Driffield Showground

An Evening With……Sir Gary Verity, the Chief Executive of Welcome To Yorkshire is be held at The Rix Pavilion, Driffield Showground, Driffield, Tuesday 26th March 2019 at 7pm.
Sir Gary led the winning bid to bring the Grand Depart of the Tour de France – the world’s largest annual sporting event – to Yorkshire in 2014 and was instrumental in the process from start to finish.
The Grand depart generated £102 million economic benefit, has now been followed up with Yorkshire’s ver...y own international stage race, the Tour de Yorkshire, broadcast in 180 countries worldwide and attracting some of the biggest crowds in the cycling calendar.
Since his appointment as Chief Executive of Welcome to Yorkshire has successfully raised the profile of Yorkshire at a regional, national and international level.
A passionate Yorkshireman, in his spare time Sir Gary is a keen cyclist, an award-winning Dales sheep farmer and lives on a working farm near Leyburn.
Tickets can be purchased from Driffield Agricultural Society on 01377 257494.
Tickets priced at £15 with a light supper.
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