Isle of Wight Warriors
| Isle of Wight Warriors | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Isle of Wight Islanders | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Track address | Smallbrook Stadium Ashey Road Ryde Isle of Wight | ||||||||||||||||||
| Country | England | ||||||||||||||||||
| Founded | 1996 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Closed | 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Team captain | TBC | ||||||||||||||||||
| League | National League | ||||||||||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Colours | Blue and Yellow | ||||||||||||||||||
| Track size | 385 metres (421 yd) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Track record time | 66.3 secs | ||||||||||||||||||
| Track record date | 15 April 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Track record holder | Jason Bunyan | ||||||||||||||||||
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The Isle of Wight Wightlink Warriors are a British speedway team. They currently compete in the National League and are holders of the National Trophy after winning it in June 2013, and ride their home meetings at the Smallbrook Stadium.[2]
The Islanders 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.
2013 Team
| No. | Rider |
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| 1 |  Adam Ellis
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| 2 | Ben Hopwood
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| 3 | Tom Perry
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| 4 | Darryl Ritchings
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| 5 |  Byron Bekker
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| 6 | Danny Stoneman
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| 7 | Brandon Freemantle
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| 5 | Tom Young (replaced Byron Bekker)
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2012 Team
| No. | Rider |
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| 1 | Danny Warwick
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| 2 | Aaron Baseby
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| 3 | Paul Starke
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| 4 | Ben Hopwood
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| 5 | Kyle Hughes
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| 6 | Danny Stoneman
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| 7 | Adam Ellis
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| Also Rode | Mark Baseby
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| Also Rode | Ross Walter
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| Also Rode | Steven Jones
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| Also Rode | Nick Simmons
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| Also Rode | Marc Owen
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| Also Rode | Rikki Mullins
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2011 Team
| No. | Rider |
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| 1 | Paul Starke
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| 2 | Rob Smith
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| 3 | Lee Smethills
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| 4 | Brendan Johnson
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| 5 | Nick Simmons
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| 6 | Tom Hill
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| 7 | John Rech
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2009 Team
| No. | Rider |
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| 1 | Tom Brown
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| 2 | Ben Hopwood
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| 3 | Chris Johnson
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| 4 | Brendan Johnson
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| 5 | Nick Simmons
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| 6 | Scott Meakins
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| 7 | Tom Hill
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2008 Team
| No. | Rider |
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| 1 | Jason Bunyan
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| 2 | Glen Phillps
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| 3 |  Krzysztof Stojanowski
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| 4 | Paul Fry
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| 5 |  Cory Gathercole
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| 6 | James Holder
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| 7 |  Andrew Bargh
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| 8 | Richard Sweetman
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Notable Islanders
References
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