Jeff Scott's Passing

[Happy Sunrise]

I see Jeff Scott has passed away.

He was at the Press for a long time and I remember avidly reading his articles. Seems like a distant memory when racing was a worthy addition in a newspaper.

For me, his name is up there amongst the best of all harness racing writers.

[mikeynz]

1 hour ago, Happy Sunrise said:

I see Jeff Scott has passed away.

He was at the Press for a long time and I remember avidly reading his articles. Seems like a distant memory when racing was a worthy addition in a newspaper.

For me, his name is up there amongst the best of all harness racing writers.

Wasn't there a Dave Cannon,think he did the trotting annuals,I may be wrong,happy do you have any of those annuals,mothers xmas shopping was easy for me,trotting annual and anything else.

[mikeynz]

1 hour ago, Happy Sunrise said:

I see Jeff Scott has passed away.

He was at the Press for a long time and I remember avidly reading his articles. Seems like a distant memory when racing was a worthy addition in a newspaper.

For me, his name is up there amongst the best of all harness racing writers.

Do you still buy a paper happy?

[Happy Sunrise]

10 hours ago, mikeynz said:

do you have any of those annuals,

There are some stashed away somewhere...

 

10 hours ago, mikeynz said:

Do you still buy a paper happy?

The days of getting a Sunday News are long gone. 

[Davis]

11 hours ago, mikeynz said:

Wasn't there a Dave Cannon,think he did the trotting annuals,I may be wrong,happy do you have any of those annuals,mothers xmas shopping was easy for me,trotting annual and anything else.

Dave Cannan worked at the Christchurch Star back in the good old days when harness was popular and addington always packed. Times have changed...😧

[mikeynz]

1 hour ago, Happy Sunrise said:

There are some stashed away somewhere...

 

The days of getting a Sunday News are long gone. 

What I was meaning is do they actually still have the race form,results etc,I read the ODT online and there are stories but not really as much as before so I'm not up with the print business any more.

[mikeynz]

1 hour ago, Davis said:

Dave Cannan worked at the Christchurch Star back in the good old days when harness was popular and addington always packed. Times have changed...😧

Yes times have changed but I have said before,tv has changed so much,there is still interest,its just people ain't attending on course,same with rugby,test cricket etc etc,they may come out for the big show ,that's about it,even Auckland with its large population didn't sell out on sunday.

[With A Dream]

4 hours ago, Davis said:

Dave Cannan worked at the Christchurch Star back in the good old days when harness was popular and addington always packed. Times have changed...😧

Dave Cannan was my favorite racing journalist of all time.  He was great at getting the story behind the story and had a easy reading style.   Wish he was still involved .

[TheJolter]

On 10/21/2020 at 1:02 PM, With A Dream said:

Dave Cannan was my favorite racing journalist of all time.  He was great at getting the story behind the story and had a easy reading style.   Wish he was still involved .

Dave retired from the ODT a couple of years back, having gone on to general news reporting after his racing journalism stint. He was then chief reporter at the ODT before moving into an editorial executive role until his retirement. Still keeps an eye on the trots.

[mikeynz]

58 minutes ago, TheJolter said:

Dave retired from the ODT a couple of years back, having gone on to general news reporting after his racing journalism stint. He was then chief reporter at the ODT before moving into an editorial executive role until his retirement. Still keeps an eye on the trots.

The ODT is a very good paper but I only read the stories online,do they still have fields and results these days,does anybody know?