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EDINBURGH MONARCHS This site is not an official website for the track shown here and is neither approved or endorsed by the speedway team. |
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| Speedway racing has taken place at
7 venues spread throughout Edinburgh since the first in 1928. At that first meeting, held
on 19th May on a dirt track at Marine Gardens in the Portobello area of the city, a crowd
in excess of 8000 were present. Unusually, two of the people present operated as
bookmakers. One year later, on the 11th May 1929 one of the riders, Walter Brown,
sustained and died from injuries he suffered in a consolation heat. The team enjoyed extended periods in the British League Division 2 from 1948 to 54 and the British League in 1965 until 1967. |
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Joining the Powderhall Stadium in 1977 the team enjoyed a period of 13 years in the National League and, by 1995, were in the Premier League. |  |
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Greyhound racing has taken place at the Powderhall track,in Beaverhill Road, since 1927. It has hosted the Scottish Grand National run in April over 465 metres hurdles, and the Edinburgh Cup run over 500 yards in the early days and, more recently, over 465 metres. This Cup was first competed for in 1933 and a number of Greyhound Derby winners have been successful in the event, including the great Pigalle Wonder twice in 1958 and 1959. |  |
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Throughout their time the team has been known as the Thistles in its early days, and more recently the Monarchs. |  |
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This section gives a comprehensive picture of
the badges produced for the team 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 www.edinburghspeedway.com and for those wishing to read more widely we recommend a visit to http://astore.amazon.co.uk/wwwgreyhoundd-21 especially Speedway in by Jim Henry & Ian Moultray |
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To view a complete collection of badges choose the relevant link below: |  |
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| More detailed information is available
from "Homes of British Speedway' by Robert Bamford & John Jarvis If you have rare Edinburgh Monarchs badges and artefacts for sale then email johnslusar@fsmail.net or john.somerville@blueyonder.co.uk |
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