Established 1982 Ownership Mike Shaft Folded 1989 | Team colours Green, White and Gold Date founded 1982 | |
League National League 2 (1982–1983)
National League 1 (1983–1987)
British Basketball League (1987–1989) History Bolton & Bury Lobos
1982–1987
Bolton & Bury Giants
1987–1988
Olympic City Giants
1988–1989 Location Oldham, Greater Manchester | ||
Olympic City Giants were a professional basketball team based in Oldham, England. Previously based in Bolton and Bury, the team were known as Bolton & Bury Hawks and then Bolton & Bury Giants, the team were founder members of the British Basketball League in 1987.
After an eighth-place finish in the 1988–89 Carlsberg League campaign, Giants qualified for their first and only BBL-era Play-off. They drew top seed Glasgow Rangers, and were soundly beaten in both games of the bet-of-three series by the regular season Champions.
In 1989 after encountering several financial difficulties, Olympic City Giants formally merged with Manchester Eagles (formerly Manchester United) to become Manchester Giants, marking a return of the famous name after a three-year absence, following a merger between the original Manchester Giants and Manchester United in 1986.