WEDDERBURN Harness Racing Club leader Bruce Hargreaves and Tom Nis-bet have had their service recognised with life membership.
The surprise presentation was made during Sunday’s cup meeting at Donaldson Park by former president and life member Gavan Holt.
Hargreaves has been president for 15 years and a member of the club since the late 1970s.
He follows in the footsteps of grandfather Hugh and father Ted in being awarded life membership.
Hargreaves, who has also been involved in the industry as an owner and driver, said the club had faced many challenges in the last two decades in reference to a government decision that saw Wedderburn stripped of race meetings by the then-State Government before a campaign saw their reinstatement.
Nisbet has been secretary for most of the last two decades.
Wedderburn club is almost 140 years old and has had just 35 life members.