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The stadium opened to the public on 23 July 1949 when it hosted the Swindon Robins speedway team; greyhound racing followed three years later on 1 November 1952. [5] Swindon had two earlier short-lived greyhound track venues, in the village of Wroughton and near the town centre in Edinburgh Street, but both had disappeared by the mid-thirties. [6]
The Arc was a greyhound racing competition held at Swindon Stadium. It was inaugurated in 1987 at Walthamstow Stadium [1] but when the track closed in 2008 the event switched to Swindon. [2] In 2018, Swindon announced that the event would be staged at a different time due to building work but this never materialised and the competition came to ...
The long running saga over live broadcast rights continued and with Entain and ARC nearing the new 2024 deal, their rival SIS published a schedule. The schedule included Oxford, Towcester, Harlow, Suffolk Downs, Henlow, Doncaster and the Valley in addition to Askern Greyhound Stadium , which would require re-opening and a GBGB licence to be ...
The competition was later extended to all regions but remained a puppy event. Following the closure of Bristol in 1997 it switched to sister track Swindon. The event today is open to British Bred greyhounds only. [6] After 2019 the competition was be held on the revamped Swindon circuit. [7]
The first trial session took place on 12 January [4] and the first meeting was held on 8 February 2022, with the primary race distance being 388 metres. [5] A parliamentary debate took place on the 28 March discussing a petition presented by Welsh Labour MP Christina Rees to abolish greyhound racing in Wales.
ST. PETERSBURG — Just a few years shy of its 100th birthday, Derby Lane still looks like its old self. Well, sort of. The grandstands at the longest continually operating greyhound race track in ...
SIS Live's OB14 outside broadcast unit. On 1 April 2008, BBC Resources sold its outside broadcasting division (BBC Outside Broadcasts) to SIS, and on 9 September launched the new combined company, SIS Live. Now received in virtually all UK and Ireland shops, together with 300 outlets in Western Europe - a total of 9,500 shops.
In 2021, the race was switched from Swindon to Perry Barr due to the ongoing saga surrounding Swindon's redevelopment. [9] The event stayed at Perry Barr and with the introduction of new sponsors in the form of Premier Greyhound Racing the prize money pot was increased significantly for the 2022 edition.