The first stage of the work to refurbish the barn started in earnest during 1999 and was completed in 2001 with the Club moving in the same year.The year 2000 saw the Club put on every sort of entertainment for its members including the postponed 1999 50th St John Horsfall race meeting at Silverstone.In March 2002, the Club received the sad news that, Viscount Downe, President since 1980, had died