curious Posted yesterday at 03:09 AM Share Posted yesterday at 03:09 AM NZTR Club of the Year Award Finalists Announced New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing (NZTR) is thrilled to announce the finalists of the 2024 Club of the Year Awards, set to be awarded at the 2025 Industry Development Conference on 31 March. Each New Zealand Racing Club was assessed against a performance framework across four categories: Financial, Racing, Marketing and Compliance and Innovation. The selection of finalists and winners will be presented in three distinct categories: Metropolitan, Provincial, and Country Clubs. An overall Club of the Year Award will also be presented from the winners of each category. NZTR Chief Executive Officer Matt Ballesty is pleased to see our Clubs recognised for their performance. "We see our annual NZTR Club Awards as playing a pivotal role in recognising and celebrating the outstanding contributions and achievements of New Zealand’s well-performing racing Clubs," he said. "I look forward to getting to know our Club representatives at the Industry Development Conference and celebrating their collective wins." To reward our high performing Clubs, NZTR will provide a $20k prize fund distributed across the three categories: Metropolitan, Provincial, and Country, with each receiving $5k in prize fund. Additionally, the Overall Club of the Year will be granted $5k in prize fund. The prize fund should be used to invest in an event or on-course initiative and a short form business case will need to be presented to support the initiative by 31 July 2025. NZTR has outlined the finalists for the three categories below. 2024 Finalists (in alphabetical order) Metropolitan · Auckland Thoroughbred Racing · Canterbury Jockey Club · Waikato Thoroughbred Racing Provincial · Otago Racing Club · Racing Tauranga · Taranaki Racing Incorporated Country · Central Otago Racing Club · Masterton Racing Club · Wairarapa Racing Club Congratulations to all the finalist and we look forward to celebrating at the 2025 Industry Development Conference. Corporate Communications New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing Contact: Catlyn Calder +64 27 252 2803 nztrcommunications@nztr.co.nz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huey Posted yesterday at 03:29 AM Share Posted yesterday at 03:29 AM 19 minutes ago, curious said: NZTR Club of the Year Award Finalists Announced New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing (NZTR) is thrilled to announce the finalists of the 2024 Club of the Year Awards, set to be awarded at the 2025 Industry Development Conference on 31 March. Each New Zealand Racing Club was assessed against a performance framework across four categories: Financial, Racing, Marketing and Compliance and Innovation. The selection of finalists and winners will be presented in three distinct categories: Metropolitan, Provincial, and Country Clubs. An overall Club of the Year Award will also be presented from the winners of each category. NZTR Chief Executive Officer Matt Ballesty is pleased to see our Clubs recognised for their performance. "We see our annual NZTR Club Awards as playing a pivotal role in recognising and celebrating the outstanding contributions and achievements of New Zealand’s well-performing racing Clubs," he said. "I look forward to getting to know our Club representatives at the Industry Development Conference and celebrating their collective wins." To reward our high performing Clubs, NZTR will provide a $20k prize fund distributed across the three categories: Metropolitan, Provincial, and Country, with each receiving $5k in prize fund. Additionally, the Overall Club of the Year will be granted $5k in prize fund. The prize fund should be used to invest in an event or on-course initiative and a short form business case will need to be presented to support the initiative by 31 July 2025. NZTR has outlined the finalists for the three categories below. 2024 Finalists (in alphabetical order) Metropolitan · Auckland Thoroughbred Racing · Canterbury Jockey Club · Waikato Thoroughbred Racing Provincial · Otago Racing Club · Racing Tauranga · Taranaki Racing Incorporated Country · Central Otago Racing Club · Masterton Racing Club · Wairarapa Racing Club Congratulations to all the finalist and we look forward to celebrating at the 2025 Industry Development Conference. Corporate Communications New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing Contact: Catlyn Calder +64 27 252 2803 nztrcommunications@nztr.co.nz Absolutely laughable & just a way for the already well endowed to shuffle a bit more funds their way! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doomed Posted 23 hours ago Share Posted 23 hours ago 1 hour ago, Huey said: Absolutely laughable & just a way for the already well endowed to shuffle a bit more funds their way! Speak for yourself. You have no idea how excited I am to hear who prevails in each category. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curious Posted 23 hours ago Author Share Posted 23 hours ago Just now, Doomed said: Speak for yourself. You have no idea how excited I am to hear who prevails in each category. I can't wait to hear the overall winner myself, and what they are going to do with the 10k prize. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Stipe Posted 22 hours ago Share Posted 22 hours ago Don't two of the named clubs race at the same course? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curious Posted 21 hours ago Author Share Posted 21 hours ago You're right and doesn't one race at two courses? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Stipe Posted 20 hours ago Share Posted 20 hours ago 21 minutes ago, curious said: You're right and doesn't one race at two courses? One of the two that races at the same course? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murray Fish Posted 20 hours ago Share Posted 20 hours ago who selected the challengers? 5 hours ago, curious said: he prize fund should be used to invest in an event or on-course initiative and a short form business case will need to be presented to support the initiative by 31 July 2025. shouldn't it have been open to all clubs? 5 hours ago, curious said: set to be awarded at the 2025 Industry Development Conference on 31 March. umm, awarded before business cases being presented? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAB For Ever Posted 19 hours ago Share Posted 19 hours ago 1 hour ago, curious said: You're right and doesn't one race at two courses? Several Clubs race at two tracks.... These AWARDS got you all worked up last year also.....but my explanations were IMO very well witten ,and even Bloke commended me ! The award is for Clubs....and they graded on Financial, Racing , Marketing , Governance and Innovation. To recap 2024.....the AFTERMATH...... ATR and Whangarei [ Chief happy] and Kumara were the winners while Waikato awarded a 'Leadership' award and Taupo an 'appreciation' award. Obviously other Clubs have made extra effort to make the Finalists list. Good on em , I say . Everyone enjoys getting a medal or certificate , making the podium and getting recognition from their peer group ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doomed Posted 17 hours ago Share Posted 17 hours ago So basically, the only metropolitan club to not get a nom was Trentham, and the only provincial clubs to not get a mention were Awapuni and Hastings, neither of whom are actually racing at the moment. All a little underwhelming to be honest. Poor old Waverley, who are virtually singe handedly carrying CD racing at present, doesn't get a mention, whereas Masterton who don't even have their own racetrack and to the best of my knowledge do fuck all is a big contender. All a bit strange to be honest. I just hope Gore, Winton, Riverton and Kumara send representatives to the big prize giving event so they can learn where they are going wrong and learn how to do better in future. 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huey Posted 7 hours ago Share Posted 7 hours ago 9 hours ago, Doomed said: So basically, the only metropolitan club to not get a nom was Trentham, and the only provincial clubs to not get a mention were Awapuni and Hastings, neither of whom are actually racing at the moment. All a little underwhelming to be honest. Poor old Waverley, who are virtually singe handedly carrying CD racing at present, doesn't get a mention, whereas Masterton who don't even have their own racetrack and to the best of my knowledge do fuck all is a big contender. All a bit strange to be honest. I just hope Gore, Winton, Riverton and Kumara send representatives to the big prize giving event so they can learn where they are going wrong and learn how to do better in future. In the world of NZTR nothing is thought out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Stipe Posted 7 hours ago Share Posted 7 hours ago 10 hours ago, Doomed said: whereas Masterton who don't even have their own racetrack and to the best of my knowledge do fuck all is a big contender. They have one meeting a year at Tauherenikau (last week of March) and manage the Opaki training centre. I think the Club still owns the Opaki course. So Masterton DO HAVE their own racecourse but it is used as a training centre with 40+ horses being trained. They have run at a loss for the last two years. I also see there are mistakes in their annual report. Their meeting was abandoned in 2021 after race 1 yet the report still refers to it i.e. cut and paste should have been search and replace. Not sure if they raced in 2022! UPDATE: they didn't race in 2022 because the meeting was cancelled due to the track conditions. Report attached. 2024_Performance_Report_MASTERTON_RACING_CLUB_INCORPORATED.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freda Posted 5 hours ago Share Posted 5 hours ago Brilliant. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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