Result of Shanghai Shooters Handicap Hurdle:

4.00 SHANGHAI SHOOTERS FC HANDICAP HURDLE

1st 2/1 Fav (4) Ladalko (FR) £2.80 £2.00
2nd 4/1 (5) Basilea Star (IRE) £3.30
3rd 10/3 (2) Paddy The Piper (IRE)
4th 16/1 (6) Overstrand (IRE)

Off 4:05 7 Ran
Distances – 1L , 2 ½L , shd , 12L , 9L
Trainer – P Nicholls
Jockey – R Walsh
Owner – Mr Paul K Barber & Mrs M Findlay
CSF – £10.34

Taken from Scottish Newspaper.

AN exiled Ayrshireman living in China has secured the first ever race sponsorship offered on eBay by a British racecourse.
Ayr United fan John Jofre paid £2,550 to sponsor the handicap hurdle race immediately after the Scottish Grand National at Ayr.
There were 29 bids in a lively auction but John, originally from Dreghorn, finally won the day.
And he has named the race after the football team he formed in Shanghai more than six years ago.
It will be called the Shanghai Shooters FC Handicap Hurdle.
John is the son of former SNP MSP Kay Ullrich and has lived in Shanghai for 12 years and is Asia Managing Director of packaging company Portola.
He said: “I’m just delighted to have won the auction. I started up the Shooters in 1998 as a fun social team but with more and more expats arriving in Shanghai over the years, the quality of the team increased greatly.
In 2004 we won everything in our own domestic league and also won four international tournaments out of four in Manila, Phuket, Bangkok and China.
Due to this we have been invited to take part in the Hong Kong 7s in May when we will be up against Man Utd, Arsenal, Aston Villa, PSV Eindhoven, Rangers and Celtic and pro teams from Japan and Hong Kong.
I decided to try and get our little team some profile before this huge tournament and when I seen this opportunity to sponsor a horse race I thought what a cool idea”.

Do we want 2004 to ever end? This year we have picked up the SIFL Cup, the SIFL Closing Tournament, the SIFL Championship, Bangkok International 11’s, Shanghai International 7’s, the SIFL Opening Tournament, Manila International 6’s and now the Phuket International 7’s!!! It is a wonderful achievement. Life really cannot get any better. It has been an absolute joy year, and I am so happy that even guys like Kilby and Andre, who have already left town, have been to the tournaments to re-join the Shooters ranks, and win themselves some more medals. Well done to everyone. Surely this year can never be topped. Can any team claim 4 International Tournaments in a year??
"THERE"S ONLY ONE TEAM IN ASIA"

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