Isle of Wight Islanders

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	Scott Campos
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
Alfie Bowtell	9.49
Ben Morley	8.98
Scott Campos	6.49
Danno Verge	4.98
Chris Widman	4.11
Jamie Bursill	3.00
Shaun Tedham	3.00
Total	40.05
Major team honours
Premier League KO Cup	2003
Premier League Pairs	2002, 2007
Premier League Fours Champions	2007
Young Shield Winners	1998, 2001[1]
National Trophy	2013[1]

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]

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.

2016 Team

No.	Rider
1	Mark Baseby
2	James Cockle
3	Nathan Stoneman
4	Lee Smart
5	Chris Widman
6	Kelsey Dugard
7	Layne Cupitt

2013 Team

No.	Rider
1	Adam Ellis
2	Ben Hopwood
3	Tom Perry
4	Darryl Ritchings
5	Byron Bekker
6	Danny Stoneman
7	Brandon Freemantle
5	Tom Young (replaced Byron Bekker)

2012 Team

No.	Rider
1	Danny Warwick
2	Aaron Baseby
3	Paul Starke
4	Ben Hopwood
5	Kyle Hughes
6	Danny Stoneman
7	Adam Ellis
Also Rode	Mark Baseby
Also Rode	Ross Walter
Also Rode	Steven Jones
Also Rode	Nick Simmons
Also Rode	Marc Owen
Also Rode	Rikki Mullins

2011 Team

No.	Rider
1	Paul Starke
2	Rob Smith
3	Lee Smethills
4	Brendan Johnson
5	Nick Simmons
6	Tom Hill
7	John Rech

2009 Team

No.	Rider
1	Tom Brown
2	Ben Hopwood
3	Chris Johnson
4	Brendan Johnson
5	Nick Simmons
6	Scott Meakins
7	Tom Hill

2008 Team

No.	Rider
1	Jason Bunyan
2	Glen Phillps
3	Krzysztof Stojanowski
4	Paul Fry
5	Cory Gathercole
6	James Holder
7	Andrew Bargh
8	Richard Sweetman

Notable Islanders

Davey Watt

Adam Shields

Chris Holder

Ray Morton

Danny Bird

Nick Simmons

Adam Ellis

References

1 2 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

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[Almanac-1] 1 2 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