Adam Ellis Explained

Adam Ellis
Nationality:British
Birth Date:21 March 1996
Birth Place:Marmande, France
Career1:Great Britain
Career2:Isle of Wight Islanders
Years2:2012–2013
Career3:Ipswich Witches
Years3:2013–2014, 2024
Career4:Lakeside Hammers
Years4:2014–2015, 2018
Career5:Birmingham Brummies
Years5:2015, 2019
Career6:Eastbourne Eagles
Years6:2016
Career7:Poole Pirates
Years7:2016, 2020
Career8:Swindon Robins
Years8:2017–2020
Career9:Scunthorpe Scorpions
Years9:2021
Career10:Sheffield Tigers
Years10:2021–2023
Career11:Poland
Career12:Ostrów
Years12:2017-2018
Career13:Gorzów
Years13:2019
Career14:Rzeszów
Years14:2020-2021
Career15:Daugavpils
Years15:2022
Career16:Opole
Years16:2023
Career17:Piła
Years17:2024
Career20:Sweden
Career21:Piraterna
Years21:2020-2021
Career22:Dackarna/Rospiggarna
Years22:2022
Career24:Denmark
Years25:2019
Career25:Grindsted
Years26:2023
Career26:Fjelsted
Career27:Region Varde
Years27:2024
Indivhonour1:British Champion
Indivyear1:2021
Teamyear1:2023
Teamhonour1:Speedway World Cup silver
Teamyear2:2018
Teamhonour2:World Longtrack Team silver
Teamyear3:2015
Teamhonour3:National League
Teamyear4:2015
Teamhonour4:National League Fours
Teamyear5:2016
Teamhonour5:National League Knockout Cup
Teamyear6:2017, 2019, 2023
Teamhonour6:tier 1 league champion
Teamyear7:2022
Teamhonour7:tier 1 League Cup

Adam Ellis (born 21 March 1996) is a British grasstrack and motorcycle speedway rider and former British champion.[1] [2]

Biography

Born in Marmande, France, Ellis began grasstrack racing in 2009, going on to finish second in the 250cc French Grasstrack Championship in 2010, and winning the championship in 2011.[3] [4] In 2012 he again finished runner up, and also competed in the French Speedway Championship.[5] He was mentored by former rider Matt Read. He also began speedway racing in the United Kingdom, winning two rounds of the British Junior Championship. He was signed by the National League team Isle of Wight Islanders as their number eight, averaging 7.61 from eight matches, and also became a Lakeside Hammers asset, making his Elite League debut in October.[6] [7] After the end of the 2012 season he was confirmed in the Islanders team for 2013, as well as getting a place in the Ipswich Witches Premier League team and an Elite League contract with Lakeside Hammers.[8] [9] [10]

In May 2013, he was selected to compete in the World Under-21 speedway semi-final in Lonigo.[11] In 2017 he was made an asset by Swindon Robins along with Zach Wajtknecht.

He was part of the Birmingham Brummies team that won the National League Fours, held on 14 June 2015 at Brandon Stadium.[12]

In 2019, he won the SGP Premiership with Robins for the second time.[13]

Ellis became the British champion in 2021 after winning the 2021 British Speedway Championship.[14] [15] In 2022, he rode for the Sheffield Tigers in the SGB Premiership 2022 and for the Birmingham in the SGB Championship 2022.[16] He helped Sheffield win the League cup and reach the Play off final.[17]

In 2023, he re-signed for Sheffield for the SGB Premiership 2023,[18] where he won the league title with the club.[19] Also in 2023, he was part of the British team that won the silver medal in the 2023 Speedway World Cup final.[20]

He signed for Ipswich for the 2024 season, ten years after last riding for the club.[21]

World Longtrack Championship Team Championship

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Adam Ellis Wielka Brytania . Polish Speedway Database . 9 March 2023.
  2. Web site: ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022 . British Speedway . 28 June 2023.
  3. "Adam Ellis", ipswichwitches.co, Retrieved 16 December 2012
  4. Oakes, Peter (2012) "Our Future in Their Hands", Speedway Star, 8 December 2012, pp. 33-35
  5. "Speedway Hot-Gun Adam Ellis in 2nd at Mid-Point of 2012 French Speedway Championships", knfilters.com, retrieved 16 December 2012
  6. Power, Lee (2012) "Hammers hopes sunk by Pirates", lovespeedway24.co.uk, 2 October 2012. retrieved 16 December 2012
  7. "National League Statistics", Speedway Star, 15 December 2012, p. 34
  8. Williams, Bryn (2012) "It's Seven Up!", Speedway Star, 15 December 2012, p. 33
  9. "Ipswich have signed Ben Barker and young star Adam Ellis", Sky Sports, 9 November 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2012
  10. "Big Season Ahead for Ellis", speedway365.com, 13 December 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2012
  11. "Ellis Receives U21 Call", speedwaygb.co, 8 May 2013. Retrieved 8 May 2013
  12. Web site: 2015 National League Fours . British Speedway . 10 July 2023.
  13. "Result: Thursday October 17", speedwaygb.co.uk, 17 October 2019. Retrieved 18 October 2019
  14. Web site: British Final Roll of Honour. BSPA. 16 August 2021.
  15. Web site: British final. Speedway Great Britain. 16 August 2021.
  16. Web site: British Speedway rider profile . British Speedway . 29 September 2022.
  17. Web site: Tigers win League Cup . British Speedway . 5 November 2022.
  18. Web site: Ellis completes Tigers . British Speedway . 15 December 2022.
  19. Web site: Tigers champions in Grand Final drama . British Speedway . 14 October 2023.
  20. Web site: POLAND WIN SPEEDWAY WORLD CUP AHEAD OF GREAT BRITAIN AS MACIEJ JANOWSKI BEATS ROBERT LAMBERT IN DECISIVE HEAT 20 . Eurosport . 31 July 2023.
  21. Web site: Witches swoop for Ellis . British Speedway . 27 November 2023.