Hon. Secretary  Miss Phillippa White  M: 07973 877370  

 

The Grafton Hunt

Point-to-point at Whitfield - Sunday 20 May

First race 2pm - 9 races in all, 7 for horses and 2 for ponies. Click here for further information.

Car park: £20 per car or £10 single occupancy on the gate.  VIP numbered passes £40 + sae obtainable from Charles Dixey, Cherry Tree Lodge, Puxley, Towcester NN12 7QR.

Attractions: Country Fayre including Rare Breeds, Sheep Shearing, Falconry display and Ferrets, Vintage Car display as well as a shopping area and various Children's amusements.

London Marathon

Congratulations to Edward Smyth-Osbourne for running the London Marathon in 4hr 19mins in aid of the Countryside Alliance Foundation.

Donations can still be made by sending a cheque, payable to ‘The Countryside Alliance Foundation’, to Rectory Farm, Sulgrave, Banbury, Oxon, OX17 2SG or the JustGiving page: www.justgiving.com/EDWARD-WILLIAM-SMYTH-OSBOURNE

Photographs

This Season's pictures by:

Graftonwood including the Side-saddle meet on 18 February at Weston Hall here

View Horse & Hounds' pictures of the meet on 18 February here and order form here

Paul Howards Boxing Day photographs available here or here - 2 featured in Horse & Hound 5th Jan 2012

A few more Boxing Day pictures here and a story here

 Boxing Day 2011 at Easton Neston

Joint Masters - James Tomkinson, Claire Bonner, Colin Richmond-Watson and Charles Smyth-Osbourne

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A new document, The Case for Hunting, has abeen co-produced by the Countryside Alliance and the Council of Hunting Associations and can be downloaded here.

In December 2011 The Hunting Office updated the Case for Repeal and this and a document from Hunting, Wildlife Management and the Moral Issue (HWM&MI) can now be downloaded.