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Crump to be at the Abbey for Poole match.

TRIPLE World Champion Jason Crump will be a guest of Swindon Speedway as the late, great Neil Street is inducted into the Robins Legends Lounge at this Thursday’s mouthwatering Elite League clash with Poole (7.30). Crump, who had a spell with the Robins early in his career, is now based in Sweden during the regular […]

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Stead back in the fold for Poole clash.

SWINDON have moved to clarify the situation with British star Simon Stead after a weekend of speculation surrounding his future with the club. Robins bosses can confirm Stead, who celebrated his testimonial with a hugely successful meeting last week, will be in the side for Thursday’s vital meeting with title rivals Poole at the Abbey. […]

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Hans Andersen wins Stead Teatimonial.

HOME MAN Hans Andersen romped to an eighteen point maximum to win the Simon Stead Testimonial at Swindon on Thursday. It was a star-studded lineup that turned out for Steady and a healthy crowd packed the Abbey, but it was a Swindon Robin that stole the show with a faultless performance. It was an entertaining […]

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Super speedway riders gather for Stead’s night

SOME of the biggest names in world speedway will line up at Swindon on Thursday to celebrate the career of Great Britain star Simon Stead (7.30). Despite contending with a congested fixture list, ‘Steady’ has managed to attract a line-up worthy of any event and the meeting promises to be amongst the most entertaining in […]

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Robins Speedway end winning run at Peteborough.

ROBINS boss Alun Rossiter had no complaints about the result after seeing his side thumped 55-38 at Peterborough. And Rossiter refused to offer any excuses for the performance as the league leaders were outclassed at the East of England Showground. Troy Batchelor was top Swindon scorer with 12 – but six of those were from […]

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Speedway team update

SWINDON will face a patched-up Peterborough team at the East of England Showground in tonight’s important Elite League clash (7.30). Panthers have suffered a double injury blow with new signing Tomas H Jonasson and popular Pole Krzysztof Buczkowski ruled out after crashing in Poland yesterday. But Robins co-owner Gary Patchett insists his side won’t take […]

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Robins fly to Peterborough – PREVIEW

SWINDON continue their push for top spot in the Elite League when they head to Peterborough on Monday (7.30). And Robins will take plenty of local track knowledge to the East of England Showground as Hans Andersen, Simon Stead and Troy Batchelor are all former Panthers riders. Swindon co-boss Gary Patchett is hoping that will […]

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Swindon Robins v Birmingham – match PREVIEW

IN-FORM Swindon look to make it three league wins in four days when they face Birmingham at the Abbey tonight (7.30). The Robins, fresh from an impressive victory at Coventry last night, are in a confident mood to take on the Brummies. Boss Alun Rossiter said: “We are in a roll and we need to […]

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Swindon Robins stay top.

SWINDON remained on top of the Elite League with a late comeback to snatch a 48-45 away win at Coventry. Troy Batchelor and Hans Andersen were the Robins’ heroes with a Heat 15 5-1 to ensure they took the lead for the only time in the meeting at just the right time. It had been […]

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Swindon win against Kings Lynn after SCB judgement.

THE Speedway Control Bureau have issued the following statement regarding the Swindon v King’s Lynn Elite League match that was staged on Thursday July 19. Elite League: SWINDON v KINGS LYNN: Thursday 19th July 2012 At this Meeting Kings Lynn contravened The Speedway Regulations by using Cory Gathercole as a Guest to replace the Doubling-Up […]