by Graham | Mar 15, 2019 | Middle England - South West Midlands Tracks
Hopwood, near Birmingham One of the few temporary greyhound racing venues found in Warwickshire was the one known as the Hopwood track. It was during 1980 that a straight course operated 100 yards from canal adjacent to the A441 roughly one mile north of junction 2 of...
by Graham | Mar 14, 2019 | Scotland Tracks
It may surprise many, but the Fifeshire town of Dunfermline and its surrounds have been host to a number of Greyhound Racing venues, such as the ones found at East End Park and the two confirmed named Western venues in Milesmark. Yet this chapter reveals a less...
by Graham | Mar 14, 2019 | Scotland Tracks
One of only a handful of temporary tracks that is reported north of the border, is the one at Kincardine. The town of Kincardine lies on the northern banks of the Firth of Forth, twelve miles south east of Stirling. Information regarding its exact location or how it...
by Graham | Mar 14, 2019 | Middle England - South West Midlands Tracks
Birmingham Road, Alcester, Warwickshire B49 5QF Alcester in Warwickshire became another town to stage a temporary Greyhound Racing track. It was during the early 1980’s that meeting first began to be staged at the Birmingham Rugby Union Ground; a venue situated...
by Graham | Mar 13, 2019 | Middle England - South West Midlands Tracks
Castle Combe, Chippenham, Wiltshire SN14 7EY The early 1980’s had seen Greyhound Racing being staged at Castle Combe, a village located five miles northwest of Chippenham in Wiltshire. It is known that a 250-to-300-yard straight course lay in a meadow alongside...
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