24/03/2025
This piece will appear in the April 2025 edition (Volume 39, No. 8 ) of SPEEDWAY WORLD.
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From SPEEDWAY WORLD – April 2025 edition
29 AUSSIES TO RACE IN BRITAIN
by Peter Baker
Australia will again have a large contingent of speedway riders based in Europe for the 2025 season
which kicked off with meetings in England over the weekend of March 16 and 17.
The three levels of league competitions in the UK will feature 29 Australian riders in team line-ups as the tracks open their season while leagues in Poland, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, the Czech Republic and France will soon commence their seasons with Australian involvement in those countries.
The Premiership – the top tier of league racing in England – has seven teams, all of which contain Australian riders after only minimal movement from season 2024.
Ben and Zach Cook and Keynan Rew move to new homes this year while Luke Killeen, who actually rides on a British licence, steps up to this level for the first time.
In the Championship there are nine teams with only Glasgow and Redcar not having Australians in their ranks.
From last year Rory Schlein and Connor Bailey have retired while Josh Pickering and Ben Cook continue in the Premiership but have stepped away from the Championship due to increased involvement in leagues on the Continent.
Three first-timers start their debut season in the UK after earning a Work Permit as a result of placings in State Championship meetings at home.
They are 16-year-old Mitchell McDiarmid, who will have two other Perth riders in Cameron Heeps and Luke Killeen among his teammates, Mitchell Cluff and Fraser Bowes.
The Workington team should be a good fit for Bowes as one of five Australian riders along with a Brit and a Finn lining up alongside him in the outfit.
Matt Marson and Dayle Wood will ride in the third tier National Development League at Edinburgh.
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