Events

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In early April each year, the world and its media descend upon Aintree Racecourse for three of the biggest days in the British sporting and social calendar, the John Smith’s Grand National.

The Venture Cup is the ultimate offshore powerboat race, featuring 30 international teams who will re-trace the most famous powerboat race in history - the London to Monte-Carlo race of 1972.

Over two weeks, the fleet will race for over 2,750 miles, visiting 9 cities where major supporting festivals will be held, and culminating with the race finishing in glorious Monte-Carlo.

The Paris Marathon is a unique opportunity to discover the city whilst participating in one of the most exciting races over the mythical distance of 26 miles, 385 yards.

The Paris Marathon is today one of the five biggest in the world (along with New-York, London, Berlin and Chicago), not only in terms of the field present, but also by the performances accomplished, the services and logistics put in place and the media coverage.

The Masters Tournament, also known as The Masters or The US Masters is one of the four major championships in professional golf. Scheduled for the first full week of April, it is the first of the majors to be played each year. Unlike the other major championships, the Masters is held each year at the same location, Augusta National Golf Club, a private golf club in the city of Augusta, Georgia, USA.

The new Chelsea Art Fair is organised by Ben Cooper. The stylish, airy stand plan in the elegant surroundings of the Chelsea Old Town Hall, give the visitor a feeling of space, and ability to absorb the art on offer.

Following last year's success, a large number of the galleries have rebooked.

Once again the Chelsea Art Fair is proud to support Hearing Dogs for Deaf People. As with last year, each gallery will have a work of art for sale, where a percentage of the proceeds will go directly to the charity.

The Chinese Grand Prix is held at the Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai, designed by Hermann Tilke. When completed in 2004, it was the most expensive Formula One circuit facility costing approximately $450 million. Many consider it the benchmark upon which all new tracks are judged.

The grandstands can hold up to 200,000 spectators, and the city is well on its way to become one of the world's main racing hubs. It would appear to have a secure future as a venue for F1 Grand Prix.

Global stalwarts and leading lynchpins of Asian entrepreneurialism, the Arts and public life, will gather amidst the grandeur of the Grosvenor House Hotel in Park Lane, London, for the annual Asian Awards.
 
The Asian Awards, which traditionally has honoured outstanding achievers from the South Asian community, has widened its remit of pioneering nominees to include entrants originating from the Asian continent including those residing in UK, India, China, Japan, Korea, Singapore and other South and Far East countries.

The two-day Craven Meeting launches Newmarket's flat-racing season.

Newmarket Racecourse has two courses - the Rowley Mile Course and the July Course. Both are wide, galloping tracks used for Flat racing only. Between them they host 8 of British racing's 32 annual Group 1 races.

Many of Europe’s top trainers and jockeys will descend on the Rowley Mile for important trial races.

The Bahrain Grand Prix, sponsored by Gulf Air, has usually been the third race of the Formula One calendar.

The first race took place at the Bahrain International Circuit on 4 April 2004. It made history as the first Formula One Grand Prix to be held in the Middle East.

The newly built Sakhir track is considered to be the centre of motor sport in the Gulf. It is also one of the safest tracks in the world with giant run-off areas.

The London Marathon (branded Virgin London Marathon for sponsorship reasons) is a long-distance running event, the world's largest marathon as of 2012 with 36,748 finishing the race, held in London, United Kingdom. The event was first run on 29 March 1981 and has been held in the spring of every year since. Since 2010, the race has been sponsored by Virgin Money, as the Virgin London Marathon.