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The origins of speedway in Plymouth began when Western Speedways Ltd promoted the dirt track racing at Pennycross Stadium. The opening meeting was a challenge match against Exeter on 13 June 1931. [3] The general manager of the stadium Freddie Hore signed Australian Bert Spencer as the first star to ride at Plymouth. [4]
The first meeting was held on 28 May 1928 promoted by the Plymouth Greyhound Stadium Ltd company becoming the third venue in Plymouth to experience greyhound racing. [ 3 ] The track circumference was a large 471 yards with race distances of 525 & 725 yards; the hare was a 'Metro-Vickers' with racing being held four times per week on Monday ...
Speedway track maintenance vehicles owned by the Gladiators were vandalized in an arson attack on 13 July 2022, following a series of attacks in which club vehicles were damaged. Police opened a criminal investigation, but club owner Mark Phillips expressed disappointment at the lack of consequences for vandals and trespassers at the Coliseum.
Cook signed for Plymouth Gladiators for the SGB Championship 2021 season. [4] The following season in 2022, he rode for the Poole Pirates in the SGB Championship 2022, [5] and was instrumental in helping Poole retain their tier 2 League and Knockout Cup double crown.
In 2023, he re-signed for Plymouth for the SGB Championship 2023 [8] and also signed for Sheffield Tigers for the SGB Premiership 2023, as their rising star. [9] He helped Sheffield win the league title. [10] In 2024 he re-signed for Sheffield, [11] and won the Knockout Cup with the Tigers. [12] Gilkes signed for Oxford Cheetahs for the SGB ...
The 1968 British League Division Two Knockout Cup was the first edition of the Knockout Cup for tier two teams and coincided with the newly formed league. [10]Previously the tier two and tier three teams had competed in the National Trophy until 1964, and although they held their own finals during some years it only served as qualification for the main competition.
Eleven clubs competed in the Championship in 2022, with Oxford returning to the sport after a 15 year absence. [1] The Eastbourne Eagles and the Kent Kings did not compete in the 2022 edition, with the Kings riding in the National Development League as The Royals, and Eastbourne not riding at all.
Ten years after the last appearance of speedway in Stoke, a team re-surfaced at the Sun Street stadium. The Stoke team with the nickname 'Potters' being used for the first time, joined the 1939 Speedway National League Division Two, under the promotion of the stadium owners. [7]