Somerset Rebels

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Somerset Rebels
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Club Information
Track Address Oak Tree Arena
Edithmead
Highbridge
Somerset
Country England
Founded 2000
Team Manager    Flag of the United Kingdom Steve Bishop
Team Captain    Flag of the United Kingdom Simon Walker
League Premier League
Website Official site
Club Facts
Colours Blue, White and Red
Track size    300 metres
Track record time    56.08 seconds
Track record date    23/3/07
Track record holder    Leigh Adams
Major Team Honours
Premier League Fours Champions
Conference Trophy Winners
Conference KO Cup Winners		 2005
2001
2001

The Somerset Rebels are a Speedway team from Highbridge, Somerset. Founded in 2000, the club competes in the British Premier League. Their home track is located at the Oak Tree Arena.[1]

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[edit] History

The club entered the Conference League on foundation but moved up to the Premier League in 2002. The Oak Tree Arena was built totally from scratch ready for the 2000 season.[2]

The Rebels have already won three trophies in their relatively short history, the Conference League Trophy & Conference League KO Cup in 2001, and the Premier League Fours Championship in 2005. The club came close to winning the 'Fours' title again in 2006, finishing runners up to the hosts Workington. 2007 saw the Rebels finish second again, this time to the Isle of Wight, the meeting being held at Peterborough.

The 2006 season saw Somerset reach the Premier League Knock Out Cup Final for the first time, finishing runners up to King's Lynn. The Rebels repeated this feat in 2007, making the final for a second time, but once again they had to content themselves with the runners up spot as King's Lynn won the trophy for the third year in a row.

[edit] 2008 Season

[edit] 2008 Team

  • Flag of Sweden Emil Kramer
  • Flag of Australia Jason Doyle
  • Flag of the United States Brent Werner
  • Flag of England Simon Walker
  • Flag of Germany Matthias Kröger
  • Flag of England Jordan Frampton
  • Flag of Germany Stephan Katt

Also:

The 2008 season saw a major change in the club's line up in that their number 1 for the past three seasons, Magnus Zetterstrom, was not retained with the Somerset management looking for a more solid line up given the greater emphasis on away wins. He was replaced by Jason Doyle who had spent the previous season at Elite League team Poole. After completing their line up, Somerset's plans were rocked with news of an injury sustained by Ritchie Hawkins when riding in an indoor meeting in Germany. The injuries were such that they would keep the 24 year old out of the saddle for the whole season. The club moved quickly to sign the experienced American international, Brent Werner, as replacement for Hawkins.

A further setback hit the team less than a month before the start of the season when Tom Hedley informed the club that he had decided against riding in the UK for the 2008 season. With just 5 days left until the Rebels 2008 Season Launch Day, the club signed German Henning Loof as replacement for Hedley.

Loof found points difficult to come by, and was replaced by the Rebels management by fellow German Matthias Kröger in mid-April, with Loof moving on to join injury hit team Mildenhall Fen Tigers.

[edit] 2007 Team

Also rode:

[edit] 2006 Team

Also Rode:

[edit] Club honours

[edit] Conference Trophy

Winners: 2001

[edit] Conference KO Cup

Winners: 2001

[edit] Premier League Four-Team Championship

Winners: 2005 (Team; Magnus Zetterstrom, Glenn Cunningham, Paul Fry, Ritchie Hawkins, reserve: Chris Mills) [3]

[edit] Individual Honours

[edit] Premier League Champions' Chase

Champion: Magnus Zetterstrom 2005

[edit] Premier League Riders Championship

Champion: Magnus Zetterstrom 2006

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ Bamford, R.(2007). Speedway Yearbook 2007. ISBN 978-07524-4250-1
  2. ^ Bamford, R & Jarvis J.(2001). Homes of British Speedway. ISBN 0-7524-2210-3
  3. ^ Bamford, R.(2006). Speedway Yearbook 2006. ISBN 0-7524-3692-9
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Somerset Rebels Squad 2007 (British Premier League)
Magnus Zetterström (c) • Simon Walker • Emil Kramer • Stephan Katt • Ritchie Hawkins • Danny Warwick • Jordan Frampton


Also Rode : Tomáš Suchánek • Jay Herne

Manager: Steve Bishop
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