Friday Night Lights For Country Challenge Showdown

The event, which features $20,000 in prize money for the top eight point scorers in the , is being moved from Saturday 10 July to take advantage of the introduction of Friday night racing at from July 1.



“This represents a new dawn for our sport as we look to position it appropriately for the challenges it faces in the medium to long term,” said Chief Executive Brent Hogan. “Having racing on a Friday night at Wentworth Park will enable us to expand our core customer base and welcome new people to the sport. Before long, greyhound racing will be the only code to race in the city on a Friday night after scheduling changes in other sports.

“Our partnership with Greyhound , in particular through the Country Challenge series, is one that we're very proud of,” Mr Cameron said. “We had a great time at the last year and can't wait to see what type of interest it will generate on a Friday night this year.”

The GRNSW Country Challenge races at 28 tracks statewide stretching from Wagga in the south, in the north to in the west. Greyhounds accumulate points according to their finishing positions in the finals of each leg with the connections of the highest scoring greyhound pocketing a $10,000 as overall Country Challenge Champion.

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