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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 Race Jackets up for Auction
12 August 2008
Following the Hammers successful League match against the Eastbourne Eagles that was screened live on Sky Sports on Monday 4th August the specially produced race jackets worn by the riders that evening are to be auctioned. Each of the riders has signed their race jacket, which shows the famous logo of our special meeting sponsor that evening - The Royal Air Force.
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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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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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'Hammerarderie'
13 May 2008
The Lakeside Hammers started a busy week, which sees them race in three important Sky Sports Elite League matches, with a superb win away at Coventry on Monday evening. Despite being without their Australian captain, Adam Shields, they roared to a memorable victory over the current Sky Sports Elite League champions. The Hammers boss, Stuart Douglas, feels much of the credit for the team's strong start to the season should go to the rider’s collective spirit.
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Ace Cafe - Speedway Day
31 July 2007
Ace Cafe London is delighted to host one of the most successful speedway club's in history, the Eastbourne Eagles, at their annual Speedway Day, on Sunday 2nd September starting at 10am and finishing at around 5pm. Speedway was very much a part of the cafe's history. In the period following World War II, Speedway racing took place regularly, every Thursday night at the world famous Wembley Stadium, just a stones throw from the cafe, attracting tens of thousand of fans, with huge numbers visiting the cafe.
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