Adam Ellis

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Adam Ellis
Adam Ellis speedway 2021.jpg
Ellis in 2021
Born (1996-03-21) 21 March 1996 (age 28)
Marmande, France
NationalityBritish
Career history
Great Britain
2012–2013 Isle of Wight Islanders
2013–2014, 2024–2025 Ipswich Witches
2014–2015, 2018 Lakeside Hammers
2015, 2019 Birmingham Brummies
2016 Eastbourne Eagles
2016, 2020 Poole Pirates
2017–2020 Swindon Robins
2021 Scunthorpe Scorpions
2021–2023 Sheffield Tigers
Poland
2017–2018 Ostrów
2019 Gorzów
2020–2021 Rzeszów
2022 Daugavpils
2023 Opole
2024 Piła
Sweden
2020–2021 Piraterna
2022 Dackarna
2022 Rospiggarna
2024 Vargarna
Denmark
2019 Grindsted
2023 Fjelsted
2024 Region Varde
Individual honours
2021 British Champion
Team honours
2023 Speedway World Cup silver
2018 World Longtrack Team silver
2015National League
2015 National League Fours
2016National League Knockout Cup
2017, 2019, 2023 tier 1 league champion
2022 tier 1 League Cup

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

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Biography

Adam Ellis riding for Swindon Adam Ellis 2018 Swindon Robins.jpg
Adam Ellis riding for Swindon

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. [4] He also began speedway racing in the United Kingdom, winning two rounds of the British Junior Championship. [3] 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. [3] [4] [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. [3] [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

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References

  1. ↑ "Adam Ellis Wielka Brytania". Polish Speedway Database. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  2. ↑ "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929–2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Adam Ellis", ipswichwitches.co, Retrieved 16 December 2012
  4. 1 2 3 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. ↑ "2015 National League Fours" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  13. ↑ "Result: Thursday October 17", speedwaygb.co.uk, 17 October 2019. Retrieved 18 October 2019
  14. ↑ "British Final Roll of Honour". BSPA. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  15. ↑ "British final". Speedway Great Britain. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  16. ↑ "British Speedway rider profile". British Speedway. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  17. ↑ "Tigers win League Cup". British Speedway. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
  18. ↑ "Ellis completes Tigers". British Speedway. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  19. ↑ "Tigers champions in Grand Final drama". British Speedway. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  20. ↑ "POLAND WIN SPEEDWAY WORLD CUP AHEAD OF GREAT BRITAIN AS MACIEJ JANOWSKI BEATS ROBERT LAMBERT IN DECISIVE HEAT 20". Eurosport. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  21. ↑ "Witches swoop for Ellis". British Speedway. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
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