King's Lynn Stars
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| Track Address | Norfolk Arena Saddlebow Road King's Lynn Norfolk |
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| Country | England | ||
| Founded | 1965 | ||
| Team Manager | Rob Lyon | ||
| Team Captain | Tomas Topinka | ||
| League | Premier League | ||
| Website | Official site | ||
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| Colours | Blue, Yellow and White | ||
| Track size | 342 metres | ||
| Major Team Honours | |||
| Elite League KO Cup Winners Premier League Champions Premier League KO Cup Winners Premier Trophy Winners Young Shield Winners British League KO Cup Winners |
2000 2006 2006, 2007 2006, 2007 2005 1977 |
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King's Lynn Stars are a motorcycle Speedway team who currently compete in the British Premier League. The nickname Stars comes from the defunct Norwich Stars team. The team was founded in 1965 and has been running continually since then, except for 1996 when King's Lynn failed to have a team competing in the British League system.[1]
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[edit] Brief history
The team has operated with a few different nicknames, including: The Knights; The Silver Machine (as an additional nickname to The Knights) and The Stars. The team colours were originally green and yellow, taken directly from the Norwich Stars but in 1994 the green was replaced with blue, to match the blue and yellow of the King's Lynn official town crest (Green was also considered to be unlucky). During their time as The Knights, silver and black became the prominent colours, but since reviving The Stars nickname they returned to using blue and yellow.
The promotion is currently run by Buster Chapman, a former junior rider at Kings Lynn, who also owns the stadium (renamed the Norfolk Arena) at Saddlebow Road on the outskirts of King's Lynn. The current team manager is Rob Lyon.
King's Lynn finished top of the Premier League table in 2006 but were the first such team not automatically crowned champions because it was the first season that the Premier League used the play off system to decide the championship. However, the Stars beat the Sheffield Tigers in the play off final to be crowned champions. King's Lynn Stars also won the 2006 Premier Trophy and the 2006 Premier League Knock-out Cup completing the treble for the year. [2]
In 2007 The Stars once again won the Premier Trophy and Premier League Knock-out Cup. They also finished top of the Premier League table but this year the Stars were beaten by the Sheffield Tigers in the play-off semi-final and so will not be crowned Premier League Champions.
[edit] 2008 team
Tomas Topinka
Rusty Harrison- Kevin Doolan
- Kozza Smith
Shaun Tacey- John Oliver
- Simon Lambert
[edit] 2007 team
- Tomas Topinka
Daniel Nermark- Trevor Harding
- John Oliver
- Paul Lee
- Chris Mills
- Adam Allott
- Benji Compton
[edit] 2006 team
- Tomas Topinka
- Daniel Nermark
- Trevor Harding
- John Oliver
- Simon Lambert
- Chris Mills
- Troy Batchelor
- Kevin Doolan
[edit] Notable former riders
- Jason Crump
- Leigh Adams
Michael Lee- Dave Jessup
- Tony Rickardsson
John Cook
Sebastian Ulamek- Malcolm Simmons
- Piotr Protasiewicz
- Terry Betts
- Mark Loram
[edit] Other team honours
- Inter League Knock-out Cup Winners - 1978, 1980
[edit] Individual honours
- Terry Betts representing England along with Ray Wilson (Leicester Lions), won the 1972 World Pairs Final.
- Terry Betts was a member of the Great Britain team that won the World Team Cups in 1972 and 1973.
- Michael Lee rode for King's Lynn when he won the 1980 Speedway World Championship in Gothenburg, Sweden.
- Michael Lee won the 1981 World Longtrack Championship Final in Radgona, Yugoslavia.
- Michael Lee was a member of the England team that won the World Team Cups in 1977 & 1980.
- Malcolm Simmons was a member of the Great Britain team that won the World Team Cups in 1972, 1974 and 1975 and with England in 1977.
- Dave Jessup representing England along with Peter Collins (Belle Vue Aces), won the 1980 World Pairs Final.
- Dave Jessup was a member of the England team that won the World Team Cup in 1980.
- Tony Rickardsson rode for King's Lynn when he won the 1999 Grand Prix Series.
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ Bamford, R & Jarvis J.(2001). Homes of British Speedway. ISBN 0-7524-2210-3
- ^ Bamford, Robert (2007-03-01). Tempus Speedway Yearbook 2007. NPI Media Group. ISBN 0752442503.
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