	{"id":92944,"date":"2023-11-10T04:56:10","date_gmt":"2023-11-09T17:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mcivortimes\/?p=92944"},"modified":"2023-11-09T20:10:10","modified_gmt":"2023-11-09T09:10:10","slug":"cup-day-fun-at-the-rsl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mcivortimes\/news\/cup-day-fun-at-the-rsl\/","title":{"rendered":"Cup Day fun at the RSL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ATTENDEES at the annual Heathcote RSL Melbourne Cup lunch donned their best finery for a fun afternoon of entertainment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was good to see so many attending given that it\u2019s a crazy time of year with so many other events on at the same time,\u201d said RSL Sub Branch secretary Michael Carroll.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone enjoyed the delicious food and the table decorations looked magnificent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Patrons enjoyed a chicken and champagne lunch, followed by sweeps and raffles, and prizes for the best dressed, while all the races were televised.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe RSL Cup Day lunch was a well organised and fun filled afternoon,\u201d said Maree Hingston who attended with husband Mick.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe enjoyed a delicious two course lunch and watched all the cup action on the big screen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the highlights was a phantom race call by Michael Carroll and the parades of fillies and stallions caused much hilarity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had a great day.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ATTENDEES at the annual Heathcote RSL Melbourne Cup lunch donned their best finery for a fun afternoon of entertainment. \u201cIt was good to see so many attending given that it\u2019s a crazy time of year with so many other events on at the same time,\u201d said RSL Sub Branch secretary Michael Carroll. \u201cEveryone enjoyed the [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mcivortimes\/news\/cup-day-fun-at-the-rsl\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":215,"featured_media":92945,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-92944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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