SAM Ermolenko has stepped down from his role as Birmingham Brummies boss by mutual consent – with assistant Chris Adams appointed the club\u2019s new team manager.<\/p>\n
1993 World Champion Ermolenko spent just one season at the helm of the Perry Barr outfit and Brummies\u2019 CEO Nigel Tolley has thanked the American for his efforts.<\/p>\n
\u201cSam came on board when we moved into the Premiership last winter and his experience within the sport was a main reason for that,\u201d<\/em> Tolley said.<\/p>\n \u201cResults didn\u2019t go to plan for the majority of the season but Sam did his best as team manager.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s got some other ventures going on away from speedway at the moment that are going to require more of his time next year so after a few conversations, we\u2019ve mutually agreed that he will step down from his position with immediate effect, however he will remain in the background in a consultancy role.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cChris spent the 2024 season working alongside Sam as his assistant and he fitted into the club very well.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s someone who\u2019s been involved with speedway for a long, long time with his dad\u2019s (Peter Adams) managerial roles over the years and we feel he\u2019s a ready made replacement to step up as our new team manager.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Meanwhile, Chris Adams himself is relishing taking over the Brummies and hopes to bring more fortune the club\u2019s way.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s in my nature to be doing this,\u201d<\/em> Adams said.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve been in and around speedway all my life in one way or another.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve travelled up and down the country going to meeting after meeting with my dad and I\u2019ve naturally picked things up from him.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cFrom the team side of things, it\u2019s important to remember that every single rider has their own individuality; they all react in different ways and they all respond differently.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s about taking each rider\u2019s attributes and bringing them all together to try and deliver what the club wants.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cI want to try and deliver an environment where everyone gets on, where everyone is pulling in the same direction and where everyone helps one another because as we\u2019ve seen before, when that\u2019s not the case, that\u2019s when things get messy.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t think much will be different really apart from it will be just me making the decisions.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cIf I think we should use a reserve here, if I think we should bring in another rider there, I can just do it now, I don\u2019t need to have a discussion about it with anybody first.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cHopefully it will be a much stronger team than was out on track last year, that\u2019s the plan anyway, but we just need to wait for things to fall into place before we can say too much more on that front.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Words and Images by Birmingham Speedway<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" SAM Ermolenko has stepped down from his role as Birmingham Brummies boss by mutual consent – with assistant Chris Adams appointed the club\u2019s new team manager. 1993 World Champion Ermolenko spent just one season at the helm of the Perry Barr outfit and Brummies\u2019 CEO Nigel Tolley has thanked the American for his efforts. \u201cSam […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2932,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,4,52],"tags":[22,8,16,9,90],"class_list":["post-2931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-british-speedway","category-speedway","category-the-premiership","tag-birmingham-brummies","tag-british-speedway","tag-premiership","tag-speedway","tag-the-premiership"],"yoast_head":"\n