Simon Stead, | Tobiasz Musielak, | Connor Mountain, | Craig Cook, | Kyle Howarth (on bike), | Jack Holder, | Stefan Nielsen, |
Adam Ellis | (kneeling) | Dan Thompson | ||||
(not pictured) | Jake Allen | Lewis Kerr | Justin Sedgmen |
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Jake Allen | ||||||||
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Born: Brisbane | Queensland, Australia | 11th August 1995 | ||||||
Init GS | May GS | June GS | July GS | Aug GS | Sep GS | Oct GS | ||
4.80 | 4.80 | 4.57 | 4.17 | 4.17 | ||||
Jake started his UK career with Somerset in 2016 helping them to success in both the League Cup and becoming League Champions.
Queensland Champion in 2017 he continued with Somerset he also rode for Scunthorpe in both 2017 and 2018 when Somerset won the
K.O.Cup. Jake then joined Ipswich in 2019. Back with Ipswich in 2021 he top scored with 10 when they visited Owlerton in June and
also rode for Championship Redcar. He joined Belle Vue on the eve of the 2022
season but was soon replaced by Matej Zagar! He has a 7.50 average for the Scorpions in the Championship and joined the Tigers
as replacement for Stefan Nielsen. Average from official fixtures in 2022 = 2.40 |
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photograph: | Scunthorpe www | Fastest times at Owlerton | in 2022: | tba | ||||
in 2021: | 61.4 | 24 June | ||||||
Highest scores: | Home | dnr | Away | 3 Peterborough & King's Lynn (PRa) | ||||
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Craig Cook | ||||||||
Born: Whitehaven | Cumbria | 21st May 1987 | ||||||
Init GS | May GS | June GS | July GS | Aug GS | Sep GS | Oct GS | ||
6.81 | 6.81 | 6.56 | 6.55 | 5.26 | ||||
Craig began his career with Scunthorpe in 2008 before joining Workington and Buxton in 2009 winning both the Young Shield and the
National League Riders Championship. He joined Peterborough in 2010 and retained the League Championship, National Trophy and KO-Cup
with Buxton. It was all change with Edinburgh and Belle Vue in 2011 and he won the Premier League Riders Championship (at Owlerton) in
2012. Honours continued with the 4-Team Trophy in 2013 and then the KO-Cup, League Cup and League Championship in 2014. His success with
Edinburgh continued in 2015 with the League Cup, League Championship and 4-Team Trophy. Belle Vue and Peterborough were his teams in 2016
before rejoining Workington in 2017, winning the KO-Cup with Belle Vue and becoming the British Champion.
Belle Vue and Glasgow were his teams in 2018 when he won the Championship Individual Title (at Owlerton) beating Richard Lawson and Kyle
Howarth in the final. King's Lynn and Glasgow were his clubs for 2019 and he won the Pairs title. Covid canceled out 2020 but he commenced
2021 with King's Lynn. A run of poor form saw him lose his team place and he was quickly signed by local rivals Ipswich but it wasn't to
last long, although he still finished top of the Glasgow averages. Average from official fixtures in 2022 = 5.31 |
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photograph by: | Geoff Ridsdale | Fastest times at Owlerton | in 2022: | 61.81 | 26 May | |||
in 2021: | 61.2 | 24 June | ||||||
Highest scores: | Home | 9+3 - Belle Vue (PRa) | Away | 9+1 - Peterborough (PRa) | ||||
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Adam Ellis | ||||||||
Born: Marmande | France | 21st March 1996 | ||||||
Init GS | May GS | June GS | July GS | Aug GS | Sep GS | Oct GS | ||
7.92 | 7.92 | 8.33 | 8.16 | 7.65 | 7.24 | 6.89 | ||
Adam was born in France of British parents who ran a bar over there. His first club in 2013 was the IOW and he doubled up with Ipswich. Continuing with the Witches he moved to Lakeside in 2014. Continuing with Lakeside he moved to Birmingham in 2015 winning both the 4TT and League Cup. More success in 2016 winning the Elite Shield with Poole and the KO Cup with Eastbourne. He helped Swindon win the League in 2017, and then the Elite Shield in 2018 and both the League and KO Cup in 2019! Adam joined his ex-Swindon team mate Troy Batchelor with the Tigers and also signed for Championship side Scunthorpe. Adam beat Max Fricke for the last podium position in the SGP qualifier in Terenzano, Italy
Adam rejoins the Tigers for 2022 and has quaified for the European Championship. He was given the Cardiff GP wildcard following the British Grand Prix being abandoned, but was unable to ride after dislocating his shoulder in practice. Official meetings average in 2022 = 7.44 |
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photograph by: | Geoff Ridsdale | Fastest times at Owlerton | in 2022: | 60.00 | 9 June | in 2021: | 59.8 | 2 September |
Highest scores: | Home | 12 - Peterborough (B) | Away | 13 - Belle Vue (LC) | ||||
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Jack Holder | ||||||||
Born: Appin | New South Wales, Australia | 23 March 1996 | ||||||
Init GS | May | June | July | Aug | Sep | Oct | ||
8.87 | 8.87 | 8.92 | 8.21 | 7.76 | 7.21 | 8.61 | ||
Brother of James and 2012 World Champion Chris, Jack first rode in Britain for Plymouth in 2015.
He doubled up with Peterborough and Poole in 2017, moved to Somerset in 2018 and finished the 2019
season at the top of the Premiership with the Poole Pirates and second only to Brady Kurtz in their averages.
Current average from official fixtures in 2022 = 7.84 Maximums: Full = 1 Home; Paid = 1 Home & 1 Away |
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photograph by: | Geoff Ridsdale | Fastest times at Owlerton | in 2022: | 60.1 | 14 July | |||
in 2021: | 60.2 | 2 September | ||||||
Highest scores: | Home | 14+1 - King's Lynn (B) | Away | 13+1 - Belle Vue (LC) | ||||
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Kyle Howarth | ||||||||
Born: Ashton-under-Lyne | Greater Manchester | 11th February 1994 | ||||||
Init GS | May GS | June GS | July GS | Aug GS | Sep GS | Oct GS | ||
6.04 | 6.04 | 6.35 | 6.42 | 6.24 | 6.81 | 5.42 | ||
Kyle was an accomplished grass track and motocross competitor before turning his attention to amateur speedway in 2008.
Queensland U21 State Champion in 2011 and 12 and British U21 champion in 2015, his previous clubs include Scunthorpe,
Poole, Somerset, Edinburgh and Swindon but he has become an
important part of the Wolverhampton Elite league team. Official meetings average from 2022 = 6.58 |
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photograph by: | Geoff Ridsdale | Fastest times at Owlerton | in 2022: | 61.25 | 26 May | in 2021: | 60.4 | 2 September |
Highest scores: | Home | 8+3 - Peterborough (B) | Away | 12+1 - King's Lynn (A) | ||||
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Lewis James Kerr | ||||||||
Born: King's Lynn | Norfolk | 25 March 1990 | ||||||
Init GS | May | June | July | Aug | Sept | Oct | ||
5.55 | 5.55 | 5.43 | 5.61 | 4.77 | 4.56 | 4.71 | ||
Born in King's Lynn Lewis rode for his home town junior team for four years before graduating to the
first team after spells with Portsmouth, Somerset and Newcastle. In 2016 he moved to Lakeside but also
appeared for Ipswich and Scunthorpe. Impressive performances for the Scorpions in 2017 saw him also riding for
Somerset and 6 apperances for Poole and a 7.13 average. He rejoined King's Lynn in 2018 and doubled with Glasgow,
and then Eastbourne in 2019. 2021 found him doubling with Eastbourne before joining Redcar. His 2022 clubs
were King's Lynn and Redcar before the Stars released him looking for Nikolai Klindt and Frederick Jakobsen to
improve their results. Official meetings average from 2022 = 4.80 |
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photograph by: | Geoff Ridsdale | Fastest times at Owlerton | in 2022: | 61.31 | 13 October | |||
in 2019: | 61.8 | 14 July | ||||||
Highest scores: | Home | 9+2 - Wolverhampton (PO) | Away | 10+1 - King's Lynn (LCF) | ||||
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Connor Reece Mountain | ||||||||
Born: King's Lynn | Norfolk | 26th August 1997 | ||||||
Init CMA | May GS | June GS | July GS | Aug GS | Sep GS | Oct GS | ||
3.14 | 3.14 | 3.42 | 4.06 | 4.34 | 4.08 | 4.51 | ||
Connor started his career with Coventry in 2015 before joining Ipswich the following year.
He rode in 44 matches for the Witches in 2017 and finished with an average of 4.27. His 2018 average
dropped to 3.62 before the Witches released him. Connor turned a few heads by winning the Sheffield Top Gun
meeting and was snapped up by Leicester in the Premiership, and subsequently the Tigers. Connor won heat
14 on his way to a four point tally on his Tigers debut. Current average from official fixtures in 2022 = 4.06 |
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photograph by: | Geoff Ridsdale | Fastest times at Owlerton | in 2022: | 60.07 | 14 July | |||
in 2021: | 62.1 | 15 July | ||||||
Highest scores: | Home | 11+2 - Ipswich (B) | Away | 6+1 - Wolverhampton (A) | ||||
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Tobiasz Musielak | ||||||||
Born: Leszno | Poland | 18th August 1993 | ||||||
Init GS | May GS | June GS | July GS | Aug GS | Sep GS | Oct GS | ||
6.21 | 6.21 | 6.65 | 7.33 | 7.49 | 7.93 | 7.91 | ||
Tobiasz' first British club was Wolverhampton in 2015. He joined Swindon in 2017 winning the League Championship, then the Elite Shield in 2018 and both the League Championship and KO-Cup in 2019. Tobiasz was a gold medal winner of the U21 World Team Cup with Poland in 2012 and more recently won the Grand Prix Qualifier at Glasgow last June ahead of Chris Holder and Nikolai Klindt. Tobiasz rides for Kroszno in the Polish First Division and but missed our opening League Cup away fixture in Manchester after crashing at Czestochowa, and again before the Ipswich away match in July. Official meetings average in 2022 = 7.83 Maximums: Home; 1 full | ||||||||
photograph by: | Geoff Ridsdale | Fastest times at Owlerton | in 2022: | 60.81 |   26 May | |||
in 2021: | n/a | |||||||
Highest scores: | Home | 15 - Peterborough (A) | Away | 13 - King's Lynn (A) | ||||
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Stefan Leeder Nielsen | ||||||||
Born: Esbjerg | Denmark | 31st October 1994 | ||||||
Init GS | May | June | July | Aug | Sept | Oct | ||
3.00 | 5.14 | 5.14 | 4.53 | 4.53 | ||||
Stefan first rode in the UK in 2011 for the Sheffield and Scunthorpe Conference teams. He joined Ipswich in 2012 but also had outings with Mildenhall. 2013 saw him riding for Somerset, and in 2014 he was with Belle Vue and the Coventry Conference team. 2015 Ipswich & Belle Vue. 2016 Swindon and Plymouth. 2017 Scunthorpe (2 matches). 2018 Poole and Scunthorpe. 2019 Scunthorpe and 1 outing for Swindon. 2021 he's helped Poole Pirates to the Championship title. Stefan, who was the British U19 champion in both 2012 and 13, replaced James Wright in the reserve
position mid way through 2021. After helping us to away wins at King's Lynn and Ipswich and scoring paid 22
from two home meetings he then crashed riding for Poole at Birmingham. He broke a
collar-bone, ribs and punctured a lung which ruled him out for the rest of the season.
Official meetings average from 2022 = 3.43 |
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photograph by: | Geoff Ridsdale | Fastest times at Owlerton | in 2022: | 61.02 | 14 April | |||
in 2021: | 61.19 | 12 August | ||||||
Highest scores: | Home | 7+2 - Belle Vue (LC) | Away | 4+1 - Belle Vue (LC) & Ipswich (PRa) | ||||
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Justin Maxwell Sedgmen | ||||||||
Born: Mildura | Victoria, Australia | 17th February 1992 | ||||||
Init GS | May GS | June GS | July GS | Aug GS | Sep GS | Oct GS | ||
n/a | n/a | n/a | 4.34 | 4.24 | 4.00 | 4.44 | ||
Justin was South Australian U-16 champion in 2008 which prompted Somerset to give him his first chance in 2009.
He rode for both Birmingham and Swindon in 2010, and Swindon, Newport and Plymouth in 2011. Victorian State champion
in 2012 he rode for both Lakeside and Redcar over here. Triple winner with the Monarchs in 2014, and League champion
again with them in 2015. He moved up a division with Swindon in 2016. Belle Vue and Rye House were his clubs in 2017 and
returned north of the border with the Monarchs in 2019. Justin's Grand Prix record is one appearance and four points. |
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photograph by: | Geoff Ridsdale | Fastest times at Owlerton | in 2022: | 60.06 | 27 June | in 2021: | 60.8 | 24 June |
Highest scores: | Home | 10+3 v Ipswich (A) (guest) | Away | 9+1 v Ipswich (A) | ||||
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Daniel Thompson | ||||||||
Born: Nuneaton | Warwickshire | 22nd April 2004 | ||||||
Init GS | May | June | July | Aug | Sept | Oct | ||
3.00 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 3.00 | ||||
Dan, twin brother of Joe was British 125cc champion in 2016. The brothers rode for the Leicester
National League side helping them to both the League Championship and K.O. Cup wins in 2019. Dan progressed
to the Leicester Championship team in 2021 and became British Youth Champion.
Official meetings average from 2022 = 1.33 |
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photograph by: | Geoff Ridsdale | Fastest times at Owlerton | in 2022: | tba | ||||
in 2021: | n/a | |||||||
Highest scores: | Home | tba | Away | 1+1 - Peterborough (PRa) | ||||
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