Gibson Park, Gibson Park Avenue, Cregagh
Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland. Speedway was staged in this
part of Belfast during 1947/1949 where a series of challenges
between 4 teams. The teams were reported to be Antrim Aces,
Tyrone Typhoons, Down Buccaneers & Cregagh Panthers.
Curiously the venue staged meetings 3 times per week!
Speedway Researcher's Jim Henry has sent me the following pages
scans from The Speedway & Ice Hockey Digest. The info on the
Gibson Park venue was enough to permit me to add another page to
the website's A-Z
Jim received the scans from Andy Reid so thank you very much
gentlemen.
Courtesy of Andy Reid
Courtesy of Andy Reid
Courtesy of Andy Reid
The photos accompanying the above reports, show a
motley collection of bikes used at the Belfast track.
The above picture shows the best speedway
bike of the late 1940s. It is a JAP 500. Perhaps the
local novices could not afford the outlay for a pukka machine so
were turning up with older road going bikes stripped down for racing!
Always looking for items for any page in
my A-Z, so if you have photos etc please send me some scans
John
