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Too many fish hooks with Eden Park these days, though I think the move to the waterfront would be a positive one. Spark Arena down there gets well patronaged If Eden Park with so much tradition can relocate, then why not Ellerslie and the other 2 Auckland clubs. Saundry was right in saying, initiatives being put in place now, need to be ones that will last for the next 50 years. Half a billion plus from the sale of Ellerslie, Avondale and Counties, gets you a pretty swish new facility in the Karaka area, with everything. Otherwise this is all going to end up in the courts, and the divisions created will be permanent

Is anyone able or willing to post an update on where Avondale stand, bearing in mind the reco in the Messara report "We recommend the sale of Avondale racecourse as soon as possible and are proposing it be closed and sold as early as 2020/21."

Excellent Rees, making a late run on the inner for post of the year

You mean his half brother P4P But no he doesn't, but the Chief would love him to, because it is a level playing field here. No protection from his bum buddy Scooby Maybe not a good idea though, I don't think people want that sort of vituperative crap here

Was just really getting across Saundy's hope, that the 3 clubs work out a regional solution that works for the next 50 years, rather than having something forced on them, forced on Avondale to be precise

Have a compass TC, it gets me home every night to our lifestyle block at South Head With that option, you still have the issue of access from all the training centres in the Waikato, which you would not have at Karaka. It takes 35 min to get to Dairy Flat, via the Silverdale turn off, from central Auckland

It is also West Auckland, and that still has a huge stigma in Auckland

Came from last at the 700 to win by 4 lengths, which they are supposedly not meant to do at Ruakaka. At 26's in the Derby

Karaka is 30 minutes away At a squint, you could still call that central Auckland, everyone has cars in Auckland anyway.

A bit of a silver tongue, but one thing he said on Trackside today was worth some merit When talking about the contentious sale of racecourses and assets being transferred to NZTR(which he disagreed with). He said it was preferable that clubs in regions get together and voluntarily come up with solutions, rather than being mandated. In Auckland, we have Ellerslie, Avondale and Counties. Now Avondale are never going to go along with the Messara reco, and will tie it up in court for years, so Saundy's suggestion has some merit. Why don't all 3 sell, and put into a joint new racing complex at Karaka. Close to the sales, closer to the proposed new Waikato greenfields complex and other Waikato training centres, avoids the Auckland traffic, and still close enough to the Auckland population centre to allow oncourse attendance

I suppose more of the abuse is to be expected as BOAY overtakes RC as the premier site, they always were bad losers. People just want to debate racing etc, so it is only a matter of time, before others desert the ship, as there is hardly any debate over there. Let's hope they contribute more positively than you Nice Option

Where did Barry say this?

You know what will happen don't you?

Anyhoo, no more data, our friend has closed that down, long after the horse has bolted, I wonder why The number of posts in each section are clear to see and tell the story anyway

As far as course closures are concerned, Messara just deferred to the NZRB/NZTR/HRNZ/GRNZ Future Venue Plan Joint Working Group

Excuse the pun, but when do we get the Stipes report

Did you PM him, or is this a Tommo style selection?

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Always has been an open invitation to ALL RC posters to join up and contribute, because there is F all debate where they are at the moment Well maybe not ALL............say no more In all seriousness, no hard feelings, get on and join, and contribute, as many of you are excellent posters

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A bit of fun 1. Best Poster 2. Best Post of the year 3. Wittiest/Humourous Post/Poster 4. The person you would most like to meet 5. The one thing you would like to change 6. Best Comp player 7. BOAY person of the year 8. Special award for contributing to BOAY 9. Anything else of note

A bit of fun 1. Best Poster 2. Best Post of the year 3. Wittiest/Humourous Post/Poster 4. The person you would most like to meet 5. The one thing you would like to change 6. Best Comp player 7. BOAY person of the year 8. Special award for contributing to BOAY 9. Anything else of note

1. Mardigras, for starting off the threads on punting and making many of us think about how we punt, regardless whether it come to anything 2. Have to look back, but there were a few beauties 3. Von Smallhausen, always has an answer, usually very witty 4. The Chief(Doug), contrary to various claims, I've never met him 7. Same again, for having the courage of his convictions to start the site 8. PJ, for running his Super Comps, and the time he puts into them, long may they continue

A bit of fun 1. Best Poster 2. Best Post of the year 3. Wittiest/Humourous Post/Poster 4. The person you would most like to meet 5. The one thing you would like to change 6. Best Comp player 7. BOAY person of the year 8. Special award for contributing to BOAY 9. Anything else of note

Lots of money sloshing around, most of it being used to run the RB, so you have to put a little bit of faith in the outsourcing the TAB might return a lot more money to the stakeholders....if not, why do it