Girls go racing for Charity at Bendigo

23 November 2012 -  Ladies it’s time to get your girlfriends together for an afternoon and evening of socialising, pampering, a bit of fashion and an exquisite high tea! Oh and of course there’s harness racing too at Bendigo’s Lord’s Raceway on Sunday. It’s the girls chance to go racing to show their  support for ovarian cancer research and to  just have a great time at  a  harness race meeting that’s all about women.  Events at Sunday’s harness racing will raise money for research into ovarian cancer to improve women’s health and quality of life. The program includes a High Tea in the Committee Room, with a hat competition, fund raising raffles, prizes and cosmetics display plus the racing highlight of a feature Lady Driver’s Race on the eight race Bendigo Harness Racing card. The High Tea will be held between 3-6pm with Racing commencing at 6:01pm. Bendigo Harness Racing Club General Manager David Aldred said that this is the second year that a High Tea has been held in the Committee Room to raise money for ovarian cancer research. “Last year the inaugural event was successful and the Club hopes to raise thousands of dollars for the charity again this weekend,” Mr Aldred said. “We have people coming from all parts of Victoria for the High Tea including guest speaker, Australia’s only female race caller, Victoria Shaw.” Ms Shaw better known as a gallops race caller may be persuaded to try her hand at calling a harness race on track on Sunday. The Racing features the Women’s Cancer Foundation Lady Drivers Trophy with the line-up of drivers including reigning Australasian Champion Young Driver, Ellen Tormey, Champion Monte Saddle Race rider/driver Anne-Maree Conroy; 2012 Bendigo Anniversary Cup winning driver Rebecca Bartley;  Bendigo’s Race For Fun Club Co-trainer Maree Campbell, Joelene McSwain, Katrina Salathiel, Monique Burnett, Stacey Towers, Donna Castles and Laura Crossland. The Lady Drivers race will start at 8:09pm and is race six.  Trotting’s Duncan McPherson, a  Board Member on the  Women’s Cancer Foundation Board thanked the BHRC and High Tea organiser Debra Aldred for their support  of  the Women’s Cancer Foundation – Ovarian Cancer Institute. “We thank the Club for its promotion and race names as programmed this Sunday evening along with the High Tea,” Mr McPherson said. “Our organisation greatly values our alliance and on a personal level, I can assure you the Club’s efforts and Debra’s are very, very much appreciated.” ​