Star Pelaw ready to race under new lights

Bright future for Star Pelaw

Star Pelaw will have their first fixture under the new lights this evening.

New track lighting has been installed and successfully tested earlier this week and they are ready to go for tonight’s meeting.

Richard Leniec and Josh Sealey spent 23 hours swapping the old lighting for the new as the work was carried out over two days with RL Electrical Swindon Ltd.

Sealey has also been consulting on track improvements at Star Pelaw and he told www.sisracing.tv: "The lighting has doubled from 22,000 lumens [the international unit for luminous flux, measuring the total amount of visible light emitted by a source] to 44,000 - the main lights are now 240w LED and 120w on the winning line.”

"We changed 63 fittings in total, with three on the winning line, and I couldn’t quite believe the difference myself on Tuesday when we turned them on!"

Kim Sanzone, head of Greyhound Racing Operations for Pelaw's owners Star Sports, added: "We're delighted to have the new lights, which are LED so should also be more energy saving, completed as part of the commitment we made to our owners and trainers, the difference is incredible.

"We're very grateful to Josh Sealey and RL Electrical for the speedy and professional work carried out to install them."

From next week, Star Pelaw adds a Tuesday evening meetings to go along with its regular Thursday and Sunday, plus occasional Saturdays, schedule.

Tonight's card can be found here.

Before. Picture: Josh Sealey

After. Picture: Josh Sealey