UPDATED 17 July 2021:

The NSW Government has announced Health Orders effective from 11.59pm tonight, Saturday 17 July 2021, further restricting the movement of people that reside in the Fairfield, Liverpool and Canterbury-Bankstown Local Government Areas (LGAs).

In addition to the stay at home rules from 11.59pm tonight, residents of these LGA’s cannot leave their LGA for work except for: emergency services and healthcare workers.

Accordingly, participants located in these LGA’s will be required to scratch their greyhounds if engaged to race at Richmond tomorrow (Sunday 18 July 2021) or Gosford on Tuesday 20 July 2021. Residents of these LGA’s will also be unable to nominate greyhounds until further notice.

GRNSW will provide compensation to those affected participants that have greyhounds drawn to race at Richmond and Gosford, and in the coming days will formulate a financial support package to assist all affected participants residing in these LGA’s.

Additionally, all participants should comply with the updated Health Orders located at the below link, which includes no carpooling unless among members of the same household.

Link to additional restrictions in NSW:

https://www.nsw.gov.au/media-releases/restrictions-to-further-limit-spread-of-covid-19-delta-strain

PREVIOUS: 13 July 2021

In accordance with the recently issued NSW Health Orders, participants who live in the Fairfield Local Government Area (LGA) but need to leave home for essential work must have a Covid-19 test every three days (3 days) regardless of symptoms.

Accordingly, greyhound racing participants who reside in the Fairfield LGA must provide evidence of a negative Covid-19 test every three days from today (13 July 2021) to louis.saperas@gwic.nsw.gov.au before being permitted to attend a race track.

To assist with compliance and to ensure participants in the Fairfield LGA are aware of the updated orders, GWIC will make contact with the individual participants effected.