Isle of Wight Warriors
| Isle of Wight Warriors (formerly Islanders) | |||||||||||
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| Track address | Smallbrook Stadium Ashey Road Ryde Isle of Wight PO33 4BH | ||||||||||
| Country | England | ||||||||||
| Founded | 1996, 2016 (re-founded) | ||||||||||
| Team manager | Jackie Vatcher | ||||||||||
| Team captain | Ben Morley | ||||||||||
| League | National League | ||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||
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| Colours | Blue and Yellow | ||||||||||
| Track size | 385 metres (421 yd) | ||||||||||
| Track record time | 66.1 secs | ||||||||||
| Track record date | 13 April 2017 | ||||||||||
| Track record holder | Stefan Nielsen | ||||||||||
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The Isle of Wight Wightlink Warriors (formerly Islanders) are a British speedway team. They last competed in the 2019 National Development League and ride their home meetings at the Smallbrook Stadium.[2]
History
Isle of Wight speedway began at the Smallbrook Stadium in the 1996 Speedway Conference League. The team known as the Ryde Wight Wizards finished 4th in the table.[3] The following season they entered two teams for the league seasons; the Isle of Wight Warriors competed in the Premier League (division 2) and the Wizards became the junior team competing in the Conference League.[4]
The Islanders continued to participate in the Premier League until 2009. They won the Premier League Pairs Championship in 2007 when Chris Holder and Jason Bunyan beat Glasgow in the final. They also won the Premier League Four-Team Championship at Peterborough in 2007 with a team of Chris Holder, Jason Bunyan, Krzysztof Stojanowski, Glen Phillips and Cory Gathercole defeating King's Lynn, Somerset and Rye House in the final.
In 2010, they joined the third division and after a break of two years (2014 and 2015), the club reformed in 2016 under the promotion of Barry Bishop and Martin Widman and ran until the cancelled 2020 season. In 2021, the club announced they would not be competing during the year.[5]
Notable Riders
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Danny Bird - Adam Ellis
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Chris Holder - Ray Morton
- Adam Shields
- Nick Simmons
- Davey Watt
- Jason Doyle
- James Holder
Season summary
Riders previous seasons
Extended content
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2020 team
2019 team 2016 team
2013 team
2012 team
Also Rode
2011 team
2009 team
2008 team |
References
- ^ a b Oakes, P (2006). Speedway Star Almanac. Pinegen Ltd. ISBN 0-9552376-1-0.
- ^ Bamford, R & Jarvis, J.(2001). Homes of British Speedway. ISBN 0-7524-2210-3
- ^ "Year by Year". Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
- ^ "BRITISH LEAGUE TABLES - MODERN ERA (1991-PRESENT)". Official British Speedway website. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
- ^ "Warriors withdraw from National League". Warriors Speedway. Retrieved 2 September 2021.