Isle of Wight Warriors

Isle of Wight Warriors (formerly Islanders)
Isle of Wight Warriors (formerly Islanders)
Club information
Track address	Smallbrook Stadium; Ashey Road; Ryde; Isle of Wight PO33 4BH
Country	England
Founded	1996, 2016 (re-founded)
Team manager	Jackie Vatcher
Team captain	Ben Morley
League	National League
Website	www.wightwarriors.co
Club facts
Colours	Blue and Yellow
Track size	385 metres (421 yd)
Track record time	66.1 secs
Track record date	13 April 2017
Track record holder	Stefan Nielsen
Current team
Ben Morley	9.18
Connor Coles	7.43
Tom Woolley	6.69
Scott Campos	5.12
Chad Wirtzfeld	3.81
Connor King	3.67
Macauley Leek	3.00
Total	38.9
Major team honours
Premier League KO Cup	2003
Premier League Pairs	2002, 2007
Premier League Fours Champions	2007
Young Shield Winners	1998, 2001
National Trophy	2013

The Isle of Wight Wightlink Warriors (formerly Islanders) are a British speedway team. They currently compete in the National League and ride their home meetings at the Smallbrook Stadium.^[2]

History

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.

After a break of two years, the club reformed in 2016 under the promotion of Barry Bishop and Martin Widman.

Riders

2019 team

Georgie Wood
Ben Morley
Danno Verge
Scott Campos
Connor King
Chad Wirtzfeld
Chris Widman

Previous seasons

Extended content

2016 team

Mark Baseby
James Cockle
Nathan Stoneman
Lee Smart
Chris Widman
Kelsey Dugard
Layne Cupitt

2013 team

Adam Ellis
Ben Hopwood
Tom Perry
Darryl Ritchings
Byron Bekker
Danny Stoneman
Brandon Freemantle
Tom Young (replaced Byron Bekker)

2012 team

Danny Warwick
Aaron Baseby
Paul Starke
Ben Hopwood
Kyle Hughes
Danny Stoneman
Adam Ellis

Also Rode

Mark Baseby
Ross Walter
Steven Jones
Nick Simmons
Marc Owen
Rikki Mullins

2011 team

Paul Starke
Rob Smith
Lee Smethills
Brendan Johnson
Nick Simmons
Tom Hill
John Rech

2009 team

Tom Brown
Ben Hopwood
Chris Johnson
Brendan Johnson
Nick Simmons
Scott Meakins
Tom Hill

2008 team

Jason Bunyan
Glen Phillps
Krzysztof Stojanowski
Paul Fry
Cory Gathercole
James Holder
Andrew Bargh
Richard Sweetman

Notable Islanders

Davey Watt
Adam Shields
Chris Holder
Ray Morton
Danny Bird
Nick Simmons
Adam Ellis

References

^ ^a ^b Oakes, P (2006). Speedway Star Almanac. Pinegen Ltd. ISBN 0-9552376-1-0.
^ Bamford, R & Jarvis, J.(2001). Homes of British Speedway. ISBN 0-7524-2210-3

External links

Official website

[Almanac-1] Oakes, P (2006). Speedway Star Almanac. Pinegen Ltd. ISBN 0-9552376-1-0.

[2] Bamford, R & Jarvis, J.(2001). Homes of British Speedway. ISBN 0-7524-2210-3

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