Berwick Bandits

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Berwick Bandits
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Club Information
Track Address Shielfield Park
Tweedmouth
Berwick-On-Tweed
Country England
Founded 1968
Team Manager    Peter Waite
Team Captain    Michal Makovsky
League Premier League
Website Official site
Club Facts
Colours Black and Gold
Track size    368 metres
Major Team Honours
Div 2 KO Cup winners
Conference League
Premier Four-Team Championship
Conference League KO Cup Winners		 1980, 1989
1994, 1995
2002
1995

The Berwick Bandits are a speedway team based at Shielfield Park, Berwick upon Tweed, the club competes in the British Premier League.[1]

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[edit] Brief history

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).

Between 1982 and 1996, Berwick Bandits were based at the Berrington Lough track near Ancroft, Northumberland.

Berwick's most recent honour is that of the Premier League Four-Team 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 the Exeter Falcons.[2]

[edit] Notable riders

The most notable Berwick riders 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 Nilsen and Richard Knight. More recent riders have been Adrian Rymel, Michal Makovsky and David Meldrum, nephew of former Bandits rider Andy Meldrum.

[edit] 2008 Team

[edit] 2007 Team

  • Flag of Poland Jacek Rempala
  • Flag of Poland Stanislaw Burza
  • Flag of Sweden Andreas Bergström
  • Flag of the Czech Republic Michal Makovsky
  • Flag of the Netherlands Theo Pijper
  • Flag of England David Meldrum
  • Flag of England Sam Martin

Also rode

[edit] 2006 Team

[edit] References

  1. ^ Bamford, R & Jarvis J.(2001). Homes of British Speedway. ISBN 0-7524-2210-3
  2. ^ Oakes, P.(2006). Speedway Star Almanac. ISBN 0-9552376-1-0
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Berwick Bandits Squad 2007 (British Premier League)
Jacek Rempala • Michal Makovsky • Theo Pijper • Stanislaw Burza • Andreas Bergström • Sam Martin • David Meldrum


Also Rode : Jamie Robertson • Benji Compton • Sebastian Trumiński • Michael Coles • John Branney

Promoter: Peter Waite
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