{"id":14164,"date":"2017-09-26T14:22:15","date_gmt":"2017-09-26T13:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/armanios.co.uk\/dev\/sia\/?p=14164"},"modified":"2017-09-26T12:55:34","modified_gmt":"2017-09-26T11:55:34","slug":"sia-williams-private-dinner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/armanios.co.uk\/dev\/sia\/sia-williams-private-dinner\/","title":{"rendered":"SIA &#038; Williams Private Dinner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>On the 6 September, a truly unique and exclusive event took place in aid of Spinal Injuries Association, at the home of Williams Racing in Grove, Oxfordshire.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The lucky guests arrived for a Champagne reception and the chance to view the inspiring Trophy Room which is housed in the Williams Conference Centre.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/armanios.co.uk\/dev\/sia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Williams-F1-Drivers-Meet-Greet-5.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14166\" src=\"https:\/\/armanios.co.uk\/dev\/sia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Williams-F1-Drivers-Meet-Greet-5-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armanios.co.uk\/dev\/sia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Williams-F1-Drivers-Meet-Greet-5-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/armanios.co.uk\/dev\/sia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Williams-F1-Drivers-Meet-Greet-5-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/armanios.co.uk\/dev\/sia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Williams-F1-Drivers-Meet-Greet-5-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/armanios.co.uk\/dev\/sia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Williams-F1-Drivers-Meet-Greet-5-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/armanios.co.uk\/dev\/sia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Williams-F1-Drivers-Meet-Greet-5-75x50.jpg 75w, https:\/\/armanios.co.uk\/dev\/sia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Williams-F1-Drivers-Meet-Greet-5-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/armanios.co.uk\/dev\/sia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Williams-F1-Drivers-Meet-Greet-5.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After a chance to relax both of the current Williams drivers, Felipe Massa and Lance Stroll, took time out of their hectic schedules to join the group for photographs, autographs and a fascinating Q&amp;A session which was kindly hosted by SIA Ambassador, Steve Brown.<\/p>\n<p>After hearing all about the life as a Formula 1 driver guests were invited downstairs to wander through Sir Frank Williams\u2019 private Grand Prix collection, the largest in Europe and a chance to peruse the great auction prizes which were available to bid on throughout the night.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/armanios.co.uk\/dev\/sia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Williams-F1-Drivers-Meet-Greet-58.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14167\" src=\"https:\/\/armanios.co.uk\/dev\/sia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Williams-F1-Drivers-Meet-Greet-58-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A delicious dinner was served in this private setting and just before dessert a talk was provided by Nathalie McGloin, the only female tetraplegic in the world to be racing cars. Nathalie inspired guests but also confirmed just why SIA was so important in her recovery and getting her to where she is today.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you for hosting what was a very special night, we both thoroughly enjoyed it and were happy to support it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust wanted to say thank you once again for such a fantastic evening. We had a great time &#8211; it\u2019s an amazing venue and obviously the cause is so incredibly worthwhile.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/armanios.co.uk\/dev\/sia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Williams-F1-Drivers-Meet-Greet-76.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14168\" src=\"https:\/\/armanios.co.uk\/dev\/sia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Williams-F1-Drivers-Meet-Greet-76-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armanios.co.uk\/dev\/sia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Williams-F1-Drivers-Meet-Greet-76-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/armanios.co.uk\/dev\/sia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Williams-F1-Drivers-Meet-Greet-76-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/armanios.co.uk\/dev\/sia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Williams-F1-Drivers-Meet-Greet-76-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/armanios.co.uk\/dev\/sia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Williams-F1-Drivers-Meet-Greet-76-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/armanios.co.uk\/dev\/sia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Williams-F1-Drivers-Meet-Greet-76-75x50.jpg 75w, https:\/\/armanios.co.uk\/dev\/sia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Williams-F1-Drivers-Meet-Greet-76-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/armanios.co.uk\/dev\/sia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Williams-F1-Drivers-Meet-Greet-76.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you, it was a tremendous evening Richard was in his element it is indeed a very special venue and meeting the drivers was the icing on the cake.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>If you would like the opportunity to join SIA in 2018 for this once in a lifetime opportunity please don\u2019t hesitate to contact \u2013 <a href=\"mailto:a.saunders@spinal.co.uk\">a.saunders@spinal.co.uk<\/a> to reserve your tickets.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the 6 September, a truly unique and exclusive event took place in aid of Spinal Injuries Association, at the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6907,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[231],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/armanios.co.uk\/dev\/sia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14164"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/armanios.co.uk\/dev\/sia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/armanios.co.uk\/dev\/sia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/armanios.co.uk\/dev\/sia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6907"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/armanios.co.uk\/dev\/sia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14164"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/armanios.co.uk\/dev\/sia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14164\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/armanios.co.uk\/dev\/sia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/armanios.co.uk\/dev\/sia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/armanios.co.uk\/dev\/sia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}