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A reminder that there will be no trials next Tuesday 26th due to being Australia Day.
Our next Ladbrokes Monthly bonus race is a 400m 5th grade for 1 to 4 wins, with no City wins. Heats are Friday 22/01 with the final on Friday 29/01. The winner will receive $4100.00.
Nominations for this Saturday have been extended till 1.00pm today. Looking for all grades and distances.
Newcastle Greyhounds were honoured last night to host the Todd Moroney Memorial over 515m for bitches. The race was the concept of Todds son Blake who has followed in his father's footsteps as a trainer. Todd passed away in 2008 at the young age of just 40 years. During his time, he trained numerous TAB winners including putting the polish on one time Richmond 700m record holder, Blazing Fire. He also left his mark on the breeding side with the current team trained by his brother Mark all being decendants of Todds line. Not to be outdone, son Blake trained Ice Reina to win very impressively at Gosford yesterday morning and she also traces back to Todds breed.
The race last night was won by the Jason Mackay trained Cursed in a slick 29.64, taking the black daughter of Kinloch Brae and Halinas record to 16 wins and 17 placings from 42 career starts. Additional prize money saw the winner receive $2000.00, trophy plus a straw to Ando's Mac, kindly donated by Sires On Ice. A large group of family and friends were trackside to remember and honour a much loved friend.
The 7.00am to 8.40am trial session this Tuesday has been amended to private as it inadvertently tagged as public. Apologies for any inconvenience.
We've realised there was an issue with Tuesdays trials with nothing available until 8.45am. This has now been rectified with an additional tab added called Tuesday 7am-8.45am. Apolgies for the inconvenience.
Don't forget noms close tomorrow for the below race in memory of Todd Moroney with added prizemoney and an Ando's Mac straw.
Below are times for tonights trial. On The Clock have apologised for the earlier issues and should be sorted shortly.
Have been advised by On The Clock that trial bookings are open but the times are not correct. They are working to correct the issue. If you booked before 8.00 am today, the trial block time should be correct. Until the system is corrected, new bookings will show a time approximately 90 minutes after the actual time. Apologies for the teething issues. Will keep updating.
We will have more trial slots open in about 20 minutes for tonight and tomorrow. Are just waiting for On The Clock to update.
For those trialling tonight, if possible, can you please be at the track 10-15 minutes prior to your scheduled time as we will be looking to start as soon as possible after the last race?
We have had to stop taking bookings for trials tonight as we are ful up and are unable to go past 11.00pm due to council requirements. Apologies for the inconvenience.
A note to advise that membership renewals are now due for 2021. Cost is $12.00 for existing members . New members are $50.00 which includes 2 years membership and a club polo shirt. All financial members also receive 2 free trials per month. To use these trials, please advise track staff prior to trialling once booked online.
The Board and staff would like to thank everyone for their support and patronage during a difficult 2020 and look forward to this New Year.
A reminder that from tomorrow nights meeting you must sign into the track using the Service NSW app. Once you have downloaded the app and signed it, you check into the track by opening the COVID check-in tab under tools. This will then allow you to scan the QR code and follow the prompts. When leaving the track you just also check out using the app. This is a legal requirement of the NSW Government.
A reminder that as of today we will be partnering with On The Clock for all our trial bookings going forward. First session will be after the last race this Saturday 2nd Jan. Most people will already have an account, but for those that don't, you can register at the following website.
www.ontheclock.com.au and follow the prompts to register.
Payment will be at the track prior to trialling.
All trial sessions will open for booking on Thursday mornings.
You can contact the office for further information.
Just a reminder that we will not be trialling this Monday 28th Dec due to the Public Holiday.
A reminder there will be no trials next Monday 28th due to being a Public Holiday. We will be trialling after the last on Saturday 26th. Bookings for Saturday and Tuesday 29th will be open from Wednesday morning.
A touch on NRL royalty came to The Gardens last night when 2020 Melbourne Storm Premiership winning fullback Ryan Papenhuyzen attended with some mates. The Clive Churchill Medal winner from this year's Grand Final was at Newcastle races earlier in the day and decided to come to The Gardens for a look. He is involved in the greyhound game and has dogs racing in Victoria and WA. Happy to chat and have photos taken it was a pleasure to have him and his mates trackside and we look forward to possible future visits.
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