This year’s ROA Council Election will see 16 candidates standing for a place on the ROA Council. They are chasing seven available places and include three existing members of Council.

ROA members should by now have received a brochure giving details of all the candidates with their manifestos, together with their ballot paper. All members are urged to register their votes on the ballot paper and return it in the envelope provided. Please ring (020 7152 0200) or email the ROA (info@roa.co.uk) if you have not yet received your ballot paper or you have mislaid it.

To read about each candidate and the views they hold on the racing industry, click onto the links. If you wish to communicate with any of the candidates, contact details are provided.

	David Alexander		Steven Astaire
	Sheila Bailey		Simon Bain
	Bob Cant		Dr David Chapman-Jones
	Ron Delnevo		William Duff Gordon
	Paul Duffy		Jeremy Gompertz
	Peter Hopper		Sam Hoskins
	David McMahon		Alan Pickering CBE
	Stephen Smith		Allan Stennett

Join us in the ROA facility at Royal Ascot

With Royal Ascot commencing next week, don’t miss out on your chance to purchase heavily discounted tickets for the exclusive ROA Royal Ascot chalet.

The facility is situated in the Grandstand admission enclosure on the curve of the track after the winning post, with a head on view of the course.

Tickets have sold out for the Saturday and almost sold out for the Tuesday, but there is still limited availability for the Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

Find out more/book tickets>>

Annual General Meeting (AGM) and members' lunch

Members are invited to attend the ROA’s AGM from 10am on the 23rd June 2011 at the Jumeirah Carlton Tower Hotel, Knightsbridge, London. The morning events include:

• A speech from the ROA President
• An address by the Chief Executive of The Jockey Club, Simon Bazalgette
• The chance for members to put their questions to the ROA Council.
• The results of the ROA Council Election will also be announced.

Tickets are available for the following Champagne Reception and Lunch, after which guests will be entertained by guest speaker Jilly Cooper OBE (pictured).

Find out more/book tickets for the Champagne Reception and Lunch>>

As well as offering all ROA members an exclusive 20% discount on purchases made on prints and gifts, Racing Post Photos are also offering ROA members the chance to win a 16” x 20” canvas (worth £199.99) of any image in the Racing Post Photo library.

Find out how to be in with a chance of winning here>>

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