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'Robbo' Relishing Bees Clash
12 October 2009
The Lakeside Hammers now face the Coventry Bees this Wednesday, 14th October, in the Elite League Knockout Cup Final First Leg at the Arena-Essex Raceway and one rider relishing the challenge of the Club winning its first ever top League silverware is Stuart Robson, himself a former Bee, who has become a firm fans favourite with the Essex faithful in his comeback season after two years away from the Sport.

Hammers Name Their Teams
08 October 2009
The Lakeside Hammers have today named their team for the important 1st leg of the Elite League Knockout Cup Final against the Coventry Bees, which takes place at the Hammers Arena-Essex Raceway this coming Friday 9th October.

The Hammers Prepare for Saturday’s Big Meeting
20 August 2009
The Lakeside Hammers move away from their traditional home Friday race day for this Saturday’s vital Sky Sports Elite League match against fellow Play Off hopefuls, the Coventry Bees.

The Hammers Take on the League Leaders
05 August 2009
The Lakeside Hammers take on the leaders of the Sky Sports Elite League, the Swindon Robins, at the Hammers home circuit at the Arena-Essex Raceway this Friday, 7th August, at 8pm.

Lakeside Hammers and the Swindon Robins Fixture Postponed
23 July 2009
This Friday’s (24th July) Sky Sports Elite League fixture between the Lakeside Hammers and the Swindon Robins has been postponed after the agreement of both clubs.

Hammers Welcome Play Off Change
11 June 2009
The Lakeside Hammers have welcomed the decision to change the Play Off system from 6 to 4 teams following a majority vote involving all nine Elite League Clubs.

Hammers Target 'Must Win' Meeting
08 June 2009
Stuart Douglas, owner of The Lakeside Hammers Speedway Club, has upped the ante ahead of his team's Elite League clash with Belle Vue in Manchester on Monday.

Hammers Promoters Call for Overhaul of British Speedway
28 May 2009
Lakeside Speedway Promoters Stuart Douglas and Jon Cook have called for a complete overhaul in the way Speedway is run plus an independent inquiry into the controversy surrounding allegations of race fixing during Poole’s visit to Swindon earlier this month.

Pole to Return to the Hammers
30 April 2009
The Lakeside Hammers Speedway Club have announced that Polish rider Tomasz Jedrzejak will be returning to the Hammers side to deputise for the injured Joonas Kylmakorpi for the month of May.

Monster Energy Yamaha's Brandon Currie Race Report
02 April 2009
The first round of the XTRM 2009 AMA Supermoto Championship kicked off at Fontana's Auto Club Speedway last Sunday. Over the winter, Monster Yamaha's 2008 Lites Champion, Brandon Currie, created his own Supermoto program with the assistance of AGM (Atkins Global Management) along with the loyal support from Monster Energy and Graves Yamaha. After two consecutive lites championships, Currie has now stepped up to the 450 premier class for 2009.

Bostrom Wins First AMA Pro Daytona SportBike Superpole in Daytona 200
07 March 2009
An inaugural AMA Pro Daytona SportBike presented by AMSOIL Superpole qualifying session that was the first in the world ever run at night provided plenty of fireworks as Ben Bostrom (No. 1s Team Graves Yamaha YZF-R6) saved the best for last in the qualifying session that set the top-10 grid positions for Friday's Daytona 200 by Honda (SPEED at 8:30 p.m. ET/5:30 p.m. PT).

Mladin Secures Seventh AMA Pro American Superbike Victory
07 March 2009
Rockstar/Makita Suzuki rider Mat Mladin won his seventh career AMA Pro National Guard American Superbike presented by Parts Unlimited race at Daytona International Speedway Thursday where he led 10 of 15 laps from the pole.

Hammers Admission Freeze
19 February 2009
The Lakeside Hammers fans have been rewarded for their incredible support of the past two years with an admission price freeze for the first half and, in all probability, the entire 2009 season at a time when many rival clubs are announcing price increases. There is even a decrease for 10 to 15 year olds with further discounts for families and the unemployed as the Club aim to banish the area’s credit crunch blues by providing another summer of exhilarating entertainment every Friday night at the Arena-Essex Raceway.

New Hammer Looking for Some Happy Hunting
27 January 2009
Lakeside Hammers new heat leader, Lee Richardson, is putting the finishing touches on the preparations for the season ahead when he will race for the first time as a fully fledged Hammer. Forming a dual pronged attack with skipper, Adam Shields, Lee feels that the future is bright for the Essex-based Elite League Speedway team.

Hammers With Happy Billing
06 January 2009
The Lakeside Hammers speedway team head into 2009 quietly confident of their chances of replicating the success of last season, which saw them finish level on points at the top of the British Elite League. "The beginning of 2008 saw us landed with the burden of joint favourites, and it's fair to say we punched well above our weight in a very successful season," said Hammers co-promoter, Stuart Douglas. "This year the spotlight seems to be pointing in a different direction, which is fine by me, as we'd much rather be left to get on quietly with our business and do our talking on the track."

AMA Racing Xtreme International Ice Racing Series Set to Roll
22 December 2008
If your need for speed is feeling a little unfulfilled this winter, check out the AMA Racing-sanctioned Xtreme International Ice Racing Series. Traveling to three corners of the continental United States, as well as into Canada, the series offers some of the coolest speedway racing on ice from an elite international field that includes riders from England, Scotland and Poland.

Eighth Hammer Named
21 December 2008
The Lakeside Hammers Speedway Club have revealed the eighth member of their squad for their assault on the 2009 Elite League with Welshman Phil Morris joining the team to share reserve duties with local Essex lad Chris Mills and one more rider yet to be named.

Hammers 2009 Team Named
13 December 2008
Lee Richardson will race in the UK in 2009 for the Lakeside Hammers and will team up with Adam Shields to head the Essex Club’s attempt to go one better and claim their first Elite League title. ?The Hammers announced their new season line up via live webcast earlier this evening.

Hammers Go Live!
10 December 2008
Chalking up another 'first' for the Lakeside Hammers, the 2009 team will be unveiled in a special webcast broadcast live over the internet. Explaining the new approach, Co-promoter Jon Cook revealed "The days of releasing details of your team one at a time were designed for the era of the club call lines. Methodology moves on with progress, and this is a way of showing this Club has a finger on the pulse and an eye on the future. I'm very excited about this team and extremely optimistic about our chances of continuing the rapid ascent of the Hammers as a major club in British Speedway".

No Leigh in 2009 for the Hammers
06 December 2008
The Lakeside Hammers have confirmed that the long serving Leigh Lanham will not feature in their 2009 team plans.? Lanham completed his eleventh season at the Club last year and his partnership with Andreas Jonsson was one of the most successful in the Club’s history and played a major part in such a memorable season.
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