The wife of club steward Martin Price was hit with a wine bottle by one of the guests, Joanne Baker, and Mr Price was punched, Durham Crown Court heard.
Prosecutor Xanthe Craddock told a jury the charity night, in aid of a young girl at Dawdon Miners’ Welfare Club, Dawdon, passed off peacefully until closing time.
At about 11.20pm, Mr Price asked people to drink up, but Joanne Baker, her husband Paul Baker, and their friends Tracey Bell and Claire Houghton were reluctant to leave.
“Eventually, Mr Price did manage to usher them outside,” added Ms Craddock.
“They then asked to be let back into the function room to collect some leftover sandwiches.
“Mr Price told them they could not go back in, partly because he had already locked the door and set the alarm.
“Joanne Baker called Mr Price some names and his wife Michelle intervened, saying there was no need for that.
“The incident appears to have escalated from there and the prosecution say it was at this point Joanne Baker struck Michelle Price with a wine bottle, which caused a cut that started to bleed immediately.”
Ms Craddock said Mrs Price and Baker fell to the ground and the two other female defendants, Bell and Houghton, joined in, punching and kicking.
Mr Price tried to intervene to help his wife, and he was attacked by Paul Baker.
Martin Price suffered a cut to his arm and Michelle Price suffered a head wound, which required six staples.
Joanne Baker was injured and Martin Price later admitted he slapped her because he feared she was about to stab his wife with the wine bottle.
Joanne Baker, 34, of Webb Avenue, Seaham, County Durham, denies unlawfully wounding Michelle Price on September 1, last year.
Paul Baker, 46, of Webb Avenue, Tracey Bell, 38, of Queen Street, and Claire Houghton, 34, of Gregson Terrace, all Seaham, each deny affray.
The court heard all four defendants told police they were at the club that evening, but it was the Prices who had started the trouble.
Joanne Baker said the bottle of wine she was holding was a tombola prize, but it fell from her grasp as soon as the fracas began and she did not see it again. Proceeding.