Don Valley Stadium as the centre-piece of a £147 million construction programme needed to provide the necessary sports and cultural facilities to enable the city to host the 1991 Summer Universiade. Jan Železný threw in the javelin on 29 August 1993 (which was a world record at the time) and infamously nearly hit the TV commentators who were interviewing close to the start/finish line. There were plans to use the stadium in a Sheffield bid for the 2002 Commonwealth Games (which eventually went to Manchester) and also to use it as a potential joint ground for the city's two football teams. In both
Valley Greyhound Stadium Valley Greyhound Stadium The Valley Greyhound Stadium is a greyhound racing stadium in Twyn Road, Ystrad Mynach, Hengoed, Wales. The track known as Valley is on Twyn Road sandwiched between the Caerphilly Road and A469 and on the east bank of the Rhymney River It is the only existing greyhound racing track in Wales and is independent (not affiliated to the Greyhound Board of Great Britain). The stadium opened to greyhound racing on 20 July 1976 with the first ever winner being a greyhound called 'Boss' who won in a time of 19.20 sec over 310 yards. The circuit is