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On Saturday the 29th of June the glitz and glamour of the races complete with VIP hospitality, a stunning Scottish castle venue, high profile star guests and fun, fur and frolics from the off will take place with an added ‘twist in the tail’!
The amazing charity North East Sensory Services (NESS) and local event company George Walker Event Management has teamed up with CHC Helicopter firm to bring a major summer event to Aberdeenshire for the very first time.
Until now a day at the races has always meant that keen racegoers had to travel miles to attend, with Perth Racecourse being the closest venue available to Aberdeen. However, the 2019 Day at the Races will mean families and enthusiasts can experience the live atmosphere of a truly unique race meeting right here at Castle Fraser.
Everyone’s getting involved and when the full fixtures list is revealed you won’t find the ordinary runners and riders in print. Bring on the camels, cheer on the children on their beloved ponies and place your bets on which celebrity jockey you favour in the first ever ‘Celebrity Hobby Horse Grand National!’
There will be charity betting, great food and paddock bars open all day. Ringside entertainments and frequent viewing of the Parade Ring is highly recommended. Why not join in? Kids and big kids’ races will have winner medals and prizes galore.
The charity’s Chief Executive Graham Findlay says:
We are delighted to be working with George Walker Event Management to run this unique event for NESS. We support 6,500 Blind and Deaf people across the North East and we hope that this amazing day out will generate vital funds to support the wide range of services NESS provides
George Walker Event Management is delighted to be organising yet another large-scale project in Aberdeenshire, having been responsible for the famous Emmerdale Extravaganza, Grampian Country Fair and Fyvie Live Concert to name but a few that have all helped him to raise over £2million for various great causes. They are on board to support the charity for a year-long campaign to help raise awareness and funds.
George Walker OBE explains further:
I can image that living with a sensory loss can be a hugely challenging and at times a very lonely existence. I have learned so much about the vital work NESS does to help improve the lives of so many across the North East of Scotland. We hope to raise as much as we possibly can with this brand-new exciting day at the races – everyone has been so kind in lending their support to the day so far and we can’t wait to have some fun at the same time!
George and his wife Jenny are also very experienced equestrians. On leaving school both pursued careers in the industry, with George beginning a long career with horses firstly in racing stables. Their son George Junior (age 13) is a keen horseman at their busy yard and daughter Millie (age 9) is making her way in junior Show jumping having already recently qualified for her very first small Grand Prix and The British Show Jumping National Championships with her little black beauty pony Cosmic Chaos.
Tickets and for information are available from www.dayattheraces.org
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Day at the Races Castle Fraser
On Saturday the 29th of June the glitz and glamour of the races complete with VIP hospitality, a stunning Scottish castle venue, high profile star guests and fun, fur and frolics from the off will take place with an added ‘twist in the tail’!
The amazing charity North East Sensory Services (NESS) and local event company George Walker Event Management has teamed up with CHC Helicopter firm to bring a major summer event to Aberdeenshire for the very first time.
Until now a day at the races has always meant that keen racegoers had to travel miles to attend, with Perth Racecourse being the closest venue available to Aberdeen. However, the 2019 Day at the Races will mean families and enthusiasts can experience the live atmosphere of a truly unique race meeting right here at Castle Fraser.
Everyone’s getting involved and when the full fixtures list is revealed you won’t find the ordinary runners and riders in print. Bring on the camels, cheer on the children on their beloved ponies and place your bets on which celebrity jockey you favour in the first ever ‘Celebrity Hobby Horse Grand National!’
There will be charity betting, great food and paddock bars open all day. Ringside entertainments and frequent viewing of the Parade Ring is highly recommended. Why not join in? Kids and big kids’ races will have winner medals and prizes galore.
The charity’s Chief Executive Graham Findlay says:
We are delighted to be working with George Walker Event Management to run this unique event for NESS. We support 6,500 Blind and Deaf people across the North East and we hope that this amazing day out will generate vital funds to support the wide range of services NESS provides
George Walker Event Management is delighted to be organising yet another large-scale project in Aberdeenshire, having been responsible for the famous Emmerdale Extravaganza, Grampian Country Fair and Fyvie Live Concert to name but a few that have all helped him to raise over £2million for various great causes. They are on board to support the charity for a year-long campaign to help raise awareness and funds.
George Walker OBE explains further:
I can image that living with a sensory loss can be a hugely challenging and at times a very lonely existence. I have learned so much about the vital work NESS does to help improve the lives of so many across the North East of Scotland. We hope to raise as much as we possibly can with this brand-new exciting day at the races – everyone has been so kind in lending their support to the day so far and we can’t wait to have some fun at the same time!
George and his wife Jenny are also very experienced equestrians. On leaving school both pursued careers in the industry, with George beginning a long career with horses firstly in racing stables. Their son George Junior (age 13) is a keen horseman at their busy yard and daughter Millie (age 9) is making her way in junior Show jumping having already recently qualified for her very first small Grand Prix and The British Show Jumping National Championships with her little black beauty pony Cosmic Chaos.
Tickets and for information are available from www.dayattheraces.org
See also the Win a Car for a Fiver page.
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The Aberdeen skies are under attack from an enemy jet. It is spilling a strange yellow smoke. Minutes later, people start killing each other.
Former Royal Air Force Regiment Gunner Jason Harper witnesses this and then his wife, Pippa, telephones him, shouting that she needs him. They then get cut off. He sets straight out, unprepared for the nightmare that unfolds during his journey. Everyone seems to want to kill him.
Along the way, he pairs up with fellow survivor Imogen. But she enjoys killing the living dead far too much. Will she kill Jason in her blood thirst? Or will she hinder his journey through this zombie filled dystopian landscape to find his pregnant wife?
The Fence is the first in this series of post-apocalyptic military survival thrillers from the torturous mind of local horror and science fiction novel writer C.G. Buswell.
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Buy the Paperback.
Have you seen my beautiful golden retriever Lynne out and about in Aberdeen? Ask her for a high-five! She's a Bravehound PTSD assistance dog, so we'll often be in shops, restaurants, and the cinema together.
We've written a book where I talk about growing up in Aberdeen and then joining the army to be a medic and nurse, and developing military Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
I also talk about losing my son to suicide and the therapy I have had at Royal Cornhill Hospital and grief support groups in Aberdeen.
The author, Damien Lewis, said of Lynne:
"A powerful account of what one dog means to one man on his road to recovery. Both heart-warming and life-affirming. Bravo Chris and Lynne. Bravo Bravehound."
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Buy the paperback.
An army veteran moves his family back to his Aberdeenshire home, but his nightmare neighbour starts a battle of wits with him. Who will win this One Last War?
Buy this latest novel by local author C.G. Buswell on Kindle or Paperback.
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