Duane Dowell

CEO - Newcastle Jockey Club. Parramatta Eels tragic, Family man, sports nut, ASX, enjoy a stroll around a golf course.

[Duane Dowell @DuaneDowell]

A great yarn about a man I respect greatly and has taught me so much.

[PROVINCIAL RACING @provracingnsw]

IT was a career path BRIAN JUDD was destined to take!
And love was the facilitator.
Judd’s engagement to his future wife Julie at the time resulted in him forming a close attachment to the racing industry – courtesy of her late father Tom O’Neill.
“Julie’s family lived across the road from Broadmeadow racecourse, & Tom was a bookmaker there,” Judd explained.
“He suggested one day that I should come to the races and help him out. That’s how it all started.”
Judd at the end of the month will ring down the curtain on an outstanding career in racing and sporting administration spanning no less than five decades.
Fittingly, that will be where it all began at Newcastle Jockey Club

[Duane Dowell @DuaneDowell]

Sunset in Hoi An, Vietnam 🇻🇳

[Newcastle Racecourse @newcastleraces_]

This Saturday is Mark Hughes Foundation Race Day!
🏇Get along to support this amazing cause with Beanies on sale at the track! More info here... https://t.co/lp2yBVfS1I
@MarkHughesFdn @racing_nsw

[Duane Dowell @DuaneDowell]

Beautiful Ha Long Bay, Vietnam. What an amazing place to be the last couple of days.

[Duane Dowell @DuaneDowell]

@munsieanne @newcastleraces_ @racing_nsw @provracingnsw @SkyRacingAU @newcastleherald @nbnnews Yes Anne, but been a privilege to have worked with Brian during my time at NJC. An opportunity I’m blessed to have had.

[Duane Dowell @DuaneDowell]

Brian has been a huge influence on my racing administration journey and I feel privileged to have worked with him. Not many have the same credentials in sports administration as him!

[Newcastle Racecourse @newcastleraces_]

Newcastle Jockey Club Chairman Brian Judd to Retire after Distinguished Service.
https://t.co/9nua7dAf8M

[Newcastle Racecourse @newcastleraces_]

The upcoming Mark Hughes Foundation Race Day on Saturday 6th June, proudly supported by The Burwood Inn is a celebration of racing, community and collective impact, all in support of Beanie for Brain Cancer Month. Ticketing and more info here.... https://t.co/lp2yBVfS1I

[Duane Dowell @DuaneDowell]

The @newcastleraces_ course proper is pretty good but you’d be hard pressed to find a better track at the moment than our Beaumont Track.
Outstanding from @Naysh07 and his team.

[Newcastle Racecourse @newcastleraces_]

Race Day and Track update for tomorrow’s Hunter Melanoma Foundation Race Day who celebrate 30 years in this amazing partnership.
Track currently a Heavy 8.
@DuaneDowell @Naysh07

[Duane Dowell @DuaneDowell]

@ShawnB90635 Agree there is an attendance ‘GST’ added to attendance figures in some (or most) sports.

[Duane Dowell @DuaneDowell]

So it’s reported 50,000+ crowd for Broncos v Warriors but see lots of empty seats. Is the 50,000 figure for all scanned tickets for the three games today? How do they report attendance per game?

[Duane Dowell @DuaneDowell]

@TTARacing AFL attracts 270k to gather round across a few venues. Just interested in an ‘apples with apples’ comparison.

[Duane Dowell @DuaneDowell]

@tomhagan88 Take all we can get at the moment. 😉

[Duane Dowell @DuaneDowell]

Gritty effort. Great discipline in attack with high completion rate, just need to tidy up that defence. Building.

[Parramatta Eels @TheParraEels]

Let’s GOOOOOO 🫡

#PARRAdise

[Duane Dowell @DuaneDowell]

Took some of our @newcastleraces_ team up the valley to check out Bengalla Coal Mine and @CoolmoreAus Stud today. Was so insightful to discuss and share operational and WHS matters with their teams.

[Newcastle Racecourse @newcastleraces_]

Expressions of Interest - Stables at Newcastle Racecourse.
https://t.co/BHTwfdosps

[Newcastle Racecourse @newcastleraces_]

Gary Harley's Race Day Recap from Saturday is online now. Check it out here...
https://t.co/kvroeXv6JZ

[Duane Dowell @DuaneDowell]

@munsieanne @1053NEWFM He did a great job Anne.

[Duane Dowell @DuaneDowell]

A great #AnzacDay tribute from @1053NEWFM Radio breakfast show host Joel Gosper at Nobbys Beach - Newcastle.
Lest We Forget. 🇦🇺