Steve Boxall Explained

Steve Boxall
Nationality:British (English)
Birth Date:16 May 1987
Birth Place:Canterbury, England
Years1:2002-2005
Career1:Rye House Raiders
Years2:2004-2007, 2011, 2014-2015
Career2:Rye House Rockets
Years3:2007, 2009
Career3:Poole Pirates
Years4:2008-2010
Career4:Belle Vue Aces
Years5:2009
Career5:Newcastle Diamonds
Years6:2010
Career6:Somerset Rebels
Years7:2013, 2018
Career7:Kent Kings
Years8:2015
Career8:Lakeside Hammers
Years9:2016-2017
Career9:Plymouth Devils
Years10:2023
Career10:Berwick Bandits/Bullets
Indivyear1:2005
Indivhonour1:Conference League Riders' Champion
Indivyear2:2013
Indivhonour2:National League Riders' Champion
Teamyear1:2005, 2007
Teamhonour1:Premier League Champion
Teamyear2:2005
Teamhonour2:Premier Trophy Winner
Teamyear3:2003
Teamhonour3:Conference League Fours Winner

Steven Shane Boxall (born 16 May 1987 in Canterbury, Kent)[1] is a motorcycle speedway rider. He rode with the Belle Vue Aces in the Elite League,[2] [3] and currently rides for the Berwick Bullets in the National Development League.

Career

Boxall rode for Rye House Raiders in the Conference League and in 2005 won the Riders' Championship. The final was held on 27 August at Rye House Stadium.[4] Also in 2005, he won the Premier League Championship with the Rye House Rockets, and he did so again in 2007.[5] [6]

In 2013, eight years after his first success, he won the Riders' Championship for the second time.[7]

In 2018, Boxall was banned from speedway for two years after being selected for a random drugs and alcohol test in a meeting between Kent and Plymouth at Central Park Stadium on Monday 6 August. He refused to take the test and left the circuit. As a result, he was handed a two-year ban by the Speedway Control Bureau.[8] Boxall subsequently retired from speedway after being handed the two-year ban.

He returned to the sport five years later in 2023. After impressing during practice runs on the Isle of Wight, he signed for the Berwick Bullets in the National Development League and then in August came into the Berwick main team as an injury relacement.[9]

Notes and References

  1. Oakes, P.(2004). British Speedway Who's Who.
  2. Web site: 2008 Rider index . British Speedway . 17 February 2023.
  3. Web site: ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022 . British Speedway . 29 June 2023.
  4. Web site: Bears relish hat-trick . The Northern Echo . 29 June 2023.
  5. Web site: British Speedway Archive. Speedway GB. 16 October 2021.
  6. Web site: Year by Year. Speedway Researcher. 16 October 2021.
  7. Web site: Yes Heathens win the lot . Cradley Speedway . 15 February 2023.
  8. Web site: Kent Kings speedway rider Steve Boxall given two-year ban. Kent Online. 5 July 2023.
  9. Web site: Two in for Bandits . British Speedway . 3 August 2023.