Milton Keynes Knights

Milton Keynes Knights
Club information
Track address Groveway Greyhound Stadium
Milton Keynes
Buckinghamshire
Country England
Founded 1978
Closed 1992 (Revived 2012)
Team captain United KingdomConor Dwyer
League Midland Development League
Website www.mkknightsspeedway.co.uk
Club facts
Colours Red, white and blue
Track size 307 yards
Major team honours
Midland Development League Champions2012

The Milton Keynes Knights are a Speedway team which originally operated under various names from 1978 until their closure in 1992.[1]

The team were based at the Groveway Greyhound Stadium until 1988. In 1989 they moved to the new stadium at Elfield Park. However following complaints of noise from a few local residents who phoned regularly to complain (even the day after a scheduled meeting was called off) and falling crowds the track closed in 1992. The site of the track (Elfield Park) is still unused. The site at Elfield Park had been used as a training track known as Bleak Hall.

The Knights returned in 2012, competing in the Midland Development League, with home matches staged at Mildenhall West Row stadium.

References

  1. Bamford, R & Jarvis J.(2001). Homes of British Speedway. ISBN 0-7524-2210-3
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