Race Night at Heywood Bowling Club Raises the Roof for Local Charities

100+ guests, eight exciting races and a fantastic community atmosphere in Heywood

It was brilliant to bring race night entertainment back to Heywood Bowling Club for what was their first race night in many years — and judging by the atmosphere in the room, hopefully not the last!

More than 100 guests came together for an exciting family evening supporting local charities and good causes, with the clubhouse packed from the very first race.

From the moment the racing started, everyone became involved. Race cards were studied, horses were chosen, friendly rivalries developed between tables and the room quickly filled with cheers, laughter and plenty of encouragement as each race reached the finishing line.

And that is exactly what a good race night should do.

It isn’t simply about watching horse races on a screen. It creates an interactive evening where families, friends, club members and colleagues all become part of the entertainment.

Eight races and an Auction Race finale

The evening featured eight horse races, building towards the traditional Auction Race for Race Eight.

The Auction Race makes a brilliant finale because guests can bid for ownership of the horses before the final race. Suddenly the stakes — and the friendly competition — feel even bigger!

Once the horses have their new owners, everybody gathers around for one final race and a suitably lively end to the evening.

With more than 100 people attending, Heywood Bowling Club had exactly the sort of bustling atmosphere that makes this style of entertainment work so well.

Race nights are made for clubs and charity fundraising

Race nights remain one of our favourite forms of fundraising entertainment because practically everybody can join in.

They work particularly well for:

Bowling clubs, football clubs and sports clubs • charities and community organisations • schools and PTAs • social clubs • fundraising committees • corporate charity evenings • team events • awards evenings and company socials.

The format is easy for guests to understand, entertaining throughout the evening and can help organisers raise money through race sponsorship, horse sponsorship, ticket sales, fundraising games and the final Auction Race.

And because the evening is hosted and professionally presented, organisers can concentrate on their guests rather than worrying about operating all the entertainment themselves.

A brilliant family and community evening

One of the nicest things about this particular event was the mix of people attending.

It wasn’t an evening aimed at one particular age group. Families, friends and club members could all enjoy it together, which helped create that genuine community-event feeling.

There were people cheering on their horses, laughing with neighbouring tables and enjoying the anticipation as each race approached the finish.

For many guests it was their first experience of one of our race nights — and for Heywood Bowling Club it had been many years since they had staged one.

The feedback and atmosphere were so positive that there is already talk of turning it into an annual event.

We’d certainly be delighted to return!

Race Night Hire in Manchester, Lancashire, Yorkshire and across the North West

HR Entertainment supplies professional race night hire throughout Manchester, Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Cheshire, Merseyside, Yorkshire and across the North West, as well as travelling further afield for corporate events.

We can provide race nights for anything from a local club fundraiser through to a large corporate event.

Our events can include professionally presented horse racing, race cards and tickets, projection equipment, large screens, PA system, music, an experienced race-night host and a choice of fundraising or fun-money formats depending on the type of event.

For corporate clients, race nights can also be developed into a complete team entertainment or conference evening, giving colleagues something much more interactive than simply sitting around after dinner.

Whether your aim is to raise money for a good cause, entertain club members, bring colleagues together or simply organise something different, a race night creates an evening people can genuinely become involved in.

And if the reaction at Heywood Bowling Club is anything to go by, sometimes one race night is all it takes to start an annual tradition.

Bring the excitement of the races to your next event

If you’re planning a charity race night, sports club fundraiser, corporate race night or team social evening, we’d be delighted to help.

HR Entertainment has been providing interactive event entertainment for more than 30 years, and our aim is always the same — create an event where people don’t simply attend, but actually join in, laugh, compete and remember the evening afterwards.