| NEWCASTLE WHITE CITY 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 helping to construct this page. |
The city of Newcastle has had at least 3 greyhound tracks in the past, the one at The White City being at Tyneside Sports Stadium Scotswood and situated at 1° 41' W 54° 57' N. It first opened for racing on 26th May 1928 and operated under NGRC rules. This was before its illustrious neighbour Gosforth Park which launched on 21st May 1932.The track had a circumference of 485 yards and ran sprints over 325 yards, standard races over 525 yards and 550 yards including hurdles, with distance races over 700 yards.
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| It closed its gates for the final time in 1951. |
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I am grateful to Jon Seddon for the following link to a map showing the whereabouts of the old track |
| 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 Newcastle White City badges and artefacts for sale then email johnslusar@fsmail.net |
