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Post by BVADMIN on Jan 24, 2019 10:57:54 GMT
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Post by BVADMIN on Feb 3, 2019 12:40:16 GMT
TAKEN FROM THE RACING POST SUNDAY 3/2/19::
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Post by BVADMIN on Mar 19, 2019 20:24:48 GMT
Taken from the Greyhound Star website:: greyhoundstar.co.uk/groundwork-underway-swindon/GROUNDWORKS UNDERWAY AT SWINDON......With the new speedway season less than a month away, work has begun on transforming Swindon Stadium.
The development work will take place in two stages with the speedway track ready for mid-April and the greyhound track in situ by mid-May.
Peter Geeves, General Manager said “We are working within the restriction of time available on the arena of this busy Stadium, so it makes it a bit more complicated and takes longer. We will be able to prepare the new greyhound bend in advance, so that the changeover will be days, rather than weeks. I am obviously delighted that we have started work and look forward to completing the new Stadium with some very smart new customer and race facilities”
The work will see both the greyhound and speedway circuits reduced in size. Stadia UK director Bill Glass said: “It will be a smaller circuit but it will still be a decent run to the bend with the 480m start being where the current 509m traps are and the winning line moving back up the straight.”
With the new racing circuit in place, work will begin on demolishing the old grandstand. The new building has already been constructed and will be delivered, in sections, by road.
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Post by BVADMIN on Jun 18, 2019 13:23:07 GMT
PRODUCE STAKES LAST EVENT BEFORE SWINDON SWITCHGREYHOUND STAR — JUNE 18, 2019 greyhoundstar.co.uk/produce-stakes-last-event-swindon-switch/This year’s 73rd British Bred Two Year Old Produce Stakes will be the last competition staged on the old Swindon circuit.
In the coming months, regulars will see the old grandstand demolished to be replaced by a new building and work is nearly completed on the racing circuit. It will see the two straights reduced in length and the rarely used 509 metre distance will disappear.
It is hoped that the track will continue to operate from a course of 480 metres as a standard (from the old 509 position), and potentially keeping the winning line in situ.
Stadia UK Director Bill Glass said: “Josh and his team have made an excellent job of the new bends and everything is progressing as we would hope. It didn’t seem a sensible move to run the Produce Stakes and any trials associated with it, at the same time as accommodating all the graded runners with trials.
“We are currently confirming the race distances and expect to be able to announce the schedule for the switch to the new circuit within the next few days.”
The £15,000 to winner Produce Stakes gets underway on Saturday July 13 with a eliminator trial session to reduce the first round to 72 entries – if required on Tuesday July 9. The event concludes on Saturday July 27 which suggests a changeover date sometime in August
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Post by SALFORD GIRL on Jun 20, 2019 8:18:18 GMT
TAKEN FROM THE RACING POST:: THURSDAY 20/6/19...
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Post by BVADMIN on Jul 2, 2019 18:07:52 GMT
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Post by SALFORD GIRL on Jul 5, 2019 15:04:21 GMT
The British Greyhound Breeders Forum committee are considering options to attract more entries for Swindon’s Two Year Old Produce Stakes.
This year’s event will see just 48 of a scheduled 72 runners go to traps for the first round.
New BGBF chairman Liz Mort said: “Such a shame the entry is so small – the prize money is excellent and it is easy to enter, so long as the Breeder registers the litter at the litter entry stage! That is where some of the problems lie, I feel, and it may be we need to look into simplifying or altering the entry system!
“There were around 240 British Bred litters whelped in 2017 – to have so very few individual entries out of them – which include multiple entries from some litters – is sad. I am sure that within those 48 entries there are some excellent dogs that we will be proud to say are British Bred, but I don’t believe that out of those 240 litters there were only 48 pups that were worth entering!
“For goodness’ sake, £2,000 to the Breeder of the winner – on top of the £15,000 plus Trophy! Why would you not enter?”
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Post by SALFORD GIRL on Jul 5, 2019 15:04:59 GMT
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Post by BVADMIN on Jul 9, 2019 7:18:32 GMT
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Post by BVADMIN on Jul 9, 2019 16:52:06 GMT
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