10 Races @ NON TAB TRACK - BUNDABERG.
Full Fields + Reserves for most races.

Shows people will race there. They will still travel to race their dogs.

Make it TAB & this will happen every time.
Within reach or both trainers from the South & those in the North.

RQ what are you waiting for??????
Its a no brainer!!!!

Its political so you know what you have to do. Campaign with the right Party

On a side issue, Beaudesert seems like a great place to build track with accessories, if the council approves everything. It could be a Centre of Excellence!

Bundaberg should have TAB status.

Imagine how productive the Greyhounds could actually be in this State if we actually received the same respect & royalties as those that steal from our treasure chest.

WAGERING GROWTH FOR GREYHOUND CODE ---> EXTERNAL LINK

Stevo, I hate to be negative but the sad fact is they don't have to say or do anything...the slide is unstoppable and those figures will not hold up with reduced meetings that are inevitable...as you know.

I keep saying it and it keeps getting blown in the wind, but unless the industry consolidates and decides to be a force it will wilt like a water lilly in the desert...

I understand RQ will hold talks with the committee of the club soon.
What I have heard is not good if the club cannot band together and work their problems out.
I hope they can.

Don't shoot the messenger...only what I've heard.

Michael that old acorn has been wielded on Bundaberg for years, we have had a plethora of visiting stewards for some time now and meeting always go without a hitch, it is simply a way to divert attention from the facts and that is Qld Racing continue to ask committees to try and progress clubs while THEY run the show. NO group of people anywhere can progress a business anywhere with a reduced ability to provide product. QLD racing have gutted race dates, number of races, prizemony etc and provide no vehicle for the clubs to underpin their core incomes for they payment of day to day expenses, then when coffers are drained blame the club/committees, it is a bit cute on their behalf. Claimed instability in clubs are a sideshow, not once has this threatened the running of a meeting, the only threats to meetings are the dumb decisions by QLD racing. This not only holds for Bundaberg but other clubs with slashed dates.

Whats the use of talking to a committee that have NFI of whats going on. A cake stall at a fete is about the capability and they try & run a company worth a couple of hundred thousand a year. Go figure.

But RQ have a lot to answer for in the decisions made over the past 4-5 years. Cut race dates reduce income earning capacity & raises costs while not racing. Reduced allocation to run race meetings. Altering prizemoney conditions regularly. Altering the appearance fee regularly. You could say Indian Giver like. How can a club prosper & hold its head above water in the conditions. It is being strangled to its death. In the years prior to this the club ran at a profit year after year. Albeit a small profit but was one of the only greyhound/race clubs in the state that did.
And what was the reward for effort form the committees over that period. CUT RACE DATES, CUT ALLOCATION, CUT PRIZEMONEY, CUT CUT CUT......
So you can see it is a wasted effort by those on committee with absolutely no support from RQ at any stage in the rein of DM.

While others are quick to blame certain people in particular for a demise, those casting current aspersions need to look at their own qualifications to sitting on the committee. One would suggest that some sort of business background would be required but I guess being the local ironing lady, that will do!

RQ have asked the questions.
RQ know have been told answers.
RQ still sit on their hands & do nothing.

RQ need to hold an open meeting to all stakeholders.
QRIC can also attend to sort out some of the rubbish.
They also know whats going on but sit idle.

Some with a large investment in the area down to the one dog trainers are not getting asked anything.

Its getting left to negotiating with a few numpties.
Maybe its the preffered way.
But where is it getting them.

You get no argument from me...I only said what I've heard and that wasn't too good.
We can only hope there is a solution that is agreed upon quickly.
We can't afford to lose any more tracks.

Now I do know that "M5" stands for "Mature" so this grade is for certain dogs over a certain age etc etc. Easy.

But what does "P5" stand for?

Pcuking last hope before we reach the end of the rope GRADE?

Or does it have some kind of wacky GENDER meaning behind it & a "L5" grade will be introduced as well, shortly?

For those that have a "TAB" account, you can access that replay almost immediately after the race has been completed. This is a similar service that websites run by Victoria (Fasttracks) & NSW (The Dogs) deliver almost immediately as well because they care about their member/customer based audience & listen to their needs, thanks to technology.

If you don't have a TAB (or similar) account, then you'll just have to wait until Monday when RQ update all DVD's to meetings over the weekend....including the Ipswich Friday meeting which raced some 60 hours ago come Monday morning.

If you RACE further north of the "Gateway Bridge" (let's say Bundaberg), the uploading service of DVD's to race meetings are usually delivered by Thursday (5 days after) or the following week when somebody remembers.

T.A.B. account holders, please sign-in & select "Full Video" at your pleasure. Race 1 Ipswich ---> EXTERNAL LINK
P.S...Cheers John.

Replay is up on the RQ site, deadset raffle that race, while they seemed to be chasing didnt take much to divert the attention of some of them.