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Post by SALFORD GIRL on Jun 11, 2020 14:10:01 GMT
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THURSDAY 11-6-20:::
Following the GBGB decision to advance their return to racing plan, SIS have announced an extra 99 races will be staged in each of the next two weeks starting on Monday 15th June 2020.
Most meetings have increased by at least two races, though the Hove Sunday afternoon fixture has been dropped.
Schedule Below:::
greyhoundstar.co.uk/new-sis-schedule/
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Post by SALFORD GIRL on Jun 11, 2020 14:22:10 GMT
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Post by BVADMIN on Jun 11, 2020 21:44:50 GMT
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Post by BVADMIN on Jun 25, 2020 10:33:39 GMT
 25th June 2020: SIS (Sports Information Services), the leading multi-channel supplier of 24/7 betting services, today announced that from Monday 29th June its greyhound service will be back to full strength. Following the successful return to racing in the UK over the last four weeks, Greyhound Board of Great Britain (GBGB) have announced that UK greyhound racing can move to phase 4, removing the current required gap of 20 minutes between racing, meaning SIS will be able to operate over 640 races a week. Irish racing will also make a welcome return to the SIS Greyhound Service with racing from 7 tracks (Cork, Kilkenny, Limerick, Mullingar, Tralee, Waterford, and Youghal) bolstering the number of races back to the level pre-lockdown. The early morning meetings, which made history in 2019 when launched, will also return, meaning greyhound fans will be able to enjoy exciting action from 8am until 10pm Tuesday to Saturday and 11am to 10pm on Mondays and Sundays. Gordon Bissett, Greyhound Operations Manager at SIS, said: “It’s great to see greyhound racing back to the pre-lockdown levels. It has been a difficult time for the industry, but we have worked closely with our partner tracks to resume racing safely and have been pleased with everyone’s efforts. “Having Irish greyhound racing return to the service is also very exciting and will help provide our operator customers with competitive racing action 14 hours a day, offering over 33,500 races each year.” www.sis.tv/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/SIS-Greyhound-Schedule-June15th-28th-FINAL-1.pdf |
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Post by SALFORD GIRL on Jun 25, 2020 17:44:32 GMT
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Post by BVADMIN on Jul 14, 2020 16:42:29 GMT
 With over 640 live greyhound races a week, our service is packed with premium UK & Irish greyhound racing,
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Post by BVADMIN on Sept 21, 2020 16:22:05 GMT
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Post by BVADMIN on Nov 23, 2020 22:12:41 GMT
SIS Christmas 2020 Racing Schedule
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Post by BVADMIN on Jan 14, 2021 18:13:04 GMT
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FRIDAY 15-1-21:::
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Post by BVADMIN on Apr 22, 2021 21:30:00 GMT
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— APRIL 22, 2021...GORDON BISSETT RETIRES... Gordon Bissett – is to step down as the Head of Greyhound Operations at SIS
from the end of April to end a remarkable career in greyhound racing writes Floyd Amphlett. GORDON BISSETT of SIS.After setting out as a betting shop manager in Glasgow, Bissett rose through the ranks at Ladbrokes and was appointed as the head of the company’s greyhound tracks more than 30 years ago.
The man described by Nick Savva as “having learned more about greyhound racing in a shorter time than anyone I have ever met”, soon became a leading expert on track racing circuits and surfaces. He traveled around the world to observe greyhound tracks from the biggest circuits in the USA and Australia, to schooling tracks in Ireland.
He studied sand composition, carrying out his own tests at Monmore and becoming an expert on quarries.
He studied the latest science on track design, bend shape and degrees of banking. He pursued the leading vets and trainers for their views and injury statistics. His pursuit of knowledge was absolute and relentless.
Above all else, Bissett is a man who could always back up his opinion with cold hard facts and in 1994 he put them all down on paper in brilliantly researched 24 page document entitled ‘Promoters’ Guide to a Safer Running Track’ . Nothing approaching it has been produced before or since.
He backed his judgement by investing £250K of his employers hard cash (around £445K today) in a new circuit at Monmore and was honoured with the Services to the Greyhound Industry award in 1999.
Indeed the industry wide perception that “the bookmaker tracks do the job properly” was born through Bissett’s attention to detail. For many year it was actually Bissett’s Ladbrokes tracks, not Coral or William Hill, that set the standards for others to follow.
It was Bissett who successfully lobbied for the rule which saw prize money withdrawn from competition winning who failed dope tests. However it was also Bissett who headed the NGRC review to allow trainers to use certain authorised medicaments for the patching up of minor injuries and a recommendation for the permitted use of the season suppressant Norethisterone.
However, the Scotsman never lost track of his first loyalty and he was considered the architect of the betting industry response to New Deal – a BGRB initiative to force the bookmakers to pay more for greyhound racing. The marquee battle was a picket of greyhound supporters at Monmore Green Stadium where Bissett headed a reception committee of two coach loads of security staff.
He departed as the Head of Stadia at Ladbrokes in late 2013, only to re-emerge as the senior greyhound consultant at SIS the following year. Some might claim that it was Bissett who set-off the current media rights war with plans to streamline the BAGS service.
Whatever the rights and wrongs, Bissett has established himself as one of the industry’s biggest beasts in the last three decades. Forthright, clear minded and driven, he remains hugely respected across all sectors of racing.
His SIS Head of Greyhound Operations role will be taken by his protegé Richard Brankley who followed from Ladbrokes in 2018. Who better to sum up his boss at both Ladbrokes and SIS?
Richard said: “I’ve worked with Gordon for over 20 years. An experience that was often entertaining and always educational. A man whose integrity was beyond reproach and work ethic second to none. He will be missed by us all in the workplace but I look forward to many more nights out with him and Maggie.”
Former Crayford boss Barry Stanton said: “I’ve known and worked with Gordon for nearly 30 years during which time he has always shown a steely determination to achieve the best outcome possible for whatever he was involved with. He was once described as a Glaswegian with attitude and I can confirm they weren’t wrong but that attitude brought out the best in the people that worked with him and ensured the bar was constantly raised in terms of standards and innovation within the industry. I wish him a long and happy retirement.”
Henlow/Towcester promoter Kevin Boothby said: “What can I say? He is an absolute top bloke. Without him I don’t know whether Doncaster, Central Park, Harlow, Henlow and Towcester would still be here. He believed in us and gave us the chance to show what we were capable of.
“But Gordon is also a good friend. He is a keen fisherman and I expect to see him at Towcester for the new carp lake. In fact, I hope and expect to still hear from him on a regular basis. His knowledge is just immense and I will continue to tap into it.”
Happy retirement Gordon!
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