Monmore Green Stadium
| Location | Wolverhampton, England |
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| Coordinates | 52°34′37.71″N 2°6′6.73″W / 52.5771417°N 2.1018694°WCoordinates: 52°34′37.71″N 2°6′6.73″W / 52.5771417°N 2.1018694°W |
| Owned by | Ladbrokes |
| Race type |
greyhound racing Motorcycle speedway |
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Monmore Stadium is a greyhound racing track located in Wolverhampton.[1] The stadium has private suites, a restaurant and a number of bars. The venue is owned by Ladbrokes.
Greyhound racing
Matinée races take place on Monday and Fridays with evening race meetings on Thursday and Saturday nights. The track hosts several major races including the Ladbrokes Gold Cup, Ladbrokes Puppy Derby, Ladbrokes Festival 630's, Ladbrokes Summer Cup and from 2015 the prestigious puppy competition the Trafalgar Cup.[2]
The dog track features prominently in the song "Monmore, Hare's Running" on the 1997 album Voyage to the Bottom of the Road by the band Half Man Half Biscuit.
Speedway
Motorcycle speedway is raced there on Monday nights with the Wolverhampton Wolves competing in the top division of the sport, the Elite League where the team is captained by former Speedway Grand Prix rider, Sweden's Fredrik Lindgren. Other riders who have ridden for the Wolves over the years include Britain's twice Speedway World Champion Tai Woffinden, multiple World Champions Ole Olsen and Hans Nielsen from Denmark, 1993 World Champion Sam Ermolenko of the USA and assorted others including England's Andy Grahame, Australians Jim Airey and Mark Fiora and America's 1982 World Pairs Champions Dennis Sigalos and Bobby Schwartz.[3]
On Tuesday nights National League team Dudley Heathens (formally Cradley Heathens) ride at Monmore Green (Affectionately nicknamed Monmore Wood in tribute to Dudley Wood).
The speedway track at Monmore Green is 264 metres (289 yards) long and the current 4 lap track record is held by Australian Darcy Ward with a time of 53.45 set on 10 August 2015.[4]
References
- ↑ "Track Search". Greyhound Board of Great Britain. Retrieved 24 December 2011.
- ↑ "Tracks - English NGRC/GBGB Licenced Tracks". Greyhound Racing History.
- ↑ Wolverhampton Wolves website
- ↑ Wolverhampton Wolves club and track information
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