Tate Zischke Explained

Tate Zischke
Nationality:	Australian
Birth Date:	30 July 2005
Birth Place:	Australia
Career1:	Workington Comets
Years1:	2024
Indivyear1:	2022
Indivhonour1:	Australian Solo Championship bronze medal
Indivyear2:	2022
Indivhonour2:	NSW Under-21 champion

Tate Zischke (born 30 July 2005) is an Australian motorcycle speedway rider. He currently rides in the British Speedway Championship, for the Workington Comets.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Speedway career

Zischke a protégé of Darcy Ward,^[4] came to prominence when he won the New South Wales Under-21 championship 2022 and the bronze medal in the Australian Solo Championship, also in 2022.^[5]

In 2023, he rode in the U24 Ekstraliga in Poland for Unia Leszno^[4] before signing for Workington Comets in the British leagues for the 2024 season.^[6] After being signed by Belle Vue Aces for the Premiership,^[7] he suffered serious injuries in a crash fracturing seven vertebrae and five ribs on 1 July.^[8]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tate Zischke . FIM . 22 February 2024.
2. Web site: Tate Zischke . British Speedway . 22 February 2024.
3. Web site: Speedway photographer Dave Payne meets Workington Comets new signing Tate Zischke . Cumbria Crack . 22 February 2024.
4. Web site: Workington Comets sign up Australian youngster Tate Zischke . Speedway Hub . 22 February 2024.
5. Web site: Max Fricke retains the Australian Solo Championship . Gillman Speedway . 22 February 2024.
6. Web site: Australian Tate Zischke Signs With Workington Comets . The Herdwick News . 22 February 2024.
7. Web site: Aces move for Zischke . British Speedway . 14 July 2024.
8. Web site: Zischke begins road to recovery . British Speedway . 14 July 2024.