![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/punters-threatened-with-alcohol-ban-during-major-sporting-event-as-killjoy-councillor-targets-rowdy-revellers/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/NINTCHDBPICT000392404846.jpg&description=OFF THE RAILS Published : 15:45, 7 Aug 2023 Updated : 15:45, 7 Aug 2023 CHELTENHAM Festival punters have been threatened with a booze ban during next year's blockbuster meeting. A local councillor wants to have 'dry trains' entering Cheltenham Spa station for all four days of the biggest event of the year. 1 Punters arriving at Cheltenham Festival by train could be stopped from drinking alcohol Credit: AFP - Getty Police believe the festival has an 'alcohol problem' - with wee-resistant paint being issued to locals last year to stop the blight of public urination and, reportedly, defecation. Councillor David Willingham wants to go further though and ban booze on trains coming into the area altogether. Some 135,000 people are thought to use the train station - the main one for the racecourse - during race week. He said: "People turn up quite early in the morning, inebriated and falling off the trains. "I've tried quite hard to lobby the British Transport Police and the train operating companies to run dry trains. "They have the power to do it. They do it for football, they do it on some trains on Friday evenings in various parts of the country. "Can we lobby to have the trains coming into Cheltenham in the early morning as dry? "People are already a nuisance because they are so drunk before they have got passed Worcester, Bristol or Swindon and various other places." Punters are estimated to drink some 222,000 pints of Guinness during Cheltenham Festival . OFFERS OF THE DAY Tote: Bet £5 Get £20 in Free Bets - CLAIM HERE Bet UK: Bet £10 Get £30 in Free Bets and Bonuses - CLAIM HERE William Hill: Bet £10 Get £40 in Free Bets (MOBILE ONLY)* - CLAIM HERE Betfair : Bet £10 Get £30 in Free Bets - CLAIM HERE Paddy Power: Bet £20 and get it back as Cash if it Loses - CLAIM HERE Sky Bet: Bet £10 Get £30 in Free Horse Racing Bets - CLAIM HERE Tote: New customers online only. Place your first bet on racing pools for a minimum of £5 and win or lose you will receive £20 Tote Cred){kind=link}
CHELTENHAM Festival punters have been threatened with a booze ban during next year’s blockbuster meeting.
A local councillor wants to have ‘dry trains’ entering Cheltenham Spa station for all four days of the biggest event of the year.
Police believe the festival has an ‘alcohol problem’ – with wee-resistant paint being issued to locals last year to stop the blight of public urination and, reportedly, defecation.
Councillor David Willingham wants to go further though and ban booze on trains coming into the area altogether.
Some 135,000 people are thought to use the train station – the main one for the racecourse – during race week.