PROVINCIAL RACE 'K'NIGHT

What a 'Brill night !!!!!!!

If you were not at the KT Race Night on 29th September 2006 at Halsey Hall, Cheshunt, then you missed an excellent or, as some might say, a ‘Brill’ night.

The idea was very simple; you place your bets on any one of 8 horses using any of the wins, places or forecasts you would get from the actual Tote at a live event.  A sealed box containing a film of a horse race is then opened and played.  The results are seen and the winners paid.

Once the crowd got used to the idea, they got swept up in the moment and the shouting started. It was very easy to forget that the encouragement given could not have any effect on the results which were concluded some time in the past.  This did not stop every body cheering or jeering throughout the night.

The Noisy Table

The Almost as Noisy Table

Enjoying yourself is hungry work and a tremendous Shepherd’s pie half way through the event was very well received and washed down with copious amounts of alcoholic beverages.

Peter Brill was the organiser of this event and he and his family worked incredibly hard throughout the night.  Funnily enough, “Honest Pete” the bookmaker seemed quite an appropriate role for him.

Honest Pete sorts out the Odds

There was a very large raffle and most people won something although, like at every other raffle ever, some tables seemed luckier than others.

At the end of the evening more than £1,600 had been raised.  Our Provincial Prior R.E.Knight Brian Blanchard said “What a brilliant result”  

He went on to say that the 'take' will be split up, with some going to our charities and some to Provincial funds.   

He wished recorded that he and the KT Province were very much indebted to Peter Brill for all his efforts on our behalf and offered his grateful appreciation to Peter’s band of helpers for all their assistance on the tote etc.

The Provincial Prior joins in the fun

So if you did miss this one do yourself a favour and don’t miss the next one;

Or we will send the boys round.

The Boys

Report by Kt Philip Hoy