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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 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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Hurry Tribute to Boocock
16 July 2008
With the funeral of Darren Boocock and his wife Sharon taking place on Friday this week, Paul Hurry and the organisers of his Testimonial have taken the decision to amend the original start time.Hurry said,"Although I did not know Darren that well, he was a popular member of the Speedway family and there are obviously riders and officials involved in my meeting who wish to attend the funeral in Sheffield on Friday and pay their respects."
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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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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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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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Hammers Star in High Speed GP Crash
25 May 2008
The Lakeside Hammers GP Swedish star, Andreas Jonsson, was involved in a high speed crash during Saturday night’s Grand Prix, which took place in his homeland, but it now appears that he has escaped without serious injury. The GP was staged at the Ullevi Stadium, Gothenburg and it soon became obvious that the track was going to cause the riders major problems. The 416 metre circuit is the largest track used in this season’s GP series and the speeds, especially towards the end of the straights, are the fastest seen.
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Hammers Keep Focused
23 May 2008
Despite there being no action at the Arena-Essex Raceway this Friday the Hammers riders are keeping fully focused as they now look to face Poole in a vital top of the table clash the following Friday, 30th May. Following their superb victory over Eastbourne last Friday, which saw the Hammers come from behind to claim the important two League points, the team had expected a relatively easy couple of weeks. However that has all changed following a further amendment to the fixtures that now sees them revert back to facing the Poole Pirates, who were originally lined up to be their opposition on 30th May.
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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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The Hammers Return to League Racing on Friday
30 April 2008
Following the successful staging of the British U-21 Final at their Raceway last Friday the Hammers return to Sky Sports Elite League action this Friday with the visit of their nearest rivals, the Ipswich Witches. The British U-21 Championship took place in front of a good sized crowd at the Arena Essex Raceway and was eventually won by Tai Woffinden from Adam Roynon and Ben Barker after 22 heats of enthralling racing. The last time the Ipswich Witches were at the Arena Essex Raceway was on Good Friday in the Craven Shield and despite the Hammers winning in the afternoon at the Witches home circuit at Foxhall Road they went down to the Witches in the home evening return fixture. The Hammers riders will, therefore, be looking to gain revenge over the Ipswich for that defeat when they meet on Friday in the League.
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Hammers Tame The Panthers
29 March 2008
A resounding victory against the Peterborough Panthers on Friday evening was the reward of some extraordinary work by the Lakeside track staff to get this Craven Shield fixture on. The match saw the Hammers side dominate proceedings from the very first heat. The initial staging of that race was stopped on the second lap when the Panthers No.2 Zdenek Simota took a tumble on the exit to the second bend. At the time of his fall the Hammers pairing of Andreas Jonsson and Leigh Lanham were on their way to a maximum 5-1 heat advantage over Peterborough’s Danish Grand Prix star, Hans Andersen.
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