The Kent Silver Salver is a greyhound racing competition held annually at

Central Park Stadium Central Park Stadium formerly Sittingbourne Stadium is a Greyhound racing in the United Kingdom, greyhound racing track, and former Motorcycle speedway, speedway track and football stadium located in Murston, Sittingbourne, Kent, England. Grey ...

Sittingbourne Sittingbourne is an industrial town in the Swale district of Kent, southeast England, from Canterbury and from London, beside the Roman Watling Street, an ancient trackway used by the Romans and the Anglo-Saxons. The town stands next to th ...

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. It was inaugurated as the Thames Silver Salver in 1933 at

Southend Stadium Southend Stadium was a former greyhound racing and football stadium in Grainger Road, Southend-on-Sea, Essex. It was also the home ground of Southend United between 1934 and 1955 and was also known as Greyhound Park. Origins The first greyho ...

but was discontinued following the closure of the stadium in 1985. However it was resurrected in 1988 by

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. Once again the competition came to an end when Canterbury closed in 1999. In 2002 Sittingbourne brought back the competition in the new guise of the Kent Silver Salver. After not being held from 2014-2016 the race returned in 2017 and one year later reverted to the format of a sprint competition. In 2024, the distance changed to 277 metres.

Venues and distances

*1933–1952 (Southend, 500y) *1953–1974 (Southend, 300y) *1975–1985 (Southend, 277m) *1988–1999 (Canterbury, 245m) *1993–1994, 2021 (not held) *2002–2013 (Central Park, 265m) *2017–2017 (Central Park, 450m) *2018–2023 (Central Park, 265m) *2024–2024 (Central Park, 277m)

Past winners

References

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Venues and distances

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