Country England Website www.sheffieldtigers.co Total 39.97 Track record date 15 October 2010 Track size 361 metres (395 yd) League SGB Championship | Founded 1929 Colours Yellow and Blue Team manager Simon Stead Track record holder Ricky Ashworth Team captain Kyle Howarth | |
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Track record time 59.1 seconds (54.66mph) Track address Owlerton Stadium; Penistone Road; Sheffield; South Yorkshire | ||
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The Sheffield 'Window Centre' Tigers are a speedway team based in Sheffield, England. They currently race in the British SGB Championship and their home meetings take place at Owlerton Stadium which is the fastest track in British speedway and traditionally hold their race nights on Thursday's between March and October. The Tigers are sponsored by the Sheffield Window Centre, promoted by Damien Bates, Peter Mole and Julie Reading.
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History
Owlerton was a purpose built speedway track built in 1929. It operated for most of the pre-war years and re-opened for a short spell in 1945. The team operated in the Northern League of 1946 and in the National League Division Two between 1947 and 50. It closed part way through 1951 and staged open meetings in 1952. The track re-opened in 1960 and has operated most seasons since then. The team has been known as The Tigers apart from part of 1950 when they were known as The Tars. The Tigers alltime leading point scorer is Sean Wilson with 4246 points and the record appearance maker is Reg Wilson with 470 appearances. Their official track record holder is former captain and No.1 Ricky Ashworth with a time of 59.1 seconds.
Riders confirmed for the 2017 season are Josh Grajczonek, Kyle Howarth, Lasse Bjerre, Josh Bates, Todd Kurtz, Robert Branford, Jack Parkinson Blackburn
Club honours
Current season
The 2017 season is the 21th consecutive season that the Sheffield Tigers have competed in the Championship (formally Premier League 1997-2016).