1968-69 Racing Dates

Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31730, 13 July 1968, Page 7

1968-69 Racing Dates

(N.Z. Prett Association) WELLINGTON. Dates of race meetings for the 1968-69 season were approved at the annual meeting of the New Zealand Racing Conference yesterday:— August— 3 —Franklin. 3 Hawke’s Bay. 3,6, 10—Canterbury. 10—Whakatane. 10 — Dannevirke. 14—-Taranaki Hunt. 17—Matamata. 17—Taranaki. 17 —Carterton. 21—Auckland. 24 —Pakuranga Hunt. 24—Foxton. 31—Eastern Southland Hunt. 31, Sept. 7—Wanganui. 31, Sept. 7—Avondale. September—--4— Rotorua and Bay of Plenty Hunt. 7—Poverty Bay Hunt. 7—Otago Hunt. 10, 14—Ashburton. 11— Poverty Bay. 14 —Thames. 14— Marton. 21—Cambridge. 21, 25—Hawke’s Bay. 21, 28—Otaki Maori. 23—Geraldine. 28 —Te Aroha. 28—Southland. October—1, s—Dunedin. 2—Waikato Hunt. 5,8, 12—Auckland. 5 Waipukurau. 9—Waverley. 12— Masterton. 12— Winton. 12, 14—Westport. 15— Egmont. 18, 19—Whangarei. 19—Bay of Plenty. 19, 22—Stratford. 19. 26, 28—Wellington. 19— Geraldine. 26—Rotorua. 26, 28—Gore. 28 —Waikato. 28— North Canterbury. November—2—Auckland. 2—Rangitikei. 2—Banks Peninsula. 2—Wyndham. 6, 9—Napier Park. 9—Avondale. 9, 13. 16—Canterbury. 16, 23—Waikato. 16— Feilding. 22, 23—Northern Wairoa. 23 Feilding. 23, 25—Westland. 23, 27—Southland. 26 Levin. 30 — Franklin. 30, Dec. 2—Greymouth. 30, Dec. 7—Woodville. December — 4—Egmont. 7—Te Aroha. 7 Beaumont. 11—Wanganui. 14—Ohinemuri. 14—Otaki-Maori. 14—Hororata. 14— Tapanui. 17— Masterton. 21— Waipa. 21, 26, 28— Manawatu. 21, 26—Dunedin. 26, 28—Taranaki. 26, 28, Jan. 1, 2—Auckland. 27 Rotorua. 28, 30—South Canterbury. January—1, 4—Stratford. 1, 4—Hawke’s Bay. 1, 4—Wairarapa. I—Waikouaiti. 1— Wyndham. 2 Marton. 2, 4—Southland. 4—Thames. 4 Kurow. 7, B—Reefton. 8— Pahiatua. 11—Avondale. 11—Pahiatua. 11—Kumara. 11, 13—Vincent. 13— Westland. 18— Franklin. 18, 20, 25—Wellington. 18 —Greymouth. 20— Ashhurst-Pohangina. 25, 27—Auckland. February—--I—Matamata. 1, 3. B—Wairoa. 1, B—Wanganui. 1, 4—Canterbury. 1, B—Gore. B—Rotorua. 12 Egmont. 15— Woodville District. 15, 17—Westport. 15, 18—Waikato. 15, 22—Dunedin. 19, 22—Poverty Bay. 22 Te Aroha. 22-r-Rangitikel. March—--I—Franklin. I— Banks Peninsula 1, 3—Cromwell. 1, s—Napier Park. B—Oamaru. 8, 15—Ohinemuri. 8, 15—Wellington. 10, 12—Taranaki. ll Waipukurau. 15—Wairio. 18— Ashburton County. 19— Opunake. 22—Bay of Plenty. 22—Birchwood Hunt. 22, 29— Manawatu. 24 Oamaru. 28, 29—Whangarei. 29 Bay of Plenty. 29 Beaumont. 31— North Canterbury. April—--5— Rotorua. 5,7, 12—Auckland. 5, 7—Feilding. 5, 7—Wairarapa. 5,7, B—Riverton. 7,9, 12—Canterbury. 12, 19—Hawke’s Bay. 16, 19, 21—Marlborough. 19—Te Aroha. 26—Avondale (to be approved). 25 Waipa. 25 Dunedin. 25, 26—Nelson. 26 Woodville District. 30— Marton.

May—1, 10, 17—Waikato. 3, 7—Wellington. 10, 14—Poverty Bay. 10—Otaki Maori. 10—Amberley. 10—Winton. 17 —Foxton. 17— Southland. 21—Maramarua Hunt. 24—Rotorua. 24—Masterton. 24—Waimate. 31, June 2, 7—Auckland 31, June 2—Wanganui. 31, June 2—Dunedin. Juns—7, 14— Manawatu. 7—South Canterbury. 14—Waipa. 14—Oamaru. 18— Egmont. 21—Bay of Plenty. 21—Ashburton County. 21, 28—Hawke's Bay.

28 —South Canterbury. 28, July s—Avondale July—--I—Egmont-Wanganut Hunt 5,9, 12—Wellington s—Oamaru 12—Matamata 12—Waimate District Hunt 19—Ohinemuri 19— Manawatu Hunt 21—South Canterbury Hunt 26—Taumarunul. 26—Rangitikei Hunt. 26 —Christchurch Hunt. 30—Levin. Applications by clubs for new or additional totalisator days of racing were considered but could not be granted as no days were available for allocation. The clubs were: Bay of Plenty, Cambridge, Carterton, Feilding, Foxton, Levin. Pahiatua, Taumarunul, Te Aroha, Wairarapa, Whakatane, Woodville District.