Nor West Jockey Club, Roebourne
| Nor West Jockey Club, Roebourne | |
| Racecourse Address: | Roebourne Racecourse, North West Coastal Highway, Roebourne |
| Postal Address: | PO Box 723, Karratha, WA 6718 |
| Secretary Name: | Tina Nevill |
| President Name: | Natasha Ball |
| President Phone: |
0457519693 |
| Email: | President. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Secretary. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
| Facebook: | www.facebook.com/roebourneraces |
| Instagram: | @roebourneraces |
| Racing Season: | 2020/21 Race Dates. 6th June 21 (Family Day), 19th June 21 (Ladies Day), 10th July 21 (Mad Hatters Day), 24th July 21 (Roebourne Cup. |
| Life Members: | 1963 Murray Stove 1963 Doug Stove, 1963 Angus Richardson, 1965 My Watson, 1965 S G Mears, 1987 Max Simmons, 1987 Ross Viner, 1987 Kevin Eagle, 1988 Les Staker, 19889 Ivan Duncan, 1988 Doug Wilson, 1992 Basil Kent, 1992 Robin Ogg, 1994 Peter Nash, 1994 David Morgan, 1994 Chris Read, 1994 Darryl Roone, 208 Jim Brenton, 2010 Shane Edwards, 2015 John McGowan, 2016 Terry Milligan, 2018 David Clamp, 2018 Fran Ramsay, 2019 Darren Wielgomasz |
| History: | The Nor West Jockey Club claims to be the second oldest country race club in Western Australia. The club's first race meeting was held in August 1867 when four races were run under WATC rules on a course where the town site of Wickham now stands. The Roebourne Plate valued at fifteen pounds was the main race run over a distance of a mile, and the Publicans Purse was worth ten pounds. In 1890 the course was moved to its present location. The feature race that year was the 'Great Northern Handicap' which attracted many of the top horses in the North West. During a period when Nor West bred horses were winning feature races in Perth the Nor West Jockey Club race meetings were the feature social event in the North West. Racing ceased during the two world wars and in the 1970's the club witnessed the demise of the traditional grass and grain fed races as horses were used less on the stations with the arrival of the motorbike and helicopters for mustering. However, the local community encouraged trainers to visit the Pilbara from the south of the state and racing continues to thrive every year at Roebourne and the Roebourne Cup remains one of the much valued races to win on the annual North West circuit. |