Other Sports
Other notable clubs are the Sheffield Eagles rugby league club based at Don Valley Stadium who won the Rugby League Challenge Cup in 1997. Sheffield Tigers is a local speedway team based at Owlerton Stadium. Speedway arrived at Owlerton in Sheffield in 1929 and a team took part in league speedway for a number of the pre-war seasons. The track re-opened in 1945 for a couple of meetings and the re-formed Tigers raced in the Northern League of 1946 and the National League Division Two 1947 – 1950. (In part of 1950 the team were known as The Tars.)In 1951 the promotion failed after competing in the Division Two Regional comptetition and a few open meetings were staged in 1952. The Tigers were revivied as members of the Provincial League in 1960 and have featured in league speedway most seasons since that date. The propmotion also staged speedway at Conference League level with the team known as the Owlerton Prowlers. Namesake Sheffield Tigers, of the speedway team, and Sheffield RUFC are local Rugby Union sides based at Dore. In 2005 the city hosted the finish of Stage 3 of the Tour of Britain cycle race. In 2004 and 2005 the city also played host to the start and finish of the Roger Albert Clark Rally.
The 2004 and 2007 Superbike World Champion, James Toseland, comes from Sheffield, as does the climber Joe Simpson.
The 2012 Men's Doubles Wimbledon champion Jonathan Marray lives in Sheffield, playing at the Hallamshire Tennis Club.
The City of Sheffield Athletic Club has bases at the Don Valley Stadium and the English Institute of Sport.
The Sheffield Buccaneers Fencing Club is based in Broomhill.
Sheffield City Swimming Club is based at Ponds Forge in Sheffield.
The Sheffield Steel Roller Girls roller derby league is based in the city, playing public bouts at Ponds Forge.
Sheffield has several field hockey clubs, the largest of which are the Sheffield Civica Hockey Club and Sheffield University Bankers Hockey Club – based at Goodwin – both of which play to a national level within English hockey and regionally.
Racing cyclist Malcolm Elliot whose successes include the 1988 Tour of Britain and the points jersey in the 1989 Tour of Spain is from Sheffield.
The Manor Grand Prix team that will compete in Formula One from 2010 will be run from nearby Dinnington.
Sheffield also has a strong snowsports community and many competitors in the ski world are from Sheffield (particularly in "The Brits")
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