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Brandon Stadium's first speedway meeting took place on 29 September 1928, [6] hot on the heels of Coventry's first speedway venue at Lythalls Lane Stadium. [7] Coventry were founder members of the National League from 1932 to 1933. The team were all set to return to action in 1934, [8] but the Brandon proprietor C. W. East suddenly put the ...
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Coventry was devastated during the war and it was not until 1948 that speedway returned under Coventry Stadium Ltd. [9] Jack Parker became the technical adviser and a team entered the 1948 Speedway National League Division Three. [10] The club also became known as The Bees and Charles Ochiltree became the team manager.
In 1928 the Coventry Greyhounds Ltd constructed a greyhound and speedway stadium in the Holbrooks area of Coventry off Lythalls Lane, Foleshill. [2] Opening night was 7 April 1928; the track was a reasonable size and able to accommodate over 5,000 spectators.
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The stadium was bought by Alan and Hilda Sanderson, owners of the two Coventry stadiums (Lythalls Lane) and in 1950 which resulted in a new company name of Midland Sports given to all of the tracks. Charles Ochiltree who had some shares in the company was made General Manager and racing was held on Thursday and Saturday evenings at 7.00pm.
A bid to declare a speedway stadium that last held an event in 2019 an 'asset of community value' has been turned down. The campaign group Swindon Needs Speedway put in the application for Abbey ...
Coventry Bees 35 Billy Janniro 14, Chris Harris 9+2, Simon Stead 5, Olly Allen 3, Rory Schlein 2+1, Stanisław Burza 1+1, Andreas Messing 1. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] The return leg was at the home of the Coventry, the Brandon Stadium, the following evening.