isle of wight islanders Archives - Speedway Hub UK https://speedwayhub.com/tag/isle-of-wight-islanders/ British Speedway News Online Mon, 16 Jun 2025 12:26:57 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://speedwayhub.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Speedway-FAV-150x150.png isle of wight islanders Archives - Speedway Hub UK https://speedwayhub.com/tag/isle-of-wight-islanders/ 32 32 Speedway set to return to Isle of Wight for 2025 summer season https://speedwayhub.com/speedway-set-to-return-to-isle-of-wight-for-2025-summer-season/ Mon, 16 Jun 2025 12:26:57 +0000 https://speedwayhub.com/?p=3423 After careful consideration, and with the support of our fans and sponsors shown so far, it has given the management of the Wightlink Warriors more confidence to announce their intention to stage a 7 meeting season of speedway between July and September taking place at Smallbrook Stadium. The season plan is to stage 4 team […]

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]]> After careful consideration, and with the support of our fans and sponsors shown so far, it has given the management of the Wightlink Warriors more confidence to announce their intention to stage a 7 meeting season of speedway between July and September taking place at Smallbrook Stadium.
The season plan is to stage 4 team speedway meetings to include the Vince Mapley Memorial, and the Steve Piper Memorial meetings, plus the popular Best Pairs as well as our British Championships to include Women, J.A.P, Upright and the 500cc. We will race on a Tuesday in 2025 allowing access to a greater number of riders as this is a quiet fixture night in the UK. In addition, we hope to stage the British GT140 providing we can find a date in their busy schedule.
With the good news of the decision to plan fixtures for the short season, there are still some hurdles to overcome.
Firstly, the club needs additional volunteers to enable us to man all the stations on race day. Please let us know If you think anyone would be interested to help. Some of these positions give you the best seat in the stadium to watch the action.
Secondly, whilst the offers of sponsorship have been really encouraging, we would still welcome a few more to enable us to fulfil the season’s racing.
Finally, getting the message out and more people through the door, We plan to use leaflets and banners this season as these have produced the best results in previous years  so, if you know of an area to deliver, Campsites, Hotels etc who will allow advertising, and you can take or deliver them please get in touch. The club is looking for someone to enable us to make better use of Facebook and to help distribute the message across the many Community Facebook groups as Islanders are best placed to have the best insight.
Wightlink Warriors promoter Martin Widman added, “Barry and I had a fantastic meeting this afternoon where we both undertook to deliver a season of speedway on the Isle of Wight. We have already overcome some big challenges and we feel that with the backing of our sponsors, and fans along with agreements with riders, we can provide a great season. We are delighted that we are much closer than two weeks ago to securing the season for our Club, and we are so very grateful for all the offers of support. We hope that we have planned an attractive programme of speedway events to showcase Speedway on the Island and will now start talking to riders and clubs about the season.”
The management would like to thank everyone in anticipation of their support both financial and physical, which will help us achieve a short but action packed programme.
Words by Isle of Wight Speedway – Feature Image courtesy of Sportography

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]]> Wightlink Warriors Present Winter Track Spectacular https://speedwayhub.com/wightlink-warriors-present-winter-track-spectacular/ Sat, 09 Dec 2023 10:11:07 +0000 https://speedwayhub.com/?p=580 Fans of two wheeled track sport missing the buzz of close quarter action need look no further than the Smallbrook Stadium in Ryde next Saturday (16 December) as the Island’s speedway venue plays host to a winter spectacular featuring speedway, grasstrack GT140 and Flat Track racing. Starting at 11.00 am, this training meeting is expected […]

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]]> Fans of two wheeled track sport missing the buzz of close quarter action need look no further than the Smallbrook Stadium in Ryde next Saturday (16 December) as the Island’s speedway venue plays host to a winter spectacular featuring speedway, grasstrack GT140 and Flat Track racing.

Starting at 11.00 am, this training meeting is expected to see over 50 riders compete in more than 40 races across the three disciplines and will run well into the afternoon as qualification for the various Finals should bring the top racers head-to-head is an exciting climax to the day. Wightlink Warrior Arran Butcher will head the speedway contingent; National Champion Ian Clark leads the GT140 competitors whilst exciting Flat Track Pro Racer Jack Bell will take some stopping in his group.

Warriors’ co-owner Barry Bishop was clearly excited to be promoting a festive feast of track racing as he said,

“Martin Widman (co-owner) and I have received regular approaches over the past couple of years about putting on a winter event and this year, having lost so many of our summer track days, we thought it would be good for the fans if we would give it a try.

Essentially, it’s a training day in a real meeting environment to allow all the riders to test and prepare for 2024 and with the help of Anthony Brown and Adam Hawker from the Flat Track and Grass Track communities respectively we have been able to construct a full day of competitive action in the sincere hope that we will enjoy some favourable weather as we build up to race day.

It’s taken quite a bit of planning, however by offering real value for money via a discounted admission fee of £5.00 we hope that supporters old and new will be able to enjoy a pre-Christmas all action treat”.

 

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