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Mark Donohue Australia (Verified User) Posts 3236 Dogs 6 / Races 0 08 Feb 2018 22:57
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bill deguara wrote:
When a business ,any business is run by IDIOTS, the result will always be the same. CATASTROPHIC end of story,Get rid of the IDIOTS and we will flourish keep them on and we are as good as DEAD.
Bill We had a great chance with Warren Wilson, but he was told he was over-qualified. Wtf ? So, the government employs two at great cost. Then, they go around the countryside and ask some participants about the industry and are now collating their findings. Theyll probably have a few meetings and a survey.
Administration and abandoned meetings are starving the industry. Theyre right, theyve found another way for us to become insolvent.
Mark Donohue Australia (Verified User) Posts 3236 Dogs 6 / Races 0 08 Feb 2018 22:59
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bill deguara wrote:
Mark Donohue wrote:
Mark Donohue wrote:
I heard Brian Barrington has been assisting at TG after remedial work proved unsatisfactory. I heard GRNSW went for some cheaper sand instead of bungendore. So, a couple of issues on top of some other issues.
Are they going to trial before racing ?
Nope, BB hasnt been assisting. He was going to be asked to help, but is elsewhere. Hes unavailable. Meanwhile, Mr Wilson will be up there on Monday and its unknown when the work will be completed.
When a business ,any business is run by IDIOTS, the result will always be the same. CATASTROPHIC end of story,Get rid of the IDIOTS and we will flourish keep them on and we are as good as DEAD.
Bill We had a great chance with Warren Wilson, but he was told he was over-qualified. Wtf ? So, the government employs two at great cost. Then, they go around the countryside and ask some participants about the industry and are now collating their findings. Theyll probably have a few meetings and a survey.
Administration, new GA Rules (what a joke), poor prize money, poor decisions, abandoned meetings, etc are starving the industry. Theyre right, theyve found another way for us to become insolvent.
Mark Donohue Australia (Verified User) Posts 3236 Dogs 6 / Races 0 09 Feb 2018 03:56
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It appears GRNSW (you n I) hasnt even been receiving rent from The Gardens, even before the construction works commenced. Its a clever lease arrangement if its true.
Ronald George Hunter Australia (Verified User) Posts 4318 Dogs 0 / Races 0 09 Feb 2018 04:33
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Have any of you people realised, that with Gosford so suspect every time it rains, The Gardens not available in the near future it seems, now Maitland is supposed to be ripped up, and reset, while the local show is on. That's three tracks where we are unable to trial, if that is progress, then somebody should immediately be seriously sacked. It won't be long before this Circus, too, is unable to operate. Rumours abound, that second rate sand, is being purchased from a close relative of a higher being in the GRNSW debacle! If so, is this not insider trading!
Mark Donohue Australia (Verified User) Posts 3236 Dogs 6 / Races 0 09 Feb 2018 04:53
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It makes a mockery of the Hunter Region but affects the Mid-North Coast n N/W Region to some extent (but they have TAB now-funny that, yet MNC doesnt). They dont need to go around the countryside to figure out that the same problems keep on popping up in the same places !
Bill Deguara Australia (Verified User) Posts 215 Dogs 2 / Races 0 09 Feb 2018 05:30
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Mark Donohue wrote:
EXTERNAL LINK Another urgent talk with the GBOTA. Impose fines and costs associated with abandoned meetings and/or find someone who can do the job consistently right.
It was four days between a good track and an abandoned track. It seems to me it wasnt the fault of the weather or was it ? I dont think you can blame the good weather on this occasion.
Mark ,there is more behind these race day cancellations, as you say you can trial on a track a couple of days before racing and all is fine yet for some mysterious reason a couple of days later. no bloody rain ,no hail . no wind.no power failure and for reasons only known to the ELITE , meetings get cancelled reason given, TRACK NOT SAFE FOR RACING,WHO ARE THE EXPERTS CALLING THE SHOTS. Are any of our top trainers ever asked for advice before the decision is made , I bet not, Jockeys walk the track on race day and they have a major input as to how safe a track is for racing ,then why aren't trainers allowed to have some say in decision making when it comes to greyhounds.NO. BECAUSE WE ARE THE MUGS THAT KEEP ACTING LIKE SHEEP AND DEMAND NOTHING, WE DO NOT DESERVE ANY BETTER TREATMENT UNTIL WE LET THE BASTARDS KNOW ENOUGH IS ENOUGH,
Mark Donohue Australia (Verified User) Posts 3236 Dogs 6 / Races 0 09 Feb 2018 07:02
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Hi Ron and Bill, The GRNSW is priding itself on integrity.
Bill Deguara Australia (Verified User) Posts 215 Dogs 2 / Races 0 09 Feb 2018 11:15
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Mark Donohue wrote:
Hi Ron and Bill, The GRNSW is priding itself on integrity.
Mark. Integrity and pride do not help when you have nothing left to be proud of.
Ronald George Hunter Australia (Verified User) Posts 4318 Dogs 0 / Races 0 10 Feb 2018 00:27
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Pride is not given! First you have to earn the bloody thing!
Steve Bennie Australia (Verified User) Posts 697 Dogs 11 / Races 2 10 Feb 2018 01:14
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We need the biggest broom in the world to clean this lot out.
Terry Jordan Australia (Verified User) Posts 6018 Dogs 0 / Races 0 10 Feb 2018 01:32
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We in the Nth. Rivers have been Shafted by GRNSW, Casino have lost 5 meetings, another 12 have been down/graded to TAB C status, Lismore have had 12 meetings also downgraded to TAB C. That's half TAB B Prizemoney! That equates to 17 TAB B meetings COMPLETLY LOST Sorry, we have been fortunate to win approval for extra NON/TAB class D meetings. ($270 a win) Grafton have now 12 TAB B meetings, where is the rest going??? Casino had 8 races yesterday (Programmed for 12)no reserves! worst fields in years. Lismore no different last Tuesday (Terrible Standard) What are the PTB going to do? (Sorry it's been programmed, i'm guessing) Then we have 85 Dogs from the Nth. Rivers racing in QLD this week? Why? QLD class C pay $1225 a win, NSW $650 a win! and QLD $40 per dog T/A. I was prepared to give Mr. Mestrov & Brown my backing for a few months, however that's waning by the day. Wenty, Gosford fiasco are not being addressed, no statement on Breeding incentives, Grading improvemets, Prizemonies, Tracks (Closing, Opening) upgrades, Improvements, anything guys, we all suffer the same ailments! Under Newson we were bombarded daily with changes ( Mostly Detrimental to racing)However HOW LONG before we hear anything? QLD & VIC are leaving us eating dust! BTW. Ron did you attend the Gardens Meeting? Your thoughts mate!
Ronald George Hunter Australia (Verified User) Posts 4318 Dogs 0 / Races 0 10 Feb 2018 03:01
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Tezza No, was in hospital for some tests. A complete waist of time as usual I am informed, from some that attended. Much like having the runs, such repetitive crap!
Bill Deguara Australia (Verified User) Posts 215 Dogs 2 / Races 0 10 Feb 2018 03:09
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ronald george hunter wrote:
Tezza No, was in hospital for some tests. A complete waist of time as usual I am informed, from some that attended. Much like having the runs, such repetitive crap!
i ATTENDED THE MEETING ,STARTED OUT BY MR. MESTROV SAYING THE OLD DAYS ARE GONE AND THE NEW ARE HERE.SOUNDED GOOD JUST GIVE US TIME, GOT 6 TO 8 MINUTES ONE ON ONE GOT ANSWERS TO SOME GOOD QUESTIONS,WITH PROMISES THAT THINGS WILL DEFINATELY CHANGE FOR THE BETTER, WILL WAIT AND SEE, HOPE IS ETERNAL??????
Terry Jordan Australia (Verified User) Posts 6018 Dogs 0 / Races 0 10 Feb 2018 05:46
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bill deguara wrote:
ronald george hunter wrote:
Tezza No, was in hospital for some tests. A complete waist of time as usual I am informed, from some that attended. Much like having the runs, such repetitive crap!
i ATTENDED THE MEETING ,STARTED OUT BY MR. MESTROV SAYING THE OLD DAYS ARE GONE AND THE NEW ARE HERE.SOUNDED GOOD JUST GIVE US TIME, GOT 6 TO 8 MINUTES ONE ON ONE GOT ANSWERS TO SOME GOOD QUESTIONS,WITH PROMISES THAT THINGS WILL DEFINATELY CHANGE FOR THE BETTER, WILL WAIT AND SEE, HOPE IS ETERNAL??????
' How long are you prepared to wait Bill? Are they just Govt rep's spreading the usual propaganda? Hope all is well with your health Ron. (And the Nurses!)
Ronald George Hunter Australia (Verified User) Posts 4318 Dogs 0 / Races 0 10 Feb 2018 08:15
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Thanks Tezza, all is well, just had to check the plumbing! No success with our on line suggestions apparently! Seems as every new bunch, toss out previous ideas, and try to implement things of no interest. It's a case of bad and rude ignorance, of those that feed their wallets. Fair dinkum, it's like being chained to a pack of bloody ghosts!
Mark Donohue Australia (Verified User) Posts 3236 Dogs 6 / Races 0 10 Feb 2018 22:36
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With no rent and massive costs to it, The Gardens has to be called a lemon. I didnt like the idea of owning it in the first place. The regulator / owner has a direct conflict of interest.
The GBOTA chairman once told me, when his Association was the caretaker, the place / joint could make money. However, the lessee (not GBOTA) made mistakes from the beginning, cost the participants and its still costing us because there is no return. . Meahwhile, an ACT Liberal, along with a Canberra GRC, NGRU and NSW Greyhound Racing Alliance Rep met with the NSW Deputy Premier, John Barilaro (National Party) obviously to discuss greyhounds. Its the same Alliance who walked alongside participants, ALP and SFF Reps to Can The Ban. It was the same LIB/NAT that originally chose to close down the Industry.
Do we ever get a chance to see the Minutes of Meetings after our Board sits ? After all, the previous Board must have approved the purchase of the Pet Motel and The Gardens. We need to know what they are doing ?
Anyone know how Wenty went last night ?
Steve Bennie Australia (Verified User) Posts 697 Dogs 11 / Races 2 11 Feb 2018 04:34
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Now i know that there are a lot of extra jobs been created in the GRNSW bunker but does anyone know if Barnaby Joyce had any thing to do with it and is it true that Miss Campion was offered one but knocked it back?
Mark Staines Australia (Verified User) Posts 4497 Dogs 70 / Races 14 11 Feb 2018 04:48
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STEVE BENNIE wrote:
We need the biggest broom in the world to clean this lot out.
Tell the Cleaner to start at the GBOTA !
Steve Bennie Australia (Verified User) Posts 697 Dogs 11 / Races 2 11 Feb 2018 05:23
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SPOT ON MARK
Mark Donohue Australia (Verified User) Posts 3236 Dogs 6 / Races 0 11 Feb 2018 08:11
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Word is, with thirteen months to go before the next NSW State Election, someone is going to create a bush series for the battlers so it appears that non-TAB country racing is being catered for and supported.
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