HORSE racing fans have thanked TasRacing for sending over four of their maintenance crew for a couple of days to help King Island Racing Club Inc volunteers get some of the race ready bigger jobs done.
We certainly enjoyed being out in the beautiful weather and sunshine with hardly a breath of wind.
Thank you to our local boys for getting everything ready to go –Warren Fisher, Shane Grave, Wayne Hamer, Jim Taylor and thanks to Rod McGarvie for helping and for lending his tractor and to Steve Helbig for donation of gravel and sand for mixing of concrete.
At least 70 holes were dug and reinfored around the bases of the running rail.
The rail was hanging in too much due to the strong winds over the past years since erecting in 2019.
Other works included helping with our irrigation, mowing the track and painting of the rails in the mounting yard. Thanks to Jim Taylor for getting old paint off with his pressure washer.
Wayne Hamer has led the way for the last couple of days, and the Racing Club still needs to erect the rail that’s down, more painting, more mowing and whipper snipping before our official trial day on Saturday, November 18.
Heather Archer is well under way with memberships and sponsorship.
Anyone wanting a membership or who would like to sponsor a race or donate some money please contact Heather or myself. Email kingislandracingclub@gmail.com. We looking forward to another safe and successful season. First Race Day is Ladies’ Day, get your outfits ready and come along and have a ball.
PICTURE: TasRacing crew who came to the island to assist with some of the bigger jobs that needed to be done before the King Island Racing season commences.