Kinsley Greyhound Stadium

Kinsley greyhound stadium is a Greyhound Board of Great Britain regulated greyhound racing stadium situated in Kinsley, West Yorkshire, England.[1] It was voted "Best National Greyhound Racing Club greyhound stadium in the north" by the British Greyhound Racing Board for 2008.[2]

Kinsley Greyhound Stadium
Full nameKinsley Greyhound Stadium
LocationKinsley, West Yorkshire
Capacity3,000
Field size385m
SurfaceSand
Construction
Opened1939
Renovated1985
Tenants
Greyhound racing

Racing

Racing takes place every Saturday evening in addition to their three ARC meetings one of which includes Sunday afternoons.[3]

The circumference of the track at Kinsley is 385 metres.[3]

Competitions

Gymcrack

History

The Kinsley greyhound track is situated between Leeds and Doncaster and was built and opened in 1939. The track was independent (also known as a flapping track) and served the local mining village. After the war the track could accommodate a maximum of 3,500 spectators.[4]

In 1985 John Curran and Keith Murrell took over the running of the track and invested into the stadium by improving the facilities.[5] Distances were changed to 100, 260, 330, 460 & 630 metres, an 'Inside Sumner' hare was put in and a competition was introduced called the Kinsley Greyhound Derby. The race offered £20,000 eclipsing many of the top National Greyhound Racing Club events at the time. A computer totalisator was added and twelve bookmakers stood on course. There were 48 kennels on site and the Jubilee restaurant offered room for 160 covers. The track was beginning to show all the hallmarks of a regulated circuit and even had a thriving social club open all week.[6]

Despite the significant stature of the track it was not until 2000 that the decision was finally taken to apply for an NGRC licence which was granted. The new distances were 275, 450, 485 and 656 metres. Keith Murrell acted as Racing Manager until Craig Hunt was brought in to take up the role. The first meeting was on 15 January 2000 and racing was on Tuesday, Friday and Saturday evenings. Distances have since changed on two more occasions and a Swaffham hare has been introduced.[7]

In 2010 the track was rewarded by being allocated the 2010 Television Trophy, an event won by Midway Skipper and in 2011 the Gymcrack was introduced after it switched from Hall Green Stadium. The first winner was Nick Colton’s Taranis Rex, a black and white dog that also broke the track record in the process. In 2018 Brinkleys Poet won the event and set a new track record time by beating the previous best time of 27.02 by Droopys Trapeze.[8]

In 2018 the stadium signed a deal with ARC to race a Tuesday and Friday matinée meeting and a Sunday afternoon meeting every week.[9]

Track records

Current
Metres Greyhound Time Date Notes
268Roxholme Hat [10]15.7922 April 2018
462Brinkley Poet [11]26.9522 April 2018Gymcrack final
650Geelo Bullet [12]39.6816 May 2017
844Roxholme Magic [13]51.9520 April 2016

Former

References
  1. "Track Search". Greyhound Board of Great Britain. Archived from the original on 25 December 2011. Retrieved 24 December 2011.
  2. http://www.kinsleydogs.co.uk/default.asp
  3. http://www.thedogs.co.uk/trap2/pcf_trackinfo.php?trackid=32
  4. furby, R (1968). Independent Greyhound Racing, page 67. New Dominion House.
  5. "Greyhound Star (Remember When - April)". Greyhound Star.
  6. Barnes, Julia (1988). Daily Mirror Greyhound Fact File, pages 292-293. Ringpress Books. ISBN 0-948955-15-5.
  7. Hobbs, Jonathan (2002). Greyhound Annual 2003, page 125. Raceform. ISBN 1-904317-07-3.
  8. "2018 Final". Greyhound Board of Great Britain.
  9. "Arc Schedule Released". Greyhound Star.
  10. "2018 track record". Greyhound Board of Great Britain.
  11. "2018 track record result". Greyhound Board of Great Britain.
  12. "2017 track record result". Greyhound Board of Great Britain.
  13. "2016 track record result". Greyhound Board of Great Britain.
  14. "Track record". Greyhound Board of Great Britain.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.