Annual Badgeholders

Annual York County Stand badgeholders receive the following privileges: Exclusive use of the Nunthorpe Suite

This is situated in the Ebor Stand and comprises of race viewing inside and outside, a bar, toilets and totepool outlets. There is also a food buffet where tea and coffee may also be purchased. Please see below for further details.

Reserved Car Park (D)

This carpark is only a short walk from the County Stand entrance.

Reciprocal Visits

This allows access to visit selected racecourses for free using your metal Annual York badge. Reciprocal days are also arranged in conjunction with Yorkshire County Cricket Club but are yet to be confirmed for 2010 (ten in 2009).

Reciprocal visits for 2010 are arranged with the following racecourses:

Newmarket (Thursday 15th April: Craven Meeting), Chester (Friday 7th May), Ripon (Wednesday 2nd June: Evening Meeting), Haydock (Saturday 3rd July: Lancashire Oaks), Leopardstown (Saturday 4th September: Irish Champion Stakes (as an Annual Badgeholder if you wish to attend this meeting please contact Debbie Shirt by 1st August)) and Newcastle (Saturday 27th November: National Hunt Meeting).

Reciprocal days are also arranged in conjunction with Yorkshire County Cricket Club and are as follows (matches are at Headingly Carnegie unless stated otherwise):

April 27th	v. Durham (1st Day of LV County Championship)
May 5th	v. Essex at Scarborough (2nd Day of LV County Championship)
May 9th	v. Derbyshire (40 League)
May 30th	v. Lancashire (2nd Day of LV County Championship)
June 10th	v. Durham (T20)
June 27th	v. Leicestershire (T20)
July 4th	v. Warwickshire (T20)
July 11th	v. India ‘A’ (1st Day of Tour Match)
August 23rd	v. Hampshire at Scarborough (1st Day of LV County Championship)
September 14th	v. Kent (2nd Day of LV County Championship)

All Annual Badgeholders wishing to attend matches at Headingley are asked to use the St.Michael's Road entrance and show their metal badges when gaining admittance to all matches.

Further information on the Nunthorpe Suite

York's award winning Ebor Stand, built in 2003, incorporates all the facilities for Annual County Stand Badgeholders. The second floor is split between the Dante Suite and the Nunthorpe Suite. The Nunthorpe Suite is an exclusive area for County Stand Annual Badgeholders. The Nunthorpe Suite comprises race viewing, a bar, toilets and totepool outlets.

There is a food buffet where tea and coffee may also be purchased. To the rear of the facility is a terrace with stunning views across the city and towards the parade ring. On the track side there is a viewing area and a number of seats, which are available to all badgeholders on an unreserved basis.

With reference to the Nunthorpe Suite itself, this area will be strictly reserved for the use of full County Stand Annual badgeholders only. The only exception is Sunday September 6th when there is an opportunity to invite Junior County Stand Badgeholders and children into this specific suite for Press Family Sunday.

For further information please call our Annual Badgeholder Secretary, Debbie Shirt, on (01904) 683936.

There are three categories of Annual Badgeholders which are as follows:

- Full Single County Stand Badgeholder £320 in 2010

This entitles you to a metal badge which allows access to the County Stand for all racedays at York during a season. Also included is a car park label which allows you access to Car Park D for all meetings.

- Joint County Stand Badgeholder (ie husband and wife) £555 in 2010

This entitles you to two metal badges which allows access to the County Stand for all racedays at York during a season. Also included is a car park label which allows you access to Car Park D for all meetings.

Both Full Single and Joint County Stand badgeholders also gain access to the Nunthorpe Suite which is an exclusive facility on the second floor of the Ebor Stand.

Metal badges are non transferable.e note - a joining fee equivalent to subscriptions is applicable to all Joint and Single County Stand Badgeholders once elected.

- Junior County Stand Badgeholder (16-25 years inclusive) £90 in 2010

Please note this scheme is an annual scheme and is subject to advance application and acceptance, it is NOT the same as the daily reduction, for details of the scheme offering a reduction on a daily admission. The Annual Junior County Stand Badgeholder scheme entitles you to a metal badge which allows access to the County Stand for all racedays at York during a season. You should be aware that Junior County Stand Badgeholders do not have access to the Nunthorpe Suite. We request that a copy of a passport or driving licence accompany all applications for this category as proof of age.

Badgeholder Application Process

If you are interested in becoming a badgeholder please complete the application form and return this, together with a cheque for the registration fee (£15 for single, £30 for joint) payable to York Racecourse to:

Debbie Shirt
Annual Badgeholder Secretary,
York Racecourse,
The Racecourse,
York YO23 1EX

Please note the application form has to be seconded by two County Stand Badgeholders who have been full or joint members for at least two years. The registration fee will be refunded upon election where a joining fee equivalent to subscription is required for all joint and single county stand badgeholders. County Stand dress code is applicable for all badgeholders.

Information for current Annual Badgeholders

Further to feedback about the experience of being an Annual Badgeholder, a recurring theme has been concern about the unauthorised use of both badges and the Nunthorpe Suite. As you will be aware, your Annual Badge is non transferable. In order to assist in ensuring badges are not transferred and to retain your exclusive benefits we plan to introduce a photo card to compliment the metal badge itself for 2010. Designed as credit card size and containing just the simple information of name, badge number and a passport style photo, the card will help ensure that the right people are using the Annual Badges (our team will ask to see the card when necessary and you can continue to wear just the badge around the course). We therefore request a copy of a passport style photograph so that we can prepare the card to dispatch with your badges in April.

It may be easiest for you to simply send a digital picture to Debbie Shirt by email at debbie.shirt@yorkracecourse.co.uk. Alternatively, if you wish to send a standard printed photo to Debbie by post then we will be able to scan it. Appreciating that some may not have access to either of these methods, please contact Debbie Shirt on 01904 683936. We will not delay dispatch of your metal badge this year and will look to have all cards issued to Annual Badgeholders by the summer.