The newly formed Plymouth SWTR Centurions National Development League Team have announced 6 of the 7 Riders for their 2022 NDL season

Heading up the sextet will be Dan Gilkes and Henry Atkins from the higher Championship level Plymouth Gladiators Team.

Northampton based Dan Gilkes is a former NDL League winner with Kent in 2019 and headed the Kent Royals NDL Averages in 2021 with his 10.24 match average making him the highest rated NDL Rider.

He will form a formidable spearhead with Devon's own emerging star Henry Atkins. 

Henry missed almost all of the 2021 season due to a serious shoulder injury suffered on just the 10th lap of his 2021 NDL season, after comfortably winning his first two races. 

Widely recognised as one of the best British born prospects of his age group he will be seeking to battle with Dan for the no 1 spot in the SWTR Centurions Team.

The SWTR Centurions are also delighted to announce the return of two of the most popular NDL Riders from the club's most recent NDL seasons prior to joining the Championship league in 2021.

Adam Extance who was enjoying the most productive spell of his speedway career before suffering serious injuries in the late summer of the 2019 season whilst riding at Kent and widely regarded as one of the leading all-round motorcyclists in many forms of motorcycling sport, will return fully fit and raring to go.

Joining him in the engine room of the SWTR Centurions side will be the most popular Plymouth rider of his generation and one of the most popular NDL riders of all time across the sport in Richard Andrews. 

Mr Entertainment on and off the track and a superb team member, Richard will combine a return to The Coliseum with his increasing interest in 4 wheel Stock Car action, in which he made excellent progress in 2021.  

Next up is local lad Ben Trigger, a regular at The Coliseum as a both mascot and in pre and post meeting demonstration rides for several seasons and the current British Youth 500cc Champion and a regular Podium finisher in age groups at 125cc and 250cc in recent years.

Ben made his NDL debut immediately following his 15th birthday last season for the Leicester Lion Cubs and enjoyed a solid debut season in the sport at team level and will seek to build and consolidate on that on his return home to join the SWTR Centurions.

The Club has also agreed terms with another exciting young prospect in Eli Meadows. 

The former Somerset Rebels Mascot enjoyed a successful season at MSDL level in 2021 primarily with the Eastbourne Seagulls and also made an eye-catching NDL cameo performance being paid for 7 points for the NDL level Seagulls against Leicester. 

Eli will start in the reserve berth and his smooth style just needs to be allied to a bit more speed to make a big impact.

The final member of the Centurions 2022 Team will be named in a few weeks with several riders being considered and the Club will also invite any young rider wishing to stake a claim to the regular Training Schools once they recommence in February

The SWTR Centurions will be  managed by the highly popular Co-Promoter Mattie Bates, who will be looking for the Team to be challenging for League honours and  to become a key conveyor belt of emerging talent for the Club in the coming seasons.

Promoter and Director Mark Phillips commented

“In Dan and Henry I feel sure that we have 2 riders who can beat anyone at this level, both will be key members too of the Championship Gladiators Team and the added track time gained at NDL level can only help them, especially Henry who was so unlucky last season. 

Richard and Adam are both highly competent at this level and very popular with our fans and both will be great mentors for the younger riders and it is great to see Ben getting a chance to show us what he can do at this level as he builds his career after a solid start in Team Racing in 2021 and we have high hopes for Eli too; who has been a regular visitor to our Training sessions for a few years..

2022 Season tickets are now on sale via the online ticket store.  Click here to launch.

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Plymouth Speedway are delighted to announce the launch of their 2022 Season Tickets for their Championship Plymouth Gladiators and National Development League (NDL) Plymouth SWTR Centurions Teams.

Supporters have the choice to purchase Season Tickets for all areas of the Stadium either for  ALL Gladiators and Centurion Fixtures (Championship and NDL combined) or just Championship (CL) Fixtures.

In a further enhancement, specific seats are now bookable in the All-Seater NHS Home Straight stand.

To simplify ease of access; each of the 400 NHS Stand Seats has been individually numbered.

There will be 6 Sections (from left to right in the picture above) 5 Rows (top Row is Row 1 and bottom Row is Row 5) and Seats will be numbered from left to right (Seats 1-80 top row / 81 to 160 second row etc,down to seats 321 to 400 (Bottom Row).

To give a specific example, the 5th Section (The "S" of the NHS Stand) is the one closest to the Starting Gate / Finish Line with Seat Ranges of 54-66 (top row) 134 to 146 (second row) 214 to 226 (third row); 294 to 306 (fourth row) and 374 to 386 (bottom row).

Season Tickets can also be booked for Area 2 which is the Back Straight stands and Top Bend (Flyover Bend) Standing Areas and there are unreserved seats available to in the First Bend Stand (top row only).  To reserve spaces in the Disabled Stand, which is situated adjacent to the entry to the back straight of the Track, please contact us once you have purchased a ticket.

To purchase Season Tickets please click here to visit the online ticket store, where a full explanation of the pricing structure for Adults and Children, and the cost of individual meetings  is available.

Once the number of tickets have been selected, fans purchasing NHS Stand Tickets need to scroll down to select the specific Seat(s) before paying and checking out, whilst for all other Areas simply decide which type of ticket you require and then proceed to payment and checking out.

Please ensure that you use the correct email address.  Once payment is made you will receive an email receipt (please check your spam box too)

Along with the electronic receipt, all Season Tickets holders will be sent a Season Ticket in the post efore the start of the 2022 season ( which is anticipated to be in late March 2022).

Season Tickets will be posted from Tuesday 1st March or can be collected from the Stadium from that date or at the first Match. All Season Ticket Holders will be e-mailed with full collection / delivery options on 15th February 2022.

All queries should be referred to admin@plymouth-speedway.com (please note this email address should be used and not any old ones) PLEASE allow 24 hours for a response. Queries cannot be answered from any of the Official or Unofficial Social Media Channels (Facebook; Twitter etc) 

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Following the recent announcement that Plymouth Speedway will also be running a National Development League team, The Centurions,  the club are delighted to announce that South West Tyre Recycling Ltd will be the Centurions team sponsor for 2022.

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Our huge thanks for their support.  

Plymouth Speedway have announced that they will be running two Speedway Teams in 2022; with the newly formed Plymouth Centurions entering the third tier National Development League (NDL).

They will join the Plymouth Gladiators; who have already announced their full 7 man Team to participate in the Championship League, the second Tier of British Speedway for a second season after a hugely successful return to that Level in 2021.

Club Director and Promoter Mark Phillips is delighted that the Clubs application has been approved and explained the opportunities it will create for the Club.

"We enjoyed a very successful season in The Championship in 2021 with both excellent Crowds, which grew week by week and some very exciting Racing with a succession of last Heat deciders and some of the most fast and furious competitive action for our wonderful support to enjoy every week.

With the Championship League being 11 strong in 2022 with the exciting addition of Oxford who return to the Sport after more than two decades we will feature a minimum of 14 matches including League, Knock Out Cup and Summer Shield Fixtures, and we genuinely believe that we can reach the Play Offs and be in contention for all Competitions.

The increased focus on Youth and Development in British Speedway gives us the opportunity to re-enter the NDL as a far more vibrant Club in a more competitive Development League format than we left; and we are excited about the opportunities it will give us to develop young new talent from both Devon and Cornwall and the wider South West Areas and also from other forms of two-wheel Sport like Grass Track and MX both of which are well established in the area, via our regular and very well attended Practice and Training Programme.

The increased activity will also open up numerous new Marketing and Advertising Opportunities and will also be a boost to our plans to reach out to wider Communities and Community and Youth sectors in the South West who may not yet be aware of how exciting our Sport is.

We want to develop the next Chris Harris and Ben Barker and to find more exciting talent like our own Henry Atkins who is one of the most exciting young talents in British Speedway; and also local riders like Ben Trigger the current British 500cc Youth Champion.

We will be announcing our Season Ticket Pricing in the next couple of days and putting Season Tickets on sale by the weekend with options for the first time to book specific seats in The NHS Stand for the season.