Melbourne Cup Day joint meeting at Plimmerton Rotary, from 4.30 p.m., The Mana Cruising Club
This evening is an opportunity to turn up as a 'well-dressed punter' and assemble at the Mana Cruising Club to watch the Big Race. As usual, veteran race
The Emirates Melbourne Cup is the most important race on the Australian horse racing calendar. It isn’t called “The Race That Stops Two Nations” for nothing – Australia and New Zealand really do come to a halt for an afternoon to watch the Melbourne Cup.
Visitors will be welcome under the usual conditions of giving 2 days of prior warning for visitors and apologies.
In addition to taking a punt on the horses, there will be a competition for the most 'Fascinating Fascinator' and for the 'Best-Dressed Man'. This is an opportunity to be creative and demonstrate your flair and handiwork in creating your apparel.
This is the programme for the evening.
- 4.30 Arrive to be ready for the race at 5.00 pm.
- Competition for best hat/fascinator, best-dressed man ...
- Raffle for Polio eradication
- Dinner
- Polio quiz - Plimmerton v Tawa
It stands to reason that this is the time to start doing some research on the background, history, current state of affairs and everything else to do with the Polio eradication programme