Harts Range Races & Bush Sports Weekend

❤️ OUR COMMUNITY BENEFIT FUND IN ACTION ❤️

The Think Water Alice Springs Harts Range Races & Bush Sports Weekend is about community — and we are incredibly grateful for the support provided through our Community Benefit Fund.

The Community Benefit Fund, sponsored by the Northern Territory Government through the Department of Industry, Tourism and Trade, has helped us engage local clubs, organisations, contractors and individuals who all played an important part in making our weekend happen.

This year, the fund supported:

👏 The ticket takers West Cricket Club Alice Springs — manning the gates throughout the days
🧹 Our cleaning crew - Alice Springs Women’s Cricket Association — keeping the camp and ablution facilities clean and welcoming
🛡️ Security crew Talice Security — helping keep everyone safe at the Saturday night dance
🚑 Health crew stjohnnt — providing vital medical support throughout the weekend
♻️ Rubbish collection crews Desert Sharks Hockey Club Incorporated — working Sunday and Monday mornings to clean up after the crowds
🎶 DJ Roland (Retroroly Entertainment) / Rock City Music Rock City Music — keeping the atmosphere going at the rodeo and Saturday night’s Neon Nights dance
🐎 Mick Batchelor — leading the horses into the racecourse as part of his fantastic Light Horse Display

These are often the jobs that happen quietly in the background, but they are absolutely essential to putting on a safe, successful and enjoyable event.

We are so grateful to everyone who put in the hours, worked behind the scenes and helped us welcome thousands of people to Harts Range.

The Community Benefit Fund makes a real difference — supporting local people, local organisations and our community event.

From the Harts Range Amateur Race Club committee: thank you! ❤️

🏆 Our very own committee member, Jen Hamilton, has been nominated in the Bush Champion Awards. There are four categories – an Ag Champion, a Young Champion, a Community Champion and an Overall Champion which will be announced in Dubbo at the end of August.

The Harts Range Amateur Race Club wishes you all the luck Hammo Jah. We will be cheering you on 👏👏👏

Alice Springs’s Jen Hamilton has fostered 127 kids, led a bushfire brigade, disarmed a machete-wielding teen - now she’s among the Bush Champion Awards. SEE THE FULL LIST OF NOMINEES 👉 https://bit.ly/4gkFKp1

📰 HARTS RANGE MAKES THE CENTRALIAN TODAY! 📰

If you missed last week’s Centralian Today, you definitely missed a cracker of a write-up on the 79th Harts Range Races & Bush Sports Weekend! 🤠🐎🏁

There are 7 PAGES where we are featured showing the action from Harts Range, packed with familiar faces, fantastic photography and plenty of dust, dirt and rodeo action!

📸 From Fashions on the Field and our junior competitors to the roughstock action in the rodeo arena, there are some fantastic shots capturing just what makes the Harts Range weekend so special.

A huge thank you to Centralian Today and photographer Phil Williams for capturing the colour, characters and action of another Harts Range Races & Bush Sports Weekend. 👏

If you spot yourself, your family or a mate in the pages, give them a tag! 👇

And now the dust has settled on 79… bring on the 80th! 🎉

📅 30 July – 2 August 2027

💰 DID WE MISS YOU? 💰

A quick reminder now the dust has settled from the weekend — if we owe you winnings from a race, or an additional part of your prize, please get in touch with us so we can make sure it gets to you!

Sometimes things get a little hectic across a big weekend, so if you think we owe you something, don’t be shy—let us know! 😊

📩 Send us a message via Facebook or get in touch with the Harts Range Amateur Race Club and we’ll get it sorted.

Congratulations again to all our winners and placegetters! 🏆🐎

📸 Iconic images from one of our amazing official photographers and supporters. 🙏Thanks Nikki Westover Photography for capturing the essence of our event and immortalising our memories 🧡

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Missed out at the races? Or spotted something you just have to have? We've got you covered!

Grab your favourite Harts Range gear from wherever you are:
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🎁 Plus heaps more to come!

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Great write up in this weeks paper 📰

The Huckitta Station roughstock made the cowboys and cowgirls earn their belt buckles and the walk to the pay window at Harts Range on Saturday.
To find out how they fared click on the story in the comments below.