Well said..

What we need is a punters confrontation like many years ago in Gauteng

The need to start being militant-like. These top boys think that punters and the general punters are cakes.
You knpw what , the are farts.

East I posted this a while back........Maybe we should follow their example......!!!!!........Clairwood still in the news........



Saw this article recently (dont know when it was wriiten) and thought "The more things change the more they stay the same" Its only part of the full article.

Interestingly seven years to the day after his first winner, Trevor was involved in what newspapers for many years
afterwards would call, ``Racing’s Blackest Day’’ – 26 December 1958 at Clairwood – when a punters’ revolt on the course
proper led to two horses having to be put down and five jockeys being injured.

``There was a nine-race programme at Clairwood and at the start of the eight race, I recall, Percy Cayeux’s mount, the hot
favourite, refused to jump. The punters were furious. ``I had a ride in Race 9, there were 16 runners I think and on the way
to the start we could see that a large group of punters had congregated close to the grandstand.

``We got to the start, there were no gates in those days and Charlie Barends was keen to get home, he shouted at the
starter that he had a plane to catch and soon after we got clearance from the stipes and the horses kicked off and ran.
``But as we approached the 200m mark there were lots of people on the track. They were armed with pieces of sharp
wood, picket fences from next to the track turned into spears, and they formed a human barrier in front of us!

``I got lucky that day because I was on a stayer in a sprint race and was some way behind the rest, but ahead of me the
horses were being hastily pulled up. Some were hit by the flying pieces of wood; several horses came down and two had to
be destroyed. Five jockeys were injured. I escaped unhurt, thank God, but it was an awful experience all the same!’’


CITIZEN ARTICLE – Written by Charl Pretorius

eastexpo Wrote:

---

> What we need is a punters confrontation like many
> years ago in Gauteng
>
> The need to start being militant-like. These top
> boys think that punters and the general punters
> are cakes.
> You knpw what , the are farts.


the need to start being militant like...go eastexpo thats how we sort things out hey ...ameeting gets abandoned and we must become militant like....only in africa

what do happen to the groundman if a rugby with the springboks get abandon for the pitch? i agree with eastexpo

yes a rugby game wow thats the most important event on earth lets go to war rambo

who say go war you ideot and in this country the rugby is the most important thing

maybe you need a explain to comprahendo