Trelawny Tigers

Trelawny Tigers
Club information
Track address	Clay Country Moto Parc Longstone Pit Old Pound Nanpean St Austell Cornwall
Country	United Kingdom
Founded	2001
Closed	2003
Team manager	Mark Phillips
Team captain	Chris Harris
Club facts
Colours	Yellow and Black
Track size	230 metres (250 yd)
Track record time	53.10 seconds
Track record date	20 August 2002
Track record holder	Emiliano Sanchez
Major team honours
Premier Trophy 2002

Trelawny Tigers operated as a British Premier League speedway team during the 2001–03 seasons at the Clay Country Moto Parc.^[1] The track, 230m in length, was unique in its setting being situated in a disused china clay pit near St Austell, Cornwall. The compact track was renowned throughout the league for the quality of its preparation and the racing it produced.

The team enjoyed limited success on track, the highlight being winning the 2002 Premier Trophy competition after defeating Sheffield Tigers over two legs.^[2]

During the club's short history the top rider was Chris Harris. The club were responsible for bringing Slovenian Matej Žagar into British League Scene in 2003 and he firmly established himself as one of the Premier League's top riders. The track record holder was Argentinian star Emiliano Sanchez

In 2003 the club also ran a Conference League team known as the Trelawny Pitbulls. Drawing from rider experience within the senior team and from other clubs the team enjoyed mixed fortunes.^[1]

2003 riders

• Matej Žagar
• Emiliano Sanchez
• Chris Harris (c)
• Pavel Ondrašík
• Steve Masters
• Richard Wolff
• Simon Phillips
• Tom Brown
• Mirko Wolter
• Malcolm Holloway

2002 riders

• Emiliano Sanchez
• Pavel Ondrašík
• Chris Harris
• Steve Masters
• Richard Wolff
• Simon Phillips
• Seemond Stephens
• Alun Rossiter
• Tony Primmer
• Jason Prynne

2001 riders

• Brett Woodifield
• Pavel Ondrašík
• Chris Harris
• Graeme Gordon
• Wayne Barrett
• Gary Phelps
• Lee Herne
• Steffen Mell
• Kenny Olsson
• Richard Wolff

References