Posts in category Remember When

1963 The precursor to BAGS gets underway with 1,600 betting shops in Belfast and London paying £50 for the season …

2005 Following criticism  of the NGRC following the damaging ‘Flaherty’ court case, the organisation advertise posts for a new appeals …

2015 A study by STRI endorses the necessity of deep harrowing 2009 Peterboorugh announce that from 2010 onwards, all runners …

1997 Following his recent disqualification for fighting, El Tenor clocks 29.13 in his first hurdle trial over Walthamstow’s 475 metres. …

1991 Nick Savva wins a first open at Milton Keynes with a recent Irish purchase. The winning time of 38.71 …

1954 There are virtually no greyhounds being directly exported from Eire to Britain following a change in transportation rules introduced …

1954 Among the purchasers at Aldridge Sales is retired Colonel Pierre Volmerange. Based in Morocco, Volmerange who pays a maximum …

2013 The Irish Sporting Press follows the lead of the defunct Irish Greyhound Weekly by going into tabloid format. 1997 …

It was 31 years ago that I was invited to Len and Ida Franklin’s home in Caister to conduct an …

2016 August 9 – a new organisation is launched, Greyhound Media Group. The representatives of 11 different tracks sets out …