Inductees Hall of Fame 2023 Brian and Pearl in the early days. (when people dressed properly!) Brian William Griggs was born at Franklin (46 kilometres south of Hobart) on 25 July 1911. Like his parents Henry and Olive, Brian was an orchardist, but also ran cattle and sheep, and lived…

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…

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…

Inductee Hall of Fame 2021 Paul Linton Bullock joins the Hall of Fame, having participated in, and influenced strongly, virtually every aspect of Tasmanian greyhound racing. Born at Launceston 13 May 1945, to parents Linton and Elsie (nee Munley), his father was a coal miner and an expert in animal…

Inductee Hall of Fame 2021 Maxwell Noel Butters, but Noel in the greyhound community, was universally popular and highly respected for his wide-ranging deeds in our Sport; and certainly, one of nature’s gentlemen. The son of Frank and Eileen Butters (nee Brown), Noel was born in Hobart on 23 March…

Inductee Hall of Fame 2020 Barry Heawood enters the Hall of Fame with more than five decades of the widest-ranging involvement in greyhound racing in Tasmania. From a mild interest in his teens, Barry trained for a short time, before gradually becoming a prolific Owner, Breeder, Syndicator, and Bookmaker; all…

Hall of Fame Inductee 2017 Reg Wilson and Cola Minda Reg Wilson, known to many as “Titch”, was a colourful character and one of Tasmania’s greatest trainers from post World War Two until 1966. In Oak Queen and Western Idol, he mentored two of Tasmania’s iconic chasers, plus…

Inductee Hall of Fame 2019 The prolific achieving husband and wife team of David and the late Margaret Crosswell, now tick the final level of attainment in greyhound racing, with their joint induction into the Hall of Fame. From a most humble beginning in the mid-1960’s, their wide ranging success…

Hall of Fame Inductees 2018 As with the famous Rosevear twins beforehand, Gary and Greg Fahey’s entry into the Hall of Fame, cannot be considered in isolation, despite an eight year age differential. These extremely close brothers have embraced virtually every aspect of our sport together since the 1960’s, and…

Inductee Hall of Fame 16/12/2017 1In terms of individual winners trained, strike rate and the volume of feature race victories, Ted Medhurst  enters the Hall of Fame with no peer in the history of Tasmanian greyhound racing. Christened  Edward Albert (the 3rd), Ted was born in Hobart on 2 April…