The 2018 Hammers team.
In our final season at The Raceway, which included fixtures at Rye House, our 2018 Hammers team under the Management of Will Pottinger, reached both the Play-Off Final and the Championship Shield Final. The Hammers were defeated on both occasions by The Workington Comets, who won the treble in 2018, but have also sadly put their license on ice in 2019.
Our 2018 Hammers team are shown below.

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Nick Morris
Twitter: @morra2012 Instagram @nick.morris77
Date of Birth: 7 June 1994, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
(2010) Buxton, Glasgow; (2011) Glasgow, Coventry; (2012) Swindon, Scunthorpe; (2013-14) Swindon, Somerset; (2015) Swindon, Glasgow; (2016) Swindon; (2017) Swindon, Berwick.
Major Honour: Queensland Under-16 Champion: 2009, 2010; New South Wales Under-16 Champion: 2010; Championship Riders Individual winner: 2017.
Club Honours: League Championship winner: 2010 [Buxton], 2011 [Glasgow], 2012 [Swindon], 2012 [Scunthorpe], 2013 [Somerset], 2017 [Swindon]; Knockout Cup winner: 2013 [Somerset]; Premier Shield winner: 2014 [Somerset]; Four-Team Championship winner: 2014 [Somerset].
World Cup Record: 3 meeting, 19 points.
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Ben Morley
Twitter: @Benjii116 Instagram: @BenjiiMorley
Date of Birth: 10 March 1994, Southend, Essex.
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; (2017) Rye House, Lakeside.
Club Honours: Pairs Championship winner: 2015 [Kent]; National League Riders’ Champion: 2015; Four-Team Championship winner: 2016 [Rye House II].
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Kyle Newman
Twitter: @KyleNewman91 Instagram: @knewman91
Date of Birth: 14 December 1991, Poole, Dorset.
British Career: (2007-08) Weymouth; (2009) Bournemouth, Newport; (2010) Newport II, Birmingham; (2011) Newcastle, Poole, Dudley; (2012) Peterborough, Somerset; (2013) Somerset; (2014-16) Poole, Plymouth; (2017) Leicester, Poole, Ipswich.
Major Honour: Queensland State Under-21 Champion: 2011.
Club Honours: League Championship winner: 2008 [Weymouth], 2009 [Bournemouth], 2011 [Poole], 2013 [Somerset], 2014 [Poole], 2015 [Poole]; Knock-Out Cup winner: 2009 [Bournemouth], 2013 [Somerset]; Premier Shield winner: 2011 [Newcastle]; Premier League Cup winner: 2012 [Somerset], Elite Shield winner: 2014 [Poole], 2015 [Poole], 2016 [Poole]; Four-Team Championship winner: 2016 [Plymouth].
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Adam Ellis
Twitter: @ellis299 Instagram: @ellis299
Date of birth: 21 March 1996, Marmande, France.
British Career: (2012) Isle of Wight; (2013) Isle of Wight, Ipswich; (2014) Lakeside, Ipswich; (2015) Lakeside, Birmingham; (2016) Poole, Eastbourne; (2017) Swindon.
Club honours: Four-Team Championship winner: 2015 [Birmingham]; League Championship winner: 2015 [Birmingham], 2017 [Swindon]; Elite Shield winner: 2016 [Poole]; Knock-Out Cup winners: 2016 [Eastbourne].
World Cup Record: 1 Silver medal.
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Richard Lawson
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; (2017) Somerset, Glasgow.
Club Honours: Four-Team Championship winner: 2009 [Workington]; Young Shield winner: 2010 [Workington]; Knock-Out Cup winner: 2016 [Glasgow].
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Zach Wajtknecht
Twitter: @zwaj109 Instagram: @zachwaj
Date of birth: 8 February 1998, Saltford, Bristol.
British Career: (2015) Birmingham; (2016) Somerset, Birmingham; (2017) Swindon, Lakeside.
Major Honours: FIM 125cc Youth Gold Trophy Champion: 2012, 2013; British 250cc Youth Champion: 2013; FIM 250cc Longtrack Youth World Cup: 2014; British Under-19 Champion: 2017.
Club Honours: Four-Team Championship winner: 2015 [Birmingham]; League Championship winner: 2015 [Birmingham], 2016 [Birmingham], 2016 [Somerset], 2017 [Swindon]; National Trophy winner: 2016 [Birmingham]; League Cup winner: 2016 [Somerset].
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Alfie Bowtell
Twitter: @AlfieBowtell Instagram: @alfiebowtell
Date of birth: 23 January 1997, Chelmsford, Essex.
British Career: (2015) Rye House II; (2016) Mildenhall; (2017) Newcastle, Lakeside.
Photo Credits: Shane Chittock
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