Meet the 2016 Hammers Squad

2016 Hammers squad

Andreas Jonsson

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DATE OF BIRTH: 3 September 1980, Hallstavik, Sweden.
WEBSITE: http://www.ajracing.se

TWITTER: @ajracing100
BRITISH CAREER: (1998-99) Coventry; (2001-05) Coventry; (2006) Arena-Essex; (2007-08) Lakeside; (2015-16) Lakeside.
MAJOR HONOURS: Swedish Under-21 Champion: 1998, 2000; World Under-21 Champion: 2000; World Cup Champion: 2003, 2004, 2015; Swedish Champion: 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013; Czech Golden Helmet Champion: 2007.
CLUB HONOUR: League Championship winner: 2005 [Coventry].
GRAND PRIX RECORD: 148 GPs ridden, 25 GP finals, 9 GP wins, 1318 GP points.
GRAND PRIX HIGHLIGHTS: Scandinavian GP Champion: 2006; Danish GP Champion: 2007; German GP Champion: 2007; Nordic GP Champion: 2009 & 2014; Polish GP Champion: 2010 & 2011; Italian GP Champion: 2011; Croatian GP Champion: 2011.
WORLD CUP RECORD: 29 meetings, 333 points, 3 Gold medals, 2 Silver medals, 5 Bronze medals.

Kim Nilsson

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DATE OF BIRTH:  4 February 1990, Stockholm, Sweden.
TWITTER: @KimNilsson233
WEBSITE: kimnilssonracing.se
BRITISH CAREER: (2009-11) Newport; (2011-12) Lakeside; (2013) Eastbourne, Lakeside; (2014-16) Lakeside.
WORLD CUP RECORD: 1 meeting, 4 points.

Lewis Bridger

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DATE OF BIRTH: 4 November 1989, Hastings, Sussex.
TWITTER: @Lewisbrider27
BRITISH CAREER: (2005) Weymouth; (2006-09) Eastbourne; (2010) Peterborough, Coventry; (2011-12) Eastbourne; (2013-14) Lakeside; (2015) Leicester; (2016) Lakeside.
MAJOR HONOURS: British Under-18 Champion: 2006; British Under-21 Champion: 2009.
CLUB HONOURS: Four-Team Championship winner: 2005 [Weymouth]; Knock-Out Cup winner: 2005 [Weymouth], 2008 [Eastbourne]; Elite Shield winner: 2009 [Eastbourne]; League Championship winner: 2010 [Coventry].
WORLD CUP RECORD: 4 meetings, 11 points.

Edward Kennett

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DATE OF BIRTH: 28 August 1986, Hastings, Sussex.
TWITTER: @kennettracing
BRITISH CAREER: (2001) Rye House, Mildenhall; (2002-03) Rye House, Rye House II, Eastbourne; (2004) Eastbourne; (2005) Rye House, Poole; (2006) Rye House, Eastbourne; (2007) Poole; (2008) Eastbourne; (2009-11) Coventry; (2012) Coventry; (2013) Swindon, Berwick; (2014) Birmingham, Rye House: (2015) Lakeside, Rye House. (2016) Lakeside, Rye House.
MAJOR HONOURS: British Under-21 Champion: 2005, 2007.
CLUB HONOURS: League Championship winner: 2005 [Rye House], 2010 [Coventry]; Premier Trophy winner: 2005 [Rye House]; Knock-Out Cup winner: 2008 [Eastbourne].
GRAND PRIX RECORD: 3 GPs ridden, 0 GP finals, 0 GP wins, 9 GP points.
WORLD CUP RECORD: 7 meetings, 30 points.

Richard Lawson

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DATE OF BIRTH: 14 February 1986, Whitehaven, Cumbria.
BRITISH CAREER: (2008) Redcar II; (2009) Workington; (2010) Workington, Wolverhampton; (2011) Workington, Peterborough; (2012) Workington; (2013) Lakeside, Workington; (2014) Lakeside, Redcar; (2015-16) Lakeside, Glasgow.
CLUB HONOURS: Four-Team Championship winner: 2009 [Workington]; Young Shield winner: 2010 [Workington].

Piotr Swiderski

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DATE OF BIRTH: 11 May 1983, Gostyń, Poland.
BRITISH CAREER: (2006-07) Peterborough; (2008) Ipswich; (2009) Ipswich, Lakeside; (2011) Lakeside; (2013) Lakeside; (2015) Leicester; (2016) Lakeside.
CLUB HONOURS: League Championship winner: 2006 [Peterborough]; Elite Shield winner: 2007 [Peterborough].

Lewis Kerr

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DATE OF BIRTH: 25 March 1990, King’s Lynn, Norfolk.
TWITTER @LewisKerrRacing
BRITISH CAREER: (2010-11) King’s Lynn II; (2012) Plymouth, Somerset, King’s Lynn II; (2013-15) King’s Lynn, Newcastle; (2016) Lakeside, Ipswich.

Robert Mear

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DATE OF BIRTH: 12 January 1989, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire.
TWITTER: @supermeario12
BRITISH CAREER: (2004-07) Rye House II; (2008) Rye House, Rye House II; (2009) Rye House, Lakeside; (2011, 2012, 2013) Lakeside.

Ben Morley

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DATE OF BIRTH: 10 March 1994, Southend, Essex.
TWITTER: @benji116
BRITISH CAREER: (2009-10) Rye House II; (2011) Rye House, Hackney; (2012) Rye House II; (2013) Kent; (2014) Lakeside, Kent; (2015) Redcar, Kent; (2016) Lakeside, Rye House, Rye House II.
CLUB HONOURS: Pairs Championship winner: 2015 [Kent]; National League Riders’ Champion: 2015; Four-Team Championship winner: 2016 [Rye House II]

Dennis Jonsson

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DATE OF BIRTH: 30 November 1991, Stockholm, Sweden.
BRITISH CAREER: (2016) Lakeside.

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