Hastings Saxons

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Hastings Saxons
Club Information
Track Address Pilot Field
Elphinstone Road
Hastings
East Sussex
Country England
Founded 1948
Closed    1949
Team Manager    Charles Dugard
Club Facts
Colours Red and White
Track size    388 yards (355 m)
Track record time    71.0 seconds
Track record date    1948
Track record holder    Wally Green
Major Team Honours
None

Hastings Saxons were a British motorcycle speedway team which operated for two years between 1948 and 1949 at the Pilot Field in Hastings.

At the end of 1947, the Eastbourne Eagles were forced to close down due to a petrol ban enforced at their Arlington Stadium. They decided to transfer their team to Hastings and at the beginning of 1948 the Speedway Control Board granted a licence to Hastings to stage speedway. They entered the National League Division Three under the management of ex-Wimbledon rider Charles Dugard. In their first meeting at their track at Pilot Field around 5,000 people turned up to watch Hastings beat Stoke 44-39.[1] Hastings finished the 1948 league season in a mid table position. They finished the 1949 season in a similar position.

At the end of 1949, Hastings were forced to close after a group residents living near to the track took legal action to prevent further motorcycle racing. The residents claimed that the noise from the speedway bikes was a public nuisance.[2]


[edit] References

  1. ^ The early days. Hastings Saxons Speedway (2007). Retrieved on 2008-04-21.
  2. ^ Closure. Hastings Saxons Speedway (2007). Retrieved on 2008-04-21.

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