Month: March 2021
TIC to Sponsor ‘Coona’ Interschool Event
Fondly known as ‘Coona’ due to the event’s location in the NSW North West Slopes town of Coonabarabran, 550 students and more than 700 horses compete at the North West Equestrian Expo held in June each year.
Event Secretary Rebecca Moxham welcomed TIC’s ongoing support of what is Australia’s largest interschool equestrian competition.
“They have recognised the value of the type of person that comes to this type of event as being suitable to go far in the industry.
“We have riders from all over NSW now and from such a broad spectrum of disciplines. Often, they are quite natural riders and horsemen and women. They realise that they don’t just have to become a jockey and that there are many other opportunities in the industry for them,” said Moxham.
The North West Equestrian Expo was cancelled last year for the first time since 1992 due to COVID-19.
“We are all very much looking forward to hosting the event and the town is too. We are overwhelmed by the number of schools that have already signed up to take part,” she added.
Entries are now open for the 2021 North West Equestrian Expo and TIC CEO Lindy Maurice is thrilled to be supporting the event once again.
“This event is truly unique, school teams travel from right down in the Snowy Mountains through to Coffs Harbour on the north coast, to further west than Bourke, with some students competing who are from Western Australia and the Northern Territory.
“Most camp at the showground, ride from dawn to dusk and at night the parents, teachers, and riders chat around the campfire. Coona is an event which has taken on a life of its own,” said Maurice.
The 2021 North West Equestrian Expo will be held from Friday, June 4 to Tuesday, June 8.
TIC will again host an evening by the fire on Sunday 6th June after the final of the Polo Cross to enable participants to discuss careers options in the thoroughbred industry and explore what sort of education and training is available to them.
Entries will open on the 22nd of March close on April 28 or prior if capacity is reached.
www.nwequestrianexpo.com.au
For further information or to arrange interviews, please contact: Rebecca Moxham (North West Equestrian Expo) on 0427 426 228 or Lindy Maurice (Thoroughbred Industry Careers) on 0488066604, Thoroughbredindustrycareers.com.au
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Australian Thoroughbred Workforce Development Forum 22 & 23 April 2021
Racing Australia (working with the Principal Racing Authorities nationally), Godolphin Australia and Thoroughbred Industry Careers (TIC) have partnered to form a national Australian Thoroughbred Workforce Development Forum.
Much work is being done in this space globally. The Forum was originally established following the ‘2019 International Forum for Education’ hosted by Godolphin in Newmarket, UK. This Forum gathered thoroughbred breeding, racing, and education professionals from six countries and addressed challenges such as inclusion, attracting newcomers, education, workforce enrichment and community engagement, resulting in the formation of a global alliance and commitment to collaborate: www.togetherforracinginternational.com.
Racing Australia initiated and hosted an Australian-based Forum in late January 2020 with peak stakeholder representatives. Planning for the Forum commenced in late 2020, with it originally planned to occur in February 2021. The Forum will now take place on Thursday 22 April and Friday 23 April 2021.
The objective of the Australian Thoroughbred Workforce Development Forum is to create and deliver in-principle agreement on strategies to secure and develop the 75,000+ people needed to sustain our thoroughbred racing and breeding industry with a focus on “Obtain, Train and Retain”.
The strategies to Obtain, Train and Retain will be further developed as recommendations and documented outcomes of the Forum. Those outcomes are to be taken by Forum representatives to their peak organisations for review and consideration. Matters relevant directly to racing will be reviewed by the Racing Australia Board who will then in conjunction with the Principal Racing Authorities, and a national stakeholder working group determine what to proceed with and how to implement the Forum recommendations and outcomes.
On behalf of the industry, the Racing and Breeding Industry Reference Committee (RGR IRC) recently completed a review and update for the Australian Industry Skills Committee (AISC) to the RGR Racing and Breeding Training Package. The Forum provides amongst other objectives an opportunity to build upon the work of the IRC to address urgent and emerging industry skills issues.
The April 2021 forum will be delivered in a Covid-19 safe manner. The primary location of the forum will be Sydney.
Further information on the Forum and Invitations to participate will be distributed accordingly.
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For further information:
Myles Foreman, Chief Executive Officer, Racing Australia (02) 8072 1900