Administrator Michael Brown was awarded the Harness Racing New South Wales Industry Volunteer Appreciation Award.
Brown was more than happy to accept the honour at the Arthur J Gallagher HRNSW Awards Night in Sydney on Saturday evening stating “I’m very shocked.”
“I have a passion for what I do . . . I really enjoy trotting and have been involved my whole life.”
Brown has carried out many voluntary roles including the preliminary development of the Menangle Park Training Centre, rezoning investigations on various harness racing properties, Council liaison in relation to the upgrade of Penrith Paceway, a Board Member of the NSW Harness Racing Club, a Committee Member of the NSW Owners Association, a delegate to the Harness Racing Clubs Committee and most passionately the driving force behind the NSW Indigenous Drivers Series – J C Caffyn Plate.
These voluntary contributions to the Industry have been untaken at various points since 2000.
Meanwhile the recipients of the HRNSW Club Volunteer Appreciation Awards were Robert Pettit from the Leeton HRC and Les Peters from the Parkes HRC.
These award winners are from nominations received from all race clubs across the state.
Amanda Rando