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 PORTSMOUTH 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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There have been a number of greyhound tracks operating in the Portsmouth area, with the first being at Copnor which first saw racing on 30th June 1928 making it one of the very early ones. However, it barely lasted 2 years and closed its gates on 29th November 1930. A new track opened at Target Road on the 25th May 1931. Traditional racing nights were Tuesday, Friday and Saturday and the races were run over distances from a 265 metre sprint to a 792 metre marathon.
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The principal races at the stadium were the Cloth of Gold over 438 metres and the fascinating Walstone Dual Distance Trophy run over both 610 metres and 438 metres.
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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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If you have rare Portsmouth badges and artefacts for sale then email johnslusar@fsmail.net