QUIZ TIME!

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Thanks for correcting my ossified memory Norbold.

 

It's one of those things that stuck out at the time but obviously I mixed up Ted with Alan.

 

As it involved Rye House, wonder if this was the inspiration for Uncle Len to inflict his silly double point TR/TS rules on us last year

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Chapelizod - any info on line about this old club?

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Not a thing. Would be good to have a website on Irish speedway history (there's a challenge for someone!)

 

Small piece (under D for Dublin) in the "Homes Of British Speedway" book. Track ran 1950, 51, 52, 54. Team known as the Dublin Lizods in 1950.

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Chapelizod - any info on line about this old club?

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Not a thing. Would be good to have a website on Irish speedway history (there's a challenge for someone!)

 

Small piece (under D for Dublin) in the "Homes Of British Speedway" book. Track ran 1950, 51, 52, 54. Team known as the Dublin Lizods in 1950.

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With Easyjet fares so cheap and Raynair based out of Dublin this looks viable these days, I was just wondering if there was still any interest.

 

But if no-one's bothered to put any history on line in this day and age when there's a website about just about every subject it doesn't look like there's a market.

 

Thanks for the reply anyway TMW.

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I guess the job of finding out more about Chapelizod should fall to me, seeing as it's my patch.

 

I know that there were a few teams/tracks in Ireland (mainly Dublin) in the 1950's.

 

There was one at Chapelizod (as you already know) which is a suburb of Dublin (3 or 4 miles outside of the city centre), there was one at Shelbourne Park (which is a 10 minute walk from the city centre), there was also one in a town called Drogheda (which is about 25/30 miles north of Dublin).

 

Shelbourne Park is still a dog track today, and some of the 3rd and 4th turns of the speedway track is still there.

 

I also think that someone once told me that there was a team in Harolds Cross (which, again, is a suburb of Dublin and is still a dog track) but I'm not 100% on that one.

 

I'll see what I can find out about these teams/tracks and report back in the new year.

 

Happy Christmas to you all.

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Well the basics as Twominutewarning are to be found in the "Homes of British Speedway"

Drogheda-Probably only one meeting(1968) open

Harold's Cross-4 meetings(1928)

Santry-Number of meetings between 1948-50 and 1968 including Ireland vs England and even Santry vs Belle Vue Starlets

Chapelizod-1950-52,54

Shelbourne Park-1950-54,61,70-71.This was the track that Ronnie Greene used as a base for a group of riders from California in the 50's