GRV cancels New Year’s Day race meeting at Bendigo due to hot weather

December 31, 2015 Comments Off

By grvadmin

With the introduction of Greyhound Racing Victoria’s recently upgraded Hot Weather Policy, Bendigo’s race meeting scheduled for Friday, 1 January has been cancelled due to extremely hot weather conditions.

The new policy came into effect as of 26 December, 2015 with the maximum temperature at which greyhound racing or trialling can be conducted now being not higher than 38 degrees. This is two degrees less than previously allowed.

As at 12.00 Noon Thursday the Bureau of Meteorology has predicted high temperatures in various parts of Victoria for Friday, including a predicted 39 degrees Celsius in Bendigo.

This follows the cancellation of three Victorian Read full article

Source:: http://www.grv.org.au/news/2015/12/31/grv-cancels-years-day-race-meeting-bendigo-due-hot-weather/

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