After prom plans were cancelled at Devizes School because of the uncertainty around Covid a group of parents took matters into their own hands to organise their own. Final year pupils enjoyed a dazzling night they are sure to remember at Bowood Hotel, Spa and Golf Resort this Saturday (July 31). Local businesses also sprang into action to offer their services to ensure the Year 11 students had a memorable prom. Organiser Emily Webb explained: “My friends Rachael Kimber, Rose Rossi and I pulled together and set up a GoFundMe page to raise money. People shared it everywhere and we made £2,000 towards it.”
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LETHBRIDGE Less than 24 hours before the horse races were set to get underway, the Rocky Mountain Turf Club found out they d have to wait another week. They received an email early Friday afternoon from Horse Race Alberta, the governing body for all race tracks in the province, stating that all jockeys and gatekeepers needed to receive a negative polymerase chain reaction, or PCR, test result before they raced, which could take up to 72 hours. Because of this, they were forced to postpone their opening weekend until May 22nd. Horse Race Alberta notified them that they d received an exemption from AHS on May 7th as long as they followed the specific guidelines laid out, which included a two week quarantine for the jockeys along with other guidelines such as wearing masks and social distancing.
Horses are back on the track without fans in the stands
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By Herald on May 13, 2021.
Jockey Tim Moccasin takes a horse for a ride on the track before last fall’s season at the Rocky Mountain Turf Club. The horses are returning this spring, but the stands will remain empty for now. Herald file photo by Ian Martens
The horses are back at the Rocky Mountain Turf Club, but for now the fans won’t be.
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 restrictions, the RMTC grandstand will be vacant, but the same race-day vibe will be intact as the horses take the gate starting this weekend.
LETHBRIDGE, ALTA. Horse racing returns to southern Alberta this weekend, but the grandstand will be empty due to COVID-19 protocols. Last year the Rocky Mountain Turf Club was forced to cancel its spring race meet altogether due to the pandemic. “Even with restrictions, having (fan-free) racing is better than no racing,” said horse trainer Lyle Magnuson, who has nine horses entered for the first race card on Saturday, May 15. Magnuson said the horse racing industry has already been impacted by the cancellation of race events in 2020. “If you let it go too long people move to other provinces, quit altogether, sell their horses and give it up,” added Magnuson.