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Win Cheltenham tickets with Sky Bet

The anticipation is growing for the Cheltenham National Hunt Festival, and we’re giving you the chance to be there on the opening day.

Sky Bet, sponsors of the Sports Journalists’ Association, has two pairs of tickets to give away for Tuesday March 16, the first day of the Festival, and to be in with a chance of winning all you need to do is answer this simple question:

Who won last year’s Champion Hurdle?

Please email your answer to competition@skybet.com by midnight on Sunday.


SJA dates for your diaries

Mon Mar 8: SJA British Sports Journalism Awards dinner, at The Brewery. Tickets on sale now – click here to book

Wed Mar 17: SJA Sporting Lunch with triathlon world champion Alistair Brownlee. Two-course lunch plus a glass of wine of beer, £20 for SJA members, £25 for non-members. To book, contact Mary Fitzhenry mary@spokepromotions.com or by phone on 020 8946 9601 or 07946 545084 (please indicate whether a vegetarian meal is required).

Mon Apr 12: A Question of Boris:The SJA’s second “Sporting Question Time”, this time with London Mayor Boris Johnson at City Hall. This will be strictly for SJA members only. To book your ticket, click here to send us an email with your name, SJA membership number and address, writing “Sporting Question Time with Boris” in the subject field

Mon Apr 12: SJA Spring Golf Day , to be staged at Surbiton GC. To book, contact Paul Trow (07973 862747).

Thu Apr 15: SJA 2010 Annual Meeting , at offices of UK Sport

Mon Apr 19: SJA/LOCOG guided tour of Olympic Park, 2pm For booking details, click here.

Sun Apr 25: SJA Cricket Day. Enjoy corporate hospitality with friends and colleagues, and bring along your partner, as Lancashire take on Surrey. Tickets £65 each. Click here for booking details.

Mon Sep 13: SJA Autumn Golf Day, Muswell Hill GC. To book, contact Paul Trow (07973 862747).

□ Sky Bet is the SJA’s newest partner, the sponsorship being announced in October 2008.

Together with the SJA’s other lead sponsor, UK Sport, both partners support our two prestigious annual awards events, including the Sky Bet sports betting writer of the year at the SJA’s British Sports Journalism Awards.

The 2009 SJA British Sports Journalism Awards will be staged at The Brewery, in London, on Monday, March 8 2010.


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