Yarmouth Stadium

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Yarmouth Stadium is a dog track located at West Caister in the Borough of Great Yarmouth and English county of Norfolk.[1]

Yarmouth Stadium features greyhound racing on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday night.

A major competition in the greyhound racing calendar takes place at Yarmouth, it is the East Anglian Derby[2] and is currently worth £15,000 to the winner.

Stock Car Racing

The stadium has continually run Stock Car racing since the 1960s and boasted its own team in the 1966 and 1971/2 team leagues. The 1966 team were nicknamed the Bloaters whilst the later outfit were known as the Greyhounds.

References

  1. ↑ "Track Search". Greyhound Board of Great Britain. Retrieved 24 December 2011. 
  2. ↑ Genders, Roy (1981). The Encyclopedia of Greyhound Racing. Pelham Books Ltd. ISBN 07207-1106-1. 

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Coordinates: 52°38′14″N 1°43′37″E / 52.6372°N 1.727°E / 52.6372; 1.727

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