Swindon Robins

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Swindon Robins
Club Information
Track Address Abbey Stadium
Blunsdon
Swindon
Country England
Founded 1949
Team Manager    Alun Rossiter
Team Captain    Leigh Adams
League Elite League
Website Official site
Club Facts
Colours Red, White and Black.
Track size    363 metres
Track record time    64.21 seconds
Track record date    2 August 2007
Track record holder    Leigh Adams
Major Team Honours
British League Champions
National League Champions
National League Div 2 Champions
Premier League KO Cup Winners
Elite Shield Winners		 1967
1957
1956
2000
2008

The Swindon Speedway team, also known as the Swindon Robins, are an English Motorcycle Speedway team established in 1949 that competes in the Elite League.

The club have raced on their home track at the Abbey Stadium, Lady Lane, Blunsdon since their inception. The formation of the club followed the sport's prehistory in the town at the now demolished Gorse Hill Aerodrome, where dirt track racing had taken place since 1928.[1]

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[edit] History

The birth of the Robins was a product of the partnership of Bristol speedway manager Reg Witcomb and businessman Bert Hearse. Under their direction, a 410-yard (370 m) cinder track was built.[2]

The first meeting, a non-league home challenge match, took place on the 23 July 1949 against future rivals Oxford, and an official attendance figure of 8,000 was given, although employees of the club believe that 10,000 would be closer to the truth. The Robins lost their debut meeting 39-45 in a meeting that saw Ginger Nicholls top score for the home side with 11 points on his wedding day. In the process he won the first ever race, was beaten by an opponent only once, and set the first ever track record at 82.8 seconds.[3]

[edit] 2008 Team

[edit] 2007 Team

Also Rode:

  • Flag of Denmark Mads Korneliussen

[edit] 2006 Team

[edit] Club Honours

[edit] British League

Champions: 1967

[edit] National League

Champions: 1957

[edit] National League Division Two

Champions: 1956

[edit] Elite League Best Pairs

[edit] Premier League KO Cup

Winners : 2000

[edit] Premier League Four-Team Championship

Winners : 2003

[edit] British League Division Two Best Pairs

Winners : 1994 (Tony Olsson and Tony Langdon)

[edit] Young Shield

Winners : 2000

[edit] Midland Cup

Winners : 1967, 1968, 1994

[edit] Elite Shield

Winners : 2008

[edit] Individual Honours

[edit] World Champion

[edit] World Under-21 Champion

[edit] World Ice Champion

  • Erik Stenlund (1988)

[edit] British Speedway Championship

[edit] British League Riders' Championship

[edit] BL Division 2 Riders' Championship

[edit] Notable Swindon riders

[edit] References

  1. ^ Bamford, Robert; Shailes, Glynn (1999). 50 Years of Swindon Speedway. Bamford and Shailes. 
  2. ^ Bamford, Robert; Shailes, Glynn (2002). Speedway In The Thames Valley. Stroud: Tempus. ISBN 0752424084. 
  3. ^ Bamford, Robert (2005). Swindon Speedway: The Definitive History of the Robins. Stroud: Tempus. ISBN 0752427482. 
  4. ^ Bamford, Robert; Shailes, Glynn (2003). 50 Greats: Swindon Speedway. Stroud: Tempus. ISBN 0752427482. 

[edit] External links

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Swindon Robins Squad 2008 (British Elite League)
Leigh Adams (c) • James Wright • Travis McGowan • Troy Batchelor • Theo Pijper • Mads Korneliussen • Sebastian Alden


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