Elwick track update This is my third update on the Elwick thoroughbred track redevelopment. Earlier this month I wrote that we have been very pleased with the rate of recovery from the unplanned additional use in June and July brought about by the Covid-19 shutdown. Further, I wrote that we have full confidence in the…
Category: From the CEO’s Desk
From the CEO’s Desk
Tuesday 1 September 2020
Further to the update on the Elwick track I provided on 19 August, Tasracing has decided to transfer the thoroughbred race meeting originally scheduled for 20 September from Elwick to Spreyton.
In my previous communication to the industry …
From the CEO’s Desk
Wednesday 19 August 2020
It has been four weeks since the last thoroughbred meeting was held at Elwick on 19 July.
While the extra use the track sustained to accommodate additional trials and racing after the COVID-19 shut down was obviously unplanned, it did, as expected, impact the track.
While kickback during the 19 July meeting …
From the CEO – parting words from Vaughn Lynch
Friday 20 July 2018
This will be my final message following my resignation as the Tasracing CEO as announced In May. My final day with the organisation is today (Friday 20 July). To begin, I would like to thank everyone in the racing industry for their assistance in my time at Tasracing. I would particularly like to thank the…
From the CEO’s Desk – April 2018
Friday 20 April 2018Elwick track redevelopment update As noted in my last CEO message, Tasracing appointed highly experienced firm Dalton Consulting Engineers (DCE) to undertake the concept design work for the thoroughbred track redevelopment project at Elwick. It is proposed that DCE will present a range of conceptual designs for evaluation by industry stakeholders. The next step will…
Happy New Year from the team at Tasracing
Tuesday 9 January 2018Happy New Year and welcome to 2018. While I appreciate that very few of us working in our industry get much of a break at this time of year, I do hope that you got to enjoy some time away from work to enjoy some much-needed downtime, even if only briefly. As is usually the…