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Country
  
England

Team manager
  
George English

League
  
SGB Championship

Founded
  
1929

Team captain
  
Ludvig Lindgren

Newcastle Diamonds wwwnewcastlediamondscoimagesclubsNewcastleDi

Track address
  
Newcastle Stadium Fossway Byker Newcastle upon Tyne NE6 2XJ

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Newcastle Diamonds are a motorcycle speedway team who compete in the British Premier League. The club has a reputation of importing young foreign talent and have given starts to the British careers of six times World Champion Ivan Mauger, three times World Champion Ole Olsen, 1974 World Champion Anders Michanek and three time World Champion Nicki Pedersen. Former Speedway Grand Prix riders Kenneth Bjerre and Bjarne Pedersen also started their British careers with the Diamonds.

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The Brough Park stadium is primarily used for greyhound racing with the speedway track built in the centre. In 1992 rider Wayne Garratt died in hospital after crashing at the track, the fourth person to do so since 1946, including Chris Prime in 1978.

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Greensheet averages

Note: British riders have 2.5% reduction on their 2010 averages.
Also Rode: ‡ Released., Injured., † Ferjan died on 22 May 2011.

2011 fixtures / results

Note: Top scorer in italics, indicates a full or paid maximum.
Fixtures: TTW: Tyne/Tweed Trophy, CHAL: Challenge, PS: Premier Shield, PL: Premier League
Coloring: Green: Won, Red: Lost, Yellow: Draw, Blue: Lost, but still gained league points (PL matches only)

Season overview: triple champions

The 2010 season was a very successful campaign for the Newcastle Diamonds. Although the Edinburgh Monarchs dominated the League, it was the Diamonds that took most silverware of the season by winning the Premier League Play-Offs (Against Sheffield Tigers), the Premier Trophy (Against Birmingham Brummies) and the Premier League KOC (Against Edinburgh Monarchs). The Diamonds also found success in the Super7even events, when the Dane Kenni Larsen won the Premier League Riders Championship to add a fourth honour to the clubs successful season. Fellow Dane Rene Bach encountered further success away from the club by helping Denmark to win the under 21 world cup with a 15-point maximum, and by winning the Danish Under 21's Championship. In recognition of their achievements the team was awarded the prestigious 'Team of the Year' award by Sports North-East, shortly before the 2011 campaign commenced, ahead of the Championship League winning football side Newcastle United.

Greensheet averages

The following averages take into account league and trophy matches only, excluding playoffs, semi-finals, and finals. These averages are used for team building purposes and riding order.

Note: British riders have 2.5% reduction on their 2010 averages.
Also Rode: ‡ Released., Injured.

All match averages

The following averages take into account all matches including Knockout Cup and Playoffs.

Number of maxima

H/F: Full Home, H/P Paid Home, A/F Full Away, P/A Paid Away. Near Maximum: When the rider only dropped a single point from their rides.

Fastest times

The following are the riders fastest times around the Brough Park track.

Note: Kenni Larsen set the current track record as 61.0 on 24/10/10.

2009 team and statistics

  • Kenni Larsen
  • Derek Sneddon
  • Jason King
  • Rene Bach
  • Mark Lemon
  • Adam McKinna
  • Trent Leverington

    • Also rode:

  • Casper Wortmann (Released)
  • Steve Boxall (Released)
  • Craig Branney (Released)

    • Previous teams 2006-2008

    ‡ Released.
    † Injured.

    Team honours

    19 Titles

  • Provincial League Champions - 1964
  • National League Champions - 1976, 1982, 1983
  • Premier League Champions - 2001
  • National League Knockout Cup Winners - 1976, 1982
  • Premier League Knockout Cup Winners - 2010
  • Premier Trophy Winners - 2010
  • Premier League Playoff Winners - 2010
  • Premier Shield Winners - 2011.
  • Supernational Winners - 1982, 1983
  • Gold Cup Winners - 1991, 1992
  • National League Four-Team Championship Winners - 1976, 1982, 1983
  • National League Best Pairs Winners - Tom Owen & Brian Havelock (1975)

    • Individual honours (as a Newcastle rider)

    6 Titles

  • World Champions - Ivan Mauger (1968)
  • National League Riders Championship - Joe Owen (1976, 1982)
  • Provincial League Riders Championship - Ivan Mauger (1963, 1964)
  • Premier League Riders Championship - Kenni Larsen (2010)

    • Regional honour

    1 Title

  • Sport Newcastle Team of the Year - 2010, awarded ahead of the Championship League winning football side Newcastle United.

    • Rider of the Year

    As nominated by supporters:

  • 2011: Stuart Robson
  • 2010: Kenni Larsen
  • 2009: Mark Lemon
  • 2008: Jason King
  • 2007: Sean Stoddart
  • 2006: Christian Henry

    • Hall of fame riders/managers

    There are currently three inductees in the Diamonds hall of fame:

  • Ivan Mauger
  • Tom Owen
  • Kenni Larsen

    • 80th anniversary series

    In 2009 to commemorate the Diamonds 80th anniversary a series of 50 cigarette cards were produced by the club. Riders included:

    References

    Newcastle Diamonds Wikipedia
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