The club dinner was a great success this year with around a hundred Rutlers attending to eat, drink and see the prizes handed out. Dinner was pretty good and someone had arranged for the drinks to be slightly cheaper than last year although at £7 a glass of wine it might be worth smuggling some booze in next time. The guest of honour was Russ Downing who gave a short speech and answered some questions about his career before handing out the trophies, see below the pictures for a list of winners. Marc Mallender then donned his auctioneer’s hat and sold off a load of race memorabilia in aid of the Dave Rayner fund, I wasn’t keeping a track of how much he raised but judging by the pile of cash he was walking round with afterwards, it was quite a bit.

Once again then the dinner was enjoyed by all and we look forward to the 99th annual dinner next year.
Jon Webb

P.S. A lot of money seemed to go to the Dave Rayner fund so Tom if you are reading this we’ll be expecting some good results next year.