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How to Join
If you are a media professional working in horse racing and would like to join the HWPA please download an application form under the Membership News section. The annual subscription is £25.00
2009 Subscriptions are now due
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The HWPA
The HWPA was founded in 1927 and reconstituted in 1967 with the aim of improving working conditions for all media professionals on Britain's racecourses. It provides a link for all other professional bodies within the sport who wish to enlist the assistance of the media in promoting aspects of their work and in improving the smooth running of major meetings.
The HWPA currently works closely with the Racecourse Association, the joint committee being responsible for such matters as the issue of annual metal badges, the improvements in press facilities and the lay-out and equipping of press rooms.
2008 Annual Awards
Once again a full house enjoyed the 42nd annual Derby Awards lunch in December and the Association presented a prestigious range of awards, Please click for more information of the winners>>
Additional Press Accreditation
Requirements for 2009
A number of race meetings during 2009 require specific accreditation. Please ensure that you comply with these arrangements by referring to the information provided.
Details of additional accreditation requirements for specific 2010 race meetings will be posted here when they are available from the RCA in autumn 2009
Tipster Competition
For a long time, it looked as if it would go down to the pennies as Tony Coleman and David Cleary fought out a tense final furlong for the 2008 Blue Square tipping contest.
Going into the final round at Newmarket’s Cambridgeshire meeting Cleary held a lead of just 74p, but it was Coleman who came home the stronger as his rival failed to find a significant winner over the final two days of the action.
56 HWPA members enthusiastically took part in the 2008 competition and details of the 2009 renewal will be available in the next members’ newsletter.
Final placings:
First Tony Coleman
Second David Cleary
Third Adrian Hunt
Fourth Ian Clark
Fifth Paul Jacobs
Sixth Steven Cargill
Golf News
Our 2008 annual golf days at Goodwood in July and York in August were both a great success and enjoyed by those members who took part.
Our thanks go to the staunch supporters of these events, Blue Square and Skybet. We plan to hold golf days again in 2009.
2009 Annual Derby Awards Lunch
The 43rd Annual Derby Awards lunch will be held on Monday, 07 December 2009 at the Royal Lancaster Hotel, London. Details will be circulated to members in August and bookings will open to non-members from September.
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