Goulburn Mulwaree Council has recently supplied two media releases regarding the Goulburn Show, reprinted below.
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The following media release from Goulburn Mulwaree Council general manager Warwick Bennett was issued today (Tuesday) at 10.45am.
***Media Statement - Goulburn 2016 Show***
The overwhelming feedback from the Goulburn Mulwaree community on the cancellation of the 2016 Goulburn Show has been to express disappointment. This Council believes that the Goulburn Show is a very important event on the community calendar and attracts large crowds who enjoy the events at the Show. Therefore Goulburn Mulwaree Council will step in and organise the 2016 Goulburn Show and make it a great success and a positive event that this community will be proud of.
The 2016 Goulburn Show was planned to be held on the same weekend as Moss Vale & Boorowa Shows. We will work with those Show Committees as well as the other local shows to ensure there is no clash of dates.
Warwick Bennett – General Manager
Previously
The following media release from Goulburn Mulwaree Council was issued on Monday afternoon at 3.45pm.
***Media Release - Goulburn AP&H Society Executive Cancels 2016 Goulburn Show***
Goulburn Mulwaree Council is extremely disappointed that the Goulburn AP&H Society Executive Committee has chosen to cancel the 2016 Goulburn Show on Saturday 5 March & Sunday 6 March 2015.
Goulburn Mulwaree Council have been working with the Goulburn AP&H Society & the Goulburn Harness Race Club to resolve a double booking late on the Sunday afternoon only. The Goulburn Harness Racing Club has shown a lot of good will by delaying the commencement of their meeting until 2.30pm on the Sunday afternoon. The Goulburn Harness Racing Club had booked this facility at least a month prior to the Goulburn Show who have changed from their normal weekend for the 2016 event. At an absolute maximum the Goulburn AP&H Society would have had to have rescheduled a small number of events to start an hour earlier each day but have chosen not to. The Goulburn AP&H Society and the Goulburn Harness Racing Club events would have complimented each other which would have made a great community event.
Over the last six months Council has met with the Goulburn AP&H Society on at least six occasions to try and resolve this simple matter. The Goulburn AP&H Society has shown no flexibility or willingness to compromise. This is very sad for the Goulburn Mulwaree community as there is absolutely no reason to have cancelled the show as both events not only would have complement each other but certainly could have been scheduled in such a way that they could have run in a harmonious way together. The Goulburn Show is an important event on the Goulburn Mulwaree Community calendar and this decision by the Goulburn AP&H Society without any compromise or meaningful discussion can only be described as irresponsible.
It is absolutely vital that the community understand that this was a Goulburn AP&H Society decision. Both the Council and the Goulburn Harness Racing Club have worked tirelessly with the Goulburn AP&H Society to make these events happen together for the benefit of the community. It would be unfortunate if the Goulburn AP&H Society laid the blame upon anyone else other than themselves for cancelling the event. It was the Goulburn AP&H Society’s call and their call alone to cancel the event and the Goulburn Mulwaree community miss out.
Warwick Bennett - General Manager
