ELFIELD SPEEDWAY 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 has taken place across at
least 3 venues in the Milton Keynes area since 1978. The initial meeting was held at the
Groveway Greyhound Stadium on the 28th March 1978. From this opening event the team
competed in the National League until 1988 and were Pairs Champions in 1979. The final speedway meeting at this venue was held on 25th October 1988. |
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The team continued to see action at two further venues in 1989 and 1991 at Elfield Park Stadium and Blade Runner Ice Rink respectively. | ||||
The Groveway Greyhound Stadium is on the H9 Groveway and has operated as a Greyhound Stadium since its first meeting on 25th July 1963, although once speedway had seen its final meeting the greyhounds continued to run until the final meeting on 26th December 2005. | ||||
The Elfield Training track was based in Bleak Hll in the Milton Keynes area of Buckinghamshire. | ||||
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 read more widely we recommend a visit to http://astore.amazon.co.uk/wwwgreyhoundd-21 especially Complete History of the British
League:
by
Peter Oakes ISBN-10: 0948882077 |
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It was in 1981 that it was first muted by Bob Humphries to develop a training track at Elfield on what was formerly a swamp area. By 1985 he had sold the training track and it was left to Mick Brown to carry the project forward. | ||||
More detailed information is available
from "Homes of British Speedway' by Robert Bamford & John Jarvis
For all Speedway enthusiasts, John Somerville’s website should always be your first port of call:-https://www.skidmarks1928.com/v/photos/john-somerville-collection |