Sports Listings: Boxing Day / Motorcycling: Mallory Park road races, Kirkby Mallory
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How to get there: Mallory Park, Leicestershire, is off the A47 at Kirkby Mallory between Leicester and Hinckley. Admission: pounds 6 adults, accompanied children 16 and under are free. Practice starts at 9.30am and the first race is at 10.45am, with the programme closing at 5pm. (Tel: 0455-842931).
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