A promotional film produced by Turners Film Productions for Vaux and Associated Breweries Limited looking back on a year of sporting success across Scotland and Northern England sponsored by Vaux. The film is introduced by the Chairman of the company, Mr Douglas Nicholson. This is followed by reports relating horse and hound racing, cycling, athletics, archery, clay pigeon shooting, swimming, pigeon racing and show jumping. The film includes two reports from the 1962 Royal Show at Newcastle,...

A promotional film produced by Turners Film Productions for Vaux and Associated Breweries Limited looking back on a year of sporting success across Scotland and Northern England sponsored by Vaux. The film is introduced by the Chairman of the company, Mr Douglas Nicholson. This is followed by reports relating horse and hound racing, cycling, athletics, archery, clay pigeon shooting, swimming, pigeon racing and show jumping. The film includes two reports from the 1962 Royal Show at Newcastle, one that features Mr Nicholson at the reins of a horse-drawn coach. The film also features a judo demonstration in Darlington believed to feature future Olympic champion Osamu Watanabe as well as a ‘design-a-pub’ architectural competition. Title: Vaux Encourage Sport 1962 Title: Produced for Vaux & Associated Breweries Ltd. Sunderland Title: By Turners Film Productions. Newcastle upon Tyne Title: Introduction by Mr Douglas Nicholson. Chairman. Vaux & Associated Breweries Limited. Mr Nicholson walks across the lawn outside a large house and introduces the film that shows another year of sporting events in the north sponsored by Vaux.   Title: Usher/Vaux Gold Tankard. Ayr Races. 16th June 1962 The first report opens with a view of large crowds in the stands at Ayr Racecourse. The race gets underway in this 1 mile 7 furlong race with a prize of nearly £6000 plus the Usher-Vaux Gold Tankard. General views show the horses racing around the course with the race won by Rosie Wings who won by five lengths. Mrs Nicholson presents the winning tankard to Mrs R. Tweedy the owner and breeder the wining horse. Title: Vaux Champion Hound Trail. Kendal. 13th September 1962 Bookmakers, owners and spectators stand in large field at the start of the countries biggest hound trail organised by the Westmorland Hound Trail Association and taking place as part of the at Westmoreland County Agricultural County Show. The starting flag is dropped and the race gets underway with hounds racing across a field and scrambling over a stone wall. General views show the hounds racing through a river and across roads and fields. At the finish owners wave towels in the air to encourage their dogs with bowls of food being offered to the returning hounds. The report ends on the winning Vaux Gold Tankard being presented to Mr Patinson and his dog Dairyman. Title: Vaux Championship of the North Cycle Race. Wolsingham. 22nd July 1962. Cyclists compete for the Vaux Gold and Silver Tankard in this 28 mile championship. Shots of spectators and cyclists, with the starting line at Wolsingham. The contestants are filmed along the route, which includes a route across Bollyhope Common. The winner was Bill Bradley (Wigan), twice national champion and an Olympian at the 1960 Rome Games, who is presented with the tankard by Douglas Nicholson. Title: Vaux North of England Handicap. Clay Pigeon Shoot. 30th September 1962 Brief sequence from the competition in Wynyard Park, near Billingham. Includes portrait shots of individual shooters. Title: Vaux 3 Mile Team Race. Gateshead Stadium. 30 June 1962 Blackpool and Fylde Athletics Club win the team effort. General views show competitors taking part in the event with the trophy being presented to the winner Barry Craig by the Mayor of Gateshead. Title: Royal Show. 1962. The Coaching Marathon. The coaching marathon takes place on the Town Moor at Newcastle as part of the Royal Show. Brief shots of traditional horse and open carriages driven by men and women in Victorian dress. Vaux Chairman Douglas Nicholson takes part and wins. He receives his trophy from the Duke of Northumberland. Title: Vaux Gold Standard. Show Jumping 5th July 1962 The show jumping event takes place on the Town Moor at Newcastle as part of the Royal Show. Views of showjumpers in action feature prominent stadium advertising banners for "The Farmers Chemists Boots." Harvey Smith takes part on Warpaint. Awards are presented to the winners by Mrs Nicholson. Tommy Wade wins on Dundrum. Title: "Design-A-Pub" Architectural Competition Interior shots and stills of the architectural models and displays of drawings and plans entered for the completion. The models are examined by the judges and Mr Nicholson. Mr Tom Adams and two colleagues from York win the prize. Title: Vaux Tankard Archery. 30th August 1962 Features men and women's archery contests at Houghall in County Durham. There are good close-up portrait shots of three women archers in action, taking aim with bows. The archers are Shirley Lions, Mrs Miles and Mrs June Hayward. The Vaux Gold Arrow and Silver Tankard trophies are on display. The stall features a Northern Counties Archery Society (NCAS) banner. Winners are presented with prizes. Ken Turner wins the Vaux Gold Arrow award. Title: Usher / Vaux Tankard National Swimming Leagues Finals. Airdrie. 11th August 1962. The event takes place at Airdrie Baths, views of swimmers in competition intercut with enthusiastic crowd egging them on. Dignitaries watch from a box. Races include the 100 yards sprint with Gordon Black and the women’s' butterfly or freestyle contest. Winners are presented with awards. Title: Usher/Vaux Gold Tankard Show Jumping. Edinburgh. 25th August 1962 Taking place at the Edinburgh Horse Show crowds from the stands watch as competitors complete a circuit of fences. A banner hanging from the stand reads ‘Usher’s Encourage Sport’. Simon Rogerson on Tom’s Brother knocks a number of fences over which are put back up by officials. General views follow of David Baker on Lucky Sam and winner Michael Caine on Lough Foyle(?) taking the course. The report ends with the Usher Gold Tanker being present by the Countess of Dalkeith.  Title: Vaux Judo Championship. Darlington. 27th October 1962. General views show opponents competing in the martial art competition for judo. High angle shots frame the ring. This includes some shots of multiple judo practitioners demonstrating manoeuvres. Competitors include George Carr and the London team are winners. There is also a demonstration featuring Asian Games and Tokyo champion Osamu Watanabe who takes on members of each of the teams competing. Title: Vaux Gold Tankard for Pigeon Racing 15th July 1962 Members of the Up North Combine compete in the annual event. Hundreds of pigeons are released at the beginning of the race at Lille in France, with cages lined up at an aerodrome. The winner Mr Vardy of Murton is seen with his birds at his loft. A presentation meal is eaten and a toast proposed by the Vaux Chairman, displays of trophies visible in the background. Winners are presented with trophies including one young woman. Title: Vaux Gold Tankard. Redcar Races. 1st August 1962 Aerial shots of the racecourse with close shots of the riders and horses before the race. The Vaux Chairman, Mr Nicholson, is in conversation with the Princess Royal. The race takes place with panoramic shots of the racecourse. The winner is presented with the Vaux Gold Tankard. Title: Vaux Encourage Sport The film closes with an afterword by the Vaux Chairman, with speech to camera.