SOMERSET REBELS
SOMERSET REBELS
Images courtesy of Colin Burnett
Somerset Rebels Speedway has achieved superb success over the past couple of seasons
and currently sits at the top of the league again this time around. Sport in Profile Magazine
caught up with their Press Officer Ian Belcher to find out more.
Involvement
He started by telling us about
his involvement, saying, “I have
only been the promoter for the
last 4 years. I did not know
anything about speedway until
about 1999 when my father
was approached and asked
if he would be interested in a
speedway track being built on
the farm.
I did not even like motorbikes
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back then; after all I was
brought up on a farm with
cows and sheep! In 2002
when Somerset first went into
the Premier League I was just
the car park attendant and
everything has just gone pretty
fast forward since then.”
The Role
“I guess keeping everything
going on a daily roll is one of
my biggest challenges. I also
have another business to run
which is a function suite where
we operate dinners, weddings,
conferences and a load more.
So running the speedway
weekly as well is definitely
challenging from March to
October.
The support we try and create
with both our sponsors and
our paying public on an annual
basis is also very challenging