Australian Cup Dinner
I was lucky to attend a number of Australian Cup Balls and hosted one for the club in a room at the Melbourne World Trade […]
70’s
Paul Ambrosoli’s Derby Poem
I am sure everyone connected to Greyhound Racing marvelled at the talent of New South Wales Racecaller Paul Ambrosoli. Acknowledged as the best of his […]
Harry H Corbett & Zabbare
Greyhound racing has been visited by many a celebrity I found this pic featuring Steptoe’s son Harry H Corbett and his family at Geelong. The […]
Stan Cleverley Loved A Bet
The late legendary trainer Stan Cleverley a GCA Hall of Famer was well known as a punter and licked nothing better than pulling off a […]
Perra Street 75 Hurdle Champ
It is amazing what greyhound trainers keep. Basin mentor David Thomassen started training back in 1949 and had his biggest success when he won 1975 […]
Robert Stack
In 1978 Sandown Greyhound Racing Club brought Hollywood actor Robert Stack to Melbourne in an unprecedented Melbourne Cup promotion. Here is a great shot of […]
Action Temlee
Here are two exceedingly rare colour shots of the Superstar Temlee one action shot of him winning the 1974 National Sprint Championship at Olympic Park, […]
Keysborough Old Days and the New
Member Brian Kutner recalled his childhood days in the South Eastern suburb of Keysborough. This how it is today. When I was a kid my […]
Chelsea Brown
Who remembers beautiful American TV star of Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In Chelsea Brown. Here she is track side at Wenty after a race named in […]
Opening day at Appin October 1975
Big Crowd opening day at Appin back on October 6th 1975. 12,000 packed the placed at it joined the Wyong straight both with drag lure […]