Terms & Conditions
Short Terms:
UK 18+. Opens 00:01 1 July 2026, closes 23:59 31 July 2026. To be automatically entered into the prize draw, purchase a bottle of Silent Pool 70cl from Champers. Purchase necessary, UK residents only. Max 1 entry per person.
Prize: A pair of tickets, for the winner and one guest, to attend the Silent Pool Cup at Ascot Racecourse on 5 September 2026 and an Ascot voucher to purchase 2 Silent Pool Gin signature serves, the Royal Ascot Blush.
1. Introduction
These are the rules for Silent Pool’s promotion for the chance to win a pair of tickets to King Edward VII Enclosure at the Silent Pool Cup at Ascot Racecourse on 5 September 2026.
These terms and conditions prevail in the event of any conflict or inconsistency with any other communications, including advertising or promotional materials. Entry and claim instructions are deemed to form part of the terms and conditions.
By participating, all entrants will be deemed to have accepted and be bound by the terms and conditions. If applicable, the winner’s guest must also comply with these rules. Please retain a copy for your information.
2. Promoter
William Grant & Sons UK Limited (02288241), Form 1, Bartley Wood Business Park, Bartley Way, Hook, Hampshire, RG27 9XA.
3. Eligibility
This promotion is only open to UK residents aged 18 or over (at their date of entry), excluding employees and their immediate families of the Promoter (or, if not the Promoter, the prize provider), its subsidiaries, other group companies or agents, or anyone else professionally connected with this promotion.
The Promoter may verify any details of any entrant, the winner or the winner’s guest.
Purchase of a Silent Pool product, at a minimum value of £30 RRP, is required to enter this Promotion. Please retain proof of purchase showing date of purchase showing date of purchase during the Promotional Period.
Internet access and valid email address is required to enter.
4. Limit on entries
There is a limit of one entry per person. Anyone trying to circumvent this rule will be disqualified from this promotion and any prize award will be void. Entries (bulk or otherwise) made from trade, consumer groups or third parties will not be accepted.
There is a limit of one prize available for this Promotion.
5. Promotional period
The promotion will run from 00:00 1 July 2026 to 23:59 31 July 2026 (GMT UK time).
Any entries received before the start date or after the closing date (for whatever
reason) will be invalid. Illegible, incorrect and/or incomplete entries will not be accepted or eligible to win the Prize. No responsibility can be accepted for entries which are illegible, incorrect, incomplete, lost due to technical reasons, corrupted, delayed or not received for whatsoever reason.
6. How to enter
To enter, purchase a bottle of Silent Pool 70cl from Champers, and automatically be entered into the prize draw.
Purchase is necessary to enter the promotion or to claim the prize.
7. General rules on entry
Incomplete, incorrect, illegible, inaudible, misdirected, lost, damaged, late or otherwise deficient entries will not be accepted. Proof of sending will not be accepted as proof of delivery. The Promoter takes no responsibility for entries delayed, incomplete or lost due to technical reasons or otherwise.
The prize winner will be solely responsible for paying any taxes in connection with the prize and all other expenses not specifically detailed in the prize itself.
8. Prize
There is one prize in total for the entire promotion.
This is a pair of tickets to attend the Silent Pool Cup at Ascot Racecourse on 5 September 2026 for the winner plus one guest and an Ascot voucher to purchase 2 Silent Pool Gin signature serves, the Royal Ascot Blush. The prize is only a pair of tickets for entry to the event and does not include any travel or other associated costs.
The Promoter is responsible for sourcing and supplying the Prize for the Promotion.
The prize package must be taken as a whole and so the pair of tickets cannot be used separately by the winner and their guest.
The winner and their guest are responsible for all expenses not expressly stated in these terms and conditions as being included as part of the prize. All other costs and expenses incurred from the experience including, but not limited to travel, transfers, excursions, visas (if applicable), vaccines (if applicable), accommodation, meals and drinks as required, spending money, tips and other gratuities are the winner’s and their guests’ own.
The Promoter will not be liable for any loss or damage suffered by any prize winner or guest that arises out of their failure to arrive at any prize destination or return home.
The Promoter has no obligation to substitute an alternative prize, cash equivalent or other compensation where a prize winner or guest is unable to travel to any prize destination or fails to redeem the prize for any reason.
We will not be liable if any part of the event is cancelled, varied or rescheduled for any reason.If this means that the winner (and/or any guest that accompanies them) cannot attend the event we shall be under no obligation to provide any alternative price, cash equivalent or alternative tickets.
9. General rules on prizes
The prize must be claimed and used on 5 September 2026. If the prize is not claimed by this date, the winner will have no entitlement to the prize.
The Promoter will not be liable for any prizes which are lost, delayed or damaged when in transit to the winner.
Where prizes are provided by third parties, the prize may be subject to the terms and conditions of that third party.
The Promoter may substitute any prize (or an individual aspect of a prize) for an alternative of equal or greater value where it deems it strictly necessary due to events outside its reasonable control.
Winners may not transfer the right to accept their prize to another person without the Promoter’s consent.
The Promoter will not offer cash alternatives to any prizes. Prizes are not negotiable.
Where a prize entitles the winner to bring a guest, the guest must be over the age of 18. The winner will remain responsible for the actions of its guest at all times whilst enjoying the prize.
10. Winner selection
The Promoter’s selection of the winner is final.
All eligible entries will be entered into the prize draw. The winners will be selected via a randomised computer process. The winner will be the first name drawn.
11. Winner notification
The Winner will be contacted by email to the email address Champers have associated with the order account within 2 business days of being drawn by the Promoter.
Winners have 2 business days to respond. If they do not respond in time another winner will be selected using the same methodology as above. The Promoter will repeat this process 2 times.
Entrants are encouraged to monitor their connections during this time in case they are the winner.
Upon the winner satisfying the proof of ID requirements and providing their clear acceptance, the Promoter shall contact the winner and arrange for delivery of the prize. This will either be through distributing the prize via email or arranging for the winner’s prize to be available at the Ascot racecourse box office for collection on the date of the event.
12. Publicity/name release
The winner agrees to take part in publicity in connection with this promotion and to allow the Promoter to publish their name and location in the prize winners list.
The prize winners’ full names and counties are available by sending a sending a self-addressed envelope to the Promoter within 3 months of the applicable closing date. Please mark the request “FAO: Champers Customer Marketing Manager – Silent Pool Cup”.
Entrants can object to disclosure, by sending an email to info@wgs.com. Where a winning entrant has objected to their information being disclosed, the Promoter will instead confirm that a valid award has taken place. We may nevertheless disclose the information to the Advertising Standards Authority if required to do so.
Entrants, winners and (if applicable) any guests may be required to participate in photo, recordings, video and/or filming sessions and to all allow the Promoter, without charge, to use these photos, recordings, videos and/or films in any media and in any manner it sees fit.
13. Verification
The Promoter reserves the right to verify all entries including, but not limited to, asking for address and identity details (which they must provide within 5 business days).
The Promoter may:
- refuse to award a prize;
- withdraw prize entitlement;
- refuse further participation in the promotion; and/or
- disqualify the participant,
where there are reasonable grounds to believe the entrant has broken these terms and conditions, won using fraudulent means or otherwise gained unfair advantage.
14. Copyright
All entries become the property of the Promoter, and none shall be returned.
If the promotion involves the submission of audio, video, text, images or other content, you must ensure your submission:
- is not copied from a third party;
- does not otherwise infringe a third party’s intellectual property rights;
- does not feature any person (living or dead) without their permission; and
- does not contain any defamatory, obscene, offensive, hateful, illegal or otherwise unsuitable materials.
You will retain any copyright which exists in your submission but, by entering, entrants licence and grant the Promoter an exclusive, royalty free, perpetual, worldwide, irrevocable and sub licensable right to use your content for any purpose in any media, without compensation, restriction on use, attribution or liability.
Participants agree not to assert any moral rights in relation to such use.
Participants warrant that the materials contain no third party materials, are their original works, have not been copied, in whole or in part, from any third party and they have full authority to grant these rights.
15. Social media disclaimers
This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. By entering the promotion, all participants accept that they have no claim against Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. By entering the promotion, all participants agree to a complete liability release for Facebook, Twitter or Instagram.
Numerous factors outside the control of the Promoter may interfere with the operation of Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
The Promoter does not guarantee continuous, uninterrupted or secure access to these websites.
16. Tax liability (trade only)
Any tax liability arising from receipt of the prize will be the responsibility of the recipient.
17. Liability
If for any reason any aspect of this promotion is not capable of running as planned (including by reason of infection by computer virus, network failure, bugs, tampering, unauthorised intervention, fraud, technical failures or any other cause beyond the control of the Promoter which corrupts or affects the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of this promotion), the Promoter may in its sole discretion modify or suspend the promotion or invalidate any affected entries/claims.
If an act, omission, event or circumstance occurs which is beyond the reasonable control of the Promoter and which prevents the Promoter from complying with these terms and conditions, the Promoter will not be liable for any failure to perform or delay in performing its obligation. In these circumstances, the Promoter may immediately terminate the promotion without any liability.
Except for any liability which cannot be excluded by law (in which case that liability shall be limited to the minimum allowable by law), the Promoter and its associated agencies and companies will not be liable for any loss (including indirect, special or consequential loss or loss of profits), expense or damage which is suffered (whether or not arising from any person’s negligence) in connection with this promotion or accepting or using the prize.
18. Brand protection
The winner and (if applicable) the winner’s guest must not do anything which could, in the reasonable opinion of the Promoter, bring the Promoter or its brand into disrepute before, during or after this promotion.
The Promoter encourages responsible drinking and encourages entrants to read http://www.drinkaware.co.uk/ for more information.
19. General
If any of these clauses are determined to be illegal, invalid or otherwise unenforceable, then it shall be deleted from these terms and conditions. The remaining clauses shall survive and remain in full force and effect.
These terms and conditions are governed by English law. The Courts of England and Wales will have exclusive jurisdiction.
20. Data protection
The Promoter will use the personal details supplied by entrants for the administration of the promotion, which may involve transferring that information to third parties involved in the administration of the promotion (e.g. the Promoter’s marketing agency) and, in the case of winners, the fulfilment of the prize.
The personal details entrants submit must be true and up-to-date.
The handling of this personal data will be in accordance with the Promoter’s Privacy Policy which can be found at Privacy policy – Silent Pool Gin. By participating in the Promotion, you understand the use of your personal data as described here and confirm that you have read our privacy policy.
You can request access to your personal data, or have any inaccuracies rectified, by sending an email to DataProtection@wgrant.com.
If you are required to submit a third party’s personal data to enter the promotion, you must ensure that the person whose details you submit has given their consent for you to provide the Promoter with their personal data.
