Kinsley Greyhound Stadium

Kinsley Greyhound Stadium

A view of the home straight in 2006
Full name	Kinsley Greyhound Stadium
Location	Kinsley, West Yorkshire, England
Capacity	3,000
Field size	385m
Surface	Sand
Construction
Opened	1939
Renovated	1985
Tenants
Greyhound racing
Website
Official website

Kinsley Greyhound Stadium is a Greyhound Board of Great Britain regulated greyhound racing stadium situated on Wakefield Road in Kinsley, West Yorkshire, England. ^[1]

Racing

Racing takes place four times a week with ARC meetings on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and also on Sunday evenings. ^[2] The circumference of the track at Kinsley is 385 metres. ^[2] The facilities include a restaurant with seating for 150 people. ^[3]

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 2008, it was voted "Best National Greyhound Racing Club greyhound stadium in the north" by the British Greyhound Racing Board. ^[8]

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. ^[9]

In 2018, the stadium signed a deal with ARC to race a Tuesday and Friday matinée meeting and a Sunday afternoon meeting every week ^[10] and a new five-year contract extension was agreed to run from January 2025. ^[11]

Competitions

Gymcrack

Track records

^[12]

Current

Metres	Greyhound	Time (sec)	Date	Notes
268	Roxholme Hat [13]	15.79	22 April 2018
462	Brinkleys Poet [14]	26.95	22 April 2018	Gymcrack final
650	Geelo Bullet [15]	39.68	16 May 2017
844	Roxholme Magic [16]	51.95	20 April 2016

Former

Extended content

Metres Greyhound Time (sec) Date Notes 268 Precious Moments 16.22 15 June 2010 268 Johnnys Way 16.02 19 July 2011 268 Roxholme Hat [17] 15.83 15 April 2018 270 Pearses Skip 16.61 20 December 2003 270 Troy Bustino 16.39 17 January 2004 270 Lundhill Dan 16.33 13 March 2004 270 Larkhill Castle 16.22 11 April 2004 270 Droopys Ernest 16.20 5 October 2004 270 Farloe Kinrush 16.08 12 October 2004 270 Farloe Kinrush 16.05 16 July 2005 270 Ballyneale Cash 16.05 8 July 2006 270 Russanda Droopy 16.32 20 April 2010 275 Niamh Knows 16.64 3 August 2002 450 Farloe Careless 27.80 21 March 2000 450 Frankie My Son 27.23 22 March 2003 462 Molly Marina 27.77 15 May 2010 462 Taranis Rex 27.45 3 July 2011 Gymcrack heats 462 Taranis Rex 27.21 19 July 2011 Gymcrack final 462 Freds Champ 27.36 19 July 2011 462 Fionn 27.37 19 July 2011 462 Jaytee Youngy 27.10 10 June 2012 465 Frankie My Son 28.33 27 December 2003 465 Ballyveelish Ace 28.11 10 January 2004 465 Combridge Snowy 28.04 24 January 2004 465 Goreport Bay 27.71 11 April 2004 465 Drumwood Rebel 27.66 14 May 2005 465 Drumwood Rebel 27.61 26 November 2005 485 Ten Simple Minds 28.85 27 July 2002 650 Patterdale Rafa 40.78 2 May 2010 650 Nifty Crash 40.39 27 June 2010 650 Nyla Fantasy 39.72 26 June 2012 655 Honchos Cleo 40.99 24 January 2004 655 Star Model 40.39 11 April 2004 655 Weeton Warrior 40.37 12 October 2004 655 Lundhill Flash 40.32 19 March 2005 655 Welers Pet 40.26 6 September 2005 656 Frisby Fassan 41.33 25 September 2001 656 Marthas Pipe 40.68 3 September 2002 844 Killishin Masai 53.46 15 May 2010 844 Midway Skipper 52.91 15 June 2010 TV Trophy final 844 Bubbly Capel 52.54 26 June 2012 844 King Kane 52.44 22 April 2015 850 Baliff Queen 53.63 11 April 2004 850 Top Plan 53.18 7 November 2004 866 Spenwood Wizard 53.32 28 May 000

References

1. "Track Search". Greyhound Board of Great Britain. Archived from the original on 25 December 2011. Retrieved 24 December 2011.
2. http://www.thedogs.co.uk/trap2/pcf_trackinfo.php?trackid=32 ^{[ dead link ]}
3. "Kinsley Greyhound Stadium and Sports Club" . Batley News. 24 July 1997. Retrieved 1 March 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
4. furby, R (1968). Independent Greyhound Racing, page 67. New Dominion House.
5. "Greyhound Star (Remember When - April)". Greyhound Star. 14 April 2019.
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. "Kinsley Greyhound Stadium".
9. "2018 Final". Greyhound Board of Great Britain. Archived from the original on 30 April 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
10. "Arc Schedule Released". Greyhound Star. 21 December 2017.
11. "Arc and four independents extend deal". Greyhound Star. 13 August 2024. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
12. "British Track Records as of January 2024". Greyhound Star. 11 January 2024. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
13. "2018 track record". Greyhound Board of Great Britain. Archived from the original on 4 January 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
14. "2018 track record result". Greyhound Board of Great Britain. Archived from the original on 4 January 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
15. "2017 track record result". Greyhound Board of Great Britain. Archived from the original on 4 January 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
16. "2016 track record result". Greyhound Board of Great Britain. Archived from the original on 4 January 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
17. "Track record". Greyhound Board of Great Britain. Archived from the original on 18 April 2018. Retrieved 17 April 2018.

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