• Source: Wolverhampton Olympique

      • The Wolverhampton Olympique was an individual motorcycle speedway event that was hosted annually in the Midlands.


      History


      The event was first run in October 1966 by the Newcastle Diamonds club at their home venue Brough Park. At the time both Newcastle Diamonds and Wolverhampton Wolves were owned by the same promoter Mike Parker. In 1969, Parker sold his interest in Newcastle Diamonds and a number of his assets were transferred to Wolverhampton Wolves, two of which were the Olympique event and the licence of speedway rider Ole Olsen.
      With the closure of Wolverhampton in 1980 the meeting was transferred to Birmingham but when Wolves re-opened in 1984 Peter Adams brought it back to Monmore Green Stadium in Wolverhampton.
      The last Olympique was held in 2023, because Monmore Green's owners Entain announced that the venue would only be used by greyhound racing during 2024. It was won by Ausralian Zach Cook.


      Past winners




      Results by Rider




      References



      Much of this information has been taken from the Wolverhampton Wolves Olympique programme dated 11 October 2016.

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