Welcome
Welcome to the unofficial website for the King's Lynn Stars, the speedway team from King's Lynn in Norfolk. Here you'll find regular updates for the team and their current riders, from both here in the UK and internationally where possible. This website was created by a fan, for the fans. This website is in no way directly connected to any of the riders, management or promotion of the team. All information put on here will be sourced to the original person and/or website where it's necessary. All media files will be credited and sourced to the original owner. The views expressed on this website will not necessarily be that of the clubs.
*NOTE ON BOOKMARKING THIS WEBSITE* Please make sure that you only bookmark the home page (www.kingslynnstars.e-fans.net).
*HELP NEEDED* Look here to see if you can help identify some people in the collect of old photos that have been added.
*OLD PHOTO NEEDED FROM THE 2010 SEASON* I need a photo for the old photos collection on here from the 2010 season. There were a massive 5 team changes and I have 4 of those changes, but one in the sequence is still outstanding. The photo should have Tomas Topinka, Kozza Smith, Kevin Doolan, Joe Haines, Casper Wortmann, Darren Mallett and Chris Mills in (Chris Mills came in to replace Linus Eklöf at the time). If you have this photo and are willing to let me use it, please drop me an with the photo attached.
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HOME MEETING
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STARS v Wolverhampton (Elite League) @ 7.30pm (23-05-12)
YOUNG STARS v Stoke (National League) @ 7.30pm (13-06-12)
AWAY MEETING
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Birmingham v STARS (Elite League) @ 7.30pm (07-06-12)
Dudley v YOUNG STARS (National League) @ 7.30pm (22-05-12)
 For more upcoming fixtures and events, check the calendar
Latest News
*ROADWORKS ON HARDWICK ROUNDABOUT* On Monday 23rd April, roadworks to extend the Hardwick roundabout started. This is all down to two new supermarkets - Tesco and Sainsburys - being built on the Hardwick Industrial Estate. There will be lane closures between 8pm and 6am (it did say 6pm in the EDP newspaper but that made no sense to me as 6pm would be the following evening?!) over the next 7 weeks while work is in progress. The scheme includes widening part of the approaches to the roundabout, where major routes A10, A47 and A149 meet. I just thought I'd place a notice on here as speedway fans may well be affected when they leave the stadium after the meeting, as I suspect many will travel along those major routes. Approximate end date I'm guessing is around Monday 11th June?
No recent news showing here? Go to the archives to see old news.
Mateusz - Poole Scores (May 16th), posted on 17 May 2012 by Emma
Sweden Elitserien Results (May 15th), posted on 17 May 2012 by Emma
Poland Ekstraliga, I Liga And II Liga Results (May 13th), posted on 14 May 2012 by Emma
Niels - Peterborough Scores (May 11th), posted on 13 May 2012 by Emma
Michael And Joe - Scunthorpe And Glasgow Scores (May 11th), posted on 13 May 2012 by Emma
Michael - Scunthorpe Scores (May 6th/7th/12th), posted on 13 May 2012 by Emma
Joe - Glasgow Scores (May 3rd), posted on 13 May 2012 by Emma
Denmark Super League Results (May 11th), posted on 12 May 2012 by Emma
Sweden Elitserien Results (May 8th), posted on 12 May 2012 by Emma
Stars Hoping To Race Coventry Bees Tonight, posted on 09 May 2012 by Emma
News categories - what's what:
General (news that doesn't fit into the other categories)
Home + Away (previews/aftermaths to all home and away meetings)
Match Reports (results from all the teams' Elite League, Knockout Cup, Challenge and Memorial meetings)
Individual + Shared (our team riders in individual, 4 team tornament and pairs meetings)
International + Guest/Other (our team riders abroad and making appearances for other teams in the UK)
R.I.P Lee Richardson
Interactive
Please note that none of the above forums are connected to this website.
What Is Speedway
Some people that I've spoken to, don't have the foggiest clue of what speedway exactly is, let alone knowing a few rules etc, so for those of you that don't know, I'll try and explain. In Britain, there are three main speedway leagues: the national league, the premier league and the elite league.
Each team consists of 7 riders and they all race against one another over a series of 15 heats (or races). Each heat lasts for 4 laps and is raced by 2 riders from each team. The winner of each heat gets 3 points, the second place gets 2 points and the third place gets 1 point...sadly the guy at the back in fourth place gets nothing. For example, if the home side come first and second, that means that the home side have a 5-1 against the away side. If the away side comes first and the home side come second and third, then that's a shared 3-3. If the home side comes first and third, that's a 4-2 to the home side. I think you get the picture. It's not too hard to figure out. The total points scored from each rider are all added together to give a total score for the team at the end of the meeting. The team with the most points is the winner.
The home side riders wear red and blue crash helmets and the away side riders wear white and yellow crash helmets. The riders also wear small race jackets over their kevlars with their team logo on the front and also have their rider number placed on it somewhere. The earnings of each rider are decided by the amount of points they score in each meeting, so their own individual scores are just as important as the overall team result. Each rider has an average based on their point tally in every meeting. The averages are re-calculated every month by speedway's ruling body, the BSPA (British Speedway Promoters Association). The average affects where a rider is placed in the team.
Key To Match Reports
In match reports, there are several letters and symbols that can stand for certain things happening, like touching the tapes, someone's engine failing etc. Some of this key has been found in the speedway magazine, Speedway Star, but of course some other people may write these letters down in other ways, as I've tried to show.
- * = A bonus point for following a man home
- ^ = A tactical ride from the tapes (points are doubled)
- <> = The rider is handicapped 15 metres for touching the tapes or missing the 2 minute warning
- X = The rider is excluded (can be written as EX or FX for fell and excluded)
- T = The rider is excluded for touching tapes
- M = The rider is excluded for delaying the start or missing the 2 minute warning
- R = The rider has an engine failure or retires (can be written as EF or RET)
- N = The rider fell (can be written as F) or is a non-starter (can be written as NS)
- DNS/F/R = The rider did not start, finish or ride
- F/REM = The rider fell and then re-mounted
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