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The Hammers See off the Wolves Despite Injury Worries
28 August 2008
Having endured a torrid week of devastating injury news, the Lakeside Hammers rallied for an outstanding 'backs to the wall' performance to beat Wolverhampton Wolves at the Arena-Essex Raceway last Friday night. With three of their riders now looking likely to have their season prematurely ended, Team Manager Jon Cook was able to elicit some heroic performances from his remaining riders to see off a strong Wolves challenge.
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Hammers Captain Injured in Horrific Crash
25 August 2008
The Lakeside Hammers will go into action tonight at the Arena-Essex Raceway without Captain Adam Shields after a horrific crash at Peterborough last night that seems likely to have ruled the Australian out for the rest of the season.
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Hammers Star Injured in Sweden
22 August 2008
The Lakeside Hammers League championship challenge has been hit by a further injury blow ahead of an important two days for the Club after Jonas Davidsson, one of the most improved riders in the League this season, was hurt in a crash in his homeland on Tuesday night.?Davidsson suffered a punctured lung, broken rib and internal injuries after a first bend coming together with Bjarne Pedersen and looks set to be on the sidelines for a number of weeks adding to the Hammers problems with Joonas Kylmakorpi already out for the season.
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Hammers Prepare for the Visit of the Wolves
19 August 2008
The Lakeside Hammers prepare for this coming Friday’s important home Sky Sports Elite League match against Wolverhampton by visiting Peterborough on Thursday. The Peterborough Panthers have made team changes since the Hammers last visited the East of England Showground in June in the Knockout Cup. On that occasion the Hammers roared to a comfortable 12 point victory.
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Happy Hammers Now Target Second Cup Final Appearance
13 August 2008
The Lakeside Hammers bounced back from the doom and gloom of their first home League defeat of the season by Swindon last Friday with a great victory at Wolverhampton on Monday night now aim to reach a second Cup Final when Eastbourne visit the Arena-Essex Raceway this Wednesday. The Hammers performance at Wolverhampton was a good team effort led by Jonas Davidsson and Adam Shields. Without Andreas Jonsson and Joonas Kylmakorpi many believed the side might have struggled to claim the win but they all fought for every point.
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Hammers Boss Praises Team Performance
08 August 2008
Lakeside Hammers Boss Jon Cook has heaped praise on his team for a tremendous back to the walls display at Poole last night that saw the team only go down to an eight point defeat despite losing Andreas Jonsson a couple of hours before the meeting and then seeing Joonas Kylmakorpi crash out with another dislocation of his shoulder.
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Hammers Claim Vital Win Over the Eagles
06 August 2008
The Lakeside Hammers roared to a superb 19 point win over play-off hopefuls, the Eastbourne Eagles, on Monday night at their Arena-Essex Raceway. The match, which was sponsored by the Royal Air Force, was screened live by Sky Sports and provided some great racing for not only the fans at the Raceway but also the large TV audience. Time and time again the Eagles riders made better starts than the home side but the Hammers riders repeatedly found their way from the back with manoeuvres that saw them come through both on the inside and outside of their opponents.
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Hammers Take All the Points but it's a Vital Week Ahead
01 August 2008
The Lakeside Hammers have taken all five available Sky Sports Elite League points from their two matches this week following their home win against the 2007 treble Champions Coventry on Wednesday and away at play-off hopefuls Ipswich on Thursday. Those five vital League points move the Essex Club up into second place in the table one point below leaders Poole, who have ridden two matches more and one point above Swindon who have ridden three more matches. In fourth place are Eastbourne who are six points behind the Hammers but have ridden four more matches.
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Hammers Make a Change to Their Squad
31 July 2008
Following a resounding 56-37 point victory at their Arena-Essex Raceway on Wednesday evening over last season’s treble winners, the Coventry Bees, Jon Cook, the Hammers Co-promoter and Team Manager announced a new signing for the Club. Finnish International Kauko Nieminen has been drafted into the squad to replace the Hammers present No.8 Chris Mills. 29 year old Nieminen, who rides for the Workington Comets in the Premier League, is delighted to have the opportunity of competing at the top level in this Country as and when required but he will continue to race for the Comets, where he is currently second in their averages.
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1991 Arena-Essex Winning Team Back Together For One Night Only
11 July 2008
The most successful team in Arena-Essex’s 25 year history have agreed to turn out for a special one night only appearance at Paul Hurry’s ‘Battle Of Lakeside’ at the Arena-Essex Raceway on 18th July. The members of the treble winning team will all be there on the night when Speedway honours one of its nice guys. One or two of them may even be tempted back on a bike for a few laps.
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Hammers Face Wolves In Vital League Match
08 July 2008
The next task for the high flying Lakeside Hammers Speedway team is to defeat Wolverhampton in a vital Sky Sports Elite League match at their Arena-Essex Raceway this coming Friday, 11th July. Historically Wolverhampton have fully tested the Hammers around their Essex circuit in the past so the Hammers will go into this meeting in a very determined mood. The present difference in the League positions of the two sides will mean nothing on the night as the Hammers will be looking to keep their 2008 undefeated home League record intact. The Hammers are currently in third place in the Sky Sports Elite League whereas the Wolves are just one place above the bottom club, Coventry, who won all the major team championships last season.
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World Cup Winner Agrees to Ride For Hurry
08 July 2008
Former Grand Prix rider and World Team Cup Winner Peter Karlsson, has agreed to ride in Paul Hurry’s ‘Battle Of Lakeside’ on 18th July 2008 at the Arena Essex Raceway. The Swede who was victorious in the semi final round of the 2009 Grand Prix qualifier in his native Sweden last weekend, has agreed to ride for his former Wolverhampton team mate.
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Hammers See of the Bees
03 July 2008
The Lakeside Hammers roared to a very impressive 34 points victory over last season’s triple champions, the Coventry Bees, in last night’s Sky Sports Elite League match at their Arena-Essex Raceway. The win moves the Hammers up two places in the table, up into third place, but they have four matches in hand over the top two, Swindon and Poole. A top two place at the end of the season is important as it will give the Essex based Club a home draw in the semi final of the play-off’s for the League title.
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The Kids Are Alright with The Hammers…
26 June 2008
The Lakeside Hammers, Britain’s fastest growing Speedway team, has seized the opportunity of their TV deal to throw their weight behind one of the Country’s most important charities. Monday 30th June sees the Sky Sports cameras broadcasting live from the Arena Essex Raceway, home circuit of the Hammers, as they take on current British Champions, the Coventry Bees, in the highly competitive top flight Speedway Elite League. The promotional duo of Jon Cook and Stuart Douglas have chosen this date to show their support for CHILDREN with LEUKAEMIA, the UK’s leading charity dedicated to fighting Britain’s biggest childhood cancer.
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Davidsson Signs as Hammers Progress in the Cup
21 June 2008
The Hammers completed the double over the Peterborough Panthers on Friday evening by beating the Panthers for the second time in 24 hours to progress into the semi finals of the Elite League Knockout Cup. To further delight their supporters Swede Jonas Davidsson signed a full contact with the Club during the home leg at the Arena-Essex Raceway.
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Hammers Star Injured at Eastbourne
18 June 2008
The Lakeside Hammers Finnish international, Joonas Kylmakorpi, was involved in an horrendous crash during last night’s Sky Sports Elite League match away at Eastbourne. He dislocated a shoulder and will be sidelined from the Sport for around 14 days. The accident occurred during heat 14 of the match down at Eastbourne’s Arlington stadium and shocked not only those present but also the large audience watching the meeting live on Sky Sports. Kylmakorpi tangled with Eastbourne’s Australian rider Cameron Woodward down the back straight with Woodward clipping the fence. Both rides took heavy falls but the Australian was able to walk back to the pits unaided. However, the Hammers rider was not as fortunate as he had to take an ambulance ride off the track. It was diagnosed that Kylmakorpi had dislocated his shoulder and required a trip to the local hospital. The shoulder was put back in place and x-rays revealed no broken bones.
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Hammers Prepare for Next Week
11 June 2008
The Lakeside Hammers have no meetings this week but they are already preparing for next week when they have three important meetings. Next Monday, 16th June, they are away in a Sky Sports Elite League match against Eastbourne, which will be shown live on Sky Sports. This is a match that the Hammers Team Manager, Jon Cook, captain, Adam Shields, and Finnish International Joonas Kylmakorpi will be particularly keen to win as they have all been involved with the Sussex club in the past.
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Speedway Elite League Match Against Wolverhampton Rained Off
07 June 2008
Friday evening's Eite League Speedway match at the Arena-Essex\Raceway between the Lakeside Hammers and Wolverhampton was called off less than two hours before the expected start time due to the track being waterlogged. Despite rain in the area for most of the day the Arena-Essex Raceway had remained dry until heavy rain hit the track around 5.45pm. After just 15 minutes the track had large puddles on it and the Club were faced with no option but to call the match off. This decision proved to be the correct one as the rain continued past the due start time and resulted in racing not being possible.
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Hammers Roar to Another Away Win
05 June 2008
The Lakeside Hammers moved up into second place in the Sky Sports Elite League following their win on Monday evening up in Manchester against the Belle Vue Aces. They would have headed the table but for Swindon also winning, away at Wolverhampton. The Hammers dominated the match from the start and despite the a late comeback by the home side the Hammers recorded a six point victory. The win was sealed in the penultimate heat when Lubos Tomicek and Joonas Kylmakorpi roared to a maximum heat advantage over their opponents. That meant the Hammers led going into the final heat in an unassailable position being eight points up.
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Hammers Skipper Prepares To See Off Pirate Invasion
30 May 2008
The Lakeside Hammers captain, Australian Adam Shields, is looking forward to Friday’s top of the table Sky Sports Elite League clash against the Poole Pirates, which takes place at the Hammer Arena-Essex Raceway. Shields, who started his UK career in the Premier League with the Isle of Wight Islanders, will be up against fellow Australians Davey Watt and Chris Holder, who also were first seen in this County in the Islanders colours. He will also face Pole Krzysztof Kasprzak, who rode as the Hammers No1 last season. The Pole is due to end a short return to racing with the Pirates after Friday’s match having come into their side as a temporary replacement for their injured captain, Bjarne Pedersen.
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