Berwick Bandits
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| Berwick Bandits | ||
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| Track Address | Shielfield Park Tweedmouth Berwick-On-Tweed |
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| Country | England | |
| Track Size | 368 metres | |
| Club Colours | Yellow and Black | |
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| Website | www.berwickbandits.co.uk | |
Berwick Bandits speedway team ride at Shielfield Park, Berwick upon Tweed, every Saturday night from March through until October.
Berwick have been operational in consecutive seasons from 1968 through to the present day. For such a small club, Berwick have had relative success. 1980 and 1989 Division 2 Knock-out cup winners, and the division one equivalent in their only top flight seaon back in 1991. To add to this there were two national league riders championships for Wayne Brown(1980) and Steve McDerrmott(1983). Berwick's most recent honour is that of the Premier League Fours Championship of 2002, in which they were the meeting outsiders and turned *the speedway world upside down. In 2005, Berwick enjoyed one of their most successful seasons ever. 2nd in the Premier League, semi finalists of the KO cup, semi finalists of the young shield and impressive away wins led to a magical season for the bandits. The highlight being the fantastic away win over Exeter (52-38 to the bandits). Some of the most legendary riders to ride in the Black and Gold are Steve McDerrmott, Wayne Brown, Rob Grant(senior), Graham Jones, Mark Courtney, Sean Courtney. In the top flight season of 1991 Berwick had the Services of now Sky Sports TV Pundit and former world finalist Kelvin Tatum, Jimmy Neilson and Richard Knight. More Recently Heroes of the Shielfield Shale have been Adrian Rymel, Michal Makovsky and David Meldrum.
