Aaron Summers (speedway rider) explained

Aaron Summers
Birth Date:1 March 1988
Birth Place:Adelaide, South Australia
Nationality:Australian
Career1:Great Britain
Career2:Buxton Hitmen
Years2:2007
Career3:Edinburgh Monarchs
Years3:2007–2009
Career4:Redcar Bears
Years4:2008, 2011–2014
Career5:Birmingham Brummies
Years5:2010
Career6:Coventry Bees
Years6:2010, 2012–2013
Career7:Swindon Robins
Years7:2015
Career8:Glasgow Tigers
Years8:2015–2017
Career9:Leicester Lions
Years9:2016
Career10:Berwick Bandits
Years10:2018–2021
Career11:Rye House Rockets
Years11:2018
Career12:Somerset Rebels
Years12:2018
Career13:Peterborough Panthers
Years13:2019
Career14:Ipswich Witches
Years14:2022
Career15:Oxford Cheetahs
Years15:2022
Career16:Poland
Career17:Kraków
Years17:2018
Indivhonour1:Australian Under-16 Solo Champion
Indivyear1:1994
Teamhonour1:Premier Trophy
Teamyear1:2008
Teamhonour2:Premier League
Teamyear2:2008
Teamhonour3:Elite League
Teamyear3:2010
Teamyear4:2010
Teamhonour4:Premier League Fours Champion

Aaron Richard Summers (born 1 March 1988) is an Australian former motorcycle speedway rider.[1] [2] [3]

Career

Born in Adelaide, Summers first had success as a junior, winning the Australian Under-16 Solo Championship in 2004.

He began his British speedway career in 2007, riding for Buxton Hitmen in the Conference League and Edinburgh Monarchs in the Premier League.[4] In his second season, he won the Premier League and the Premier Trophy with the Monarchs, also riding for Redcar Bears' Conference League team.[5]

In 2009, he stayed with the Monarchs, and the following year rode for Birmingham Brummies in the Premier League and for Coventry Bees in their title-winning Elite League season.[6] [7] He was part of the Birmingham four who won the Premier League Four-Team Championship, on 15 August 2010, at the East of England Arena.[8]

In 2011, he began a four-year stay with Redcar Bears in the Premier League and in 2012 and 2013 returned to the Coventry Bees Elite League team. In 2015 he left the Bears and signed for Glasgow Tigers where he captained the team, doubling up in the Elite League with Swindon Robins and ending the season with a 6.82 Elite League CMA. He started the 2016 season with Tigers but with no Elite League place, but was signed by Leicester Lions in April to replace Grzegorz Walasek.[9]

He rode for Berwick Bandits and Peterborough Panthers during 2019 and remained with Berwick for the 2021 season.[10] In 2022, he rode for the Ipswich Witches in the SGB Premiership 2022 and also joined the Oxford Cheetahs for the SGB Championship 2022. The Cheetahs were returning to action after a 14-year absence from British Speedway.[11] [12]

After the 2022 season, Summers returned to Australia and retired from speedway.

Honours

Individual

Team

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2008 Rider index . British Speedway . 4 April 2023.
  2. Web site: Aaron Summers Australia . Polish Speedway Database . 5 April 2023.
  3. Web site: ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022 . British Speedway . 27 June 2023.
  4. "Rider Index", speedwaygb.co. Retrieved 10 April 2016
  5. "Could Aaron Summers be Monarchs' secret weapon?", Sunday Express, 16 April 2008. Retrieved 10 April 2016
  6. " Birmingham Brummies sign Aaron Summers on loan", BBC, 17 December 2009. Retrieved 10 April 2016
  7. "Birmingham Brummies: Speedway star Aaron Summers to visit fracture clinic", Birmingham Mail, 28 June 2010. Retrieved 10 April 2016
  8. Web site: 2010 Birmingham results . Birmingham Speedway . 8 July 2023.
  9. Lanning, Phil (2015) " Glasgow Tigers sign Aaron Summers and he admits: "I've re-joined biggest club in Scotland"", Daily Record, 4 November 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2016
  10. Web site: Summers, Aaron . British Speedway . 29 September 2022.
  11. Web site: Speedway and Oxford Cheetahs set to return to Oxford Stadium. Oxford Mail. 18 November 2021.
  12. Web site: Oxford Cheetahs: Speedway side set for British Championship return in 2022. BBC Sport. 18 November 2021.