In between the devastating bushfires of January 2020, and the start of COVID-lock down in March, people from Sydney and across regional NSW had a chance to relax and celebrate life at the Laggan Pub for the annual Laggan Pig Races. This event, run by the Upper Lachlan Foundation, is a major fundraiser toward the annual grants the Foundation provides each year to community groups across the Upper Lachlan Shire.

At Upper Lachlan Shire Council’s annual Australia Day awards, we were delighted to hear that the Pig Races had been awarded Crookwell Event of the Year.

Upper Lachlan Foundation Board Member Susan Reynolds was on hand to accept the award.

We are deeply thankful to all our members and supporters that have helped the Pig Races become such a calendar event each year. You’re contributions by volunteering, promoting and attending the event have a real, on the ground impact for many groups in our local community (and enabled us to distribute a special round of COVID-relief funding late in 2020).

Unfortunately, due to COVID-restrictions, the board made the decision not to run the Pig Races in 2021, but we look forward to seeing you all again in February 2022.