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 BRISTOL GREYHOUND STADIUM

This site is not an official website for the track shown here and is neither approved or endorsed by the stadium. I am indebted to Richard English for the scans of badges on this page.

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The first greyhound meeting to take place in the Bristol area was at Knowle on 23rd July 1927, although the 406 metre Eastville circuit witnessed its first meeting in July 1932 where it shared its facilities with Bristol Rovers football club. The most prestigious races to be held at the circuit were the Golden Crest, which was run over 500 yards, and the Western Produce Stakes which was won in 1948 by the brilliant Narrogar Ann who later went on to triumph in the Greyhound Derby.
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This section gives a comprehensive picture of the badges produced by the track throughout the ages, but only provides the briefest of glimpses of its history. For those wishing to undertake further research we can recommend a visit to

http://astore.amazon.co.uk/wwwgreyhoundd-21 where further reading can be undertaken.
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Eastville Stadium on 16 July 1932.
 Highlight of the evening was a match between two outstanding greyhounds of the early 1930s. Wild Woolley, who won the match in 29.70 had, the previous month, won the Greyhound Derby and was going to contest three further Derbies, making the final the following two years and being eliminated in the first round in 1935. The dog also won Trafalgar cup (1931), Northern flat championship (1932), Gold collar and Laurels in 1933. Apart from winning this match at Eastville, and many more, he was to beat Queen of the Suir (winner of the Greyhound Oaks)   by 14 lengths in a match at White City later that year.
 Beef Cutlet in 1932 won the Glamorgan Gold Cup at Arms Park Cardiff. After the above match, he won the Laurels at Wimbledon, a race that year which was worth more than the Derby itself. In 1933 he won the Welsh Derby and was a finalist in both the Derby at White City and the Cesarewitch at West Ham. He also broke several track and world records.
 In the previous race was Disorder who was a finalist in the 1932 Derby.

If you have rare Bristol badges and artefacts for sale then email johnslusar@fsmail.net