28-643: Clonmel Greyhound Stadium is a greyhound racing track located in Clonmel , County Tipperary, Ireland. Racing takes place every Friday and Sunday evening and the facilities include a grandstand restaurant, fast food facilities, a number of bars, totalisator betting and seating. Race distances are 300, 525, 550, 575, 790 and 1,015 yards and the feature competition at the track is the National Produce Stakes . current and former The first race held at Clonmel took place on 20 March 1931. The track
56-711: A further five years. Appointed by the betting industry to manage its rights licence with 49 of the UK racecourses and to include those races within its services. The service supplied more than 1,200 UK horse race meetings per year, 1,500 greyhound meetings, 300 Irish and 300 South African horse race meetings and, as a response to the introduction of the National Lottery, a range of numbers betting products, including virtual horse and greyhound racing. On 1 April 2008, BBC Resources sold its outside broadcasting division (BBC Outside Broadcasts) to SIS, and on 9 September launched
84-680: A range of inspections under the Welfare of Greyhounds Act, including a traceability system. There are many types of competitions in Ireland but the primary race is the Irish Greyhound Derby held at Shelbourne Park. Along with the English Greyhound Derby it is considered to be one of the "Big Two" in greyhound racing. Greyhound Racing Ireland publishes an annual list of feature events. Leading events include
112-491: A regulatory limbo due to the fact that they are licensed neither by the Greyhound Board of Great Britain (GBGB) nor Greyhound Racing Ireland (named Bord na gCon until 2020). To confuse matters still further, the industry regards racing as either UK or Irish, the latter including Northern Ireland. Greyhound Racing Ireland provides all of the results from Northern Ireland. The vast majority of greyhounds running in
140-688: A solution was not found. Eventually it was agreed that the greyhound track section of the showgrounds would be sold to the Davis Road Greyhound Racing Company. Before re-opening in 2003 the stadium was upgraded and modernised signalling a new start with Red Mills becoming sponsors of the National Produce Stakes and Barry Coleman becoming Racing Manager. The former Racing Manager Gus Ryan retired in 2009 after 42 years in racing. In 2012, Clonmel earned contributions from Greyhound Racing Ireland and received
168-715: A victory for the legendary Brilliant Bob. The May 1931 whelp was introduced to track racing in 1933 and after finishing runner-up in the Easter Cup won the St Leger over 550 yards in 31.53. The premier racing event to be held at Clonmel would be the National Sapling Stakes (which would become the National Breeders Produce Stakes). The first running was in 1939 and was claimed by Sporting Fancy. A year later in 1940 Tanist became
196-619: A €1 million investment allowing the owners to knock down the old stand and rebuild a new modern grandstand. In 2023, the stadium announced a contract agreement (as part of the GRI) with S.I.S regarding the broadcasting rights of the racing. 1937 track record holder Monarch Of All was sold for a record price at the time of 350 guineas at the Harold's Cross Stadium sales. Greyhound racing in Ireland Greyhound racing
224-486: Is a company which provides content and production services to the betting industry; such as horse racing and greyhound racing , to betting shops in the United Kingdom and Ireland and other worldwide destinations. Previously, they provided news gathering services and specialised broadcast solutions to clients beyond betting industry. It was formed in 1986 as Satellite Information Service, when bookmakers took
252-630: Is a popular sport in Ireland . There are 17 stadiums operating in Ireland (two in Northern Ireland) of which nine are fully operated by Rásaíocht Con Éireann / Greyhound Racing Ireland (formerly named Irish Greyhound Board IGB, Bord na gCon ) with the remaining six owned and operated by private enterprise but licensed by GRI. Most have modern facilities including grandstand restaurants and parimutuel betting tote system with on-course and off-course betting available. Greyhound racing as it
280-813: Is seen today evolved from a sport called coursing . In 1926 the oval form of racing arrived in Britain at Belle Vue Stadium in Manchester which resulted in the creation of hundreds of tracks all over the United Kingdom and Ireland in the following ten years. The sport of greyhound racing in Ireland mainly takes place in the Republic of Ireland but also in Northern Ireland . However, any tracks in Northern Ireland have always been in
308-681: Is situated on the Old Waterford Road just off Davis Road and is also the headquarters of the Irish Coursing Club (ICC). The ICC moved into the town of Clonmel in 1921 and the secretary Tom Morris became the first managing director of the greyhound racecourse. In 1931 the Horse Show Society agreed with the Greyhound Racing Club of Clonmel to lease the grounds for £250 per year. The Racing Manager
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#1732794540618336-679: The Easter Cup, Champion Stakes, Cesarewitch, Oaks, Laurels and St Leger. This is any minor race staged at a track, with prize money varying widely. This kind of racing is the most common at the various stadia. Greyhound racing in Ireland has a standard colour scheme (the same as in the UK). A racing jacket worn by a reserve bears an additional letter 'R' shown prominently on each side. Former competitions Former competitions Current competitions Former competitions Sports Information Services Sports Information Services ( SIS )
364-467: The SIS service. Each of the bookmaker shareholders have board members representing them on the SIS (Holdings) board in the form of Nick Rust (Ladbrokes), Fred Done (Betfred), David Steele (William Hill) and Joe Scanlon (Tote). In 2008 Amalgamated Racing Limited (trading as TurfTV ) entered the marketplace and was SIS's only competitor for the distribution of horse racing and virtual racing products to LBOs in
392-537: The UK and Ireland. TurfTV does not distribute to any of the worldwide locations serviced by SIS. On 1 September 2016, seven independent racecourses (Fakenham, Ffos Las, Hexham, Newton Abbot, Plumpton, Ripon and Towcester) led by ARC ( Arena Racing Company ) started an alternative service known as The Racing Partnership ("TRP"). Racing from the six Arena courses including Doncaster, Southwell, Lingfield Park and Wolverhampton became available on TRP from 1 January 2017 with all other ARC and independent racecourses being added to
420-576: The UK are bred in Ireland (95% in 2017). In 2019, the Irish government created the Greyhound Racing Act 2019, which set out new legislation. This came about because the industry came under scrutiny regarding the welfare of greyhounds from multiple newspaper articles, which reported various stories primarily about the breeding of greyhounds and racing greyhounds after they retire from racing. The Rásaíocht Con Éireann are now required to conduct
448-668: The first greyhound to break 30 seconds at Clonmel recording 29.85 over 525 yards. The track renamed the National Sapling Stakes to the National Puppy Cup before it became the National Breeders Produce Stakes in 1947. The next milestone came in 1946 when in the second round of the National Puppy Cup a greyhound called Quare Times clocked an amazing 29.75sec to set a new track record. In 1947 the ICC moved into new headquarters so that they could administer
476-479: The law. Betting shops were able to have televisions displaying live racing action, replacing the previous Extel service of commentary over a loudspeaker. Service launched on 5 May, supplying race coverage from two horse race and one greyhound meeting per day. Received by just 100 shops in Bristol with a target of 3,000 shops in its first year. Successfully renegotiated contracts with the UK and Irish bookmakers for
504-721: The lease and freehold agreements between the Clonmel Leisure Group and the Clonmel Agricultural Show. In 2000 it was hoped that a new track could be constructed at Powerstown Park. Meetings were held between the Irish Coursing Club (tenants at Powerstown Park), the Irish Greyhound Board , the Tipperary County Council, Government Minister Noel Davern, and Clonmel's Mayor, Tom Ambrose but the problems continued and
532-487: The market. After many years operating as just a trading name, the SNG and connectivity segment of the business became a separate legal entity, SIS Live Ltd. Sharing the same CEO as SIS Ltd, the newly formed SIS Live Ltd became responsible for its own commercial decisions. In January 2017 SIS announced a change of name, choosing to keep the SIS acronym but changing the first S's meaning from Satellite to Sports. The official line
560-577: The name of Media City Studios Ltd (MCSL), rebranded in 2012 as Dock10. A number of functions and departments moved to the MediaCityUK complex in Salford, Greater Manchester. Opened one of the largest teleports in the UK. Broadcast 80 hours of television for the betting shop industry every day from its facilities in MediaCityUK and also duplicated from its Milton Keynes base, together with the various satellite downlinks and uplinks for broadcasters around
588-526: The new combined company, SIS Live. Now received in virtually all UK and Ireland shops, together with 300 outlets in Western Europe - a total of 9,500 shops. It was also broadcast to betting outlets in the Caribbean, Sri Lanka, Italy and the former USSR. SIS became a partner with Peel Media for the operation of the studios and associated post-production facilities at MediaCityUK - operating under
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#1732794540618616-943: The opportunity to broadcast live racing in their shops for the first time – previously only live audio commentary was broadcast to licensed betting offices (LBOs) and a 'whiteboard' man transcribed the shows and results in the LBOs. The service was launched initially in Bristol on 5 May 1987 and subsequently rolled out to approximately 10,400 bookmakers in the UK and Ireland. SIS is owned by Ladbrokes 23%, Caledonia Investments 22.5%, Alternateport Limited 20.5%, William Hill Organisation 19.5%, Fred Done (co-owner of Betfred bookmakers) 7.5% and The Tote 6%. Minor shareholdings are also held by Leicester Racecourse Holdings Limited , The Bibury Club Limited (Salisbury), Stratford-on-Avon Racecourse Co. Ltd. , Thirsk Racecourse Ltd. , Catterick Racecourse Company Ltd. and Frontrelay Ltd. Shareholder bookmakers account for approximately 5,800 LBOs receiving
644-414: The schedule over the following year. TRP's media technology and production and head of production are both ex-SIS employees. In 2015 the SNG and connectivity part of the business was spun off as SIS Live Limited. On 9 October 2018, it was announced that NEP Group was to take over SIS Live, rebranding the firm to NEP Connect after a transition period. SIS was formed in response to the impending change in
672-506: The sport in addition to housing 'The Sporting Press' a newspaper owned by the ICC. The struggling racecourse known as Powerstown Park had also been acquired by the ICC which used the venue for coursing inside the horse racing circuit. They retained some horse racing meetings maintaining the Park as a going concern. The track would come under the control of the Bord na gCon in 1960 that purchased
700-602: The track from the Morris family. There were no major developments over the next couple of decades except for the introduction of a new event called the Munster Cup and the 1979 retirement of Christy Mulcahy the Racing Manager. One event that was not welcome was the regular flooding of the track from the nearby River Suir . In 1986, the track was closed to allow a complete renovation with the re-opening in spring 1987,
728-490: The track underwent major changes as well going all-sand and introducing the controversial Australian Noel Bramwich hare. The track improvements changed the expected times recorded and Balalika set a new track record of 28.68 over 525 yards on a circumference of 593 yards. The lease for Clonmel was bought out by the Clonmel Leisure Group from the Bord na gCon in 1991 but the track closed down in 1998 following an ongoing dispute over
756-511: The world including European Tour Golf, Asian Tour Golf, BBC, ITV, ITN, Channel 4, Intelsat, British Sky Broadcasting – Sky News, Sky Sports, Sky Arabia & RRSat in Israel. November 2013 SIS announced the signing of a seven-year contract with ITV regional news and ITN , to provide HD capable SNG trucks using K a band satellite capacity. In March 2014 SIS Live closed the outside broadcast department it had acquired in 2008 and withdrew from
784-628: Was Tim Rice and the circuit was 480 yards in circumference running the standard main distance of 525 yards. The Oaks was held here in 1932 and the Clonmel public were lucky to see the magnificent bitch Queen of the Suir win the race. The following year the track was selected to host both the Oaks and St Leger . The running of the Irish St Leger was the one and only time at the track and resulted in
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