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The Sittingbourne Crusaders were a British speedway team based in
Iwade Iwade is a village and civil parish north of the town of Sittingbourne in the English county of Kent. History Iwade was established in the late Medieval period, when it was a settlement linking Watling Street to the coast via Key Street (a ...
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who raced in the Conference League. The
Iwade Iwade is a village and civil parish north of the town of Sittingbourne in the English county of Kent. History Iwade was established in the late Medieval period, when it was a settlement linking Watling Street to the coast via Key Street (a ...
training track was initially built in 1971 by former
Hackney Hawks Hackney Hawks speedway opened in 1963 at Hackney Wick Stadium, Waterden Road, London and operated until 1983. The team replaced the Hackney Wick Wolves who had raced at the stadium from 1935 to 1939. The Hawks were then themselves replaced by the ...
rider Barry Thomas whilst he was still a rider for the Canterbury Crusaders, the team whose colours and name Sittingbourne represented. The team competed in league seasons at various times from 1994 to 2008.


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Speedway Conference League teams Sport in Sittingbourne {{motorcycle-speedway-team-stub