Berwick Bandits
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| Berwick Bandits | |||
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| Club Information | |||
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| Track Address | Shielfield Park Tweedmouth Berwick-On-Tweed |
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| Country | England | ||
| Founded | 1968 | ||
| Team Manager | Peter Waite | ||
| Team Captain | Michal Makovsky | ||
| League | Premier League | ||
| Website | Official site | ||
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| Colours | Black and Gold | ||
| Track size | 368 metres | ||
| Major Team Honours | |||
| Div 2 KO Cup winners Conference League Premier Four-Team Championship Conference League KO Cup Winners |
1980, 1989 1994, 1995 2002 1995 |
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The Berwick Bandits are a speedway team based at Shielfield Park, Berwick upon Tweed, the club competes in the British Premier League.[1]
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[edit] Brief history
Berwick have been operational in consecutive seasons from 1968 through to the present day. For such a small club, Berwick have had relative success. They were Division 2 Knock-out cup winners in 1980 and 1989, and the division one equivalent in their only top flight season in 1991. To add to this there were two national league riders championships for Wayne Brown (1980) and Steve McDerrmott (1983).
Between 1982 and 1996, Berwick Bandits were based at the Berrington Lough track near Ancroft, Northumberland.
Berwick's most recent honour is that of the Premier League Four-Team Championship of 2002, in which they were the meeting outsiders. In 2005, Berwick enjoyed one of their most successful seasons ever; they were 2nd in the Premier League, semi-finalists of the Knock-out cup, semi-finalists of the Young Shield and had a series of impressive away wins. The highlight being the 53-38 away win over the Exeter Falcons.[2]
[edit] Notable riders
The most notable Berwick riders are Steve McDerrmott, Wayne Brown, Rob Grant (senior), Graham Jones, Mark Courtney and Sean Courtney. In the top flight season of 1991 Berwick had the services of now Sky Sports TV Pundit and former world finalist Kelvin Tatum, Jimmy Nilsen and Richard Knight. More recent riders have been Adrian Rymel, Michal Makovsky and David Meldrum, nephew of former Bandits rider Andy Meldrum.
[edit] 2008 Team
Adrian Rymel- Michal Makovsky
Tero Aarnio
Norbert Magosi
Adam McKinna
Tony Atkin- Scott Smith
[edit] 2007 Team
Jacek Rempala- Stanislaw Burza
Andreas Bergström- Michal Makovsky
Theo Pijper- David Meldrum
- Sam Martin
Also rode
- Jamie Robertson
- Benji Compton
- Sebastian Trumiński
- John Branney
- Michael Coles
[edit] 2006 Team
- Jacek Rempala
- Stanislaw Burza
- Andreas Bergström
- Michal Makovsky
- Craig Branney
- David Meldrum
- Lee Smethills
- Danny Warwick
[edit] References
- ^ Bamford, R & Jarvis J.(2001). Homes of British Speedway. ISBN 0-7524-2210-3
- ^ Oakes, P.(2006). Speedway Star Almanac. ISBN 0-9552376-1-0
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