Plymouth Devils
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Track address | St Boniface Arena Coypool Road Plymouth PL7 4NW |
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Country | England | ||||||||||||||||||
Founded | 1932, 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||
Closed | 1970 | ||||||||||||||||||
Team captain | Cory Gathercole | ||||||||||||||||||
League | Premier League | ||||||||||||||||||
Website | www |
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Colours | Yellow with Red Devil | ||||||||||||||||||
Track size | 216 metres (1st lap is 221 metres as the start line is 5 metres back) |
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Track record time | 49.50 | ||||||||||||||||||
Track record date | 14 May 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||
Track record holder | Ben Barker | ||||||||||||||||||
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The Plymouth Devils are a speedway team in the British Premier League. The club was re-formed after a gap of thirty-six years in 2006 by former St Austell Gulls rider Mike Bowden.[1]
Temporary planning permission was awarded for a new speedway track in 2006,[2] but in August 2007 the club was granted full planning permission.[3]
Plymouth's original home was Pennycross Stadium. This stadium was used in the pre-World War II era and re-opened in 1947 when the Devils raced in the National League Division Three. Apart from short spells in the Second Division the team operated at this level until 1954. The track re-opened for a couple of years in the Provincial League 1961 (as the Plymouth Bulldogs) and 1962. It re-opened 1968 and had spells in the British League Division Two.
2013 Team
Previous riders in 2013
2010 Team
Previous Riders In 2010
2009 Team
2008 Team
Seemond Stephens
Mark Simmonds
Ben Hopwood
Tom Brown
Kyle Hughes
Nicki Glanz
Paul Starke
Jaimie Pickard
Danny Stoneman
Jamie White-Williams
2007 Team
Seemond Stephens
Robert Smith
Tom Brown
Jamie Westacott
Nicki Glanz
Tim Webster
Ben Hopwood
Billy Legg
Adam Roynon
Jaimie Pickard
Russell Barnet