President – Stephen Lennon
- Vice President – Sidney Goodwin
- Treasurer – Kerry Myers
- Secretary – Christine Goodwin
- Member – Wayne Spann
- Lawnton Grounds Volunteer – Kevin McIntosh
We welcome any members who wish to join the committee.
Contact Us
Please use the contact us page, or email the secretary.
QGBOTA
The Queensland Greyhound Breeders Owners and Trainers Association is registered in QLD under organisation number IA00476.
Mission
The QGBOTA mission statement starts with, best practice in promotion, providing a high standard of service to its members, and all other participants in the industry, to the very best of our ability. The association is incorporated in Queensland, affiliated with the National/State GBOTA’s, joining all states of Australia. Further it is registered with the controlling body in Queensland as the representative body for breeders, owners and trainers in this state. The Association as a recognised body within the greyhound racing industry, represents its membership and the industry as a whole, at meetings with other parties associated with greyhound racing in Queensland and interstate.
Grass and sand straight trial tracks at Lawnton. The site has the services of a muscle man who is in attendance one morning a week to help members with the many injuries greyhound’s sustain. To minimise disruption and inconvenience to members, has trained volunteer lure drivers on call on to operate the drag lure for trialling should there be a problem.
The Associations goals are to provide assistance to the many greyhound people associated with the industry, by working with our members, and invite the broader greyhound industry to join with us, to achieve a very high standard of service, and in turn share the gains made from these activities with all industry participants.
QGBOTA Rules
Available on request to members
By Laws Added – Refer Constitution/Rule 25
The management committee may form time to time make, amend or repeal by-laws, not inconsistent with these rules, for the internal management of the Association.
Privacy/Membership representation By-Law approval December 2025 committee Vote Dec 2025
The proposal for the ByLaw has passed yes 4 – No 0 – Abstain/No Reply 1
If a member wishes to be represented or have correspondence redirected away from them, the following must be received by the QGBOTA to protect the privacy and rights of the requesting member.
1. The Requesting member is a financial member of the Queensland Greyhound Breeders Owners and Trainers Association Ltd (QGBOTA) IA000476 who no longer wishes to be contacted directly or wishes another person to act on their behalf.
2. The representative member is a financial member of the QGBOTA who will accept responsibility for the “Requesting Member” and can act on their behalf. As a representative member, this member also accepts all liability, financial responsibility (such as membership renewal) and any penalties placed on the “Requesting Member”
3. A Statutory Declaration stating the following;
I (name, surname, address) am a financial member of the QGBOTA and wish to become a “Requesting Member” for (name, Surname, address) to become my representative member.
We both acknowledge that this arrangement is only valid if both Requesting and Representative members are financial members of the QGBOTA without interruption.
4. Signed by the Requesting member (in witness of a JP)
5. Signed by the Representing member (in witness of a JP)
6. Signed by a certified Justice of the Peace (JP).
The original is to be held by the QGBOTA. No responsibility is taken for the failure of the mail courier service for non delivery.
A Requesting member can cancel the representation at any time by written notice to the QGBOTA. The written notice does not need to be signed by a JP.
A Suspended or Terminated Member bylaw Dec 2025 Committee Vote Dec 2025
The proposal for the bylaw has passed Yes 4 – No 0 – Abstain/No Reply 2
A suspended or terminated member is not eligible to nominate for a committee position including President, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary, Track Manager or any other position of authority which allows decisions to be made without authorisation for life.
If a suspended or terminated member wishes to apply for a position of this type, that person may make a written application to the committee for an exemption to this bylaw stating
1. Reasons why they should be considered,
2. What is the extraordinary benefits will be afforded to the QGBOTA by their application, and
3. Full apologies to counter the original reason for suspension or termination.
This application must be made and accepted no less than 6 months prior to any elections or the fulfillment of casual vacancies.
The committee has the right to request further information regarding the application.
The committee has the right to accept or deny the application as they see fit.
Membership approval bylaw December 2025 Committee Vote Dec 2025
The proposal for the bylaw has passed Yes 3 – No O – Abstain/No reply 2
Membership must include a full name and signature of a nominator and a seconder.
Membership is not valid until the committee has approved the membership and may require further information. The nominator and seconder must have held a membership for longer than 12 months.
A temporary membership may be granted to use the Lawnton Members Trial Track, however this is not a guarantee of acceptance. If membership is denied then the use of the Lawnton Members Trial Track must cease immediately.
Membership must be financially valid for 12 months prior to the eligibility of executive committee nomination and committee nomination.
A member that has had their QGBOTA membership suspended or disqualified is not eligible for any committee position or to act as a nominator or seconder.
Volunteering at the Lawnton Members Trial track is not subject to a 12 month membership.
“meeting” clarification 3rd Feb 2018 at the General Meeting
The secretary wishes to propose a clarification by-law. That the word meeting is defined as a an assembly of two or more people for a particular purpose or agree on a course of action, also known as a Gathering, assembly, conference, congregation, convention, summit, forum, conclave, council and get-together; and can be conducted using the following, email, voice phone, video link up, or face to face, so long as a documented, video, or voice recording is kept. 2nd Kevin Ellis, All in Favour.
Owner Only Membership 5th Dec 2017 To the Committee
In response to the Owner Only membership (full details below) the proposal has passed
Yes: 6 – No: 0 – Abstain/No Reply: 5
I will make up Specific Membership forms for this purpose and will start to distribute at Ipswich, via website, email’s. I will also ask Luke Gatehouse for permission to distribute them at Albion Park.
We thank you for your time
Christine Goodwin
QGBOTA Secretary
Proposal: To introduce a bi-law for Ownership Only membership ‘That an owner be able to apply for a discounted yearly membership called “owners only” for $5.00’
Reason – This is not about revenue raising, but with the sole intent to increase our membership numbers to assist when making industry demands, and requests.
Logistics – We do not need to change our constitution as this would be listed as a bi-law, which is acceptable under the Office of Fair Trading requirements. This bi-law may be ongoing, have an expiry date, or be in place until voted as redundant/cancelled.
Confidentiality – We can assure trainers that the “owner only” details be kept confidential to avoid poaching concerns.
We can make up a separate membership form that has contact options, Never contact, contact only on initial membership, contact only through trainer, full and open contact.