Moree Race Club will swing open the gates, fire up the barbie and turn on the beer taps at its new-look February meeting – as a thank you to the individuals and community groups that helped make last year’s Christmas twilight races such a huge success.
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More than 5000 people filed through the turnstiles on December 16 last year, making the yuletide race meeting arguably the biggest on the Moree social and sporting calendar. Moree Race Club is a not-for-profit organisation and for the club, raising money for the community and helping community groups is at the heart of its operations.
Club secretary Michelle Gobbert said the December 16 race day was a great example of how a community comes together so that everyone benefits.
“Our committee has just nine volunteers who, along with a huge contingent of ‘once-a-year’ volunteers and local businesses, community groups and individuals, help make that race day a success,” Gobbert said.
“From the businesses that lend their commercial air-conditioners, to the truck for the band and the tradespeople who turn up after a call from a mate to lend a hand or do a ‘last minute’ job, as well as those that man the gate or drink ticket sales – everyone makes a difference.”
As a result of this generosity, Moree Race Club will dedicate its next race day to the Moree community. The Thank You Moree Community race day on Saturday will be in appreciation of the volunteers, businesses, community groups and individuals that helped make the 2017 Christmas races a success.
