STAINFORTH 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.

The greyhound track in the Stainforth area of Doncaster is based at Meadow Court on Station Road in Stainforth.and situated at 1° 1' W 53° 35' N. It operates under NGRC rules and first opened in 1933. It traditionally races on a Tuesday, Friday and Saturday evening, with sprints over 275 metres, standard races over 480 metres and middle distance races over 709 metres. It has, in the past, held marathons over 868 metres.

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The principal race at the track is the Yorkshire St Leger.
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Track Records, as of September 2014, are shown below together with an indication of how fast the time is in comparison to other tracks, both for currently open and defunct tracks, in the UK. Ratings are between 0 and 100, where 100 is an extremely fast time and reflects the speed of the track, tightness of the circuit and quality of greyhound visiting the tracks.
SPRINTS (up to 385m) STANDARD (386-549m) DISTANCE (550-699m) EXTENDED (700-999m)
Doncaster Stainforth Track Records at a snapshot in time:-
SPRINT 275 metres Glendon Jack 16.63 secs. Rating 30 16th November 2004
STANDARD 480 metres Farloe Verdict 28.94 secs Rating 32 13th July 2004
DISTANCE 661 metres Frisby Figo 41.00 secs Rating 26 1st September2004
EXTENDED 868 metres Flying Winner 55.62 secs Rating 13 24th June 2008

I am grateful to Jon Seddon for the following link to a map showing the whereabouts of the old track
http://www.old-maps.co.uk/maps.html?txtXCoord=464286&txtYCoord=410712

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.

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