Sport
The town was formerly home to the Cradley Heath Heathens, a Motorcycle speedway team, which originally operated as Cradley Heath Cubs. They participated in British speedway from 1947 until 1995, featuring World Champion riders such as Erik Gundersen and Bruce Penhall.
The speedway track was situated in Dudley Wood, outside the town boundaries in nearby Dudley, but was closed and demolished for redevelopment in the mid 1990s. Now operating as Dudley Heathens, the team currently race in Wolverhampton, with plans to develop a new stadium alongside Gornal Athletic F.C. somewhere in the Dudley area.
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Famous quotes containing the word sport:
“The sport of digging the bait is nearly equal to that of catching the fish, when one’s appetite is not too keen.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
““Justice” was done, and the President of the Immortals, in Æschylean phrase, had ended his sport with Tess. And the d’Urberville knights and dames slept on in their tombs unknowing. The two speechless gazers bent themselves down to the earth, as if in prayer, and remained thus a long time, absolutely motionless: the flag continued to wave silently. As soon as they had strength they arose, joined hands again, and went on.
The End”
—Thomas Hardy (1840–1928)
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—Hunter S. Thompson (b. 1939)