Plymouth Devils

Plymouth Devils
Club information
Track address	St Boniface Arena Coypool Road Plymouth PL7 4NW
Country	England
Founded	1932, 2006
Closed	1970, 2016
Team captain	Kyle Newman
League	Premier League
Website	www.plymouthdevils.co
Club facts
Colours	Yellow with Red Devil
Track size	216 metres (1st lap is 221 metres as the start line is 5 metres back)
Track record time	49.50
Track record date	14 May 2011
Track record holder	Ben Barker
Current team
Rider CMA Charlie Gjedde 8.48 jack Holder 7.10 Kyle Newman 6.84 Todd Kurtz 6.79 Zdenek Simota 5.38 Stefan Nielsen 4.62 Ellis Perks 3.00 Total 42.21
Major team honours
National Trophy Winners 1952

The Plymouth Devils was a speedway team in the British Premier League. The club was reformed after a gap of thirty-six years in 2006 by former St Austell Gulls rider Mike Bowden^[1] but folded again in 2016.^[2]

Temporary planning permission was awarded for a new speedway track in 2006,^[3] but in August 2007 the club was granted full planning permission.^[4]

Plymouth's original home was Pennycross Stadium. This stadium was used in the pre-World War II era and re-opened in 1947 when the Devils raced in the National League Division Three. Apart from short spells in the Second Division the team operated at this level until 1954. The track re-opened for a couple of years in the Provincial League 1961 (as the Plymouth Bulldogs) and 1962. It re-opened 1968 and had spells in the British League Division Two.

2013 Team

• Ty Proctor
• Todd Kurtz
• Mikkel Bech Jensen
• Cory Gathercole
• Mark Lemon
• Jake Anderson
• Simon Nielsen

Previous riders in 2013

• Chris Schramm
• Ricky Kling
• Ben Reade

2010 Team

• Nicki Glanz
• David Gough
• Seemond Stephens
• Matt Bates
• Mark Simmonds
• Jaimie Pickard
• Ben Reade

Previous Riders In 2010

• Paul Starke
• Lee Smethills
• Matt Wright
• Daniel Berwick

2009 Team

• Seemond Stephens
• David Gough
• Kyle Hughes
• Mark Simmonds
• Paul Starke
• Jason Prynne

2008 Team

• Seemond Stephens
• Mark Simmonds
• Ben Hopwood
• Tom Brown
• Kyle Hughes
• Nicki Glanz
• Paul Starke
• Jaimie Pickard
• Danny Stoneman
• Jamie White-Williams

2007 Team

• Seemond Stephens
• Robert Smith
• Tom Brown
• Jamie Westacott
• Nicki Glanz
• Tim Webster
• Ben Hopwood
• Billy Legg
• Adam Roynon
• Jaimie Pickard
• Russell Barnet

References

1. Bamford, Robert (2007-03-01). Tempus Speedway Yearbook 2007. NPI Media Group. ISBN 0-7524-4250-3.
2. "Plymouth Devils: Speedway team folds because of financial difficulties". BBC News. 5 October 2016.
3. "Speedway back on track". BBC. 6 January 2006. Retrieved 2007-10-28.
4. "Bowden Delighted with Green Light". Plymouth Herald. 3 August 2007. Retrieved 2007-10-28.

External links

• Official website