The Golden Crest was a greyhound racing competition held annually at

Poole Stadium Poole Stadium is a speedway and former greyhound racing venue located in the town centre of Poole, Dorset in England. The stadium is owned by the Borough of Poole. It was built in the early 1930s in an attempt to provide a source of entertain ...

. It was inaugurated in 1937 at

Eastville Stadium Eastville Stadium, also known as Bristol Stadium and Bristol Stadium – Eastville, was a stadium in Eastville, a northern suburb of the English city of Bristol. Constructed in 1897, it was the home of Bristol Rovers F.C., the Bristol Bulld ...

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. Eastville closed in 1997 and the event was suspended until Poole resurrected it in 2000. With the closure of the track on 22 September 2020 the competition was discontinued.

Venues & Distances

*1937-1939 (Eastville, Bristol, 525 yards) *1941-1957 (Eastville, Bristol, 500 yards) *1958-1997 (Eastville, Bristol, 525 yards) *2014-2014 (Poole, 640 metres) *2000–2019 (Poole, 450 metres)

Past winners

Discontinued

References

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