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North Otago Centre NORTH OTAGO CENTRE President: Robbie Calder Lauder Station, Becks, R D 2 Omakau 9377 Phone 03 447 3374 Email: [email protected] Secretary: Wendy MacLeod 70 Ramrock Road, 1 R D, Waikouaiti 9471 Phone 03 465 7079 Mobile 021 167 6334 Email: [email protected] Stud Register: Russell Smillie Wairua Downs, R D 1, Kurow 9498 Phone 03 436 0287 Email: [email protected] Bank A/C: 03 0937 0528373 000 Archives Officer: Margaret Vickers “Rathenvale”, R D 1, Palmerston 9481, Otago Phone 03 465 1258 Email: [email protected] NEW DATES Tokarahi CC Mrs C Douglas February Grounds: 1540 Danseys Pass “Dome Hills”, Livingstone, 12C R D, Oamaru 9491 14 th & 15th Road Phone 03 431 2585 Email: [email protected] February Strath Taieri CC Jo Sutherland 19th & 20 th Grounds: Cnr McKinnon Road Mt Stoker, 2 Bray Road, R D 3, Middlemarch 9598 & State Highway 87 Phone 027 667 5028 Email: [email protected] Entries Close 10am 2nd Day February 28 th Waitaki CDC Jodi MacDonald & March 1st Grounds: 234 Old Slip 400 Doctors Creek Road, 9K R D, Kurow 9494 Road, Hakataramea Phone 03 431 2011 Cellphone 027 353 2874 Entries Close 10am 2nd Day Email: [email protected] March Patearoa CC Frankie Hore 2nd & 3rd Grounds: Hamiltons Road, 125 Lusher Road, Patearoa 9398 Patearoa Phone 03 444 7066 Email: [email protected] March Omarama CDC Prue O’Neill 7th & 8 th Grounds: 2180 Omarama/Tarras P O Box 154, Omarama 9448 Highway, Omarama Phone 03 438 9883 Email: [email protected] Entries Close 10am 2 nd Day March St Bathans CC Janet Smith 9th & 10th Grounds: Fish Pond Road, 213 Blackstone Hill Runs Road, Beck, R D 2, Omakau 9377 St Bathans Phone 03 447 3913 Cellphone 027 590 1641 Email: [email protected] March Palmerston CC Kate Pont 19 th & 20 th Grounds: 5445 Hampden- P O Box 4, Waikouaiti 9054 Palmerston Road Phone 03 465 8171 Email: [email protected] CENTENNIAL TRIAL March Waihemo CC Bea Tomlinson 21 st & 22 nd Grounds: 98 McLay Road, 22 Loop Road, R D 3, Palmerston, Otago 9483 Dunback Cellphone 027 342 8626 Email: [email protected] March Kyeburn DTC Mrs T Crutchley 23 rd & 24 th Grounds: SH 85, Kyeburn Shortlands Station, 46 McCready Road, R D 2, Ranfurly 9396 24 Entries Close 10am 2 nd Day Phone 03 444 9622 Email: [email protected] March Omakau Matt Hore 28th & 29 th Earnscleugh CC 27 de Bettencor Place, R D 3, Cromwell 9383 Grounds: Fraser Dam Road Phone 022 6525 909 Entries Close 12 Noon 2nd Day Email: [email protected] April Waimate DTC Lucy Cameron 9th & 10 th Grounds: 69 Clarkes Field Road, 578 Elephant Hill Road, R D 7, Waimate 7977 Elephant Hill, Waimate Phone 03 689 3882 Email: [email protected] Entries Close 10am 2 nd Day April Farmlands Centre Championship Secretary: Wendy MacLeod 17 th & 18 th Championships 70 Ramrock Road, 1 R D, Waikouaiti 9471 At St Bathans CC Phone 03 465 7079 or 021 1676 334 Email: [email protected] Entries Close with Centre Secretary 29th March 2021 – No Late Entries Accepted April Oamaru CDC Jude Livingstone 23 rd & 24 th Grounds: 181 Waianakarua 5 Kelk Road, Oamaru 9401 Road, Waianakarua Phone 021 544 488 Entries Close 10am 2nd Day Email: [email protected] No Trial for 2021 Macraes Flat CC Kate O’Connell (will resume 2022) Macraes Flat, R D 3, Palmerston, Otago 9483 Phone 03 465 2266 Email: [email protected] North Otago Centre Championships Proudly Sponsored by Farmlands 25 .
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