Family Day & Mad Hatters Day
Upcoming Races
Mad Hatter & Family Day – Sunday of the Summer Festival Meeting
Family Day and Mad Hatters Day takes place on the Sunday of the Summer Festival Meeting. Fun and Colour is the theme for this spectacular day. Children under fourteen are admitted free on the day!
There is lots of entertainment for the young racegoer, bouncy castles, slides, face painting and crazy characters throughout the enclosure.
The Mad Hatters competition is hugely popular, the effort and creativity of the entrants is spectacular. Galway Shopping Centre generously sponsor the Mad Hatters Competition for both adults and children.
Competition Entry: There is no formal entry for the competition. Judges wander through the crowds to view the spectacular head pieces on show and inform chosen finalists to return to the Mad Hatter Stage, located behind the Millennium Stand where the winners will be announced at approximately 4p.m.
Mad Hatters Competition 2011
There were spectacular prizes on offer again this year. There were wonderful luxurious stays for two in 5 Star Lough Eske Castle, Donegal and the Redcastle Hotel Donegal. For the children the first prize was a family entertainment package including an X-box gaming package and LCD TV, with Nintendo DSI for second prize and a Nintendo Wii going to the third prize winner. The 2011 winners were as follows:
Adult Winners
First Prize- Emmet Creaven.
Second Prize- Suzanne Boyle.
Children's Prizes
First Prize- Isabel Ruane.
Second Prize- Conor McGoldrick
Third Prize- Laura Munnelly