Friday Feb 27th we presented questions from members to the QGRC. We will put the answers here as they are received.
Answers
H14 – Friday March 6th. Will they still be able to cater to the Q1 Race afternoon? – No Access to facilities until after 5pm. Private function Only. See Release.
Questions
| Section TB– Track Build | If not QGRC please advise referral | ||
| TB1 | Why did we ignore all the information from the Murray Bridge and Grafton build’s? | ||
| TB2 | Q2 Is it true that during construction the builders used the track sand to mix concrete, and this is why the wrong sand was laid onto the track? | ||
| TB3 | The stir up pen for the Q1 is a joke. Can’t see anything. The area needs to be raised higher so dogs can actually see the lure. When will this be fixed? | ||
| TB4 | The Q2 520m only has 80 meters to the first bend. It’s too short. | ||
| TB5 | Why does the Q1 run downhill into a bend? | ||
| TB6 | It took nearly a year to put in the Q1 required gate at the Catching pen. When are you going to erect a proper shade with Screens to see our dogs. You can use the ones outside on the wall of the QST area that are never turned on. We can’t see our dogs run during the race, have no sound out there and are clueless until the steward’s radio calls the numbers. | ||
| TB7 | When a trainer trials 4 dogs in 4 weeks succumb to hock injuries, does this raise any alarms or consideration for internal discussions? | ||
| TB8 | Puppy viewing boxes built into the fence lines of the Q1 and Q2. QST will have to put them into the rear fence line of the catching pen due to its poor design. And move the holding kennels around the corner. | ||
| TB9 | As you have no water in the car park for trial days are you going to have bottled water available? | ||
| TB10 | Feb 22nd23rd is the reason RQ was supposed to build a separate trial track, at a different location, like Dale Cartwright promised in 2019. | ||
| TB11 | Will we have power and water connected to the car park? Water for Animal Welfare – as promised and power to cut down on all the CO2 from generators, and vehicles running, Plus the noise pollution? | ||
| Section A – Track Q1, Q2, QST | If not QGRC please advise referral | |
| A1 | The excuse for the 12-month builders guarantee must have expired, when are they going to fix the problems or are the builders off the hook? | |
| A2 | Is it true that the club is going to “Blend” the sand or patch replace the sand on the Q2? This is not what the report recommended from the Cup abandonment? | |
| A3 | Why do management need to lie about track preparation mismanagement (Current Sand debacle) | |
| A4 | Who is fixing the drainage at the Q2 and when? | |
| A5 | When are you going to get rid of the fishing pole. Is this lure even Legal? | |
| A6 | What is going on with the 10 boxes at the QST? Is it ever going to be used or decommissioned and sold? | |
| A7 | QST why are the boxes not properly Roll on/Roll Off and not against the rail as promised by Brenton Scott? Is it because we have the fishing pole width? When are we going to abandon that fishing pole as a failed experiment? | |
| A8 | What is the point of the digital signs on the Q2 520 and 600 boxes? Are they going to say anything other than Ladbrokes. | |
| A9 | When are signs going to be put on the boxes to label the date and race number? Like every other racetrack in the world. | |
| A10 | Catching Pen QST, squeaker makes dogs do sharp turns causing unnecessary strains on wrists and hocks. Who came up with this harmful idea? | |
| A11 | Q2 why are we going out to stir up, then back in just to walk out another door to the boxes? | |
| A12 | Will you ever hold QST 300m races for dogs higher than 5th grade? | |
| A13 | Is it true that FTP and USP will never be given on the straight track? | |
| A14 | It took nearly a year to put in the Q1 required gate at the Catching pen. When are you going to erect a proper shade with Screens to see our dogs. You can use the ones outside on the wall of the QST area that are never turned on. We can’t see our dogs run during the race, have no sound out there and are clueless until the steward’s radio calls the numbers. |
| Section B – Trials Q1, Q2, QST | If not QGRC please advise referral | |
| B1 | Is it true that you will automatically charge $2.50 per dog for staff to catch? Then get a refund if they don’t? What if I don’t ask but they offer? Or just do it without asking me? | |
| B2 | If we are paying per catch, will these staff be qualified (catchers license) and accountable for any injuries sustained in this process? If a greyhound escapes from a paid staff member, are they available to provide a statement to QRIC? | |
| B3 | If you are charging $2.50 to catch, how much are you going to charge to box? | |
| B4 | Why pay extra for staff to catch, when we are already paying for them to be there with trial fee’s. | |
| B5 | When will the club stop people booking 1 dog trials but allowing them to trial 4 or 6 dogs? | |
| B6 | Why does 1 trainer have personal trials after trials are finished when they already trialled more than double the allowed trials earlier? | |
| B7 | Why can’t the Q get rid of On The Clock and revert to the old Albion system and hold staff and trainers to account for what they book. | |
| B8 | Why are trials run efficiently and on time without delays on a Wednesday night, when every other trial session is behind time with a lack of co-ordination? | |
| B12 | Due to the extreme Ipswich heat in summer, you should put large outdoor industrial fans in the car park to circulate the air. They have them at festivals for heat prevention, what about animal welfare prevention because we can sit for over an hour because your trials are always behind. Not just heat but CO2 from cars and generators. | |
| B13 | How can a trainer have more than 6 trials when it’s a 6-trial maximum? Using owners to book trials for the trainer to exceed the maximum is unacceptable. | |
| B14 | How can trials suddenly be cancelled less than 24 hours before they are supposed to happen? How did the Q1 trials get “cancelled” on Feb 22 for Feb23 for a “power harrow” surely this could have been scheduled better. | |
| B15 | How are we supposed to trial dogs when you keep cancelling the trial sessions? Where are we to trial now? Why didn’t they transfer trials to another track? We have three apparently? | |
| Section C – Trial Slipping tracks | If not QGRC please advise referral | |
| C1 | Is this ever going to be ready? It was promised by Brenton Scott and Adam Wallish and all the committee members of the Ipswich and Albion Club. Just because you can’t prioritise what’s required for training young dogs is not a compromise for members to accept at this “world Class” and “centre of excellence” facility. |
| Section D – Injury Rates | If not QGRC please advise referral | |
| D1 | Are the trial injuries recorded? And where are they reported? Is this information available to trainers and/or the public? | |
| D2 | Is there an injury evaluation process or discussion committee? | |
| D3 | How many injuries have been recorded in the QST catching pen due to the lure and decoy lure system with sharp turns at full pace on Hocks and Wrist? | |
| D4 | Where are the plastic splint’s for Left Rear, Right Rear, and front for fractures? Does the club even have them anymore? | |
| D5 | What training have the staff had to safety move an injured dog off track? I saw a dog thrown into the back of the van without anyone holding them. Unacceptable. | |
| D6 | Are we going to call the Uni designers to explain why injury rates have not decreased? |
| Section E – The Vet Clinic and Animal Welfare | If not QGRC please advise referral | |
| E1 | What are the latest excuses for the vet clinic not happening? | |
| E2 | Are you going to increase the shade over the walkway from the wash bay to the kennel block? | |
| E3 | What are you doing about the hot sun on the bright white concrete walking dogs from the car park to the kennel block? This burns dogs pads. | |
| E4 | When are you going to put shade over the holding kennels at the end of the straight. They are metal and get stupidly hot in the full sun. You have shelter for the staff but not for the dogs? No water either? | |
| E5 | When a dog is injured on track, why is the van not driving up to the doors of the kennel block? Why are we making injured dogs walk or be carried? | |
| E6 | You should have 5 temperature monitors at the track, one on each track, in the car park (in the sun) and one in the open pen area by the kennel block. Temperatures should be written on a board outside of the kennel block for everyone to see. There is a QRIC heat policy so Vets can delay or abandon a meeting due to heat. | |
| E7 | During the heat at Ipswich the water was right next to the stirrup. When dogs got over excited in the heat water was available to cool down pre-race. When will the be available at the Q. An escorted visit to the wash bay is not working. We should also have misting fans available at the stirrup on Q1/QST and Q2 and both have proper shading. |
| Section F – The Q Kennel block | If not QGRC please advise referral | |
| F1 | Why haven’t holes been cut in the mesh of kennel doors to hold water buckets yet? Capalaba can do it, why not the World class Q? | |
| F2 | Why are random staff allowed to walk through the kennel block as a short cut? Track Hi-vis staff have no business in this controlled area. | |
| F3 | Why are Kitchen staff allowed to walk open kitchen waste through the empty out areas? This is a controlled area to be free of prohibited substances. Spilled chocolate milk can cause a positive swab. Can all waste be in closed sealed containers or find an alternative location for the bins. | |
| F4 | Not available during trials. We used to train young dogs to go through the scales on trial days. Can’t now it’s all locked up. Unrealistic for staff to open, kennel, then reopen to retrieve for trials. | |
| F5 | Should be a sign outside to say what race is being called for prerace. | |
| F6 | Should be a red/green light to say if stewards are in the room and available. | |
| F7 | What is the direction of dogs in the pool? Where are the signs? | |
| F8 | The solution to the drainage by the pool, so handlers are not walking through ankle deep water, is embarrassing. An external pump with a square cut into the concrete. I thought we couldn’t have the demountable buildings because they didn’t go with the “look” but this is OK? Double standards. Get those demountable’s back and use them. They were assets you abandoned. |
| Section G – The Q Trainer Facilities | If not QGRC please advise referral | |
| G1 | The toilets by the pool are always unclean. When will there be more toilets for trainers other than the single one by the kennels. | |
| G2 | The trainer’s area outside of the kennel block has not shelter from the weather or afternoon sun. We were also promised proper facilities like coffee/tea/cold water. | |
| G3 | What are we paying a membership for? Albion and Ipswich at least had coffee and tea available on trial days. | |
| G4 | This was supposed to be World Class and a centre of excellence. Brenton Scott and Adam Wallish said there would be warm up walker machines, and hydrotherapy walker machines. Where are they? | |
| G5 | The car park shade cloth is useless. Replace it with a proper roof and have more cover. It was a cheap trying to save money. No animal transport vehicles should be in full sun to get hot. |
| Section H – The Q Catering | If not QGRC please advise referral | |
| H1 | The emergency exit by the toilets is always full of rubbish, Same with the stairwell, this should not be an unsightly storage area for restaurant items. | |
| H2 | The meals are stupidly expensive and take too long to be served. No way anything can be ordered, delivered and eaten within 2 races. Quicker to go down the road to Macca’s | |
| H3 | At the AGM the committee Chair said there would be items put up on the walls in the restaurant area to show this is a Greyhound Track. When will that be completed? | |
| H4 | Friday March 6th. Will they still be able to cater to the Q1 Race afternoon? | No access to restaurant or internal facilities until 5pm |
| Section I – The Q Staff | If not QGRC please advise referral | |
| I1 | Why are staff parking in the trainer car park. We are jammed in with trailers restricting ventilation and space. They can park behind the catching pen at the Q2. Get out! | |
| I2 | Staff Uniforms, what do the different shirts Mean? “Staff” beige/Maroon, Black, HiVis and some wear casual non logo. Shouldn’t everyone have a “Staff” Shirt? | |
| I3 | What is the Staff retention percentage rate? | |
| I4 | How many staff do you need? I counted 12 staff in the kennel block and still had to ask, and wait, to get my dog out to go home. | |
| I5 | I cannot identify any staff, If I have a problem, its, That chick with the dark hair…? You can identify us; we need to be able to identify you. It’s not always bad, sometimes I would like to thank a staff member for their help. | |
| I6 | Should be a board on the wall to say who is the supervisor with photos. They do it a Maccas. | |
| I7 | When will staff get handlers licences as per the GARs to catch and handle to be accountable or resign. | |
| I8 | Why are staff clocking on two hours prior to kennelling to be paid for standing around? Is there an issue understanding a 24-hour clock? | |
| I9 | Why is one of our best lure drivers a Race Day manager? But we continue to persist with 1 of the worst lure drivers against hundreds of complaints? | |
| I10 | Can a copy of all staff procedures in the kennel blocks be available for trainers to view and eliminate confusion between instructions given by separate staff on different days? | |
| I11 | What is the standard for new staff hires? Do we take anyone who just show’s up? What documented training is given to each staff at each area? | |
| I12 | Have staff received the training demanded by the Q Investigation by Ainsworth after the Brisbane Cup abandonment? | |
| I13 | How much are we paying for staff to maintain the landscaping outside of the immediate track area. RQ planned this, they should pay for it. | |
| I14 | Three is a speed limit sign, but why are staff zooming around in their little agriculture vehicles? Why are they driving around anyway during a race day? Shouldn’t they be doing their job? If not, they are not required? | |
| I15 | Is there a list of all the staff saying who they are and what they do? It seems like we have so many “management” staff walking around. Do we really need them all? | |
| I16 | If your employees are not in a “staff” uniform, they must be off duty and have no rights to walk in any restricted area, or give me instructions. | |
| I17 | Staff in training should be identifiable as “in Training” on their uniforms. It’s frustrating to ask for something and they can’t help. | |
| I18 | One year since the Q opened. Will the club be doing something for the full week or just the Thursday night favourites, and ignore the Provincial and Straight race days? Maybe just a BBQ or a free food (value of $50) voucher for each member? |
| Section J – Finances | If not QGRC please advise referral | |
| J1 | Both clubs promised a vet clinic in the amalgamation to be paid for by the club funds. The amalgamation was built on a lie. Where did all the millions go from each club if it did not build the clinic? | |
| J2 | Do we get a cut of the restaurant profits? | |
| J3 | If trials are making a loss, when will the club start charging trainers when they book 1 trial for 1 dog, then turn up with multiple dogs for free? | |
| J4 | The benefits of membership are negligible. Ipswich used to have free coffee from the café. 10% off food is nothing. Cents on the dollar. There is a bigger discount for unrelated rugby players. | |
| J5 | Why is the Q wasting money on a “Sports Bar” when we need a vet clinic now! As promised by Hall and Gleeson to get members to agree to the company transfer. | |
| J6 | Sell off the Pokies and redirect the money to the Vet Clinic. Animal welfare is more important. | |
| J7 | Why did we waste money with digital signs on the Q2 520 and 600 boxes. That money could have been spent on anything else | |
| J8 | The Kennels have been replaced; did we get a refund for the ones on wheels? Or just send more cash to China? | |
| J9 | Why are you spending money on cheap shade gazebo’s that don’t last. When are you going to spend the same money for a permanent structure that can cover two yards from both sun and rain? | |
| J10 | How much did we pay Allan Langer? What financial returns do we make from him? | |
| J11 | Why are we wasting money on more turf grass behind the wash bay? It’s the same as the waste of money inside the Q2 That money should have been spent re-sanding the Q2 and fixing the drainage. | |
| J12 | Who is spending money on erosion on an area that is never seen? Surely, we can put that money to better use? | |
| J13 | Is it true there is a finance committee? What is their role, who is on it and where are their reports, minutes and solutions? Otherwise, what is the point of them? I thought that’s why we had to have the RQ appointed directors to solve the finance problems with accountants? | |
| J14 | What financial KPI’s are available to prove promotional costs have any returns? | |
| J15 | Why are we paying committee when the club is broke. If the committee members are serious about the club, they should decline the money. Are they still getting free food and drinks? For over 40 years it was all volunteers. | |
| J16 | If management are losing money, why have they not been fired and replaced? | |
| J17 | What is the rental agreement with RQ? How much are we paying? | |
| J18 | What are the profits from the pokies area 2024-2025 and Jul-Dec 2025? | |
| J19 | How much is the lease on the restaurant? Do we get any revenue from the restaurant? | |
| J20 | You made a loss of $3.75M last year, how much have you lost in the 6 months from July-Dec 2025? |
| Section K – General | If not QGRC please advise referral | |
| K1 | Have we ever contacted the Uni designers to answer for their poor designs? | |
| K2 | Are the RQ elected committee members going to turn up to any raceday, or any committee members going to turn up at provincial nights to actually talk to members? | |
| K3 | Does being a member from before the amalgamation even mean anything anymore? What loyalties do you have for us? Are we just an annoyance to be ignored? The Ipswich rugby club members get more than us. | |
| K4 | We were promised regular updates from the committee. Why did we get one newsletter with information already notified from Text messages and nothing since. What do the committee talk about? Can we at least have an agenda and when the meetings are to notify members? You do work for us remember. | |
| K5 | Committee members, Bellamy (resigned), Warner and Hall gave a spiel about rehoming during their speech to be elected. When is the club going to hold its first open adoption day? | |
| K6 | When are you going to rename a catching pen for Keith? | |
| K7 | This is a Greyhound club, where are the photos and trophies that used to be at the Ipswich and Albion Club? | |
| K8 | Auction Race not advertised for nominations? Name change only known to Doug. Owners and Trainers did not know when it was on and when to nominate? Used to be months of advertising in the lead up to the event. | |
| K9 | What is the rule about kids at the track? There is no promised kids club, so I must supervise my kids in the training area as the restaurant is not welcoming and has made complaints about unsupervised kids at the tables. If my kids are not running around, interfering with the greyhounds, what’s the problem? It’s illegal to leave them in the car. Stewards cannot charge my children and there is no GAR’s relating to minors. Stop pushing this to QRIC to solve. It’s your venue. What’s the solution here? I can’t scratch because I have kids. | |
| K10 | When will this all be handed over to the Rugby Ipswich groups and we pushed out? Is it 3 years of 5? | |
| K11 | Is it true that Garrard’s want a building for them, Rent Free? | |
| K12 | When is the club going to do the race programming and listen to owners and trainers instead of letting Doug do what he wants? | |
| K13 | Are the builders going to compensate for their failures to build basics like a stirrup pen? |
| Section L – The Q Investigation – Ainsworth Report | If not QGRC please advise referral | |
| L1 | When are you going to act on this report? What have you done so far? |
