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Great News @ Towcester
Mark Mayers United Kingdom (Verified User) Posts 699 Dogs 9 / Races 1 21 Oct 2019 18:26
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Big plans in the pipeline at Towcester. EXTERNAL LINK
Chris Blackburn United Kingdom (Verified User) Posts 55 Dogs 2 / Races 0 22 Oct 2019 11:58
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Very poor track and miles from anywhere
Maureen Day United Kingdom (Verified User) Posts 1246 Dogs 4 / Races 4 22 Oct 2019 15:31
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CHRIS BLACKBURN wrote:
Very poor track and miles from anywhere
I think that it's a bit like Swaffham - great track, lousy location.
I hope I am proven wrong but only time will tell.
John Spracklen United Kingdom (Verified User) Posts 504 Dogs 0 / Races 0 22 Oct 2019 20:44
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Great track, even better facilities, easy to get to. Ticks my boxes
Francis Walsh Ireland (Verified User) Posts 390 Dogs 0 / Races 0 22 Oct 2019 21:25
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John Spracklen wrote:
Great track, even better facilities, easy to get to. Ticks my boxes
Spot on john, if it's good enough people will travel, good news for the industry.
Paul Gebhard United Kingdom (Verified User) Posts 329 Dogs 613 / Races 81 23 Oct 2019 07:17
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Maureen Day wrote:
CHRIS BLACKBURN wrote:
Very poor track and miles from anywhere
I think that it's a bit like Swaffham - great track, lousy location.
I hope I am proven wrong but only time will tell.
Middle of nowhere, was never going to work
Coventry had the same issue and made gawd knows how many attempts to sustain business and failed each time, and compared to Towcester its ease of access was better!
John Spracklen United Kingdom (Verified User) Posts 504 Dogs 0 / Races 0 23 Oct 2019 08:21
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Sorry to have to disagree with you Paul, Coventry had a great track no doubt but everything else was crap, sure the restaurant area had a panoramic view that was outstanding but the staircase was a law-suit waiting to happen. As for the great cavernous general public area, with no windows, horrible. Towcester on the other hand has 'class' in every respect. No comparison.
Paul Gebhard United Kingdom (Verified User) Posts 329 Dogs 613 / Races 81 23 Oct 2019 08:38
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John Spracklen wrote:
Sorry to have to disagree with you Paul, Coventry had a great track no doubt but everything else was crap, sure the restaurant area had a panoramic view that was outstanding but the staircase was a law-suit waiting to happen. As for the great cavernous general public area, with no windows, horrible. Towcester on the other hand has 'class' in every respect. No comparison.
Hello John
The only comparison I was making was the location issue
I believe that this is crucial
Cheers
Paul G.
Jason Shufflebotham United Kingdom (Verified User) Posts 598 Dogs 8 / Races 1 23 Oct 2019 16:50
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Be good to see Towcester back but the viewing is shit, on top of that the track is designed for 8 dog races so obviously when you have a 6 runner race the wide dogs run miles off at the bends, needs the running band narrowing and stick 6 dog races, both coventry and Towcester closed for there own reasons, If covenrtry sorted there problems and towecester sorted theres Coventry would be a far superior track , In my opinion.
Chris Houlding United Kingdom (Verified User) Posts 929 Dogs 10 / Races 3 23 Oct 2019 20:03
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Hi Jason, Suggest you read the link in the first post as it explains the changes to the track that will be implimented to improve racing and viewing.
Jason Shufflebotham United Kingdom (Verified User) Posts 598 Dogs 8 / Races 1 24 Oct 2019 06:05
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Great news
Colin Humphryes United Kingdom (Verified User) Posts 634 Dogs 11 / Races 1 24 Oct 2019 09:41
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Nowhere near any train links, OK if you drive but travel otherwise its poor from major towns /citys
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