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aspar Hobbs’ wonderful Ball committee brought together one of the best Balls in our history. 250 guests arrived at The Savoy to be wined, dined and dance the night away and raised a fantastic £171,000. Lip-smacking cocktails from Sipsmith kicked the evening off, before guests were treated to a delicious grouse main course, supplied by Yorkshire Game, followed by a mouth-watering chocolate tart. Lord Dalmeny kindly conducted the main auction, helping to raise an amazing £132,000. We are very grateful to everyone who came and to the wonderful committee; but especially to Caspar, who did a marvellous job.
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1. Ball committee chairman Caspar Hobbs and Mrs Jamie MacLeod; 2. Ice grouse sculpture at the Savoy; 3. Lord Harry Dalmeny in full flow while conducting the auction helping to raise £132,000; 4. Lisa Linard, Charles Spencer and Charlotte Glossop; 5. Simon Maine-Tucker bidding. © Lucinda Marlands.
GCUSA news GAME CONSERVANCY USA’S 27th annual charity auction was held in November at the University Club in New York. Guest speaker was the Duke of Norfolk, who spoke about his involvement with the GWCT and the successful restoration of grey partridges to the English countryside. The auction featured some remarkable shooting days and was energised by auctioneer Ted Clive of Christie’s, resulting in one of the most successful fundraising events in recent years. GCUSA lost one of its long-standing Trustees and supporters, Mr Dale E Miller of Darien, CT, in December. Dale had been an active part of GCUSA since its inception in the late 1980s. Please save the dates. GCUSA will return to the Mashomack Preserve Club on Saturday 8 March for the annual winter shoot, which is open to everyone. The spring sporting clays outing will be at Ten Mile River Preserve in Dover Plains, NY, on Saturday 10 May, hosted by Trustee Randy Greene. For more information please email info@gcusa.org.
The Duke of Norfolk shared the secrets of the Sussex Study and its thriving grey partridge population.
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Woodcock in Paradise GUESTS WERE TREATED to a fascinating talk by woodcock expert Andrew Hoodless among the exotic sets of the BBC’s period drama, The Paradise, at Lambton Castle, Co Durham. A delicious bangers and mash supper took place in the 1870s look-alike department store and concluded with a ‘novelty auction’ raising a fantastic £7,800.
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Expert bidding raises the roof rinks parties and auctions were very popular last year with Worcestershire holding its evening at The Glasshouse, Suckley by kind permission of Edward and Diana Holloway. More than 70 people enjoyed meeting friends and bidding for some great auction lots encouraged by Will Kerton, whose expertise helped raise £7,500. The Gloucestershire committee held its drinks party
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at the magnificent Rodmarton Manor, near Cirencester, by kind permission of Mr and Mrs John Biddulph. Guests were treated to a tour of the Manor before they had the chance to bid on a range of splendid auction lots expertly sold by John Harvey, helping to raise a fantastic total of £20,000. A big thank you to sponsors Smiths Gore and Monahans. The Shropshire committee held a well-attended drinks
Fabulous four raffle nepp Castle was the venue for the recent launch of the Sussex committee’s ‘Fabulous Four Raffle’, which aims to raise a staggering £50,000. The raffle was launched at a drinks party, with the top prize a day’s shooting for eight guns on four of the most celebrated shoots in the country – Goodwood, Springhead, Cocking and Anmering Park. A ticket for eight guns costs £200. Please contact Tom Bodley Scott on 01892 509282.
party at Leighton Hall by kind permission of Maco Corrie. Guests were treated to a talk from Ian Lindsay, one of the last opportunities to hear Ian’s words of wisdom before he retired.
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(L-R) Rob Smallman (Cocking Shoot), John Newton (Goodwood Estate), Phillip Harkness (Springhead Estate) and Len Ireland (Angmering Estate).
hillingham Castle, Northumberland provided the perfect setting to hear Christopher Ussher’s flamboyant tales of hunting and fishing in far flung corners of the globe. The evening included drinks, sumptuous dinner and an eclectic novelty auction raising more than £12,000.
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