Greyhound Clubs Australia conducts the National Sprint and Distance Championships annually.
The events are marketed as “The Nationals” and feature finals over the distances in the vicinity of 500m and 700m. Heats and Finals are staged in each State with the Grand Final rotating from State to State each year. In 2018 the Grand Finals were held at Sandown Park, Melbourne, Victoria.
Both the National Sprint Championship and the National Distance Championship carry a first prize of $75,000 and both events are classified as Group 1 events.
After two years in 2020-2021 when Nationals were suspended due Covid19. The GCA National Championships are back bigger and better than ever. This year in Sensational Sydney commencing on Thursday August 25th. For all your Nationals information go to GCA’s dedicated Website via the following link.