February 2026 Meeting

Our February meeting was Race Night. But instead of betting on horses we bet on pigs! Very realistic looking pigs each with a soft, stuffed jockey attached, with different coloured tops. Only 8 pigs with jockeys to a race, and each race didn’t take long so it was more fun than watching a whole horse race. 

As usual we were each awarded a mythical £100 to spend on bets and were given a colourful printed race card with ten races, named for example “Trotters Trading” with Only Fools and Horses characters, or “The Snorker Sprint” with Chorizo, Frankfurter etc. The person with the most money at the end of the evening and the runner-up were given a nice bottle of wine as a prize. Yours truly had fantastic luck in each race – my strategy was to go for the pig with the highest odds and place £20 on it. We were allowed three bets in each race and my chosen pigs mostly had a place. So with a £100 start I accumulated £1150 and the winner, John, got over £2000. If only it were real money! If only I had such luck on real horse races I went to years ago! Everybody won more than they started out with, so it was good fun. 

Our thanks go to Graham and Caroline Hill for setting this up and running it throughout so efficiently. We also had a raffle, thanks to Derek and Mary Freeman.

Our March meeting will be the popular skittles evening with a hot supper held at the British Legion in Limpsfield on the 3rd March - 7pm.