FUN RIDE 

NOTE - THIS HAS UNFORTUNATELY HAD TO BE POSTPONED AGAIN DUE TO CONDITIONS ON THE COURSE CAUSED BY ALL THE RECENT RAIN.  A NEW DATE WILL BE ANNOUNCED HERE AS SOON AS WE KNOW IT

Details of the very popular Miserden Fun Ride, revised date to be announced,   have now been added to the website - click here to view

GRAND NATIONAL DRAW

Did you remember to purchase your Grand National Draw tickets?  This draw is run by the very hard-working Pete Stanford who does the Whisky Draw at Meets - ticket sales this year amounted to over £1,500 - WELL DONE PETE.  This year it was generously sponsored by Isobel Thomson and Hugh Dunsmore Hardy.  Thank you both.

The draw took place at the Royal Oak in Andoversford and to see who got which horse click here.

HUNTING

The season is now over.  It is generally thought to have been a very successful one.  Thanks must therefore go to everyone involved from Masters and Staff to both mounted and foot followers.  We would be unable to hunt unless we received the continued support of farmers and landowners.  A genuine thank you goes to them and it is hoped they enjoy our company as we, so much, welcome their invitation to access their land.  We are fortunate in also receiving support from so many keepers who support our trails through their shoots.  Thank you all.

CHAIRMAN'S THOUGHTS

We anticipate these will appear here shortly.

THE SKITTLES SEASON 

The cream has risen to the top.  WINCHCOMBE have deservedly won the Championship again.  They were the best, against everyone else in the league.

In the beginning all the other teams thought this may have been their season.  In many ways this was true.  Bisley, with a different team to that which we have seen before, ran Winchcombe closest.  The Gamekeepers' team will always be competitive and they finished third this year.   Fourth were Tuesday Country, well done to them.  Fifth were Yanworth, always great hosts, but lost their way somewhere this season.  They will be back no doubt.  Sixth were the Vixens, who did not manage to complete all of their matches but still accumulated 20 points.  Seventh were Saturday Country.  Bless!  How they are allowed out so late and in the dark is amazing.  Often the door to the Home is locked when they get back, but this just adds to the fun.  Eighth place and the wooden spoon, if we had one, goes to ....... The Cotswold Cubs.  There, that is the second time they have been mentioned this season.  (For a prize guess when, they were first mentioned in the editorial.)

Please contact the webmaster if you would are interested in entering a team for next season, you will be made most welcome.

For more details please Click here

CURRENT JOKE

John had a really bad day fly fishing, spending all day in the river without catching a single fish. On his way home, he stopped at the fishmonger and ordered four large salmon.

He told the fish salesman, "Pick your four largest and throw them at me, will you?"

"Why do you want me to throw them at you?"

"Because I want to tell my wife that I caught them."

"That’s OK John but I suggest that you take the rainbow trout and not the salmon

"Why's that asked John?"

"Because Fiona came in earlier today and said that if you came by, I should tell you to take the trout. That's what she'd like for supper tonight."

(Poached from www.kimbaileyracing.com )

FRONT PAGE

Please email your thoughts for items you would like to be included on the front page, or anywhere else on this website.  Click on Contacts, on the top menu bar and double click on Roger Hart and go from there by filling in the boxes.  Simple.  Waiting to hear from you.  (Still waiting to hear from anyone out there in cyber space, or closer to home.  There must be someone. Please don't be shy.  A knock on the door of No 1, Cotswold Towers would do).  Thanks for a tremendous response we are still dealing with all the suggestions.  We intend to reply individually, so you will be hearing from us shortly.

DIARY 

Don’t forget to put future events in your Diary – Click here for details.

ADVERTISING

We will shortly be updating our advertising section so please have a look and respond to the recent additions. The website contains both Business and Classified (items for sale).  Do check them out and if you reply please mention that you saw them on the Cotswold Hunt Website.