Country England Team manager Alun Rossiter Website www.swindonrobins.co Elite League Pairs Champions 2004, 2005 National League Champions 1957 Premier League KO Cup Winners 2000 | Founded 1949 Team captain Jason Doyle Manager Alun Rossiter British League Champions 1967 National League Div 2 Champions 1956 Elite League 2012 | |
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Track address Abbey Stadium
Blunsdon
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The Swindon Speedway team, also known as the Swindon Robins, are an English motorcycle speedway team established in 1949 that currently competes in the SGB Premiership.
Contents
- History
- 2016 Team
- 2010 Team
- 2009 Team
- 2008 Team
- 2007 Team
- 2006 Team
- British League
- National League
- National League Division Two
- Elite League Pairs Championship
- Premier League KO Cup
- Premier League Four Team Championship
- British League Division Two Best Pairs
- Young Shield
- Midland Cup
- Elite Shield
- Elite League
- World Champion
- World Under 21 Champion
- World Ice Speedway Champion
- British Speedway Championship
- British League Riders Championship
- British League Division Two Riders Championship
- References
The club have raced on their home track at the Abbey Stadium, Lady Lane, Blunsdon since their inception. The formation of the club followed the sport's prehistory in the town at the now demolished Gorse Hill Aerodrome, where dirt track racing had taken place since 1928.
Following difficult campaigns in 2010 and 2011, Swindon have signed Denmark's Peter Kildemand, former world #5 Hans Andersen and Australian international Troy Batchelor, who rode for the Robins in 2008 and part of the 2009 season. Alun Rossiter also returned as team manager after a 2-year spell with Coventry, with whom he won the Elite League in 2010. In 2012, the Robins won the Elite League title after beating the Poole Pirates 95–89 on aggregate following a 45-year wait for glory. In 2013, 2014 and 2015, the Robins made the semi-finals of the playoffs, but failed to advance further. At the start of the 2015 season, Swindon Robins No 1 Adrian Miedziński was injured in the first meeting at the Abbey vs Poole Pirates, with Peter Kildemand filling in on a temporary basis before the club signed Australian international Darcy Ward. However, Ward suffered a career-ending accident while riding in Poland, and Kildemand once again stepped in to complete the season. The 2016 Swindon Robins team is nicknamed Roscos Roo's, because it contains 5 Australians in addition to the required 2 British reserves.
History
The birth of the Robins was a product of the partnership of Bristol speedway manager Reg Witcomb and businessman Bert Hearse. Under their direction, a 410-yard (370 m) cinder track was built.
The first meeting, a non-league home challenge match, took place on 23 July 1949 against future rivals Oxford, and an official attendance figure of 8,000 was given, although employees of the club believe that 10,000 would be closer to the truth. The Robins lost their debut meeting 39–45 in a meeting that saw Ginger Nicholls top score for the home side with 11 points on his wedding day. In the process he won the first-ever race, was beaten by an opponent only once, and set the first-ever track record at 82.8 seconds. A new stadium is to be built for the 2018 season
2016 Team
2010 Team
2009 Team
Also Rode:
(DU) Riders doubling-up between Premier and Elite League
2008 Team
Also Rode:
2007 Team
Also Rode:
2006 Team
British League
Champions: 1967
National League
Champions: 1957
National League Division Two
Champions: 1956
Elite League Pairs Championship
Premier League KO Cup
Winners : 2000
Premier League Four-Team Championship
Winners : 2003
British League Division Two Best Pairs
Winners : 1994 (Tony Olsson and Tony Langdon)
Young Shield
Winners : 2000
Midland Cup
Winners : 1967, 1968, 1994
Elite Shield
Winners : 2008
Elite League
Champions: 2012