Pinjarra obviously believe so, they are apparently adopting a new constitution which will have some "board members" elected and some board members appointed. Does this automatically mean the current secretary will become a CEO?
Ern Perry was the old "Secretary" of the WATA way before elitism took hold and Secretaries became CEO's.
Yes you can get people who love the industry and thus take alot more pride in it and are much more enthusiastic , however i dont know if that will increase turnover
How do get new Trots punters , well when there is a jackpot in the novelties they do jump in , but that is about it
However their is no excuse for not having and setting excellent standards
Peter Vlandys isnt everyones cup of tea and he is alot older today , but back in the day when he was CEO at Harold Park he replaced Kevin Thompson who was the radio caller ( 2ky) and course commentator at HP with Ray Hadley who was the mouth of Rugby league , it would be a bit like making Dennis Cometti in his heyday course commentator at GP simply to try to get a bit of traction for the sport , and thus new people interested in harness racing
Any how one night at HP their which i attended , it wasnt a run of the mill meeting it was a bit better than that , maybe a Winter Championship or a couple of nice Sires races , and Ray Hadley was unavailable for some reason . So what Vlandys did , he totally ignored K Thompson who was on track as the radio caller , instead he flew David Fowler ( who was then the no 1 caller at Albion Park ) down from Qld to Syd and Fowler was course commentator at HP for that night
Vlandys was a stickler for having high standards , he wasnt interested in having someone say , oh this thing is 3 pegs its 100to 1 and its now got a great chance to finish in the 1st 4 - or , oh hes got a big decision to make here , any type of that nonsense and Vlandys got rid of you .
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