Kent Kings
| Kent Royals | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Track address | Central Park Stadium, Sittingbourne | ||||||||||||||||||
| Country | England | ||||||||||||||||||
| Founded | 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Team manager | John Sampford | ||||||||||||||||||
| Team captain | Robert Ledwith | ||||||||||||||||||
| League | National League (speedway) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Colours | Red and White | ||||||||||||||||||
| Track size | 268 metres (293 yd) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Track record time | 57.3s | ||||||||||||||||||
| Track record date | 6 June 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Track record holder | Dan Greenwood | ||||||||||||||||||
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Kent Royals are a speedway team that was formed in December 2019 to race in the National League at the Central Park Stadium in Sittingbourne.[1] This team is the development side of the Kent Kings, the second team racing at this venue.
2020 season
The Kent team's first signing for the 2020 Speedway National League season was Sam Hagon as one of their reserves.[2] On 19 January 2020, the Kent announced the rest of their team for the 2020 season and that John Sampford would be team manager.[3]
On 31 January 2020, the nickname for the team was revealed as 'Royals', this was following a competition to name the team set up by the club in local primary schools.[4]
References
- ^ "It's National League too for Kings 2". Kent Kings. 17 December 2019. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
- ^ "Hagon Heading to Kent". Speedway GB. 22 December 2019. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
- ^ "Kent Name NL Line-up". Speedway GB. 19 January 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
- ^ "Kent's NL Team: By Royal Appointment". Kent Kings. 31 January 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2020.