Dungannon Greyhound Stadium
Dungannon Greyhound Stadium or Oaks Park was a greyhound racing track held on Oaks Road, Dungannon, County Tyrone, BT71 4BA, Northern Ireland.
History
Dungannon became the third Northern Irish greyhound track behind Celtic Park and Dunmore Stadium in July 1930. Being a greyhound track in Northern Ireland it was neither under the jurisdiction of the National Greyhound Racing Club which was the governing body for UK Tracks or the Bord na gCon which is the governing body for Irish tracks, the latter did however publish the results for Northern Ireland.The track was 485 yards in circumference and racing took place every Tuesday or Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday evening and used an Outside Sumner hare system.
The Ulster Oaks was introduced in 1970 establishing itself as the main event run at the track. Other competitions of note were the Mick Horan Puppy Championship, the Tuborg Viceroy Cup and the Harry McCrory Memorial Cup.
In 1962 Tommy McCombe became the General and Racing Manager after Clones closed.
In 1990 a fire destroyed a large part of the main stand around the same time that a letter was sent to the Bord na gCon threatening further attacks on the racecourse unless they stopped supporting coursing clubs.