Tir Prince has announced the appointment of Eric Witherspoon as the new Racing Director.

Eric states:
“As of 4th February 2016 I will be taking up a full time position with the Tir Prince Leisure Group as Executive Racing Director & Business Development Manager.
This appointment hallmarks the commitment and investment of Adam Williams and the Tir Prince Leisure Group in the long term future of harness racing in the UK and I’m both honoured and delighted to have been offered this exciting opportunity.
As many of you know I’m no stranger to Tir Prince or indeed to harness racing. I was present at the track on the opening meeting in 1990 and such is my enthusiasm for the sport I’ve been to virtually every meeting held at the track since. In 2011, I took on an entirely voluntary role in arranging and staging racing at Tir Prince from entry taking, through to handicapping, race scheduling and promotional activities. I’ve always adopted a common sense yet professional approach in my interactions with owners, trainers and drivers and feel such a solid foundation established over the past 5 years will now be of immense benefit in taking Tir Prince to the next level.
It’s widely acknowledged that Tir Prince Raceway is the premier harness racing venue in the UK and it’s my intention to extend the racing season by starting earlier and finishing later in the year. I also aim to make the track as user friendly as possible as I realise that without the entries and the public our facility cannot realise its massive potential. In summary I undertake to do everything I possibly can to support the owners, trainers and general public who follow the sport by staging as many race meetings as possible, by putting on qualifiers and work-out days by making the track available for workouts and by putting on races for all calibre and grade of horses for attractive prize money. In order to allow me to do this I’m going to need your support by way of entries and attendance to the track throughout the season and I will be publishing a full calendar of proposed events in the coming days to enable you all to plan your season around these scheduled meetings. I believe that if we work together and cooperate we can succeed in heralding a bright new dawn for Tir Prince whilst building a badly needed sustainable future for our sport.
Watch this space for further announcements in the coming weeks and I for one look forward to welcoming you all to Tir Prince as we embark on an exciting new era both for the venue and sport of harness racing in 2016 and beyond.
Onwards & Upwards!”