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The Race That Stops a Nation — and Three Chances to Be in the Room
There is a particular kind of hush that falls over a room just before the barrier opens on the first Tuesday in November. Glasses pause halfway. Conversations that have run all morning stop mid-sentence. For three minutes and change, a whole country agrees to look in the same direction.
At Club York, we have been doing that hush very well for a very long time.
This year the Melbourne Cup falls on Tuesday 3 November, and we are marking it with lunch in The Clarence Room — newly renovated, and looking every bit the part. Long tables. A proper menu. A room dressed for the occasion and a crowd that has made the effort. It is the CBD's best seat for the first Tuesday in November, and it fills early every year.
Tickets are on sale now: https://bit.ly/MelbourneCupBlog
And if you would rather win your way in
From Saturday 10 October, we are giving a double pass away every week.
Each Friday night at 7pm we draw one winner from the virtual barrel, and that winner takes two seats at the Melbourne Cup Lunch in The Clarence Room. Three Fridays, three double passes, three chances to be in the room without reaching for your wallet.
Getting an entry is about as simple as it gets. Swipe your membership card at the Player Elite terminal — once a day, every day, for the length of the promotion. Each swipe is another entry in the barrel.
You do not need to be here on the night. If your name comes out, we will call or email you.
The detail
Promotion runs: Saturday 10 October to Friday 30 October 2026
Draws: Friday 16, Friday 23 and Friday 30 October, 7pm
Prize: One double pass per draw to Club York's Melbourne Cup Lunch in The Clarence Room
How to enter: Swipe your membership card at the Player Elite terminal. One swipe per day for the duration of the promotion.
Winners: Drawn each Friday at 7pm. You do not need to be present — winners are notified by phone and/or email.
Eligibility: Open to Club York members only.
Three weeks, three Fridays, one room
October is already a big month here. But the first Tuesday in November is the one people plan their year around, and the Clarence Room is where it is worth spending it.
Swipe on your way in. Have a drink. Let the barrel do the rest.
In the heart of the CBD. Steps from the QVB and Town Hall Station.
Club York — The Place to Be.
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