SHINCLIFFE
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With grateful thanks to William Morgan for the images of Shincliffe racecourse and former grandstand.
FIRST MEETING
15th May 1895
SITUATED
At the village of Shincliffe, on the River Wear in County Durham, close to Coxhoe
DISTANCES
All National Hunt distances of 2 miles and above.
PRINCIPAL RACE
Shincliffe Handicap Chase which, at the final meeting in 1914, resulted in a walkover.
WORLD WAR I
Course closed in 1914, before the outbreak of War and was taken over by the Ministry of Defence.
WORLD WAR II
Course had already closed
FACT
The course was a haven for miners and hunting men. After the War, when conditions in the mines were unfavourable and miners carried out a number of strikes, the course executives could not afford to reopen it. The meeting in May 1912 was abandoned because of a strike by the miners.
QUESTION
Which Clerk of the Course at Shincliffe was later to find fame at a number of Northern courses?
CURRENT SITUATION
No evidence of the course remains. The course was auctioned in 1925 although it was withdrawn prior to it being sold. The 105 acres of the course would become farmland in ‘old’ Shincliffe, with the new village of High Shincliffe built close by.
LAST MEETING
6th May 1914
If you have :-
a favourite memory of this racecourse;
photos or a postcard of the course;
a members badge from the course, either to sell or as a scan;
then email me at johnslusar at fsmail.net and I will include the details on this site together with an acknowledgement for you.
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