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Bangor abandon.


Bangor Bangor, town, Northern Ireland
Bangor (băng`gər), town (1991 pop. 70,750), North Down dist., E Northern Ireland, on Belfast Lough. It is a seaport, resort, and yachting center (site of an annual regatta), with some light industry.
 have been forced to abandon their meeting scheduled for tomorrow after the track failed an inspection.

Following last week's heavy rain, the River Dee River Dee may refer to:
  • River Dee, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, which flows from the Cairngorms to Aberdeen. The area around is known as Royal Deeside.
  • River Dee, Wales (Afon Dyfrdwy), mostly in North Wales, flowing from Snowdonia to Chester.
 burst its banks and parts of the track have remained unraceable since.

The force of the water, which was six feet deep in places, brought silt and other debris on to the racecourse, damaging some fences.

"Despite sterling efforts to carry out all the repairs, Friday will come just too soon, so the stewards have had no alternative but to abandon the meeting," said racecourse manager Jeannie Chantler.
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Title Annotation:Sport
Publication:Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)
Date:Feb 12, 2004
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