Berwick Bandits
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| Berwick Bandits | |
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| Founded | |
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| Track Address | Shielfield Park Tweedmouth Berwick-On-Tweed |
| Country | England |
| Track Size | 368 metres |
| Club Colours | Black and Gold |
| Honours | 2 x NLRC's 2 x KOC winners Gold Cup(Division 1) Premier League Fours |
| League | Premier League |
| 2006 | 11th - Premier League |
| Website | Official site |
The Berwick Bandits are a speedway team based at Shielfield Park, Berwick upon Tweed, the club competes in the British Premier League.
Berwick have been operational in consecutive seasons from 1968 through to the present day. For such a small club, Berwick have had relative success. They were Division 2 Knock-out cup winners in 1980 and 1989, and the division one equivalent in their only top flight season 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. In 2005, Berwick enjoyed one of their most successful seasons ever; they were 2nd in the Premier League, semi-finalists of the Knock-out cup, semi-finalists of the Young Shield and had a series of impressive away wins. The highlight being the 53-38 away win over Exeter.
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 and 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 recent heroes of the Shielfield Shale have been Adrian Rymel, Michal Makovsky and David Meldrum.
[edit] 2007 Team
Jacek Rempala- Stanislaw Burza
Andreas Bergström
Michal Makovsky
Benji Compton- Michael Coles
- John Branney
| Speedway Premier League | |
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| Teams: Berwick Bandits | Birmingham Brummies | Edinburgh Monarchs | Glasgow Tigers | Isle of Wight Islanders | King's Lynn Stars | Mildenhall Fen Tigers | Newcastle Diamonds | Newport Wasps | Redcar Bears | Rye House Rockets | Sheffield Tigers | Somerset Rebels | Stoke Potters | Workington Comets | |
| Leagues: Elite League | Premier League | Conference League | |
| Related articles: Speedway | Speedway Grand Prix | Speedway World Cup | Speedway in the United Kingdom | |
