Foresters_Park,_Tranent

Foresters Park, Tranent

Foresters Park, Tranent

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Foresters Park is a sports ground and former greyhound racing track in Tranent, East Lothian, Scotland.[1]

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Facilities include two floodlit training areas, a 3G pitch and climbing wall. The sports ground is administered by East Lothian Council.

The Tranent greyhound track was built around the football ground at Foresters Park in 1936.[2] The opening night for greyhound racing was 7 July 1936.[3] and racing took place two evenings per week with the gate money being shared with the landlords, the Tranent Juniors F.C.[4] The greyhound racing which was independent (unaffiliated to a governing body) ended in the mid-fifties.

References

  1. [1]
    "Foresters Park". Enjoy Leisure. Archived from the original on 29 August 2011.
  2. [2]
    "OS County Series Haddingtonshire 1933". old-maps.co.uk.
  3. [3]
    Barnes, Julia (1988). Daily Mirror Greyhound Fact File. Ringpress Books. p. 424. ISBN 0-948955-15-5.
  4. [4]
    Furby, R (1968). Independent Greyhound Racing. New Dominion House. p. 88.
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