponsored Raceday Newbury October 2025\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.westberksracingclub.org.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_6034-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.westberksracingclub.org.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_6034-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.westberksracingclub.org.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_6034-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/www.westberksracingclub.org.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_6034-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.westberksracingclub.org.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_6034-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Events:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Cheltenham Festival Preview Evening 2025 was chaired by Geoff Lester with panelists Seamus Mullins, Harry Bannister, Toby Lawes and Liam Head.<\/li>\n<li>2025 AGM with guest speaker, Paul Struthers, Chief Executive of the PJA.<\/li>\n<li>Quiz Night at Newbury racecourse (Photographs of 2026 winners below)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To attend club events, please sign up to become a member<a href=\"http:\/\/www.westberksrc.org.uk\/membership.html\">, <\/a>by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.westberksracingclub.org.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/WBRC-Renewal-Form-2026-27-v2.docx\">Membership-Application-Form<\/a><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.westberksracingclub.org.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"718\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/www.westberksracingclub.org.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1167494\" style=\"width:420px;height:305px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.westberksracingclub.org.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2.png 718w, https:\/\/www.westberksracingclub.org.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2-300x251.png 300w, https:\/\/www.westberksracingclub.org.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2-359x300.png 359w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 718px) 100vw, 718px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Cheltenham Preview Evening 2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.westberksracingclub.org.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"718\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/www.westberksracingclub.org.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1167376\" style=\"width:430px;height:311px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.westberksracingclub.org.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2.png 718w, https:\/\/www.westberksracingclub.org.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2-300x251.png 300w, https:\/\/www.westberksracingclub.org.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2-359x300.png 359w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 718px) 100vw, 718px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Winners of the 2026 Annual Quiz<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.westberksracingclub.org.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"718\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/www.westberksracingclub.org.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1167377\" style=\"width:448px;height:302px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.westberksracingclub.org.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1.png 718w, https:\/\/www.westberksracingclub.org.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1-300x251.png 300w, https:\/\/www.westberksracingclub.org.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1-359x300.png 359w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 718px) 100vw, 718px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Light Makers winners of the John Hammer Memorial Trophy (Plate Competition) 2026 Quiz<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex 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