Lightning Ridge's annual Easter races are in doubt as the organising committee makes a final effort to bring in new blood.

The current committee will step down this year, but failed to raise interested replacements at an information night on 2 September.

They will hold a meeting later this month to elect new members.

Publicity Officer Melanie Bradley said Racing NSW will give the race date to another town if the club doesn't scrape together a functional committee.

"It's not something you can just pick back up, especially being Easter Saturday.

"There'll be a lineup of clubs that will want the day," she said.

"This committee, we've been together for about eight years. We're a bit stale," she said.

Wheelie bin racers at the 2024 races. [IMAGE: Lightning Ridge Race Club]

"We haven't done anything for eight years at Easter with our own families. We're here on the ground.

"Like every community, it's always the same people that volunteer, and it is a very big week."

She says that potential volunteers are potentially also tied up in the local festival and rodeo committees which run events around Easter.

The event is a major drawcard for Lightning Ridge and currently the biggest race meeting in the Walgett shire averaging almost 2000 people through the gate.

With decades of success behind them, the race club is financially sound, making it a smoother transition for whoever picks up the reins.

However there is a risk that, if the committee is dissolved, any funds in hand would need to be transferred to Racing NSW.

Ms Bradley said that if a new committee formed later down the track, they would have to raise $60,000 to hold the races and apply for a new date which is unlikely be at Easter.

The President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer roles will be up for grabs

There will also be more specific jobs like Fashion of the Field, where co-ordinators will put together small teams of helpers.

"The committee are more than happy to walk beside you. We're not just handing over and walking away. There's a lot to hand over," Ms Bradley said.

"The more people, the lighter the work."

Heavy rainfall washed out the 2025 horse runs, although they still went ahead with foot and wheelie bin races.