Dan Gilkes, | Jack Holder, | Josh Pickering, | Lewis Kerr, | Simon Stead |
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Tobiasz Musielak, | Kyle Howarth, | Adam Ellis, | ||
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Tai Woffinden | Chris Holder | Jason Edwards |
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David Bellego | |||||||||
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Born: Marmande | France | 15 May | 1993 | ||||||
April GS | May | June | July | Aug | Sep | Oct | |||
5.80 | 5.80 | 5.80 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | ||||
David was a member of the League championship winning Glasgow team in 2011 before joining Berwick for the next three seasons helping them to victory in the Four Team Championship in 2012. David joined the Tigers in 2015 and thrilled the crowd with some great moves. He was caught up in the horror crash in heat 15 at Rye House when Ricky took a heavy tumble right in front of him and David himself fractured his hip. Thankfully David returned to track action in June and continued in the same exciting style. David rode for Redcar in 2016, Swindon & Kroszno in 2017 and 18, and both Ipswich and Swindon in 2019. He was also
World Longtrack Champion in both 2018 and 2019 and won Sheffield's Grand 90th Anniversary meeting ahead of Ryan Douglas,
Danny King & Rory Schlein. Current average from official fixtures in 2023 = 4.77 |
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photograph by: | Charlotte Flanagan | Fastest times at Owlerton | in 2023: | 59.25 | 6 April | in 2015: | 59.9 | 27 August | |
Highest scores: | Home | 9+2 v King's Lynn KO | Away | 8 v Belle Vue P1 | |||||
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Jason Edwards | |||||||||
Born: Billericay | Essex | 14 September | 2002 | ||||||
April GS | May | June | July | Aug | Sep | Oct | |||
rs | rs | rs | rs | rs | (RS)3.00 | ||||
Jason joins the Tigers to replace Dan Gilkes who suffered a broken wrist in a crash at
Peterborough. Jason first rode for Eastbourne in 2018 helping them to win both K.O.Cup and League titles.
He joined Mildenhall in 2019 and also Plymouth in 2021. Current average from official fixtures in 2023 = 3.50 |
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photograph by: | Geoff Ridsdale | Fastest times at Owlerton | in 2023: | 62.75 | 25 May | in 2022: | n/a | n/a | |
Highest scores: | Home | 4+1 v Wolverhampton PO s/f | Away | 5+1 v Ipswich KOF | |||||
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Adam Ellis | |||||||||
Born: Marmande | France | 21st March 1996 | |||||||
April GS | May GS | June GS | July GS | Aug GS | Sep GS | Oct GS | |||
6.75 | 6.33 | 6.09 | 6.09 | 6.00 | 5.71 | ||||
Adam was born in France to British parents who run a bar over there. His first clubs in 2013 were the IOW and Ipswich. Continuing with the Witches he moved to Lakeside in 2014 and then Lakeside and Birmingham in 2015 winning both the 4TT and League Cup. More success followed 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 in 2021. He beat Max Fricke for the last podium position in the SGP qualifier in Terenzano, Italy and then top scored with 14 from 5 rides as GB won the European Pairs Qualifier at Debrecen in Hungary ahead of both Denmark and Slovenia. Adam became British Champion in August top scoring with 13 points and defeating home riders Dan Bewley and Charles Wright in the final at Belle Vue. Adam had surgery on his injured shoulder during the winter break. Fit and raring to go Adam rejoined the Tigers for 2022 and qualified 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 following a fall in practice. Official meetings average in 2023 = 5.46 |
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photograph by: | Geoff Ridsdale | Fastest times at Owlerton | in 2023: | 60.56 | 8 June | in 2022: | 60.00 | 9 June | |
Highest scores: | Home | 11+1 King's Lynn P1 | Away | 10+1 King's Lynn P2 | |||||
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Daniel Gilkes | |||||||||
Born: Northampton | Northamptonshire | 21st May 2002 | |||||||
April GS | May | June | July | Aug | Sept | Oct | |||
RS | RS | RS | (RS)3.78 | (RS)3.69 | (RS)3.67 | ||||
Dan first rode for Kent in 2019. He appeared in both leagues for the Kings and Royals in 2021 before
joining the Plymouth Gladiators in 2022. He rode four meetings in the
Championship before picking up a serious injury at Scunthorpe. Official meetings average from 2023 = 3.57 |
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photograph by: | Geoff Ridsdale | Fastest times at Owlerton | in 2023: | 62.02 | 25 May | in 2022: | n/a | n/a | |
Highest scores: | Home | 7+2 v King's Lynn P1 | Away | 5 v King's Lynn KO | |||||
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Christopher Robert Holder | |||||||||
Born: Appin, Sydney | New South Wales, Australia | 24 Sept 1987 | |||||||
April GS | May | June | July | Aug | Sept | Oct | |||
n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | *7.16 | ||||
Elder brother of Jack, Chris was World Champion back in 2012. His first British clubs were the Isle of Wight in 2006
and Oxford in 2007. He joined Poole in 2008 and rode for them for the following 9 years before joining King's Lynn in 2017. Current average from official fixtures in 2023 = 7.45 |
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photograph by: | Geoff Ridsdale | Fastest times at Owlerton | in 2023: | 61.33 | 11 September | in 2007: | 59.3 | 6 September (Track record) | |
Highest scores: | Home | 12+1 v Wolverhampton P2 | Away | 6 v Ipswich KOF & Wolverhampton PO s/f | |||||
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Jack Holder | |||||||||
Born: Appin | New South Wales, Australia | 23 March 1996 | |||||||
April GS | May | June | July | Aug | Sept | Oct | |||
8.47 | 8.20 | 8.12 | 8.58 | 8.91 | 8.91 | ||||
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.
Over the winter Jack won his 5th consecutive Championship at Kurri Kurri beating his brother Chris, Rohan Tungate and Sam Masters in the final. After playing second fiddle to Jason Doyle in the first three rounds of the Australian Championship, in the final round in North Brisbane it was Max Fricke who dominated proceedings. The first semi final saw Max and Ryan Douglas make the final with Jason Doyle missing out for the first time. Jack and Rohan Tungate joined them in the final with Jack passing Max on the first lap to become Australian Champion. After a disappointing 2023 Croatian GP Jack was set to win the Warsaw GP until the race was stopped. Freddy Lindgren won the rerun but Jack was a tremendous second ahead of the current world champion. He followed this with third place in the Czech GP, once again ahead of Bartosz Zmarzlik. On the home front he lost the No.1 bib to Tobiasz in June but a run of maximums saw him reclaim it in July. Disaster then occurred in the World Team Cup final with Jack suffering a broken wrist. With guests at a premium Simon quickly invited Tai Woffinden to join the Tigers as cover. Current average from official fixtures in 2023 = 9.20 Maximums: Full = 3 Home & 2 Away; Paid = 1 Away |
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photograph by: | Geoff Ridsdale | Fastest times at Owlerton | in 2023: | 60.37 | 6 April | in 2022: | 60.1 | 14 July | |
Highest scores: | Home | 18 v Ipswich P1 | Away | 14+1 v King's Lynn KO | |||||
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Kyle Howarth | |||||||||
Born: Ashton-under-Lyne | Greater Manchester | 11th February 1994 | |||||||
April GS | May | June | July | Aug | Sept | Oct | |||
5.47 | 5.40> | 5.18 | 5.50 | 5.75 | 5.62 | ||||
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 and he become an
important part of the Wolverhampton Elite league team. Official meetings average from 2023 = 5.97 |
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photograph by: | Geoff Ridsdale | Fastest times at Owlerton | in 2023: | 61.19 | 20 July | in 2022: | 61.25 | 26 May | |
Highest scores: | Home | 12+3 v Ipswich P2 | Away | 11+2 v King's Lynn P1 | |||||
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Lewis James Kerr | |||||||||
Born: King's Lynn | Norfolk | 25 March 1990 | |||||||
April GS | May | June | July | Aug | Sept | Oct | |||
4.88 | 5.27 | 5.35 | 5.70 | 5.73 | 5.73 | ||||
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 rode for Lakeside but also
appeared for Ipswich and Scunthorpe. Impressive performances for the Scorpions in 2017 saw him also riding for
Somerset and 6 appearances for Poole and a 7.13 average. Home again with King's Lynn and doubling with Glasgow in 2018,
then Eastbourne in 2019. 2021 found him doubling with Eastbourne before joining Redcar. Official meetings average from 2023 = 5.47 Maximums: Paid: 1 Away |
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photograph by: | Geoff Ridsdale | Fastest times at Owlerton | in 2023: | 60.81 | 6 April | in 2022: | 61.31 | 13 October | |
Highest scores: | Home | 9+2 v King's Lynn P1 | Away | 13+2 v King's Lynn P1 | |||||
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Tobiasz Musielak | |||||||||
Born: Leszno | Poland | 18th August 1993 | |||||||
April GS | May | June | July | Aug | Sept | Oct | |||
8.08 | 8.07 | 8.24 | 8.17 | 8.71 | 8.82 | ||||
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 2021 Grand
Prix Qualifier at Glasgow ahead of Chris Holder and Nikolai Klindt.
Tobiasz rides for Kroszno in the Polish Extra League and joined the Tigers in 2022. He endeared himself to the Owlerton crowds with some
thrilling racing and his impressive form both home and away saw him replace Jack Holder as no.1 when he topped the
Tigers averages. It will be interesting to see who will be dominant in 2023. Official meetings average in 2023 = 8.62 Maximums: Full 1 Home; Paid: 2 Home & 1 Away | |||||||||
photograph by: | Geoff Ridsdale | Fastest times at Owlerton | in 2023: | 60.75 | 3 July | in 2022: | 60.81 | 26 May | |
Highest scores: | Home | 14 v Belle Vue & Wolverhampton P2 | Away | 14 v Wolverhampton P1 | |||||
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Josh (Joshua) Pickering | |||||||||
Born: Heddon Greta | New South Wales, Australia | 30th November 1996 | |||||||
Init GS | May | June | July | Aug | Sept | Oct | |||
n/a | n/a | 5.79 | 5.79 | 6.24 | 6.14 | ||||
Josh has been riding for Edinburgh since 2017. He joined the Tigers in the Premiership mid-season 2021 to
replace fellow Aussie Justin Sedgmen. Josh joined King's Lynn Stars in 2022 and finished the season with 7.45
average from 19 matches, and 7.20 away from home. Official meetings average from 2023 = 6.98 |
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photograph by: | Geoff Ridsdale | Fastest times at Owlerton | in 2023: | 61.50 | 24 August | in 2021: | 60.2 | 26 August | |
Highest scores: | Home | 12+3 v Wolverhampton P2 | Away | 9+1 v King's Lynn | |||||
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Tai Woffinden | |||||||||
Born: Scunthorpe | Lincolnshire | 10th August 1990 | |||||||
Init GS | May | June | July | Aug | Sept | Oct | |||
n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | *7.03 | 8.85 | ||||
Tai is the son of former Sheffield and Scunthorpe favourite Rob Woffinden.
Born in this country he lived in Australia from the age of three
and was a product of the thriving Australian junior speedway set-up.
His family returned to his home country to ride for his birth town Scunthorpe Scorpions in the Conference
League and his progress was meteoric. Tai's debut for
the 'Tigers' against the Redcar 'Bears' on his sixteenth
birthday wasn't exactly a fairy tale as he failed to score in his three outings. Official meetings average from 2023 = 8.47 |
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photograph by: | Geoff Ridsdale | Fastest times at Owlerton | in 2023: | 60.44 | 24 August | in 2007: | 59.6 | 23 August | |
Highest scores: | Home | 12+2 v Leicester P2 | Away | 18+1 v Peterborough P1 | |||||
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