Coventry Bees
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| Track Address | Brandon Stadium Rugby Road Brandon Coventry |
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| Country | England | ||
| Founded | 1928 | ||
| Team Manager |  Colin Pratt &
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| Team Captain | Chris Harris |
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| League | Elite League | ||
| Website | Official site | ||
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| Colours | Yellow and Black | ||
| Track size | 301 metres | ||
| Track record time | 58.4 | ||
| Track record holder | Leigh Adams &
Chris Harris |
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| Elite League Champions British League Champions Elite League Knockout Cup Winners Craven Shield Winners |
2005, 2007 1968, 1978, 1979, 1987, 1988 1967, 2006, 2007 1997, 2000, 2007 |
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The Coventry Bees are a Motorcycle speedway team based at Brandon near Coventry, England. They won the British Elite League Speedway Championship in 2007, defeating the Swindon Robins in the Grand Final of the Championship Playoffs. It was the eighth time that the club have been crowned League Champions, following on from successes achieved in 1953, 1968, 1978, 1979, 1987, 1988 and 2005.
On October 26, 2007, the Bees lifted the Elite League Knockout Cup for the third time in their history defeating the Swindon Robins in the final, completing a clean sweep of all three major trophies, having already annexed the Craven Shield by beating Swindon Robins and the Poole Pirates over the three leg final.
The treble achieved in 2007 made Scott Nicholls the most successful Coventry Bees captain in their history, over his 3 year captaincy era.[citation needed]
The Bees are consistently amongst the top teams in the country, and have an avid following amongst Coventry's sporting community.[citation needed] They are presently owned by Allen Trump, who used to own the Oxford Cheetahs and is attempting to revive the Exeter Falcons. Brandon Stadium owner Avtar Sandhu leased the club to Trump in November 2007[1] after becoming disillusioned with the way the sport was heading under the leadership if the BSPA.[2] The promotion licence is held jointly by Colin Pratt.
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[edit] 2008 Team
Chris Harris
Rory Schlein- Simon Stead
- Oliver Allen
Billy Janniro
Stanisław Burza
Andreas Messing- Ben Barker
[edit] 2007 Team
- Scott Nicholls
- Billy Janniro
- Rory Schlein
- Oliver Allen
- Chris Harris
Martin Smolinski- Steve Johnston
- Stanisław Burza
Also Rode:
[edit] 2006 Team
[edit] All Time Greats
- Nigel Boocock 1959-1976
Ole Olsen 1976-1983- Tommy Knudsen 1979-1992
- Hans Nielsen 1993-1994
- Brian Andersen 1992-2000
- Greg Hancock 1997-2001
- Tom Farndon 1929-1930
- Scott Nicholls 2004-2007
- Chris Harris 2004-to date
- Jack Parker
- Frank Smith
[edit] Club honours
- Elite League Champions - 2005, 2007
- British League Champions 1968, 1978, 1979, 1987, 1988
- Knockout Cup Winners - 1967, 2006, 2007
- Craven Shield Winners - 1997, 2000, 2007
- Division 2 Champions - 1953
- League Cup - 1981 1985 1987
- Premiership Trophy - 1986
- Midland League - 1980
- Elite shield - 2006
- Midland Cup - 1952, 1960, 1966, 1969, 1971, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982
[edit] References
- ^ Trump takes over at Brandon. Sky Sports (23 November 2007). Retrieved on 2007-11-24.
- ^ Bees owner preparing to sell up. BBC (21 November 2007). Retrieved on 2007-11-24.
[edit] External links
- The Official Coventry Bees website
- The Official Billy Janniro website
- The Official Scott Nicholls website
- The Official Chris Harris website
- The Official Morten Risager website
- The Official Rory Schlein website
- The Official Martin Smolinski website
- The Official Stanley Burza website
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