General Manager’s Report STEVE OLD General Manager
A special thanks to Madi (THA) and Tony Scott from the Tasmanian Racing Club (TRC) along with the TRC staff who all did a great job organising the day and making it such a success. We also held for the first time a Launceston race ‘Night’ on Wednesday 30th November which was a huge success. We had well over 100 guests in attendance (Some travelling from as far as Smithton and parts of the East Coast) and everyone had a great night socialising amongst friends. I’d like to thank everyone who attended and made the night such a success. Special thanks to those politicians and local government members who attended as our guests on the night. Thanks also must go to Peter Scott, CEO of the Tasmanian Turf Club in Launceston who did an amazing job organising and helping Madi in our office with the event. Peter and his staff were very accommodating and helpful throughout the night and we hope to do an event with the club again in 2017. We are once again planning many different and interesting events during 2017 and we hope to see as many members and corporate partners at the events as possible. The events are a great opportunity to catch up and discuss any issues or ideas you may have with industry friends as well as meeting and chatting with local politicians and industry partners.
As many of you would be aware, late last year we held two very successful THA Racing events in Hobart and Launceston. The Hobart event held on Caulfield Cup Day in October, had just on 200 attendees and everyone appeared to have a fun day either punting or just socialising amongst friends. On the day, we held our annual ‘Punters V Pollies’ betting competition proudly supported by UBET – A big thanks to Mark Blair! As always, the funds raised from the winning bets goes straight to our THA Foundation – [THAT] which helps young people and their families dealing with health and associated issues. The ‘Pollies’ in attendance were the Speaker of the House, the Hon. Elise Archer MP along with Shadow Hospitality Minister, the Hon. Scott Bacon MP. The ‘Punters’ for the day were Mark Blair from UBET and for the first time, I took the other spot and tried to pick a winner and help the THA Foundation with some additional funds. I am pleased to announce that after a long break, the ‘Punters’ finally got their act together and knocked off the ‘Pollies’. The returns for the day were: - Pollies Elise $132 Punters Mark $210 Scott $185 Steve $620 TOTAL $317 TOTAL $830 Grand Total $1147 (going to the THA Foundation)
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Hospitality Review
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