Scurry_Gold_Cup

Scurry Gold Cup

Scurry Gold Cup

British greyhound racing competition

The Scurry Gold Cup is an original classic greyhound racing competition currently run at Perry Barr Stadium.[1] [2]

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It was first run at Clapton Stadium from 1928[3] until its closure in 1973. [4] The event moved to Slough Stadium in 1974 which consequently closed in 1986. [5] The third move resulted in Catford Stadium hosting the race from 1987 until yet another closure forced the race to end in 2002. After a two-year wait, a new home was finally found at Perry Barr Stadium until 2009 when the GRA switched the competition to sister track Belle Vue Stadium.[6]

With the closure of Belle Vue in 2020 the future of the competition was unknown but the British Greyhound Breeders Forum stepped in to sponsor the race (held at Harlow Stadium) before it returned to Perry Barr in 2021.[7]

Venues & Distances

  • 1928–1973 (Clapton, 400 y)
  • 1974–1974 (Slough, 475 y)
  • 1975–1978 (Slough, 434 m)
  • 1979–1986 (Slough, 442 m)
  • 1987–2002 (Catford, 385 m)
  • 2005–2008 (Perry Barr, 275 m)
  • 2009–2019 (Belle Vue, 260 m)
  • 2020–2020 (Harlow, 238 m)
  • 2021–2023 (Perry Barr, 275 m)

Sponsors

Past winners

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References

  1. [1]
    "Greyhound Racing - British Greyhound Racing Board Web Site". www.thedogs.co.uk. Archived from the original on 12 November 1999.
  2. [2]
    Barnes, Julia (1988). Daily Mirror Greyhound Fact File, pages 183–186. Ringpress Books. ISBN 0-948955-15-5.
  3. [3]
    "To-Night's Greyhounds". Daily Mirror. 15 September 1928. Retrieved 28 October 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. [4]
    Genders, Roy (1981). The Encyclopedia of Greyhound Racing. Pelham Books Ltd. ISBN 07207-1106-1.
  5. [5]
    Genders, Roy (1990). NGRC book of Greyhound Racing. Pelham Books Ltd. ISBN 0-7207-1804-X.
  6. [6]
    Hobbs, Jonathan (2004). Greyhound Annual 2005. Raceform. ISBN 1-904317-58-8.
  7. [7]
    "British Bred Scurry". Greyhound Star. 14 August 2020.
  8. [8]
    Hobbs, Jonathan (2007). Greyhound Annual 2008, pages 154–156. Raceform. ISBN 978-1-905153-53-4.
  9. [9]
    "Remember When – April 1962". Greyhound Star. 7 April 2018.
  10. [10]
    "Remember When – July 1972". Greyhound Star. 28 July 2018.
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    "Monthly Greyhound Star (Remember When) September edition". Greyhound Star. 2012.
  12. [12]
    "Remember When – July". Greyhound Star. 15 July 2018.
  13. [13]
    Fry, Paul (1995). The Official NGRC Greyhound Racing Yearbook. Ringpress Books. pp. 25–26. ISBN 186054-010-4.
  14. [14]
    Hobbs, Jonathan (2002). Greyhound Annual 2003. Raceform. p. 40. ISBN 1-904317-07-3.
  15. [15]
    "2015 Result". Greyhound Board of Great Britain.
  16. [16]
    "2016 Result". Greyhound Board of Great Britain.
  17. [17]
    "Scurry". Greyhound Board of Great Britain.
  18. [18]
    "2018 Scurry Gold Cup final". Greyhound Board of Great Britain.
  19. [19]
    "2019 Scurry Final". Greyhound Board of Great Britain.
  20. [20]
    "BGBF British Bred Scurry Final". Greyhound Board of Great Britain. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  21. [21]
    "ARENA RACING COMPANY SCURRY GOLD CUP FINAL". Greyhound Board of Great Britain. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  22. [22]
    "ARENA RACING COMPANY SCURRY GOLD CUP FINAL". Greyhound Board of Great Britain. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
  23. [23]
    "Perry Barr, Saturday 28 October". Greyhound Board of Great Britain. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
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