Inductee Hall of Fame 2022 George winning the 1959 Roseberry Gift For the first time, we have a Greyhound Hall of Fame inductee, that is already in another Hall of Fame. George Mason was highly influential in all aspects of greyhound racing on the Northwest Coast, and indeed statewide, from…
Archive: December 2022
Jim Dickson
Inductee Hall of Fame 2022 James William Dickson was a larger-than-life character who bred, owned and trained greyhounds from the earliest days of racing at Hobart’s T.C.A. in the late 1930s, until his death on 23 November 1978. Amazingly, he died of a heart attack, whilst attending a race meeting…
Mona’s Beauty
Inductee Hall of Fame 2022 Red Brindle bitch, Whelped March 1972, (Black Tuesday – Fair Starlet), Owners – Syd and Mona Gangell, Trainer Syd Gangell (West Moonah) The lightly raced and injury-prone sprinter Mona’s Beauty enters the Hall of Fame as a different type to most inductees. Though highly talented…
Miss Coroneagh
Inductee Hall of Fame 2022 White and Red fawn bitch, Whelped January 1979, (Unique Venture – New Leila), Owners Bill and Butch Deverell, Trainer Butch Deverell (Penguin) Penguin trainer Butch Deverell, along with his great chaser Big Moose are already Hall of Famers, and now…