Somerset Rebels
| Somerset Rebels | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Track address |
Oak Tree Arena Edithmead Highbridge Somerset |
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| Country | England | ||||||||||||||||||
| Founded | 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Team manager |
 Garry May |
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| League | SGB Premiership | ||||||||||||||||||
| Website | www |
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| Colours | Blue, Red & White | ||||||||||||||||||
| Track size | 300 metres (330 yd) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Track record time | 55.68 seconds | ||||||||||||||||||
| Track record date | 29th September 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Track record holder | Craig Cook | ||||||||||||||||||
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The Somerset Rebels are a British speedway team based in Highbridge, Somerset. Founded in 2000, the club competes in the British SGB Premiership. Their home track is located at the Oak Tree Arena.
The clubs stadium, The Oak Tree Arena was built totally from scratch ready for the 2000 season. The club entered the Conference League on foundation and after winning both the Conference Trophy and KO Cup in 2001, moved up to the Premier League in 2002.
After establishing themselves in the Premier League the club won their first trophy in the division after winning the Premier League Fours Championship at Workington in 2005. The club came close to winning the competition again in both 2006 and 2007 but finished as runners-up in both to Workington and Isle of Wight respectively. The Rebels have kept up an impressive record in the competition and have placed inside the top four from 2005 to 2011.
The 2006 season saw Somerset reach the Premier League Knock Out Cup Final for the first time, finishing as runners up to King's Lynn over two legs. The Rebels repeated this feat in 2007, making the final for a second time, but once again they had to be content with the runners-up spot as King's Lynn won the trophy for the third year in a row.
In 2008 the Rebels missed out on the Premier League Championship by five points to Edinburgh. The club did however win their first major honours in the Premier League by winning The Knock Out Cup having beaten Workington home and away in the final. Prior to the 2009 season, the team was purchased by Bill Hancock the owner of the Oak Tree Arena.
In December 2009, Rebels rider Emil Kramer was killed in a road accident in his native Sweden. In his honor, the riders wore Blue and Yellow race suits for the entire 2010 season with Kramer's initials embroidered on the collar. The club also tried staged a memorial meeting prior to the start of the 2010 season but it was rained off.
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