For the rugby union team, see Leicester Lions RFC.
Leicester Lions
Club information
Track address
Pidcock Motorcycles Arena Beaumont Park 1 The Lions Leicester LE4 1DZ
Country
England
Founded
1968, 2011
Closed
1983
Promoter
Paul Cairns & Stewart Dickson
Team manager
Stewart Dickson
League
SGB Premiership National Development League
Website
www.leicesterspeedway.com
Club facts
Colours
Red and Yellow
Track size
300 metres (330 yd)
Track record time
58.06s
Track record date
17th July 2023
Track record holder
Max Fricke
Current senior team
Rider
CMA
Max Fricke (capt)
Sam Masters
Richard Lawson
Luke Becker
Ryan Douglas
Drew Kemp
Sam Hagon
Current junior team
Rider
CMA
Joe Thompson
Arran Butcher
Tom Spencer
Vinnie Foord
Max James
Luke Crang
Sonny Springer
Major team honours
Championship Shield
2019
SGB Championship
2019
Midland Cup
1972, 1974
NDL Champions
2019, 2022
NDL Knockout Cup winners
2019, 2022
NDL Pairs
2022
Leicester Lions are a speedway team which originally operated from 1968 until 1983[1] and again from 2011. The team race at the Beaumont Park Stadium (or Pidcock Motorcycles Arena for sponsorship purposes). Since 2019, the club have also ran a junior side known as the Lion Cubs.
^Bamford, R & Jarvis J.(2001). Homes of British Speedway. ISBN 0-7524-2210-3
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is a list of motorcycle speedway riders who have been part of the LeicesterLions first team in league or cup matches, excluding guest riders, both in...
player who is currently head coach at LeicesterLions and Head of Psychology at The King's School Grantham. A Leicester Tigers youth player, Collins was a...
Leicester in 1928. It has continued on and off until the present day, with LeicesterLions currently competing in the SGB Championship and Leicester Lion...
part-owner of LeicesterLions) who would provide Twelvetrees with his first foray into professional rugby. While Twelvetrees was with the Lions, a coach there...
Victorian Solo Championship at Mildura, and in November 2018 was signed by LeicesterLions for their 2019 SGB Championship team, also signing during the 2019...
to a team scoring 4 tries or more in a match. Dings Crusaders (1) LeicesterLions (1) Since relegation from the 2018–19 National League 1 Loughborough...
Macclesfield (2009–10) Most tries in a season: 32 Gareth Collins for LeicesterLions (2010–11) Ryan Parkinson for Macclesfield (2013–14) Nick Royle for...
as the SGB Premiership. There was an increase of one team after the LeicesterLions opted to move up from the SGB Championship. Defending champions Belle...
2013 Premier League speedway season. In December 2013 he signed for LeicesterLions for the 2014 season. Doyle fell foul of work permit rules and was initially...
signed as a full team member at Lakeside for the 2009 season. He joined LeicesterLions in July 2011, becoming the team captain and finishing third in the...
the 2024 season and replaced Joe Thompson as the rising star for the LeicesterLions in the Premiership. His father is Martin Hagon and his grandfather...
signing for LeicesterLions in 1969, becoming the first American rider to compete in the British League. Shortly before making his debut for Lions he was seriously...
former motorcycle speedway rider who rode in the British League for LeicesterLions and Coventry Bees in the 1970s. The younger brother of former Finnish...
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Wigston and Westleigh - clubs that merged to form the modern LeicesterLions - then the Lions have 9 wins overall. Oadby would later merge with Old Wygestonians...
Eaton in 1966. In 1968 he moved with the promotion to the newly formed LeicesterLions, retiring during the season but soon returning, finishing the season...