by Graham | Apr 26, 2019 | South East England Tracks
Greyhound Stadium, South Bersted, Bognor Regis The Sussex seaside resort of Bognor Regis can add itself as a town that hosted greyhound racing also, proved by an advert found in the local press during June 1933. It showed that it would take pace in the district of...
by Graham | Apr 25, 2019 | North East England Tracks
Riding Club Feld, near Band Hall, Hetton-le-Hole, Sunderland, County Durham DH5 The small town of Hetton-le-Hole lies roughly nine miles southwest of Sunderland in County Durham. It is in this town that dog racing took place during the Summer of 1969. It was on a...
by Graham | Apr 25, 2019 | North East England Tracks
The Portrack Athletic Ground, Portrack Lane, Stockton-on-Tees TS18 2PS The first known venue to host dog racing in the town of Stockton-on-Tees was the one at Portrack Athletics Ground. The venue was located about half a mile north of Stockton town centre. It is known...
by Graham | Apr 25, 2019 | Middle England - East Midlands Tracks
A greyhound track run by the Lincoln Greyhound Racing Association was called The Rope Walk. Its first meeting came on the 4th of June 1932, with two meetings being held during the day, with one staged in the afternoon, the other in the evening. Its exact location is...
by Graham | Apr 24, 2019 | Middle England - East Midlands Tracks
Aylestone Road, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE2 The city of Leicester and its surrounds have been host to a good number of greyhound racing venues. Its flagship, The Leicester Stadium which closed in 1984, had become its most established, but throughout the pioneering...
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