Hawick Target Hill Greyhound Track

Hawick Target Hill Greyhound Track
Location	Hawick, Scottish Borders
Coordinates	55°25'14.5"N 2°46'26.0"W
Opened	1939
Closed	1967

Hawick Target Hill Greyhound Track was a former greyhound racing track in Hawick in the Scottish Borders.

The greyhound track was located between Mosshills Loch and Braid Road, south east of Hawick.^[1] The track opened in 1939 adjacent to Target Field after some form of early greyhound racing existed at nearby Millers Knowes. The name 'Target' derives from Boozieburn Rifle Range range. It was a small independent (unlicensed) track and closed in 1967 and is now private kennels.^[2]

References

↑ "OS Plan (partial) 1957". old-maps.co.uk.
↑ Barnes, Julia (1988). Daily Mirror Greyhound Fact File. Ringpress Books. p. 417. ISBN 0-948955-15-5.

Scottish greyhound tracks

Licensed Tracks

Aberdeen (Holburn) Dundee (Dens Park) Edinburgh (Powderhall) Edinburgh (Stenhouse) Falkirk (Brockville Park) Falkirk (Diamond) Glasgow (Albion) Glasgow (Carntyne) Glasgow (Firhill) Glasgow (Marine Gardens) Glasgow (Shawfield) Glasgow (White City)

Unlicensed tracks (Independent/flapping)

Aberdeen (Regent Park) Allanton Armadale (Bathgate Road) Armadale (Volunteer Park) Auchinleck Ayr (Voluntary Park) Ayr (Tams Brig) Barrhead Berwick Blantyre Carfin Corbiewood Cowdenbeath (Central Park) Cowdenbeath (North End Park) Crossgates Denny Dumbarton Dumfries Dundee (Tannadice Park) Dunfermline (East End Park) Dunfermline (Milesmark) Edinburgh (Royal Gymnasium) Falkirk (Firs Park) Galston Glasgow (Ashfield) Glasgow (Clydeholm) Glasgow (Coatbridge) Glasgow (Mount Vernon) Glasgow (Nelson) Greenock (Cappielow) Gretna (Halcrow) Gretna (Raydale Park) Hawick (Albert Park) Hawick (Target Hill) Irvine (Caledonian) Irvine (Townhead) Kilmarnock Kincardine Kirkcaldy Larkhall Linlithgow Methil Motherwell (Clyde Valley) Motherwell (Milton Street) Paisley Shotts (Gasworks) Shotts (Stadium) Stevenston Stirling (Forthbank Park) Thornton Tranent Wallyford Wishaw

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