| Shane Bowes | |
| Nationality: | Australian |
| Birth Date: | 1969 3, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Years1: | 1987 |
| Career1: | Newcastle Diamonds |
| Years2: | 1988–1993, 1995 |
| Career2: | Glasgow Tigers |
| Years3: | 1994 |
| Career3: | Reading Racers |
| Years4: | 1996–1997 |
| Career4: | Coventry Bees |
| Indivyear1: | 1991 |
| Indivhonour1: | West End Speedway International |
| Indivyear2: | 1996 |
| Indivhonour2: | Jack Young Memorial Cup |
| Teamyear1: | 1993 |
| Teamhonour1: | British League Division Two |
| Teamyear2: | 1993 |
| Teamhonour2: | British League Div 2 KO Cup winner |
| Teamyear3: | 1997 |
| Teamhonour3: | Craven Shield winner |
Shane Leonard Bowes (born 4 March 1969, Adelaide, South Australia) is an Australian former motorcycle speedway rider. He earned 15 international caps for the Australia national speedway team.[1]
Bowes first rode in the United Kingdom when he signed with the Newcastle Diamonds for the 1987 National League season.[2] He then moved on to the Glasgow Tigers in 1988 where he made his home for the next six years.
Bowes qualified for thee 1990 Under-21 Speedway World Final in Lviv, where he finished 8th on 7 points with a win and two 2nd placings.[3] [4]
With Glasgow, Bowes won both the British League Division Two and the Division Two KO Cup in 1993.[5] During the 1993 British League Division Two season he averaged 8.99[5] and finished third at the Australian Championship.[6]
He left Glasgow for Reading Racers in 1994[7] but returned to the Tigers in 1995. After a single season with Glasgow, Shane moved again, this time to the Coventry Bees for 1996 and 1997, winning the Craven Shield with the Bees in 1997.[1]
Bowes retired from riding in the late 1990s, mostly due to injury and returned to live in Adelaide with his wife and three children. He ran a pump sales, repairs and installation business called Shane Bowes Contracting, and also worked for his father's (Len) lawn mower sales and repair business.[8]
He made a one-off comeback and got back on a bike for the Gillman Speedway classic speedway meeting held in Adelaide on 1 November 2015. Bowes showed he had lost little of his skill when he dominated the Two Valve Solo Championship for the over 40-year-old's, remaining unbeaten on the afternoon.[9]
Shane Bowes' son Fraser Bowes is speedway rider.[10]