Rye House Rockets
Appearance
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Club information | |||||||||||||
Track address | Rye House Stadium Rye Road Hoddesdon Hertfordshire EN11 0EH | ||||||||||||
Country | England | ||||||||||||
Founded | 1974, 1999 | ||||||||||||
Closed | 1993, 2018[1] | ||||||||||||
Team manager | Peter Schroeck | ||||||||||||
League | SGB Premiership | ||||||||||||
Club facts | |||||||||||||
Colours | Black, Chrome and Orange | ||||||||||||
Track size | 262 metres (287 yd) | ||||||||||||
Track record time | 54.7 seconds | ||||||||||||
Track record date | 1 August 2015 | ||||||||||||
Track record holder | Robert Lambert | ||||||||||||
Major team honours | |||||||||||||
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The Rye House Rockets were a speedway team based at Rye House Stadium, Hoddesdon, England. They competed in the SGB Premiership.[2] In September 2018, the Lakeside Hammers, a speedway team in the SGB Championship, moved to the Rye House Stadium.[3] The Rye House Rockets had “been annulled by the Speedway Control Bureau” earlier that year.[4]
Riders
Rider of the year
- 2017: Scott Nicholls[5]
- 2016: Stuart Robson[6]
- 2015: Edward Kennett[7]
- 2014: Edward Kennett[8]
- 2013: Tyson Nelson[9]
- 2012: Jason Garrity
- 2011: Chris Neath
- 2010: Linus Sundstrom
- 2009: Luke Bowen
- 2008: Luke Bowen
- 2007: Tai Woffinden
- 2006: Steve Boxall
- 2005: Stuart Robson
- 2004: Tommy Allen
- 2003: Scott Robson
- 2002: David Mason
Notable riders
- Marvyn Cox
- Karl Fiala
- Bob Garrad
- Martin Goodwin
- Ted Hubbard
- Edward Kennett
- Kelvin Mullarkey
- Chris Neath
- Ashley Pullen
- Jens Rasmussen
- Stuart Robson
- Hugh Saunders
- Andrew Silver
- Tai Woffinden
- Chris Harris
- Scott Nicholls
See also
References
- ^ "Statement:Rye House Speedway". speedwaygb.co. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
- ^ Bamford, Robert (1 March 2007). Tempus Speedway Yearbook 2007. NPI Media Group. ISBN 0-7524-4250-3.
- ^ "LAKESIDE CLUB STATEMENT - British Speedway Official Website". www.speedwaygb.co.uk. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
- ^ "STATEMENT: RYE HOUSE SPEEDWAY - British Speedway Official Website". www.speedwaygb.co.uk. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
- ^ "Rye House Speedway Official Website: SCOTT IS MR ROCKET!". ryehouserockets.co. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
- ^ "KENNETT SKIPPERS ROCKETS". Speedway World Championships. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
- ^ "Rye House Speedway Official Website: MASTERS AND BRANFORD WIN ACES!". ryehouserockets.co. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
- ^ "Kennett and Garrity set to stay at Rye House Rockets next season Archived 29 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine", Hertfordshire Mercury, 10 November 2014. Retrieved 20 November 2014
- ^ "Tyson Nelson named Rye House Rockets rider of year", Harlow Star, 6 October 2013. Retrieved 20 November 2014
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