About Us

The Bedgerabong Picnic Race Club is a member of the Central West Amateur Race Club and the NSW Picnic Racing Association, along with other small country race clubs in the district. We are registered with Racing NSW which enables us to access all the services associated with thoroughbred racing in NSW.

Club history

The name Bedgerabong is derived from the aboriginal Budgera Bong meaning old man tree by the water hole. The spelling of the village name has been at the centre of some controversy for many years with numerous variations used since the community was established in the 1800's.

The Bedgerabong Picnic Race Club was established in 1919 with a handful of local volunteers from the Bedgerabong community.

Our Club, now 88 years on, has an Executive Team and Committee of more than 40 volunteers. This is quite unique and shows the wonderful community spirit that still exists in Bedgerabong, along with many other small country towns in New South Wales.

Barrier and track attendants at the 2007 Bedgerabong Races

Committee members

Current Committee members include:
K.Bowen, I.Bowen, I.Brockmann, B.Brown, Dan Brown, K.Brown, L.Brown, J.Carlisle, P.Carlisle, G.Catto, B.Chislett, P.Croker, D.Collier, A.Constable, C.Constable, J.Constable, Nigel Constable, P.Constable, R.Constable , N.Constable, P.Darcy, H.Ellis, J.Harrison, B.Harrison, C.Hodges, D.Hodges, F.Hodges, G.Hodges, M.Hodges, W.Hodges, A.Marsh, T.McManus, A.McKellar, H.Purcival, J.Rodgers, R.Sams, W.Sharkey, C.Simmonds, I.Simmonds, T.Simmonds, B.Straney, G.Straney, C.Smith, J.Smith, R.Smith, P.Watson, M.Pritchett, N.Hodges, T.Currey and T.Radburn.

Life members & patrons

We have 15 Life Members and 3 Patrons, who are a very important part of our club. These people are truly treasured, and have been honoured with this title due to their many years of work and dedication to the club.


Barry Straney	Joe Constable	Peta Constable	Francis Hodges
Bernie Chislett	Roy Collier	Colin Hodges	Jack Francis
Greg Hodges	Robert Smith	Robert Wood	Rae Hodges
Wayne Hodges	Athol Constable	Roy Collier

Sponsors and supporters

As the Bedgerabong Picnic Race Club is a non-TAB race club, we rely on the continued support of our very generous sponsors.

Our main sponsors for the 2008 Bedgerabong Races are:

Elders Real Estate Forbes (Condobolin & West Wyalong)
Elders Rural Bank
Jetbar Pastoral Co.
Twynam Pastoral Co.
Landmark, Forbes
Forbes Machinery Centre
The Land Hunks & Spunks
Jelbart's Tyrepower Forbes
Forbes Inn - Hotel Motel
Outback Soils
Forbes Small Engine Specialists

Getting to Bedgerabong

Getting to Bedgerabong is very easy, with shuttle buses available from Forbes or drive yourself (see map for directions).

Forbes Bus Lines provide the buses to and from Forbes for race day. They leave the Forbes Town Hall from 11am in the morning, then the buses run every half an hour after 6pm, all for a small cost each way - sure saves driving yourself.