salty Posted December 1, 2009 Report Share Posted December 1, 2009 GRA are the main reason Greyhound Racing is dead in London as well. They now only have three tracks ,Wimbledon,Romford and Crayford left in London.. There are only 28 GRA tracks left in the country when there were at one time that many greyhound tracks in London. There were also over 100 Flapping(or unlicensed) tracks in the country which are now down to 12. You're getting mixed up between the GRA and the Greyhound Board of Great Britain. The GRA are a commercial organisation who run 5 tracks - Belle Vue, Oxford, Wimbledon and the 2 in Birmingham. The Board are in charge of the organisation of the sport. Agree that the GRA have played a major part in the destruction of the sport. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickthemuppet Posted December 1, 2009 Report Share Posted December 1, 2009 Ah yes, just found a copy of Speedway in London on my book shelf. It seems from reading it that Cearns took over as promoter with J R Cory until 1935, after which Ronnie Greene took over. With Cearns and Cory, Norman Pritchard was the team manager. Seems to be the remnants of ISL. There's quite a bit about Cearns's involvement with High Beech in Speedway in the South East by the same author... I think you will find that Ronnie Greene did not take over as promoter of Wimbledon until 1937 although it did not help them much as they finished bottom of the league Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbold Posted December 1, 2009 Report Share Posted December 1, 2009 Yes, sorry, you're quite right. 1935 was meant to be 1936. Typographical error. I know Ronnie Greene took over in 1937 because it says so in that excellent book, "Speedway in London". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted December 1, 2009 Report Share Posted December 1, 2009 I think you will find that Ronnie Greene did not take over as promoter of Wimbledon until 1937 although it did not help them much as they finished bottom of the league Here is a good online history of the season/period Wimbledon Also on the Gus Kuhn site is more to the story of the first sight of speedway in London.The day Billy Galloway and Keith McKay rode for the cameras at Stamford Bridge in 1937 Stamford Bridge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucifer sam Posted December 3, 2009 Report Share Posted December 3, 2009 I know Ronnie Greene took over in 1937 because it says so in that excellent book, "Speedway in London". Norbold, is that one of Brian Belton's books? All the best Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbold Posted December 3, 2009 Report Share Posted December 3, 2009 Norbold, is that one of Brian Belton's books? All the best Rob I said it was an "excellent" book! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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