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I am something of a fan as a punter of racing “Between The Flags” as it is sometimes referred to and while I am unsure which folder (if any) it should be in I am posting a copy of the provisional fixture list for anyone who might be interested.
If, like me, you like your NH and tire of seeing increasing numbers of Hurdle races and fewer (or none at all, as at Newton Abbot tomorrow) Chases then if you’ve never tried it you might enjoy it.
The customer service concept is a bit variable among the volunteers who man it, but there are plusses.
It’s relatively cheap admission, there are no handicaps so backing winners is easier, and while I’m not saying every single runner is always trying for its life, it is generally far straighter than low-grade racing under rules and on the Flat.
You’re also guaranteed a minimum of six Chases and races often divide.
Anyway, here are the dates and venues – enjoy!
2021/22 Provisional Point-to-Point Fixture List
Sat 30th Oct: Bishops Court
Sun 31st Oct: Pyle
Sun 7th Nov: Badbury Rings
Sun 7th Nov: Revesby Park
Sun 14th Nov: Knightwick
Sun 14th Nov: Dunsmore
Sun 21st Nov: Higham
Sun 21st Nov: Ffos Las
Sun 28th Nov: Larkhill
Sun 28th Nov: Hexham
Sun 5th Dec: Charing
Sun 5th Dec: Wadebridge
Sun 12th Dec: Barbury
Sun 12th Dec: Alnwick
Sun 19th Dec: Larkhill
Tue 28th Dec: Chaddesley Corbett
Fri 31st Dec: Horseheath
Sun 2nd Jan: Larkhill
Sun 9th Jan: Ampton
Sun 9th Jan: Wadebridge
Sun 9th Jan: Alnwick
Sun 16th Jan: Buckfastleigh
Sun 16th Jan: Higham
Sun 16th Jan: Sheriff Hutton
Sat 22nd Jan: Larkhill
Sun 23rd Jan: Cocklebarrow
Sun 23rd Jan: Chipley Park
Sun 23rd Jan: Friars Haugh
Sat 29th Jan: Horseheath
Sun 30th Jan: Milborne St Andrew
Sun 30th Jan: Alnwick
Sat 5th Feb: Charing
Sun 6th Feb: Larkhill
Sun 6th Feb: Duncombe Park
Sun 13th Feb: Barbury
Sun 13th Feb: Buckfastleigh
Sun 13th Feb: Howick
Sun 13th Feb: Friars Haugh
Sat 19th Feb: Horseheath
Sun 20th Feb: Badbury Rings
Sun 20th Feb: Chaddesley Corbett
Sun 20th Feb: Askham Bryan College
Sat 26th Feb: Kingston Blount
Sun 27th Feb: Larkhill
Sun 27th Feb: Garthorpe
Sun 27th Feb: Great Trethew
Sun 27th Feb: Alnwick
Sat 5th Mar: Didmarton
Sat 5th Mar: Ampton
Sat 5th Mar: Brocklesby Park
Sun 6th Mar: Godstone
Sun 6th Mar: Charlton Horethorne
Sun 6th Mar: Howick
Sun 6th Mar: Charm Park
Sat 12th Mar: High Easter
Sat 12th Mar: Cothelstone
Sun 13th Mar: Guilsborough
Sun 13th Mar: Buckfastleigh
Sun 13th Mar: Dalton Park
Sun 13th Mar: Llanfrynach
Sun 13th Mar: Bangor-On-Dee
Sat 19th Mar: Shelfield Park
Sat 19th Mar: Milborne St Andrew
Sat 19th Mar: Hutton Rudby
Sun 20th Mar: Penshurst
Sun 20th Mar: Brafield-On-The-Green
Sun 20th Mar: Ston Easton
Sun 20th Mar: Kilworthy
Sun 20th Mar: Brampton Bryan
Sat 26th Mar: Siddington
Sat 26th Mar: Parham
Sat 26th Mar: Cotley
Sat 26th Mar: Overton
Sat 26th Mar: Monmouthshire Showground
Sun 27th Mar: Maisemore Park
Sun 27th Mar: Larkhill
Sun 27th Mar: Kingston Blount
Sun 27th Mar: Trebudannon
Sun 27th Mar: Askham Bryan College
Sat 2nd Apr: Bitterley
Sat 2nd Apr: Dunraven Stud
Sat 2nd Apr: Tranwell
Sat 2nd Apr: Fakenham
Sun 3rd Apr: Andoversford
Sun 3rd Apr: Edgecote
Sun 3rd Apr: Tabley
Sun 3rd Apr: Sheriff Hutton
Sun 3rd Apr: Cherrybrook
Sat 9th Apr: Mollington
Sat 9th Apr: High Easter
Sat 9th Apr: Cotley
Sat 9th Apr: Hornby Castle
Sun 10th Apr: Penshurst
Sun 10th Apr: Maisemore Park
Sun 10th Apr: Barbury
Sun 10th Apr: Dunsmore
Fri 15th Apr: Higham
Sat 16th Apr: Kimble
Sat 16th Apr: Charing
Sat 16th Apr: Chaddesley Corbett
Sat 16th Apr: Flete Park
Sat 16th Apr: Dingley
Sat 16th Apr: Bonvilston
Sat 16th Apr: Sandon
Sun 17th Apr: TBC
Mon 18th Apr: Lockinge
Mon 18th Apr: Aldington
Mon 18th Apr: Lydstep
Mon 18th Apr: Trebudannon
Mon 18th Apr: Paxford
Mon 18th Apr: Thorpe Lodge
Mon 18th Apr: Eyton-On-Severn
Mon 18th Apr: Cothelstone
Mon 18th Apr: Corbridge
Sat 23rd Apr: Woodford
Sat 23rd Apr: TBC
Sat 23rd Apr: Overton
Sun 24th Apr: Stafford Cross
Sun 24th Apr: Lydstep
Sun 24th Apr: Easingwold
Sat 30th Apr: Chilfrome
Sat 30th Apr: Flete Park
Sat 30th Apr: Garthorpe
Sun 1st May: Godstone
Sun 1st May: South Hill, Dulverton
Sun 1st May: Mosshouses
Mon 2nd May: Northaw
Mon 2nd May: Mollington
Mon 2nd May: Llwynddu Glais
Mon 2nd May: Eyton-On-Severn
Mon 2nd May: Vauterhill
Mon 2nd May: Witton Castle
Sat 7th May: Chaddesley Corbett
Sat 7th May: Holnicote
Sun 8th May: Kingston Blount
Sun 8th May: Dingley
Sun 8th May: Easingwold
Sun 8th May: Upcott Cross
Sun 8th May: Bonvilston
Wed 11th May: Cothelstone
Sat 14th May: Peper Harow
Sat 14th May: Hexham
Sun 15th May: Edgecote
Sun 15th May: Bratton Down
Sun 15th May: Tabley
Sat 21st May: Bredwardine
Sat 21st May: Charm Park
Sun 22nd May: Garthorpe
Sun 22nd May: Bratton Down
Sat 28th May: Dingley
Sat 28th May: Upcott Cross
Sun 29th May: Kingston Blount
Sun 29th May: Cothelstone
Wed 1st Jun: Garthorpe
Thu 2nd Jun: Chaddesley Corbett
Sat 4th Jun: Trecoed
Sun 5th Jun: Bratton Down
Sat 11th Jun: UmberleighI am "The Horse Racing Punter" on Facebook
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It's the "Millwall FC" of Point broadcasts: "No One Likes Us - We Don't Care"Long-time TRFer Graysonscolumn (Jeremy Grayson) who rarely posts now is a ptp aficionado, perhaps you remember him. That list is sure to get his juices flowing so it would be nice to think it might stir him to post again, as he’s one of TRF’s better wordsmiths
Despite steeplechasing being my favourite racing under Rules I’ve never ‘got into’ ptp, though have been to Easingwold a couple of times. Askham Bryan is on my doorstep so really should get my arse up there
Remember him?
I know him!
He’s been to my house!
Actually, I don’t know Jeremy well, but he’s one of those disarmingly really nice genuine guys who everyone takes to.
He basically gave me a call from out of the blue once and said he was passing and could he drop by for coffee?
Top bloke and knows point-to-point inside out, the people as well as the horses.
Yes, Buckfastleigh is still on the old NH site though they race left handed nowadays.
Lovely venue IMO and of course near Buckfast Abbey and those geezer monks who sell booze and take plastic!
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It's the "Millwall FC" of Point broadcasts: "No One Likes Us - We Don't Care"Thanks for the list Ian.
I would definitely recommend a trip to a PTP meeting for any NH supporters.
Unfortunately Balcormo Mains announced they were closing for good last year and transferring their fixture to Overton. So my local meeting is now 61 miles away. And there are now just three courses in the whole of Scotland with the other two in the borders.
“Yes, Buckfastleigh is still on the old NH site though they race left handed nowadays.”
Like how Wexford changed direction, which means the main stand is near the entrance to the home straight and the winning post is the best part of two furlongs away. A track where you really need the big screen.
Yes, at Buckfastleigh the (admittedly dilapidated and totally unusable anyway) stand is situated near what is now the second last after they turn for home.
There are plenty down that way who think it was a mistake making the switch.
I have only seen racing there left-handed – which seemed fine to me apart from them going out of view temporarily in the dip between two out and the last – so cannot offer an informed opinion.
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It's the "Millwall FC" of Point broadcasts: "No One Likes Us - We Don't Care"Has anyone been to the new Knightwick course and perhaps, how does it compare to the old one?
I backed my first winner at the old one……….my memory tells me it was Three Socks……….a shilling to win!!! No idea what year it was, it was that long ago.
My first £50 bet was at a Radnor & West Hereford PtP meeting and my first £100 was at another on Senator Of Rome at Chaddesley in the Lady Dudley Cup. To me he was a certainty, the bet was really whether he’d stay up. Coasting along…….and unseated!!!!
Used to love PtP’s, out pretty much every Saturday during the season. I believe it’s tightened up now, but there are some good stories around from yesteryear.
I’d recommend it to anybody for a day out, just go with an open mind and embrace it…..and hope for a dry day.
I have been to the new Knightwick, thought it was an excellent new venue and really enjoyed my day out there.
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Shame that Black Forest Lodge is no more. Not a huge follower of P to P though, the only other one I used to visit was near Taunton many years ago. I liked the fact that the admission charge was by vehicle rather than the number of people. So you could squeeze five or six in a car and get the lot in for a tenner or not much more, from memory.
Thanks for this list, Ian. I’ve not been to a p2p fixture before but have always had it in the back of my mind. With the fixture list i can hopefully plan trips to Alnwick, Hexham and Tranwell this coming winter/spring.
I thought Alnwick used to have a meeting round Easter time? We might actually get to one of theirs if and when we start venturing out into the big wide world again. The only time we ever went to one there we stood next to Tony Dobbin not realising why he was there. Obviously stepping out with Rose at the time. He rescued us from being trampled on by a loose horse that made for a gap in the fence near to where we were standing. Then the sea fret came down and we didn’t see much else.The only other PtP we’ve been to is Garthorpe where Martin from t’other place showed us around. Oh and Flagg. Now that was at Easter and I wish I remembered more about it now that it is no more. It was a long time ago.
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Martin used to post on this forum as well and has very good knowledge of the PtP scene, as does Jezza
Think Martin posted as Irish Stamp?
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