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tickets as well as hospitality on Day Two at the 2019 Festival. Ron Woolley, a 64-year-old retired woodworker from Manchester. Attending The Festival ™ presented by Magners for the last 28 years, Ron has a collection of all the members’ badges and racecards since 1988. He is such a dedicated fan, even his daughter’s wedding was arranged in 2013 to accommodate Gold Cup Day! Warwickshire barber Nick Bull, aged 49, has loved his Cheltenham Super Fan experience. Having cut many racing personalities’ hair, including that of Cheltenham Gold Cup-winning jockey Jim Culloty, Peter Scudamore, Graham Bradley, Olly McPhail and many more, his first visit to the course in 1983 was when he should have been at school. Since then, he hasn’t missed a day of The Festival and never worked a day of his life during Festival week. He told us: “I champion The Festival as the greatest sporting event this country has to offer and have talked many people into experiencing it for the first time who then go on to visit year after year. For all these reasons above I feel that I justify being a Cheltenham Races Super Fan. I somehow always knew that my love of the races would be recognised.” Local lady Lynda Cooper has been a member at the racecourse for a number of years and has a truly remarkable story. Not even cancer could keep Lynda away from her favourite week of the year. Diagnosed with breast cancer and following chemotherapy, Lynda attended all four days of The Festival. Sadly halfway through The Festival, her hair started to fall out so, supported by a family friend, that evening Lynda proudly shaved her head and attended the final two days! “Cheltenham Races is a passion,” she explained. “Knowing the planning and preparation of the
horses that are going to be running, watching the preparation of the course that leads to the spectacle of every raceday and the excitement are only a part of what makes Cheltenham Races and The Festival one of the best sporting events this country has to offer and I am proud to be able to attend whenever I can.” Our final Super Fan for 2018/19 was Becki Beresford, aged 34, a maternity care assistant from Bristol. From planning annual leave for the whole year when fixtures are released, to joining the Cheltenham roar straight from a night shift and making memories with her father, Becki says she isn’t sure what she would do without Cheltenham Racecourse in her life! “The Cheltenham Roar on the first day of The Festival is such a buzz and it has me coming back year after year making memories I will never forget,” she said.
CHELTENHAM’ S NEW SUPER FANS
With more than 700 entries received, we have our 2019/2020 Super Fans. They are…
from Cheltenham! Despite his wife being in hospital, about to give birth to their son, and having slept on a hospital floor, at 6am on 11 March 2014 he headed to Prestbury Park to watch his beloved Jezki win the Unibet Champion Hurdle, before returning to hospital to be with his wife that evening. Peter Freeman turns 80 this year, and is celebrating his 60th year of visiting Cheltenham Racecourse. An avid sports fan, Peter has been on course to witness unforgettable moments, such as the extraordinary return of Peter Freeman from Bedfordshire
Sprinter Sacre, the incredible Fred Winter Champion Hurdle and Gold Cup double and the famous Arkle and Mill House clash. Joe Thomas from Gloucestershire Local to Cheltenham, Joe has been to The Festival every year since he was 13. This was when his parents told him school and GCSEs had to
Jenny Westwood from Wolverhampton
Jenny has been coming to Cheltenham for the past 36 years — only missing two when she moved to Australia. Cheltenham has always been a key date in her diary and she is now sharing her love with her 16-year-old daughter, who she hopes to bring for the first time in 2020. James Townsend from Nottingham James really cannot keep away
come first — so he got himself a job working at the racecourse for the week.
His love for Cheltenham has always trumped everything else — including his deadlines for coursework at university.
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