The Clubs weren't allocated June dates TAB4eva
From memory Nelson put up a fight and managed to keep them for a while
Marlborough didn't put up a fight and were happy to lose them (although they perhaps tried to paint a different picture)
Under the funding model in place when they lost the June dates the Winter meeting at Marlborough incurred a significant loss
The centralisation of racing at Addington isn't a really new idea, it was mooted as long ago as when Max Bowden was HRNZ Chairman
Under his watch the proposal was that Marlborough, Nelson and a number of other Clubs would have 1 day's racing (not one x 2 day meeting, 1 day only)
It was referred to by Max as "the Club's day in the sun"
It was why Max got ousted as HRNZ Chairman