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Midlands Winner in the English Summer National at Uttoxeter Races
MIDLANDS WINNER IN THE ENGLISH SUMMER NATIONAL
A MIDLANDS horse won the Britannia Building Society English Summer National for the first time since the inaugural race eight years ago.
Victory at Uttoxeter Racecourse in the biggest National Hunt race of the summer went to the 10-1 shot Surface To Air, trained in Lincolnshire by Chris Bealby.
It was another splendid occasion at the racecourse as thousands of people came out to support the races, including many customers and staff from the Staffordshire-based Britannia Building Society.
As always, the four-mile feature race was a cracking affair, with plenty of horses still on contention as the field of runners came into the home stretch for the final time.
The Lincolnshire horse – ridden by Noel Fehily - proved the strongest, finishing ahead of two 25-1 chances Out The Black and Rakalackey. Fourty Acers was fourth at 8-1.
The seven-year-old had already showed his winning credentials twice in the last two months and came to Uttoxeter Racecourse on a potential three-timer.
Earlier, the opening Federation of Small Business Novices’ Hurdle was won by the 12-1 chance Robert The Brave, while the beintelligent.co.uk Maiden Hurdle went the way of The Snail (9-4).
The 4-1 chance First Boy proved best in the Orchid IT Conditional Jockeys’ Selling Hurdle. The 2-1 favourite Honeybrook took the Jenrick Engineering Handicap Hurdle.
Haunted House won the Ianshiptoncars.co.uk Handicap Chase at 8-1; meanwhile the closing Foinaven Asset Management Ltd Standard Open National Hunt Flat Race went to racing debutant Magellan Straits (25-1).
The next racing at Uttoxeter is Irish Night on Tuesday 8 July when the first race is due off at 6.50pm.
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Daring Cave Rescue at Tutbury Castle!
Firefighters from tutbury and Stafford were sent to tutbury Castle shortly before 1am on Friday morning.
Crews were called to aid in the rescue of two young ladies from a cave on the embankment.
Firefighters and a rope rescue crew used lines to guide the Police officers in attendance and the young ladies back up the slope from the cave. The two young ladies received care from an ambulance crew at the scene.
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Walking for Health in Burton upon Trent
Walking with Authority
Walkers in East Staffordshire are now an official part of a national Walking for Health scheme after local volunteers were awarded accreditation from the initiative’s partners.
Walking for Health East Staffordshire, which is co-ordinated by volunteers on the Walking for Health committee and supported by East Staffordshire Borough Council, has been awarded accreditation by Walking the way to Health, a joint initiative between Natural England and the British Heart Foundation.
Walking for Health East Staffordshire became an accredited scheme on Monday, June 16th, having successfully demonstrated that they meet the required criteria.
This includes offering led walks for beginners, meeting the “Walking the way to Health” safety and insurance standards for all walks and collecting basic monitoring information.
As an accredited scheme, Walking for Health East Staffordshire will benefit from being seen as part of a nationally evaluated scheme as well as being formally recognised by health professionals, prospective partners and funders.
Councillor Philip Atkins Deputy Leader for Health and Leisure, said: “Residents can enjoy these walks while getting regular healthy exercise. This can also be a catalyst for many other aspects of health, such as healthy eating, stopping smoking and relaxation.
“The accreditation gives our scheme the stamp of approval that we are doing the right thing and our walks are accessible for beginners.”
William Bird, Strategic Health Advisor for Natural England said: “The new accreditation scheme has been essential in ensuring high standards across the Walking the way to Health network and providing frontline health professionals with added confidence when referring their patients on.”
Walking for Health welcomes new walkers throughout the year. If you’d like to walk with Walking for Health East Staffordshire:
Current walks take place on:
· St James Church, barton under Needwood on Mondays at 10.15am
· Meadowside Leisure Centre, Burton upon Trent on Mondays at 11.30am
· stapenhill Gardens on Tuesdays at 10:30am
· stretton on Tuesdays at 2.00pm
· Shobnall Leisure Complex, Burton on Trent on the 1st Tuesday of every month at 10am
· Yoxall Health Centre on Wednesdays at 11am
· tutbury Health Centre on Thursdays at 10am
· Uttoxeter Leisure Centre on Thursdays at 10am
If you would like further information on Walking For Health in Burton upon Trent and East Staffordshire, to join our walks or become a volunteer walk Leader contact Patricia Newman, East Staffordshire Borough Council on 01283 505 916.
Many of the walks and other leisure activities in the Burton upon Trent area appear regularly on the InBurton what’s on page which you can find HERE.
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Sun 27th July - Combat & Archery Display at Tutbury Castle
Three Shires Archery at tutbury Castle
Watch combat and archery demonstrations, or try your skill at hitting the target. Plus children’s battle!
at tutbury Castle,
Castle Street,
tutbury,
Staffordshire, DE13 9JF
Telephone: 01283 812129
Sunday 27th July 2008 from 10:00 am
Admission
Adult £4.50
Concession £4.00
Under 5s free
Family £14.00
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The Burton on Trent Blog from InBurton.co.uk.
