{"id":57,"date":"2018-09-18T20:18:34","date_gmt":"2018-09-18T19:18:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valleygreyhounds.org\/?page_id=57"},"modified":"2024-03-21T16:43:30","modified_gmt":"2024-03-21T16:43:30","slug":"the-greatest-and-cheapest-family-fun-night-out-in-the-valleys","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/valleygreyhounds.org\/","title":{"rendered":"A reminder of Welsh greyhound racing&#8217;s last independent track"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong style=\"color: #ff0000;\">The Valley Greyhound Stadium held its last amateur, independent race meeting on 29 July 2023. Since November 2023, the stadium has raced as Wales&#8217;s only professional, GBGB-licensed greyhound track and its races are beamed live all around the world. From the end of March 2024, meetings will be staged at the track on on three days a week: Sundays (11am), Tuesdays (3pm) and Thursdays (6.20pm).<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong style=\"color: #ff0000;\">For up-to-date details, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.valleygreyhounds.com\/\">valleygreyhounds.com<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\">This website will remain active for a while as a reminder of our decades of &#8216;flapping&#8217;.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6jQ6kIQDEIE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\">Former World Darts Champion and owner of the winner of the 2022 Welsh Greyhound Derby, Gerwyn Price, talks about his love of The Valley. Scroll down for video.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong>The Valley Greyhound Stadium is Wales&#8217;s last remaining greyhound racing track. It is now a professional, licensed greyhound racing stadium but, for more than four decades, it was an indepedent &#8216;flapping&#8217; track with amateur trainers racing their pet greyhounds against each other.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>You can watch recordings of some thrilling &#8216;flapping&#8217; races in the <a href=\"https:\/\/valleygreyhounds.org\/index.php\/videos\/\">Videos<\/a> section of this website. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Click on the video below to see how much fun a night &#8216;flapping&#8217; at the Valley Greyhound Stadium could be:<br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vHcidUHnsGo\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Click on the video below to watch local hero, former PDC World Darts Champion Gerwyn Price, talk about the fun of owning dogs that raced at The Valley in its &#8216;flapping&#8217; days:<\/p>\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RB5nNrIrSDE\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\nClick on the tabs at the top of the page to find out more (if you are using a mobile phone, select the menu). The website also features an interactive database of the racing records of greyhounds that used to race at the Valley Greyhound Stadium in the years before it turned professional. Click on <a href=\"https:\/\/valleygreyhounds.org\/index.php\/find-your-dog\/\">Find your dog<\/a> to view in-depth analysis of thousands of races.<\/p>\n<p>\n\n\n<p><!-- \/wp:post-content --><\/p>\n<p>This is an unofficial website. For news direct from the Valley Greyhound Stadium, visit; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.valleygreyhounds.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.valleygreyhounds.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Valley Greyhound Stadium Valley Greyhounds Valley Greyhound Stadium Valley Greyhounds Valley Greyhound Stadium Valley Greyhounds\u00a0Valley Greyhound Stadium Valley Greyhounds Valley Greyhound Stadium Valley Greyhounds Valley Greyhound Stadium Valley Greyhounds\u00a0Valley Greyhound Stadium Valley Greyhounds Valley Greyhound Stadium Valley Greyhounds Valley Greyhound Stadium Valley Greyhounds\u00a0Valley Greyhound Stadium Valley Greyhounds Valley Greyhound Stadium Valley Greyhounds Valley Greyhound Stadium Valley Greyhounds\u00a0Valley Greyhound Stadium Valley Greyhounds Valley Greyhound Stadium Valley Greyhounds Valley Greyhound Stadium Valley Greyhounds<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Valley Greyhound Stadium held its last amateur, independent race meeting on 29 July 2023. Since November 2023, the stadium has raced as Wales&#8217;s only professional, GBGB-licensed greyhound track and its races are beamed live all around the world. From the end of March 2024, meetings will be staged at the track on on three &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/valleygreyhounds.org\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;A reminder of Welsh greyhound racing&#8217;s last independent track&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_about_page":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_gallery_page":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-57","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>A reminder of Welsh greyhound racing&#039;s last independent track - 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