Lakeside Hammers
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| Club Information | |||
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| Track Address | Arena Essex Raceway A1306 Arterial Road Purfleet |
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| Country | England | ||
| Founded | 1984 | ||
| Team Manager | Jon Cook | ||
| Team Captain | Adam Shields | ||
| League | Elite League | ||
| Website | www.lakesidehammers.com | ||
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| Colours | Blue, Red and White | ||
| Track size | 252 metres | ||
| Track record time | 56.8 seconds | ||
| Track record date | 30th May 2008 | ||
| Track record holder | Andreas Jonsson | ||
| Major Team Honours | |||
| Premier League Champions Premier League Four-Team Champions Premier LeagueKO Cup Winners |
1991 1991 1991[1] |
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The Lakeside Hammers are a speedway team who currently race in the British Speedway Elite League. They were founded (as the Arena-Essex Hammers) by promoter Wally Mawdsley and stock car promoter Chick Woodroffe. The team were nicknamed the Hammers after the West Ham Hammers team that closed twelve years earlier.[2]
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[edit] Brief history
From foundation in 1984 until January 2007 the club was known as the Arena-Essex Hammers but new promotor Stuart Douglas renamed them the 'Lakeside' Hammers at the Arena-Essex Raceway.[3]
The Arena Essex Raceway was built in 1978 to stage banger racing. [4]
The speedway track itself was unusual because of the fact it did not have a safety fence as the stock car circuit acted as a run-off area. It was not until 1991 that a safety fence was installed, but the lack of fence encouraged the riders to ride wider lines than they would otherwise have done.
The Hammers competed in the National League from 1984 until 1990. In 1991 Arena Essex won the British League Division 2 Championship and were promoted to Division 1. They remained in the top flight until 1996, when a promotion change meant the Hammers had to drop to the Conference League. From 1997 to 2003 Arena Essex competed in the Premier League, before moving up into the Elite League, the top league of British Speedway.
The Team Manager is Jon Cook (previously of The Eastbourne Eagles) The Promoter Stuart Douglas, known affectionately to his army of Hammers fans as 'Stan', took control of the club in 2006.[5] He approached Rye House Rockets promoter Len Silver to act as his advisor. Silver had no financial or promotional interest with the Hammers.[6]
[edit] 2008 Team
Andreas Jonsson
Adam Shields
Joonas Kylmäkorpi- Jonas Davidsson
Leigh Lanham- Ricky Kling
Luboš Tomíček, Jr.- Chris Mills (No.8)
[edit] 2007 Team
- Andreas Jonsson
- Joonas Kylmäkorpi
Krzysztof Kasprzak- Adam Shields
- Leigh Lanham
- Luboš Tomíček, Jr.
- Ricky Kling
- Andreas Messing
- Chris Mills (No.8)
Also Rode
Christian Hefenbrock- Paul Hurry
Henning Bager- Chris Neath
[edit] 2006 Team
- Henning Bager
- Paul Hurry
- Joonas Kylmäkorpi
- Leigh Lanham
- Mikael Max
- Andreas Messing
- Steve Johnston
- Andreas Jonsson
- Mariusz Puszakowski
- Łukasz Romanek
- Shaun Tacey (No.8)
Brent Werner (No.8)
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ Bamford, R.(2004). Speedway Yearbook 2004. ISBN 0-7524-2955-8
- ^ Bamford, R & Jarvis J.(2001). Homes of British Speedway. ISBN 0-7524-2210-3
- ^ Changing Fortunes. BBC (30 October 2007). Retrieved on 2007-12-10.
- ^ The Hammers. Lakeside Hammers.com. Retrieved on 2007-10-27.
- ^ New owner for Arena Essex. BBC (4 December 2006). Retrieved on 2007-12-10.
- ^ Douglas in love with Speedway. BBC (7 December 2006). Retrieved on 2007-12-10.
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