English former motorcycle speedway team, based in Eastbourne, East Sussex
Eastbourne Eagles
Club information
Track address
Arlington Stadium Arlington Hailsham Sussex
Country
England
Founded
1929
Closed
2021
Website
www.eastbourne-speedway.com
Club facts
Colours
Blue & Yellow
Track size
275 metres (301 yd)
Track record time
54.9 seconds
Track record holder
Jason Crump & Chris Holder
Major team honours
British Champions
1995, 2000
Division 2 champions
1959, 1971, 1977, 1986, 1987
Division 3 champions
1947, 2018
Knockout Cup winners
1994, 1997, 2002, 2008
Knockout Cup Div 2
1975, 1977, 1978, 1985, 1986, 1987
Knockout Cup Div 3
2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
The Eastbourne Eagles were a British motorcycle speedway team, based at Arlington Stadium, near Eastbourne, England. They were founded in 1929 and are two times champions of Britain in 1995 and 2000.
The EastbourneEagles were a British motorcycle speedway team, based at Arlington Stadium, near Eastbourne, England. They were founded in 1929 and are...
Eastbourne (/ˈiːstbɔːrn/ ) is a town and seaside resort in East Sussex, on the south coast of England, 19 miles (31 km) east of Brighton and 54 miles (87 km)...
defeat to Eastbourne. Both Glasgow-Workington and Boston had their results expunged. The league champions that year were EastbourneEagles. The 1987 National...
as a driver. The team would most likely have used either Aldershot or Eastbourne as its base but no fixtures were contested by the team. The Auto Spedeway...
to ride for Poole until the end of the 2010 season when he joined EastbourneEagles for the 2011 Elite League speedway season. On 20 August 2011, he qualified...
row, secured the 2003 World Championship for Pedersen. He joined EastbourneEagles in 2003 and would stay for four years until the end of the 2007 season...
season. He won another Knockout Cup with EastbourneEagles the following year. After two seasons with Eastbourne he joined the Arena Essex Hammers for 2004...
Ward and Chris Holder and finished the season off by defeating the EastbourneEagles in the play-off final. They team completed a treble of trophy wins...
finishing runner-up in 2004. The 1998 season, was spent with the EastbourneEagles and this was followed by five seasons with the Poole Pirates until...
2004 and 2007, including two Elite League championships. He rode for EastbourneEagles in 2008. Despite quitting the British Elite League to reduce his racing...
1994. He previously rode in the UK for the Oxford Cheetahs and the EastbourneEagles, where he won the Elite League Championship in 1995. He returned to...
league and won the title finishing 15 points clear of nearest rivals EastbourneEagles. The Pirates last top league success had been back in 1969 and it...
and completed a full season, averaging 4.62. In 1983, he joined the EastbourneEagles and cemented his career as a heat leader as well as representing the...
kicked out of Cliftonhill. EastbourneEagles won the National League title, completing a league and cup double. Eastbournes's star rider was Colin Richardson...
by the EastbourneEagles. The 1986 National League Knockout Cup was the 19th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier two teams. EastbourneEagles were the...
Knockout Cup for the third time in their history. Berwick Birmingham Eastbourne Edinburgh Glasgow Kent Leicester Newcastle Plymouth Poole Redcar Scunthorpe...
final rounds. The winner of these rounds qualified for the final. EastbourneEagles topped the regular season table but were defeated by Wolverhampton...
Finland. Tuoriniemi made his British leagues debut in 1979, when he joined Eastbourne for the 1979 British League season. The same season he won the first of...
league for the 1958 Speedway National League. He also doubled up for EastbourneEagles in the Southern Area League, where he helped the south coast club...
tier/division of British speedway. The title was won by Belle Vue Colts. EastbourneEagles finished top of the regular season table. King's Lynn Young Stars...
rider from England. Wood began speedway racing in 2015, signing for EastbourneEagles as one of their reserves after the team dropped down to the National...
rode in Poland and the United Kingdom in 2013 for Unia Leszno and EastbourneEagles respectively, staying with both teams in 2014. In 2013 he won the...