Inductee Hall of Fame 2020 Harold George Sturges, known to all as “Mick”, was the inaugural Secretary of the Launceston Greyhound Racing Club. He was appointed Acting Secretary in the first instance, at the Club’s inaugural Committee Meeting on 30 September 1935 (at an initial salary of three pounds a…
Inductee Hall of Fame December 2014 A lad born at Ulverstone on April 3 1945, living at nearby Nook, with absolutely no family involvement in racing whatsoever, and who only became interested in Greyhound racing through a friend, joins the elite in our sport, as a member of the Hall…
Inauguaral inductee to Hall Of Fame 2007 J.G.”Jack”Nelson was a partner with his brother in Mountain Ices (an Ice Cream factory in Launceston). He was also an S.P. bookie who built a house with five kennels and an office at Malunna, which became the site of the White City greyhound…
Inauguaral inductee to Hall Of Fame 2007 Clearly, Irishman Michael Arthur Morgan, who had turned sixteen the day left for Australia in 1921, shaped the face of Greyhound Racing in Tasmania more than any other contributor. He was the founding father of track racing as we know it today.
Inducted into Hall of Fame 2008 The Illingworth name is synonymous with greyhound racing in Tasmania and father and son Ollie and Des Illingworth are members of the Tasmanian Greyhound Hall Of Fame. Ollie Illingworth and Launceston Cup winner Win Sheen Oliver Illingworth Oliver James Illingworth was born…
Inductee Hall of Fame 11/12/2010 Has anyone given greater service to any Club than Don Bomford has to Hobart? Definitely not. Has there been a more popular participant in our sport than Don Bomford? I think not. A Dashing young Don Bomford Born at New Norfolk on August…
Inductee Hall of Fame 10/12/2011 Ray Foley will be remembered as one of Tasmania’s finest Greyhound administrators, serving as permanent part time Secretary of the Launceston Greyhound Racing Club for twenty two years, but also as the founder, financier and long term editor of the “Bible of Tasmanian Greyhound Racing”………The…
Inductee to Hall Of Fame 2013 Veterinarian Stephen Jeffries King has had an amazing association with Greyhound Racing in Tasmania generally, but in Launceston particularly, spanning almost fifty years. Whether in his role as L.G.R.C. veterinary surgeon, Tasmanian Greyhound Board member, Tasmanian Racing Authority representative, or Club sponsor, he has…
Hall of Fame Inductee 2018 Peter Wright was born at Evandale on 7 November 1932, the eldest son to Maxwell and Ruby (nee Murray), and he had a brother Dale and sister Dierdre (now Holder). He grew up and worked in Launceston, and his later interest in the sport of…