Eastbourne Eagles
| Eastbourne Eagles | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Track address | Arlington Stadium Arlington Hailsham Sussex BN27 1RN Nr. Eastbourne | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Country |  England | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Founded | 1929 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Team manager | Connor Dugard | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Team captain | Mark Baseby | ||||||||||||||||||||
| League | National League | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Colours | Green, Black & White | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Track size | 275 metres (301 yd) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Track record time | 54.9 seconds | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Track record date | 18 April 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Track record holder | Jason Crump Chris Holder | ||||||||||||||||||||
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The Eastbourne Eagles are a British speedway team based near Eastbourne, England who compete in the British National League, having competed in the Elite League until 2014. They became Elite League Champions in 2000. They were also Elite League Knockout Cup winners in 2002[1] and again in 2008.[2] Speedway was initially introduced to Eastbourne in 1929.[3]
Riders
2012 Team
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Simon Gustafsson -
Joonas Kylmäkorpi -
Lewis Bridger -
Cameron Woodward - Timo Lahti
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Lukas Dryml -
Denis Gizatullin
2013 Team
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Bjarne Pedersen - Simon Gustafsson
- Kim Nilsson
- Cameron Woodward
- Timo Lahti
- Lukáš Dryml
- Mikkel Michelsen
2014 Team
- Bjarne Pedersen
- Joonas Kylmakorpi
- Kim Nilsson
- Cameron Woodward
- Timo Lahti
- Lewis Blackbird
- Mikkel Michelsen
- Danny Halsey
2015 Team
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Bradley Wilson-Dean - Ben Hopwood
- Marc Owen
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Daniel Spiller - Georgie Wood
- Richard Andrews
- Kelsey Dugard
2016 Team
- Adam Ellis
- Jake Knight
- Ellis Perks
- Georgie Wood
- Gary Cottham
- Charley Powell
- Luke Harris
2017 Team
- Josh Bailey
- Jake Knight
- Georgie Wood
- Tom Brennan
- Charley Powell
- Mattie Bates
- Charlie Saunders
Notable former riders
- Martin Dugard
- Andy Grahame
- Dave Jessup
- Gordon Kennett
- Mark Loram
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Kelly Moran - Nicki Pedersen
- Bobby Schwartz
- Joe Screen
- Paul Gachet
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Matej Zagar - Ivan Mauger
See also
References
- ^ Bamford, Robert (January 2004). Tempus Speedway Yearbook 2004. NPI Media Group. ISBN 0-7524-2915-9.
- ^ "Eagles seal KO Cup shock". Skysports. 2008-10-27. Retrieved 2008-10-28.
- ^ Bamford, R & Jarvis J.(2001). Homes of British Speedway. ISBN 0-7524-2210-3
External links
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