{"id":38103,"date":"2026-03-26T18:00:28","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T07:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=38103"},"modified":"2026-03-26T18:00:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T07:00:28","slug":"retirement-of-harness-racing-nsw-chairman-ken-brown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2026\/03\/26\/retirement-of-harness-racing-nsw-chairman-ken-brown\/","title":{"rendered":"Retirement of Harness Racing NSW chairman Ken Brown"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On behalf of the NSW Government, I would like to thank Ken Brown AM for his dedicated service as Harness Racing NSW (HRNSW) Chair, following his retirement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr Brown has been a HRNSW Member since 2017 and his long-standing service is a testament to his commitment to the harness racing industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During his tenure he has helped guide and shape our state\u2019s harness racing industry into the strong position it is in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I commend Mr Brown for his dedication, professionalism and deep knowledge of the racing codes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I wish him all the best in his future endeavours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I would also like to congratulate Doug Freeman on his appointment by the HRNSW Board as its new Chair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr Freeman brings expertise and a lifelong connection to harness racing and I look forward to working constructively with him during his 12-month term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To address the vacancies on the HRNSW Board, I have made the following appointments, effective 17 March, in accordance with the Harness Racing Act 2009:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Maggie Hundertmark as a member of the board for a four-year term, expiring 16 March 2030.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mark Holton as a member of the board for a two-year term, expiring 16 March 2028.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On behalf of the NSW Government, I would like to thank Ken Brown AM for his dedicated service as Harness Racing NSW (HRNSW) Chair, following his retirement. Mr Brown has been a HRNSW Member since 2017 and his long-standing service is a testament to his commitment to the harness racing industry. During his tenure he &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2026\/03\/26\/retirement-of-harness-racing-nsw-chairman-ken-brown\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Retirement of Harness Racing NSW chairman Ken Brown&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38103"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38103\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38104,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38103\/revisions\/38104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}