Worksop Greyhound Stadium

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Worksop Greyhound Stadium
Location Worksop, Nottinghamshire
Coordinates 53°19′06″N1°08′07″W / 53.31833°N 1.13528°W / 53.31833; -1.13528
Opened1939
Closed1969

Worksop Greyhound Stadium was a greyhound racing stadium situated off Claylands Avenue, in Worksop, Nottinghamshire. [1]

Greyhound racing in the United Kingdom

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Worksop town in Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom

Worksop is the largest town in the Bassetlaw district of Nottinghamshire, England. Worksop lies on the River Ryton, and is located at the northern edge of Sherwood Forest. Worksop is located 19 miles (31 km) east-south-east of Sheffield, with a population of 41,820.It lies close to Nottinghamshire’s borders with South Yorkshire, and Derbyshire.

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Origins

The Worksop Cricket & Sports Club turned down an application for a greyhound track at the Central Avenue Ground in 1937 before a track was constructed in 1939, on fields to the west side of the Gateford Hotel, off Claylands Avenue. [2]

Opening

Greyhound racing was started by the Worskop Sports Stadium Ltd (formed in 1938) and began on Monday 24 April 1939. [3]

History

The racing was independent (not affiliated to the National Greyhound Racing Club) and initially took place every Monday and Friday at 5.30pm over distances of 425 and 500 yards, soon replaced by 325 yards. [4] There was a clubroom, a totalisator and a popular enclosure stand. The racing was interrupted by the war and the stadium closed before reopening on 24 February 1940. [5]

The National Greyhound Racing Club was a former organisation that governed Greyhound racing in the United Kingdom.

Tote board

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World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. The vast majority of the world's countries—including all the great powers—eventually formed two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis. A state of total war emerged, directly involving more than 100 million people from over 30 countries. The major participants threw their entire economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities behind the war effort, blurring the distinction between civilian and military resources. World War II was the deadliest conflict in human history, marked by 70 to 85 million fatalities, most of whom were civilians in the Soviet Union and China. It included massacres, the genocide of the Holocaust, strategic bombing, premeditated death from starvation and disease, and the only use of nuclear weapons in war.

Tote returns

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Closure

The stadium closed on 18 April 1969.

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References

  1. ↑ "Worksop Greyhound Stadium". greyhound Derby.com.
  2. ↑ "OS Plan Partial 1959". old-maps.co.uk.
  3. ↑ "Worksop's Super Sports Stadium - Tuesday 25 April". Sheffield Daily Telegraph. 1939.
  4. ↑ Barnes, Julia (1988). Daily Mirror Greyhound Fact File. Ringpress Books. ISBN   0-948955-15-5.
  5. ↑ "re-Opening of Worksop Track - Friday 23 February". Sheffield Daily Telegraph. 1940.
  6. ↑ Particulars of Licensed tracks, table 1 Licensed Dog Racecourses. Licensing Authorities.
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