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The Canterbury Crusaders were a motorcycle speedway team who operated from the Kingsmead Stadium Kingsmead Road Canterbury.In 1977 the promoters Johnnie Hoskins and Wally Mawdsley had to go to court in order to keep the track open after complaints of noise from local residents. However the team were forced to disband in 1987 when the Canterbury Council refused to renew the lease.