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WAJTKNECHT, Zach
DATE OF BIRTH: 8 February 1998, Saltford, Bristol.
BRITISH CAREER: (2015) Birmingham; (2016) Somerset, Birmingham; (2017-18) Swindon, Lakeside.
MAJOR HONOURS: FIM 125cc Youth Gold Trophy Champion: 2012, 2013; British 250cc Youth Champion: 2013; FIM 250cc Longtrack Youth World Cup: 2014: British Under-19 Champion: 2017.
CLUB HONOURS: Four-Team Championship winner: 2015 [Birmingham]; League Championship winner: 2015 [Birmingham], 2016 [Birmingham], 2016 [Somerset], 2017 [Swindon]; National Trophy winner: 2016 [Birmingham]; League Cup winner: 2016 [Somerset]; Elite Shield winner: 2018 [Swindon].

WALLINGER, David
DATE OF BIRTH: 16 April 1984, York, North Yorkshire
BRITISH CAREER: (2007) Cleveland; (2016) Buxton; (2017) Stoke; (2018) Ipswich, Buxton, Stoke.

WALKER, Callum
DATE OF BIRTH: 4 November 1998, Gloucester, Gloucestershire.
BRITISH CAREER: (2015-16) Coventry II; (2017) Plymouth; (2018) Birmingham.

WEBSTER, Timothy (Tim) Mark
DATE OF BIRTH: 26 May 1989, Birmingham, West Midlands.
BRITISH CAREER: (2004) King’s Lynn II; (2005) Weymouth, Scunthorpe; (2006) Newport II; (2007) Plymouth; (2008-09) Weymouth; (2010) Newport II; (2011) Stoke, Edinburgh; (2012) Buxton; (2014) Plymouth, Devon; (2018) Plymouth.
CLUB HONOURS: League Championship winner: 2008 [Weymouth]; Pairs Championship winner: 2011 [Stoke].

WELLS, Rick (Ricky)
DATE OF BIRTH: 27 July 1991, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand.
BRITISH CAREER: (2009) Coventry; (2010) Stoke; (2011) Wolverhampton, Plymouth; (2012-13) Wolverhampton, Sheffield; (2014) Workington; (2015) Wolverhampton, Workington; (2016) Workington; (2017) Rye House, Edinburgh; (2018) Leicester, Edinburgh.
MAJOR HONOURS: USA Under-16 Champion: 2004, 2005; USA Under-21 Champion: 2007, 2008; AMA American Champion: 2009; California State Champion: 2009.
CLUB HONOUR: Elite Shield winner: 2011 [Wolverhampton].
WORLD CUP RECORD: 12 meetings, 61 points.

WETHERS, Matthew James
DATE OF BIRTH: 30 May 1985, Adelaide, South Australia.
BRITISH CAREER: (2003) Armadale, Wolverhampton II, Edinburgh; (2004) Edinburgh, Armadale; (2005) Glasgow, King’s Lynn, Edinburgh; (2006) Edinburgh, Poole; (2007-09) Edinburgh; (2010) Edinburgh, Wolverhampton; (2011-12) Edinburgh; (2013-14) Berwick; (2015) Workington; (2016) Berwick; (2018) Newcastle.
MAJOR HONOUR: South Australian State Under-16 Champion: 2001.
CLUB HONOURS: League Championship winner: 2003, 2008, 2010 [all Edinburgh]; Premier Trophy winner: 2008 [Edinburgh]; Play-Off winner: 2008, 2009 [Edinburgh].

WHITMORE, Lewis
DATE OF BIRTH: 24 May 2001, King’s Lynn, Norfolk.
BRITISH CAREER: (2016-17) King’s Lynn II, Mildenhall; (2018) Buxton.
MAJOR HONOUR: British 250cc Youth Champion: 2014.

WIDMAN, Christopher (Chris) David
DATE OF BIRTH: 25 March 1990, Leicester, Leicestershire.
BRITISH CAREER: (2005) Scunthorpe; (2008) Boston; (2009-10) King’s Lynn II; (2011) Belle Vue II; (2012) Buxton; (2013) King’s Lynn II; (2014-15) Stoke; (2016) Isle of Wight, Mildenhall, Stoke; (2017-18) isle of Wight.
CLUB HONOUR: National Trophy winner: 2013 [Isle of Wight].

WILKINSON, Carl Adam
DATE OF BIRTH: 16 May 1981, Boston, Lincolnshire.
BRITISH CAREER: (1997) Peterborough II; (1998) Norfolk; (1999) King’s Lynn II; (2000) Boston, Newcastle, Glasgow; (2001) Boston; (2002-03) Newport, Newport II; (2004) Newport; (2005) Boston, Berwick; (2006) Newport, Ipswich; (2007) Newcastle, Wolverhampton; (2008-10) Scunthorpe, Ipswich; (2011) Scunthorpe; (2012-14) Redcar; (2015-15) Scunthorpe; (2016) King’s Lynn, Scunthorpe; (2017) Scunthorpe; (2018) Newcastle.
CLUB HONOURS: League Championship winner: 1997 [Peterborough II]; Knock-Out Cup winner: 2000 [Boston].

WILLIAMSON, Matthew (Matt)
DATE OF BIRTH: 18 August 1992, Bury, Lancashire.
BRITISH CAREER: (2013) Buxton; (2014) Scunthorpe, Cradley; (2015) Workington, Cradley; (2016) Workington, Belle Vue II; (2017) Workington, Buxton; (2018) Edinburgh.
CLUB HONOURS: League Championship winner: 2014 [Cradley]; Knock-Out Cup winner: 2014 [Cradley]; National Shield winner: 2014 [Cradley].

WILSON, Ben Ryan
DATE OF BIRTH: 15 March 1986, Sheffield, South Yorkshire.
BRITISH CAREER: (2001-02) Sheffield II; (2003) Sheffield, Sheffield II, Buxton; (2004) Sheffield, Sheffield II, Carmarthen; (2005) Sheffield; (2006) Sheffield, Wolverhampton; (2007) Sheffield, Belle Vue; (2008) Sheffield; (2009) Redcar, Poole; (2010) Redcar, Stoke; (2011) Scunthorpe; (2014) Sheffield, Stoke; (2015) Scunthorpe; (2016) Stoke; (2017) Isle of Wight; (2018) Buxton.
MAJOR HONOUR: British Under-21 Champion: 2006.
CLUB HONOUR: League Championship winner: 2001 [Sheffield II]; Pairs Championship winner: 2014 [Stoke].

WILSON-DEAN, Bradley
DATE OF BIRTH: 26 October 1994, Hastings, New Zealand.
BRITISH CAREER: (2015) Eastbourne; (2016) Somerset; (2017) Swindon, Peterborough; (2018) Somerset, Peterborough, Workington.
MAJOR HONOURS: New Zealand Under-21 Champion: 2014, 2015; New Zealand Champion: 2016, 2017.
CLUB HONOURS: National Trophy winner: 2015 [Eastbourne]; Gold Cup winner: 2015 [Eastbourne]; Knock-Out Cup winner: 2015 [Eastbourne], 2017 [Peterborough]; League Cup winner: 2016 [Somerset]; League Championship winner: 2016 [Somerset], 2017 [Swindon]; Four-Team Championship winner: 2018 [Peterborough].

WOOD, Georgie
DATE OF BIRTH: 8 September 1993, Maidstone, Kent.
BRITISH CAREER: (2015-16) Eastbourne; (2017-18) Sheffield, Eastbourne.
CLUB HONOURS: National Trophy winner: 2015 [Eastbourne]; Gold Cup winner: 2015 [Eastbourne]; Knock-Out Cup winner: 2015 [Eastbourne]; 2016 [Eastbourne], 2017 [Eastbourne], 2018 [Eastbourne]; League Championship winner: 2017 [Sheffield], 2018 [Eastbourne].

WOODHULL, Ben
DATE OF BIRTH: 8 November 2001, Leicester, Leicestershire.
BRITISH CAREER: (2017) Belle Vue II, Buxton; (2018) Belle Vue II.
RIDER LINK: Twin brother of Luke Woodhull (born: 8 November 2001).

WOODS, Sam
DATE OF BIRTH: 26 June 1993, Boston, Lincolnshire.
BRITISH CAREER: (2013) Kent; (2015-16) Rye House II; (2017-18) Mildenhall.
CLUB HONOUR: Four-Team Championship winner: 2016 [Rye House II].

WOOLLEY, Thomas (Tom)
DATE OF BIRTH: 23 November 1993, Burton-on-Trent, Derbyshire.
BRITISH CAREER: (2013-15) Buxton; (2016) Belle Vue II; (2017-18) Buxton.

WORRALL, Richie
DATE OF BIRTH: 23 September 1991, St Helens, Merseyside.
BRITISH CAREER: (2011) Newcastle, Scunthorpe II/Sheffield II; (2012) Lakeside, Newcastle, Stoke; (2013) King’s Lynn, Newcastle; (2014) Belle Vue, Ipswich: (2015) Somerset; (2016) Belle Vue, Glasgow; (2017-18) Poole, Edinburgh, Glasgow.
CLUB HONOURS: Premier Shield winner: 2011 [Newcastle], 2013 [Newcastle]; League Championship winner: 2011 [Scunthorpe II/Sheffield II], 2018 [Poole]; Knock-Out Cup winner: 2012 [Newcastle], 2015 [Somerset], 2016 [Glasgow]; League Cup winner: 2012 [Newcastle].
RIDER LINKS: Twin brother of Steve Worrall (born: 23 September 1991, St Helens, Merseyside).

WORRALL, Steven (Steve)
DATE OF BIRTH: 23 September 1991, St Helens, Merseyside.
BRITISH CAREER: (2010) Scunthorpe, Scunthorpe II; (2011) Scunthorpe, Scunthorpe II/Sheffield II; (2012) Newcastle; (2013) Newcastle, Redcar; (2014) Swindon, Edinburgh, Cradley; (2015-17) Belle Vue, Newcastle; (2018) Belle Vue, Scunthorpe.
CLUB HONOUR: League Championship winner: 2011 [Scunthorpe II/Sheffield II], 2014 [Edinburgh], 2014 [Cradley]; Knock-Out Cup winner: 2012 [Newcastle], 2014 [Edinburgh], 2014 [Cradley], 2017 [Belle Vue]; Premier League Cup winner: 2014 [Edinburgh]; National League Shield winner: 2014 [Cradley]; Four-Team Championship winner: 2014 [Cradley].
WORLD CUP RECORD: 2 meetings, 19 points.
RIDER LINKS: Twin brother of Richie Worrall (born: 23 September 1991, St Helens, Merseyside).

WORYNA, Kacper
DATE OF BIRTH: 31 August, Rybnik 1996, Poland.
BRITISH CAREER: (2016) Coventry; (2018) Poole.
MAJOR HONOUR: 80cc Polish Champion: 2011; Under-21 World Cup Champion: 2017.
CLUB HONOURS: League Championship winner: 2018 [Poole].
GRAND PRIX RECORD: 1 GP ridden, 1 GP point.
RIDER LINK: Grandson of Anthony (Antoni) Woryny (born: 15 February 1941, Rybnik, Poland, died: 14 December 2002).

WRIGHT, Charles Martin
DATE OF BIRTH: 26 October 1988, Stockport, Cheshire.
BRITISH CAREER: (2004-06) Buxton; (2007) Workington, Buxton; (2008-09) Workington; (2010) Buxton, Redcar; (2011) Workington, Leicester, Belle Vue II; (2012) Edinburgh, Glasgow; (2013-14) Somerset; (2015-16) Swindon, Somerset; (2017) Somerset, Redcar; (2018) Leicester, Somerset, Sheffield.
CLUB HONOURS: Four-Team winner: 2008 [Workington]; Young Shield winner: 2008 [Workington]; League Championship winner: 2013 [Somerset], 2016 [Somerset]; Knockout-Cup winner: 2013 [Somerset], 2015 [Somerset], 2016 [Somerset]; Four-Team Championship winner: 2014 [Somerset]; Premier Shield winner: 2014 [Somerset]; League Cup winner: 2016 [Somerset]; Pairs Championship winner: 2018 [Sheffield].
RIDER LINKS: Grandson of Jim Yacoby (born: 26 September 1939, Denton, Manchester, Greater Manchester). Brother of fellow rider James Wright (born: 13 June 1986, Stockport, Cheshire).

THURSDAY OCTOBER 22:

PETER CRAVEN MEMORIAL – at Belle Vue

1. Jason Doyle

2. Dan Bewley

3. Brady Kurtz

4. Richard Lawson

5. Rory Schlein

6. Sam Masters

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 21:

BRITISH UNDER-21 FINAL, Berwick
1 Dan Bewley (Belle Vue) 15
2 Leon Flint (Berwick/Armadale) 14
3 Anders Rowe (Swindon/Somerset) 13

Abandoned - Curfew - Result declared after heat 20

SATURDAY OCTOBER 17:

FIM MONSTER ENERGY SPEEDWAY OF NATIONS - FINAL, Lublin, Poland
1 RUSSIA 23 (Emil Sayfutdinov 15, Artem Laguta 8)
2 POLAND 23 (Barosz Zmarzlik 15, Szymon Wozniak 8)
3 DENMARK 19 (Leon Madsen 10, Marcus Birkemose 5, Anders Thomsen 4)
4 SWEDEN 19 (Fredrik Lindgren 14, Oilver Berntzon 5)
5 AUSTRALIA 17 (Max Fricke 12, Jason Doyle 5, Jaimon Lidsey 0)
6 GREAT BRITAIN 12 (Robert Lambert 6, Dan Bewley 6, Drew Kemp 0)
7 CZECH REPUBLIC 11 (Vacliv Milik 11, Eduard Krcmar 0, Petr Chlupac 0)
Abandoned after 14 Heats - Result stands
(Russia crowned 2020 FIM Speedway of Nations Champions)

FRIDAY OCTOBER 16:

FIM MONSTER ENERGY SPEEDWAY OF NATIONS - FINAL, 1st leg, Lublin, Poland
OFF - Track Waterlogged
The Final will now be a one-legged event (Saturday October 17)

SATURDAY OCTOBER 10:

BRITISH YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIP Round 5, Belle Vue
500cc (a)
1 Dan Thompson
2 Harry McGurk
3 Jake Mulford
4 Elliot Kelly
Dan Thompson is 500cc Champion

500cc (b - support class)
1 Danny Smith
2 Alex Goldsbrough
3 Sam Peters
4 Katie Gordon

250cc
1 Luke Harrison
2 Max James
3 Cameron Taylor
4 Ashton Vale
Luke Harrison is 250cc Champion

125cc (a)
1 Sonny Springer
2 Ace Pijper
3 William Cairns
4 Ben Trigger
Sonny Springer is 125cc Champion

125cc (b - support class)
1 Stene Pijper
2 Oliver Bovingdon
3 Owen Booth
4 Caydin Martin

SATURDAY OCTOBER 3:

FIM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 8
POLISH GRAND PRIX, Torun
1 Bartosz Zmarzlik (Pol) 20
2 Maciej Janowski (Pol) 18
3 Artem Laguta (Rus) 16
4 Fredrik Lindgren (Swe) 14

FINAL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS (After round 8 of 8)
1 Bartosz Zmarzlik (Pol) 133
2 Tai Woffinden (GB) 117 - after run-off
3 Fredrik Lindgren (Swe) 117
4 Maciej Janowski (Pol) 107
Bartosz Zmarzlik crowned 2020 World Champion

FRIDAY OCTOBER 2:

FIM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 7
POLISH GRAND PRIX, Torun
1 Max Fricke (Aus) 20
2 Maciej Janowski (Pol) 18
3 Tai Woffinden (GB) 16
4 Bartosz Zmarzlik (Pol) 14

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS (After round 7 of 8)
1 Bartosz Zmarslik (Pol) 113
2 Tai Woffinden (GB) 105
3 Fredrik Lindgren 103
4 Maciej Janowski (Pol) 89

CALEDONIAN RIDERS’ CHAMPIONSHIP

1. William Lawson

2. Kyle Bickley

3. Leon Flint

4. Elliot Kelly

TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 29:

NATIONAL LEAGUE CHALLENGE

Plymouth Select v Leicester Select - OFF

MONDAY SEPTEMBER 28:

BRITISH FINAL, Belle Vue
1 Rory Schlein (Wolverhampton/Somerset)
2 Richard Lawson (Sheffield/Eastbourne)
3 Jason Crump (Ipswich)
4 Steve Worrall (Belle Vue/Poole)

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 26:

BRITISH FINAL, Ipswich - OFF
Re-staging date: Monday September 28 @ BELLE VUE

THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 24:

CHALLENGE

Belle Vue Select 49 – Dan Bewley 13+1

ATPI All Stars 41 – Rory Schlein 11+1

TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 22:

CHALLENGE

Plymouth Select 51 – Henry Atkins 18

British Young Lions 39 – Dan Thompson 10

SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 21:

BRITISH UNDER-19 CHAMPIONSHIP, Scunthorpe
1 Drew Kemp (Ipswich/Eastbourne) 15
2 Dan Gilkes (Kent) 14
3 Jordan Palin (Scunthorpe/Belle Vue) 10 (after run-off)

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 20:

BRITISH YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIP Round 4, Edinburgh

500cc
1 Joe Thompson
2 Dan Thompson
3 Harry McGurk
4 Archie Freeman

250cc
1 Max James
2 Ashton Vale
(Two riders only in Final)

125cc (a)
1 Max Perry
2 William Cairns
3 Sonny Springer
4 Ben Trigger

125cc (b) – Support class
1 Stene Pijper
2 Owen Booth
3 Rebecca Weston
4 Harry Fletcher

FIM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 6
CZECH REPUBLIC GRAND PRIX, Prague
1 Bartosz Zmarzlik (POL) 20

2 Tai Woffinden (GB) 18

3 Jason Doyle (Aus) 16
4 Fredrik Lindgren (Swe) 14

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS (After round 6 of 8)
1 Bartosz Zmarzlik (Pol) 99
2 Fredrik Lindgren (Swe) 92
3 Tai Woffinden (GB) 89
4 Maciej Janowski (Pol) 71

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 18:

FIM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 5
CZECH REPUBLIC GRAND PRIX, Prague
1 Bartosz Zmarzlik (Pol) 20
2 Tai Woffinden (GB) 18
3 Martin Vaculik (Slk) 16
4 Emil Sayfutdinov (Rus) 14

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS (After round 5 of 8)
1 Bartosz Zmarzlik (Pol) 79
2 Fredrik Lindgren (Swe) 78
3 Tai Woffinden (GB) 71
4 Maciej Janowski (Pol) 62

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 12:

FIM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 4
POLISH GRAND PRIX, Gorzow
1 Fredrik Lindgren (Swe) 20
2 Leon Madsen (Den) 18
3 Jason Doyle (Aus) 16
4 Emil Sayfutdnov (Rus) 14

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS (After round 4 of 8)
1 Fredrik Lindgren (Swe) 66
2 Bartosz Zmarzlik (Pol) 59
3 Maciej Janowski (Pol) 57
4 Tai Woffinden (GB) 53

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 11:

FIM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 3
POLISH GRAND PRIX, Gorzow
1 Bartosz Zamarzlik (Pol) 20
2 Jason Doyle (Aus) 18
3 Fredrik Lindgren (Swe) 16
4 Leon Madsen (Den) 14

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS (After round 3 of 8)
1 Maciej Janowski (Pol) 48
2 Bartisz Zmarzlik (Pol) 47
3 Fredrik Lindgren (Swe) 46
4 Tai Woffinden (GB) 43

SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 13:

NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE CHALLENGE
Leicester Select v Scunthorpe Select - OFF

TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 8:

THREE TEAM TOURNAMENT, Plymouth

Eastbourne 31 – Tom Brennan 10, Jason Edwards 10

Isle of Wight 30 – Ben Morley 13

Plymouth 28- Alfie Bowtell 12

MONDAY AUGUST 31:

NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE CHALLENGE
Scunthorpe Select 53 (Jordan Palin 14+1)
Leicester Select 61 (Dan Thompson 13+1)

SUNDAY AUGUST 30:

BRITISH YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIP - Round 3, King’s Lynn
500cc
1 Joe Thompson
2 Harry McGurk
3 Elliot Kelly
4 Dan Thompson

250cc
1 Luke Harrison
2 Max James
3 Ashton Vale
4 Jody Scott

125cc (a)
1 Sonny Springer
2 Billy Budd
3 Jamie Etherington
4 Jack Shimelt

125cc (b - support class)
1 Rico Joyce
2 Becky Weston
3 Caydin Martin

SATURDAY AUGUST 29:

FIM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 2
POLISH GRAND PRIX, Wroclaw
1 Maciej Janowski (Pol) 20
2 Tai Woffinden (GB) 18
3 Bartosz Zmarzlik (Pol) 16
4 Fredrik Lindgren (Swe) 14

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS (After round 2 of 8)
1 Maciej Janowski (Pol) 38
2 Artem Laguta (Rus) 32
3 Tai Woffinden (GB) 32
4 Fredrik Lindgren (Swe) 30

FRIDAY AUGUST 28:

FIM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 1
POLISH GRAND PRIX, Wroclaw
1 Artem Laguta (Rus) 20
2 Maciej Janowski (Pol) 18
3 Fredrik Lindgren (Swe) 16
4 Tai Woffinden (GB) 14

SATURDAY AUGUST 22:

BRITISH YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIP - Round 2, Leicester
500cc
1 Dan Thompson
2 Joe Thompson
3 Elliot Kelly
4 Harry McGurk

250cc
1 Luke Harrison
2 Max James
3 Ashton Vale
4 Cameron Taylor

125cc (a)
1 Max Perry
2 Sonny Springer
3 Ben Trigger
4 Ace Pijper

125cc (b) - support class
1 Charlie Wood
2 Caydin Martin
3 Rico Joyce
4 Owen Booth

SUNDAY AUGUST 9:

BRITISH YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIP - Round 1, Scunthorpe
500cc
1 Jordan Palin
2 Dan Thompson
3 Archie Freeman
4 Joe Thompson

250cc
1 Max James
2 Luke Harrison
3 Ashton Vale
4 William Hocaniuk

125cc (class A)
1 William Cairns
2 Sonny Springer
3 Ben Trigger
4 Max Perry

125cc (class B - support class)
1 Billy Budd
2 Stene Pijper
3 Jake Lee
4 Owen Booth

SUNDAY MARCH 15:

50TH ANNIVERSARY MEETING, Peterborough - OFF

SATURDAY MARCH 14:

BEN FUND BONANZA, Scunthorpe
1 Danny King (Ipswich/Poole)
2 Steve Worrall (Belle Vue/Poole)
3 Josh Auty (Scunthorpe)
4 Lewis Kerr (King’s Lynn/Eastbourne)