Kent Royals
Kent Royals are a speedway team that was formed in December 2019 to race in the National League at the Central Park Stadium in Sittingbourne.[1] This team is the development side of the Kent Kings, the second team racing at this venue.
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Track address | Central Park Stadium, Sittingbourne | ||||||||||||||||||
Country | England | ||||||||||||||||||
Founded | 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||
Team manager | John Sampford | ||||||||||||||||||
Team captain | Robert Ledwith | ||||||||||||||||||
League | National League (speedway) | ||||||||||||||||||
Website | www | ||||||||||||||||||
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Colours | Red and White | ||||||||||||||||||
Track size | 268 metres (293 yd) | ||||||||||||||||||
Track record time | 57.3s | ||||||||||||||||||
Track record date | 6 June 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||
Track record holder | Dan Greenwood | ||||||||||||||||||
Current team | |||||||||||||||||||
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2020 season
The Kent team's first signing for the 2020 Speedway National League season was Sam Hagon as one of their reserves.[2] On 19 January 2020, the Kent announced the rest of their team for the 2020 season and that John Sampford would be team manager.[3]
On 31 January 2020, the nickname for the team was revealed as 'Royals', this was following a competition to name the team set up by the club in local primary schools.[4]
References
- "It's National League too for Kings 2". Kent Kings. 17 December 2019. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
- "Hagon Heading to Kent". Speedway GB. 22 December 2019. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
- "Kent Name NL Line-up". Speedway GB. 19 January 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
- "Kent's NL Team: By Royal Appointment". Kent Kings. 31 January 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
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