Greyhound Racing NSW has finalised the allocation of TAB race dates for the 2015/16 racing season.
The allocation will result in changes to the schedule for metropolitan racing as well as for the Hunter and Northern Rivers.
The major changes include:
▪ Metropolitan A2 meetings at Wentworth Park to move from Friday night to Wednesday night.
▪ TAB race meetings at Bulli to move from Wednesday to Friday night.
▪ Remove TAB C race meetings at Wentworth Park on a Monday night and redistributing the races across the A1 and A2 meetings at the venue by running 11 race cards each week.
▪ Grafton to replace Wentworth Park C meetings in the Monday night timeslot.
▪ Remove TAB C race meetings at Maitland currently in a Wednesday twilight timeslot on Sky 2.
Although the new calendar sees a reduction in the total number of race meetings, this will be offset by holding 11 race cards, when nominations allow, at Wentworth Park, Gosford, Maitland and The Gardens. This will result in the total level of racing remaining steady in those regions.
The move of Wentworth Park A2 meetings to Wednesday night aims to alleviate some of the current nomination flow issues and perceived racing issues at the venue. The change also provides consistency in racing at the venue and provides a longer gap between the A2 and A1 meetings. This will hopefully assist the club with its marketing of the venue and provide trainers with the ability to nominate greyhounds across both meetings in a given week.
The decision to move Bulli to the vacated Friday night timeslot was motivated by a desire to minimise change across the racing calendar and to provide an adequate gap between racing at Goulburn and Bulli on a week-to-week basis.
One feature that is returning to the 2015/16 calendar is the scheduling of some of the biggest provincial races in NSW on a Friday night.
One of the drivers behind this year’s racing calendar was to endeavour to provide clubs with as much consistency of racing as possible.
The new dates come into effect from 1 July 2015.
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