TheReview Wednesday, January 23,1991 —

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Raceway,

Intertrack wagering successful but
fans call for larger television monitors

In spite of -the recent bad
weather, horse racing fans have
turned out by the hundreds for
intertrack betting at Sandown Har-
ness Raceway.

Sandown Harness Race Club
spokesman Lynn Wonnenberg said

a cozy betting environment and -

attractive payouts are turning many
people on to simulcast wagering.

Betting on standardbred races
held at Cloverdale Raceway on the
Lower Mainland attracted up to

700 fans at Sandown on Saturday 4

and Sunday, she said.

“Now the weather is better, ~

people are Starting to return in
much larger numbers,” she said.

By wagering on races at bigger
Lower Mainland tracks, punters
have the chance to win double the
purse offered by live standardbred
racing at Sandown, Wonnenberg
said.

About 11 races will be staged at
each meet for the track-to-track
simulcast betting, and about 45
meets should be held between Jan.
1 and Apr. 8.

However, the recent inclement
weather forced the cancellation of
four of the season’s first ten race
dates, she said.

And with the exception of the
opening day, enthusiasm for the
other six dates was dampened by
peoples’ reluctance to drive to the
track in the icy conditions.

“The nightmare weather caused
low attendances, even though the
’ betting is all done indoors and in
the warmth,” she said.

Attendance figures averaged at
about 300 people per meet, as
compared to last season’s average
of about 500 people for the whole
season. :

However, this year’s first day of
simulcast betting was a great suc-
cess, with about 750 people show-
ing up at the New Year's Day
meet, she said.

But the turnout could be much
higher if the track’s operators did
more to replicate the atmosphere
and excitement of live racing,
some race fans argue.

_ Sidney resident Gerry Lubeck
said overcrowding in the track’s
main building makes it difficult to
place bets and the facility’s televi-
sion monitors just don’t measure

up.

“The pictures are hazy and the
screens are too small. So, you can’t
see the numbers on the horses,”
Lubeck said.

More screens should be added
to accommodate the larger crowds
that show up on weekends and on
holidays, he said.

Also the screens should be
much larger to make the races
easier to follow, he said.

He’d be much happier to see
teletheatre betting in offtrack bet-
ting parlors such as hotel and pub
lounges, but he still goes to San-

down “because it’s the only game +

A Dunsmuir Lodge chef was a
big winner — for the second time
— in The Review’s Score Big
Football Contest, recently.

Craig Rogers won $1,000 for
beimg the closest entry to correctly
guessing the NEL football winners
in the final week

because it wasn’t perfect,” Roge

said. Se

Rogers’ entry only missed one
game, involving the New York
Jets. Last year Rogers won $700 in
The Review's football contest.

He has no plans for the prize

_ money, but said it sure came in

HORSE RACING FANS fans stand glued to an overhead televisio
live horse racing from Cloverdale Raceway for simulcast betting at Sandown Harness

in town.”

Fellow horse racing fan Thelma
Gardner, who has been going to
Sandown with her husband since it
opened over 30 years ago, said she
likes the simulcast wagering.

“T really like it because it gives
you a chance to socialize with
other people and it’s nice and
warm inside,” she said.

But she too is concemed that the
television monitors are both too

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small and too old. She thinks they
should be replaced.
Wonnenberg said there’s over 20

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The Gonvention will be held in Abbotsford, B.C., June 2-5,
1991. Twelve delegates will attend from Branch #37.

The 10th Annual Branch #37 Burns Night will be held on:
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person. Tickets on sale at the Branch.

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