• The Halifax Dukes were a speedway team which operated from 1949–1951 and again from 1965 until their closure in 1985 at The Shay Stadium in Halifax. The...
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    operated as the Halifax Nomads in 1948 racing three away fixtures. The Halifax Dukes, the name they took once the Shay was opened, operated in the National...
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  • had died. On the same night at Odsal's sister track The Shay, the Halifax Dukes, were riding at Norwich and Jock Sheard, born in the same Burnley street...
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  • early 1970s, the Dukes were enjoying higher attendances than the Shaymen (Halifax Town). However, by the mid-1980s, Halifax Dukes and Halifax Town had financial...
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    The Shay (category Halifax R.L.F.C.)
    multi-purpose sports stadium in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. It is home to the F.C. Halifax Town football club and the Halifax Panthers rugby league team...
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  • League Knockout Cup 1966 was the 28th edition of the Knockout Cup. Halifax Dukes won the cup and therefore secured the league and cup double. June 6...
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    also used to host regular speedway meetings, having the Halifax Dukes and the Bradford Dukes teams. Odsal Stadium used to host BriSCA stock cars. Leeds...
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  • Eric Broadbelt (category Halifax Dukes riders)
    11 August 2023. "Fundin expected to make debut againt unchanged Dukes team". Halifax Evening Courier. 3 July 1967. Retrieved 17 September 2024 – via British...
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  • Graham Drury (category Halifax Dukes riders)
    1973 and 9.31 in 1974 His performances in 1974 led to a call up for Halifax Dukes in the highest division (the British League) during the same season...
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    Steve Finch (category Halifax Dukes riders)
    1975, in addition to appearing for Halifax Dukes in the highest league. In 1976, he once again doubled up for Halifax but joined Ellesmere Port for the...
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  • Alan Jay (category Halifax Dukes riders)
    he was loaned to Halifax Dukes before joining Newcastle Diamonds later that season. The following season in 1969, he signed for Halifax and would spend...
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  • Kenny Carter (category Halifax Dukes riders)
    the process. Carter was born in Halifax, West Yorkshire. He started his career in Britain doubling up for Halifax Dukes during the 1978 British League...
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  • Merv Janke (category Halifax Dukes riders)
    club's season averages in 1979, when recording 9.06. In 1980, he joined Halifax Dukes in the top tier British League for the 1980 British League season, where...
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  • Greg Kentwell (category Halifax Dukes riders)
    British leagues career riding for Halifax Dukes during the 1966 British League season. He contributed towards the Halifax league and cup double winning season...
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  • Tormod Langli (category Halifax Dukes riders)
    and rode for them in 1978. He spent the 1979 and 1980 seasons with Halifax Dukes after being signed for club record £7,000, by which time he was one...
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  • Eric Monaghan (category Halifax Dukes riders)
    joined Sheffield Tigers for the 1983 British League season and then Halifax Dukes for the 1984 British League season. He switched back to the National...
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  • extended again to 15 teams with the promotion from Division Three of Halifax Dukes, Plymouth, Yarmouth and Hanley. Bristol Bulldogs, champions for the...
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  • Jock Shead (category Halifax Dukes riders)
    regularly for Odsal but only achieved a 2.78 average. Shead joined the Halifax Dukes shortly after the start of the 1949 season and improved to a 6.38 average...
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    Eric Boocock (category Halifax Dukes riders)
    The Shay in Halifax and moved his Middlesbrough riders there, to form the Halifax Dukes. Boocock spent his entire career with the Dukes from 1965, winning...
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  • Rick France (category Halifax Dukes riders)
    saddened to hear of the passing of Rick France this week aged 85". Halifax & Bradford Dukes Speedway Page on Facebook. 26 January 2024. Retrieved 26 May 2024...
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  • Mick McKeon (speedway rider) (category Halifax Dukes riders)
    the first of his six Western Australian titles and he was signed by Halifax Dukes for the 1977 British League season. In 1978, he represented the Australia...
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  • Piotr Pyszny (category Halifax Dukes riders)
    British League season, riding briefly for Poole Pirates and then rode for Halifax Dukes for two full seasons in 1980 and 1981. Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter...
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  • Eric Boothroyd (category Halifax Dukes riders)
    League. After a season with Long Eaton, he joined his home town club Halifax Dukes in 1965 and starred in their 1966 league and Knockout Cup double. At...
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  • Dusty Haigh (category Halifax Dukes riders)
    earliest days of the sport in Britain. Haigh started riding in 1928 at Halifax before moving to Sheffield and Belle Vue Aces in 1930, where he won the...
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    John Louis (speedway rider) (category Halifax Dukes riders)
    Championship, held at Hyde Road on 20 October 1979. In 1981, Louis joined Halifax, spending two seasons at The Shay before signing for a season at King's...
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  • Russ Dent (category Halifax Dukes riders)
    history 1961–1967, 1970 Newcastle Diamonds 1967–1969 Glasgow Tigers 1971 Halifax Dukes 1971–1974 Sunderland Stars 1972 Wolverhampton Wolves Team honours 1964...
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  • times. -2nd xv- The 2nd xv also known as Halifax Dukes, compete in YRFU Western Merit League. The second/Dukes team has had a fruitful season with a mixture...
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  • Les Sharpe (category Halifax Dukes riders)
    British leagues career riding for Halifax Dukes during the 1968 British League season. He was recommended to the Halifax manager Reg Fearman by former Australian...
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  • Rod Hunter (speedway rider) (category Halifax Dukes riders)
    1982–1983 Belle Vue Aces 1980 Coventry Bees 1982 Eastbourne Eagles 1985 Halifax Dukes 1990 Middlesbrough Bears Team honours 1982, 1983 National League Champion...
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  • Graham Plant (category Halifax Dukes riders)
    Newport Wasps, where he stayed for two seasons before moving on to Halifax Dukes, where he stayed until 1979, although he made no appearances in 1978...
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